You Know You're a Writer When…

Whether you write for your personal blog, a marketing company, are a published author, or just do it for fun, folks who find themselves in this line of work often encounter similar situations and share a very special kind of humor. 

And sometimes, rather than advice on writing or some kind of inspiration, we just need to take a break, laugh, remember that there are other people feeling the same frustrations and triumphs, and be reminded that we shouldn’t take ourselves too seriously.

So without further ado, you know you’re a writer when…

…you told your parents you were going for a Lit degree and they reacted like Chris Farley:

…sassing a teacher meant saying something like this:

…you decide that this would be way more fun than pinning the tail on the donkey, the diaper on the baby, or the bachelorette favorite, pinning the hose on the fireman:

…you explain the Oxford comma like this (or explain it at all):

…you approach a messy house with this attitude:

…your friends suggest you get an eReader and all you can picture is this:

…you’re willing to admit the green section is a little bigger than pictured:

…you tell yourself lies like this:

…you are acutely aware of just how important using the proper tense is:

…Thesaurus.com is one of the first things in your toolbar:

…you’re actually willing to post a meme called “nerd quirk” just because it’s true:

…you have these “awkward moments” more often than you’d care to admit:

…and worry that your face may get stuck this way:

…you’ve written a piece of absolute genius and become Paranoid Parrot:

 …you talk to someone who refuses to enunciate their words and think about it like this:

…you’ve had to assign work to an intern and seriously lamented your lack of clear instruction:

…you’ve seen typos and errors so egregious all you can do this:

…someone asks you to edit something and you become a chef:

…you’ve daydreamed something like this:

…you get so cocky you’re even willing to edit Buddha:

…a mistake gives you a mental image like this and you can’t help but hope that’s what they actually meant:

…you wholeheartedly agree with Mark Twain’s opinion of people who can only think of one way to spell a word (on a metaphorical level, of course) and get excited when you see it being applied to popular song lyrics:

…you question your intelligence when you have trouble explaining something (thanks, Einstein):

…you’re not even sure you want kids, but have stuff like this Pinned just in case:

…and plan on dressing him or her up like your favorite children’s book:

…you experience a moment of panic when looking at a blank Word doc:

…you read something you just wrote and put on your Snoopy face:

…this statement has a deep, clear, and personal meaning – even if you’ve been sober for the last 12 years:

…puns like this warm the cockles of your heart:

 …you were given tests that featured a writing prompt and actually got excited:

 …and when you need a little help taking Hemigway’s advice, you make excuses and follow Betty White’s lead:

Do you have a folder full of memes you look at when you’re stressed or just can’t decide how to say something? Do you scroll through them periodically and laugh to yourself? I’d love to see them! Find me on Twitter @PR0SENCRANTZ.

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