Hey fellas, let me ask you all, when are you know you are a writer, huh?

When...

...when people ask you to tell them about your kids, your face lights up and then you start  giving them the title of every story you've ever written.

That's when you know.  

When you write about talking hamburgers?  

When you own this hat.



Yeah, I have one.

That "writer" on that hat looks like courier, alright. But I'm afraid that isn't 12 point, Mike.

When the most used program on your computer is the Word Processor.

You know you're a writer when you use qwerty as a scrabble word.

When my wife shouts to me:

"Helio, you lazy, help me with this plumbing here!" and i answer her: " I cant't dear, I'm in the midle of great idea that can get the money for you new car..." and she replays me " Okay, my love, no problem. I will fix it myself and soon I'll serve you a drink, okay?!"

...when you keep an assortment of pens and a thesaurus by the roll of toilet paper in your bathroom.

...When you tape record your conversations for material.

When you are making love and say: "G'me a second, love...I've a idea! and she says "Good, what is the new position, now?"

Quoted from Helio When you are making love and say: "G'me a second, love...I've a idea! and she says "Good, what is the new position, now?"

I'm pretty sure that's how you know you're a porn star.

You know you're a writer when you're unemployed, and say that you're a writer to have some amount of dignity left.

...When you look back at your old stories or scripts and told yourself, "How the hell did I think I knew everything about writing scripts and/or books!?"

Sean

You know you're a writer when....damn, of all times to come up with writer's block.


Phil

You know you're a writer when you have to create several folders for your published and unpublished works.

Gabriel

...you take the time to go back and edit posts from last year.

You know your a writer when your fingers are your strongest apendages.

...When nobody reads your shit.

well, I'm not a writer :p

when your wife threats you to divorce because you ain't doing s*** at home

...when you can recognize courier fotn on ANYTHING. I was once on a ride at a theme park and I noticed a billboard below us with courier font on it

When you like to eavesdrop just to see how good the story is but you never gossip.

...when you correct other people's grammar in everyday speech.

... when you see a brilliant idea in what could very well be absolutely nothing. or maybe that's just my style...

When you see your name on the Silver Screen in a Champs Elysees theatre in Paris.

http://hungarian.imdb.com/title/tt0242315/

When you set everything for Courier New...including the default font in Outlook. And have your own version of a form at work that you've re-fonted to Courier New.

when you look for brass fasteners around your country and did not find any brass made and correct sizes, s**t!

When the only reason you haven't written anything in weeks is because you can't decide which project to write on...

Words to the wise: too many ideas equals brain lockdown. It sucks.

GW do you know which one is the best , don't you yûjin?

you know you're a writer when u end that final sentence with that final period.

Andrew

.... you're fat, unemployed, unattached and your cocaine addiction is so strong that you hallucinate typing while on the toilet.


Cheers, Chismeister.

...When you try to find the plot in real life.

When you realize real life has no plot but is one of those irritating dramas that you just have to watch until it's over because only the development of the characters gives it any direction.

When you walk into a room and that voice inside your head says....

INT. ROOM

He walks into the room.

And then you start visualising real-life conversations in screenplay format.


Cheers, Chismeister.

Quoted from Steve-Dave ...When you tape record your conversations for material.

YES! this is right!

You stare at a blinking cursor under FADE IN: for two hours while occasionally looking back at the basketball game on TV.

You know you're a writer when fixing the dialogue on your story is first priority over studying for an accounting and statistics exam that you have the following day.

You know you're a writer when...

...you feel compelled to complete this sentence.

Quoted from George Willson When you realize real life has no plot but is one of those irritating dramas that you just have to watch until it's over because only the development of the characters gives it any direction.

Is that realizing when you're a writer or realizing you're getting older?

...You stole your bosses roledex, just for the names.

...You start reciting the lines while watching movies you've never seen.

..."(O.S) (CONT'D)" means something to you.

...Your desktop has "My COmputer," 2 Icons for internet browsers, and 65 word documents, final draft files, and PDFs.

and finally,

You know you are a writer, when you go to bed hungry because you were writing all day and forgot to eat.

You know you're a writer when, when you're watching a movie you immediately turn the picture on screen into words on a piece of paper in your head.

Also, you know you're a writer when you write "Lady In The Water".

Quoted from Ike You know you are a writer, when you go to bed hungry because you were writing all day and forgot to eat.

That looks like me

When you drive 330mi from Florida to Atlanta without the radio on and without stopping once because you are thinking about the plot for your next horror script. Then when you get there, you seriously consider making at least one loop around Atlanta because you want to think about that plot some more.

PS. I'm wondering if being a writer could be considered suffering from some sort of mental disease.  

I think you are very right, Pia. Why did Don build this site, huh? It was an advice from his shrink!

....when you embarass yourself in the theater by being the only one to clap during the "Written by...." portion of the opening credits.

when...everyone is facsinated by your life and tells you you should write a book.......I mean a script........lol

You know more about script formatting than your writing professor in college does.