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cimorene15 Ways You Know You Were Born to Write with [comments from some random guy] and {comments from me}
1. You include an SASE with all personal correspondence.
2. You think the Bible should be reset in 12-point Courier. {10 pt verdana}
3. It drives you crazy that your friends don't take an extra minute to get
the grammar and punctuation of their e-mails right. {with some slight modifications to allow for special Online Speak}
4. You encourage your six-year old to copyright the story he wrote at
school. {or you post it on the web}
5. You can recite return postage rates for London, New York, Los
Angeles, and Guam. [Ed.: Or, in Gregory's case, London, Ottawa, Canberra,
Dublin, Washington D.C., and Wellington] {you know you're addicted to im and lj when you can say what time it is in all those places}
6. Someone mentions pickle juice, and your first thought is, "Pickle Juice,
that's a good title for a novel." {for slash: "pickle juice, not such a good lubricant. sharp flavor, though, maybe some imagery..."}
7. You feel sex ranks a distant second to the sensation of holding a solid
felt tip in your hand. [Ed. would say instead "fountain pen."] {this should have something to do with computers, instead. it's the clack of the keys, dude. or the feel of the keyboard still under your fingertips.}
8. You think baseball players should feel they're doing well if they get a
hit every thirty at-bats.
9. You have four separate novels you'd like to get to, ten {twenty or forty} short
stories, two dozen articles {informal essays}, and enough screenplays to bury a small village. {screenplays? uh, no.}
10. You fall in love based on proper use of syntax. {HAHAHAHAHA! yes! and obscure punctuation. and word use.}
11. If your house was on fire, you'd save your copy of "Writer's
Market" first; your grandmother's jewelry second. {not likely; it's the laptop all the way}
12. You couldn't balance a checkbook if your life depended on it, but your
submission log is cross-referenced three different ways and dates back to
1980. [Ed.: Ouch!]
13. Your outgoing message says, "Hi, I'm not here right now. Please leave a
query and the synopsis of your proposed message, and I'll let you know
whether to call back."
14. You'd rather meet Stephen King than Gandhi. {well, some writer who i admire and respect, anyway.}
15. You see an average man sitting on a normal bench on a regular day and
suddenly feel compelled to write a story about it. {with a sex scene.}
1. You include an SASE with all personal correspondence.
2. You think the Bible should be reset in 12-point Courier. {10 pt verdana}
3. It drives you crazy that your friends don't take an extra minute to get
the grammar and punctuation of their e-mails right. {with some slight modifications to allow for special Online Speak}
4. You encourage your six-year old to copyright the story he wrote at
school. {or you post it on the web}
5. You can recite return postage rates for London, New York, Los
Angeles, and Guam. [Ed.: Or, in Gregory's case, London, Ottawa, Canberra,
Dublin, Washington D.C., and Wellington] {you know you're addicted to im and lj when you can say what time it is in all those places}
6. Someone mentions pickle juice, and your first thought is, "Pickle Juice,
that's a good title for a novel." {for slash: "pickle juice, not such a good lubricant. sharp flavor, though, maybe some imagery..."}
7. You feel sex ranks a distant second to the sensation of holding a solid
felt tip in your hand. [Ed. would say instead "fountain pen."] {this should have something to do with computers, instead. it's the clack of the keys, dude. or the feel of the keyboard still under your fingertips.}
8. You think baseball players should feel they're doing well if they get a
hit every thirty at-bats.
9. You have four separate novels you'd like to get to, ten {twenty or forty} short
stories, two dozen articles {informal essays}, and enough screenplays to bury a small village. {screenplays? uh, no.}
10. You fall in love based on proper use of syntax. {HAHAHAHAHA! yes! and obscure punctuation. and word use.}
11. If your house was on fire, you'd save your copy of "Writer's
Market" first; your grandmother's jewelry second. {not likely; it's the laptop all the way}
12. You couldn't balance a checkbook if your life depended on it, but your
submission log is cross-referenced three different ways and dates back to
1980. [Ed.: Ouch!]
13. Your outgoing message says, "Hi, I'm not here right now. Please leave a
query and the synopsis of your proposed message, and I'll let you know
whether to call back."
14. You'd rather meet Stephen King than Gandhi. {well, some writer who i admire and respect, anyway.}
15. You see an average man sitting on a normal bench on a regular day and
suddenly feel compelled to write a story about it. {with a sex scene.}
