25 Things Only Writers Will Understand

Ah, the marvelous, wonderful world of writing. It's so much fun! *shoves shredded manuscripts under the bed* *hides coffee mugs from last week* *burns last hour's work* *blows up the world*


You might be a writer if you can relate to these:


1. The curse of the blinking cursor

2. The almighty writer's block-smashing power of Hans Zimmer's soundtrack 

3.  We should just ban chapter breaks, know what I mean?

4. You half-stalk people for character inspiration

5. When people call you crazy:

6. This "If people talked to plumbers like they talk to writers" analogy speaks to your soul:

7.  Your reaction when people say, "Don't worry about rejection. J.K. Rowling was rejected 12 times!"

8. Your reaction when people say, "Someday you're going to be as rich as J.K Rowling!"

9. Your reaction when people say, "Can I be in the movie?"

10. When writing THAT scene:

11. You justify watching TV as research

12. When an agent stars your pitch on Twitter:

13. When aforementioned agent then rejects your story:

14. Comic Sans must die

15. You're afraid your Google search will land you in jail

16. But then again:

17. The bossiest people you know are your characters. You wish they'd just shut up, except they're in your head.

18. When someone tells you YA isn't true literature 

19. WHEN YOU FINALLY FINISH THAT BOOK

20. And then ten seconds later you realize you have to revise it still

21. When someone asks why you even bother

22. But then your CP sends you all the positive smiley face comments

23. Or when you nail that world building and you just bask in the glow of your marvelous imagination

24. Or you LOL at your own comic relief

25. But there is no GREATER FEELING that no one else will EVER understand than the overwhelming satisfaction of KILLING YOUR ANTAGONIST.

And there's a whole bunch of us out there.