photo courtesy alexkerheadSomething happened the other day that made me think about writing and how integral it is to our lives.
You know you're a writer:
When you recall your childhood and adolescent by the books you were reading and the authors you discovered.
When life altering events happen and you catch yourself thinking, I must remember how this feels so I can capture it for my book.
When you read and can't switch off your internal editor unless it is a really good book.
When you go back and re-read that really good book to work out why you couldn't switch off your internal editor.
When you catch yourself rewriting the endings of books and movies.
When you toss a book aside because you think you can do better.
When you keep writing, even though the industry is crazy and perfectly good books get rejected.
When your children leave a note for you, not on the kitchen table but on your keyboard, because they know your life revolves around your computer and your latest manuscript.
That last one is what made me think how integral writing is to my life and how this affects my family. When my 6 children were younger and still at school, things would happen and the events would turn up later in one of my children's books with the names changed to protect the innocent and not so innocent. Now, when the kids tell me things, they say 'And you can use that in one of your books.'
When did you know you were a writer?
You know you're a writer:
When you recall your childhood and adolescent by the books you were reading and the authors you discovered.
When life altering events happen and you catch yourself thinking, I must remember how this feels so I can capture it for my book.
When you read and can't switch off your internal editor unless it is a really good book.
When you go back and re-read that really good book to work out why you couldn't switch off your internal editor.
When you catch yourself rewriting the endings of books and movies.
When you toss a book aside because you think you can do better.
When you keep writing, even though the industry is crazy and perfectly good books get rejected.
When your children leave a note for you, not on the kitchen table but on your keyboard, because they know your life revolves around your computer and your latest manuscript.
That last one is what made me think how integral writing is to my life and how this affects my family. When my 6 children were younger and still at school, things would happen and the events would turn up later in one of my children's books with the names changed to protect the innocent and not so innocent. Now, when the kids tell me things, they say 'And you can use that in one of your books.'
When did you know you were a writer?
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