You Know You're a Writer When
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You know you're a writer when
. . . You'll never forgive your parents for your happy childhood.
. . . The doctor tells you that you have terminal cancer and you think, "I can use this."
. . . You accidentally sign a check with your pen name.
. . . You know more than ten synonyms for "blue."
. . . You write your Christmas letter as if it were War and Peace.
. . . You'll never forgive your parents for your happy childhood.
. . . The doctor tells you that you have terminal cancer and you think, "I can use this."
. . . You accidentally sign a check with your pen name.
. . . You know more than ten synonyms for "blue."
. . . You write your Christmas letter as if it were War and Peace.
Many readers will recognize themselves in this collection of observations about the eccentric, quirky, word-obsessedcondition that is being a writer.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0811860795
ISBN13:9780811860796
Release Date:September 2007
Publisher:Chronicle Books
Length:96 Pages
Weight:1.43 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 4.3" x 6.3"
Related Subjects
Authorship Language Arts Literature & Fiction Publishing & Books Writing Writing SkillsCustomer Reviews
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The PERFECT gift for writers
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
I was fortunate enough to receive this gem of a book from my nephew for Christmas. You Know You're A Writer When. . . is the perfect gift for the writer in your life. Or if you're a writer, treat yourself to a copy. Who needs a holiday to buy presents. There are 364 other perfectly good days to make your writer friends/spouse/significant others laugh out loud and/or snort their coffee.
*gasp* How has this not been reviewed yet?!?!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Perhaps it's because, like me, people don't know it's out there yet. I just discovered it today while doing my perfunctory browsing of the writing section at Barnes & Noble. Picked it up out of curiosity and didn't put it down...I took it straight to the register instead. This book is hilarious, reading some of the ways to tell - if you have a file on every member of your family, you fall in love because someone uses a rare word properly, you stop an argument to write down a note, your "uniform" is a ratty bathrobe and slippers and your commute is 20 seconds - 20 extra if you stop to use the bathroom, you want to have WRITTEN but don't want to write, I could go on and on...I was in the store CRACKING THE FVCK UP!!!!!! Think of Jeff Foxworthy's "You Know You're a Redneck If" and then add the wit of a writer TO a book about writers. No writer should be without one.
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