{"id":14649,"date":"2013-01-04T19:01:27","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T19:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/2013\/01\/04\/amandaonwriting-10-signs-that-youre-a-writer\/"},"modified":"2018-12-05T02:16:20","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T02:16:20","slug":"amandaonwriting-10-signs-that-youre-a-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/2013\/01\/04\/amandaonwriting-10-signs-that-youre-a-writer\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-14649 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/2013\/01\/04\/amandaonwriting-10-signs-that-youre-a-writer\/attachment\/14650\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/tumblr_metf5asHop1rnvzfwo1_500-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/tumblr_metf5asHop1rnvzfwo1_500-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/tumblr_metf5asHop1rnvzfwo1_500-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/amandaonwriting.tumblr.com\/post\/37633992832\">amandaonwriting<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>10 Signs That You\u2019re a Writer <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by Writability<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>You constantly edit.<\/strong>\u00a0Whether it\u2019s while you\u2019re driving down the street and pass a misspelled sign, or grammatical errors in Facebook posts, you fix errors constantly in your mind\u2014and sometimes not so silently.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>You\u2019re highly observant<\/strong>. And not only do you notice things all the time, but you file them away in your I could write about this later folder.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>You often ask, \u201cHow could I describe this?\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0You don\u2019t ignore your life experiences\u2014everything from walking outside during a torrential downpour, to burning yourself while cooking, to taking the first bite of a piping-hot homemade chocolate chip cookie can be used in your writing, and you often pause to think about how you would describe it in words.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>You have a hyperactive imagination<\/strong>. There\u2019s never a dull moment in that head of yours\u2014your imagination is always working on overtime to keep you entertained and give you fresh ideas.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>You feel inspired to write after reading<\/strong>\u00a0a good book. Enough said.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>You often daydream about your WIPs.<\/strong>\u00a0Your characters never completely leave you\u2014 they walk alongside you throughout the day and give you new ideas when you least expect it.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>You feel guilty if you haven\u2019t written anything in a while<\/strong>. What a \u201cwhile\u201d is depends, but after a writing hiatus, a part of you begins to demand that you get back to the keyboard and reprimands you if you don\u2019t.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Grammar jokes are funny<\/strong>. Well, they are.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>You can\u2019t get enough books<\/strong>. After all, every new book is a couple hours worth of inspiration.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>You keep doing this writing thing.<\/strong>\u00a0It doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re not published, if no one else cares if you continue to write, if you don\u2019t make a penny off of the words that you put on the page\u2014none of that matters, because you\u2019ll continue to write anyway.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>10\u00a0Signs by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/avajae.blogspot.com\/2012\/10\/ten-indisputable-signs-that-youre-writer.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+Writability+(Writability)&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">Writability<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reblogged from <a href=\"http:\/\/writerswrite.posterous.com\/ten-signs-that-youre-a-writer\">Writers Write\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>amandaonwriting: 10 Signs That You\u2019re a Writer by Writability You constantly edit.\u00a0Whether it\u2019s while you\u2019re driving down the street and pass a misspelled sign, or grammatical errors in Facebook posts, you fix errors constantly in your mind\u2014and sometimes not so silently.\u00a0 You\u2019re highly observant. And not only do you notice things all the time, but &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/2013\/01\/04\/amandaonwriting-10-signs-that-youre-a-writer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-gallery","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14649"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14651,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14649\/revisions\/14651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}