So no deep-thinker post today (unlike all my other posts :) ). Instead, a top ten list (with apologies to Mr. Letterman):
The Ten Best Things About Being a Writer
10. People think you know stuff.
9. A business trip means going to the bookstore.
8. Fame and fortune. Not.
7. You can blame your misfortunes on your agent.
6. You “get” to blog and Facebook and Twitter.
5. Showering is optional.
4. You can kill people who annoy you with abandon (or with a gun or a knife).
3. Watching Comedy Central counts as research.
2. Those voices in your head are supposed to be there.
And the number one best thing about being a writer:
1. Casual Friday becomes Underwear Friday.
Got any to add?
Alan
13 comments:
You wear underwear on Friday?
The only thing I'd like to add dovetails with your #2. When you act bizarre or say bizarre things, people just say “what do you expect, she’s a writer” as opposed to before when they just thought you were nuts and moved away from you. Being a writer allows you to be crazy without people rushing inside their homes and locking the doors.
Alan, what about finding people who will actually eat your banana bread?
Sue Ann - I knew there was a reason I turned to writing.
Keith - Many people have called me a master baker.
Alan - Oh, this is so true!! And thanks for the much-needed laugh. And may I add: You have a legitimate excuse for walking around mumbling to yourself without a Bluetooth device.
Alan, Name 2.
Here's one:
People think you're more important than you really are, when all you do is record the conversations that the imaginary people are having in your head.
You can write-off Ho-Hos and Diet Ginger Ale as a business lunch.
Thanks for the laugh this morning. Here's one more benefit: We creative types can't be expected to do things like balance checkbooks.
Reading qualifies as "work"
Margot - I tried talking to myself once but I wouldn't listen.
Keith - I swiped that line from an old SNL skit with Buck Henry.
Beth - Hmm. People never think I'm important. Maybe I need a better haircut.
Darrell - Hypothetically speaking, of course.
Kathleen - Yes! Or clean bathrooms.
Michael - Yes! And staring off into space qualifies, too. Ah, the life of a writer.
Alan, you swiped the line from Buck Henry. Oh, yeah. You are allowed. As Picasso reputedly said, "“Good artists copy; great artists steal."
Paraphrasing Anne Lamott: You don't have to get up every morning and go to someone else's office to do someone else's work!
Michael
I have nothing to add except I loved this blog post.
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