irynai

You know you are an avid writer when:

1.) You can spend all day lying in bed, staring up at the ceiling, and still consider it a hellishly productive day due to the plot lines running around behind your eyes.

2.) An endless supply of coffee is still not enough coffee.

3.) You panic in the middle of a meeting and/or class because the ultimate, most awesome plot twist just occurred to you and you can’t write it down.

4.) You almost put yourself into shock from forgetting to eat or drink anything while “in the zone” with a current story.

5.) You know what “in the zone” means and secretly applaud the fellow writer who forwent his or her food in order to not break out of it.

6.) Running out of paper, ink or computer time is tantamount to human torture in your mind and should be on the prohibited list per the Geneva Convention.

7.) You believe writer’s block is serious enough to be up there on the list of Worst Mental Illnesses of All Time.

8.) You have a specific drink of choice, a specific food of choice, and a specific place in which you do your writing. Anyone getting into said food, drink, or place should run very far and very fast in the opposite direction. Preferably in a serpentine fashion.

9.) You can’t find “the zone” without your food, drink and place.

10.) Loosing a chunk of story due to a hard drive crash or similar instance is grounds for mourning.

11.) Your friends and loved ones have grown used to you suddenly stopping in the middle of a conversation or hallway, getting this mad gleam in your eyes, and running for the nearest computer or paper.

12.) You carry your flash drive with you wherever you go and feel worse than naked without it.

13.) You break out into laughter or smile for no good reason (that anyone can tell).

14.) You start a list like this based on your own experiences. =P