Saturday 16 February 2013

Why Writers Make Terrible Friends

1. We love our characters. More than real people.
Ever notice why we're loners and why we don't mind it? Our imaginary friends are just so much cooler than our real ones.

2. We like our solitude.
Don't bother us when we're alone. We're probably concocting a new idea for a story, and God help whoever tries to butt into our fantasies right in the middle of the best part.

3. We're editors at heart.
If your grammar is wrong, expect a long lecture on proper sentence structure. Even when you're talking. God help you if you send a writer an email with a misplaced comma. Just start planning your funeral now if you EVER send us a text like: i luv u. ttyl.

4. We're hopeless sadists.
We really do find pleasure in making our characters suffer. Why would it be any different with you? Beheadings, breakups, and just all-around strife is our specialty. I mean, where would our stories be if we think like normal happy people? "The unicorn flew up to the rainbow and lived happily ever after." Bestseller right there.

5. We're masters of BS.
Your character started out as an uncoordinated klutz and suddenly gained the ability to do the Tango? No problem! They're a secret agent from Spain...as of right this very minute. Just think what we can come up with when you ask us to go out to a party on Write Night.

6. We are really good with revenge. 
You eff us up, we'll write you in our story as the character that spontaneously combusts into flames and falls off a cliff into a tent full of hungry, zombie clowns.

7. Don't ask us for help with schoolwork.
World history test? Nah.
Biology project? I'll do that later.
English paper? Okay, maybe I'll do that.
Math? EW. Who does math? The only math I need is my word count.

8. Writing always comes first.
Who cares if it's your birthday? You have one every year. My character is just about to find a magical toad that will give him the mega awesome sword to save the world with. How many magical toads have you met, hmm? Yeah. That's right.

Credit to YuffieProductions.

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