The decision to fall in love with a writer should NOT be taken lightly. Writers are strange and interesting creatures, who need to be handled with extreme care.
If you are on the verge of falling in love with a writer, please consider the following points below.
- You run the risk of being turned into a fictional character and potentially immortalised in one of their published stories or books. If you have an argument or split up whilst your love interest is writing their story or book, prepare to find your fictional self either being turned into an evil villain or even worse suffering a long-winded (several chapters) and gruesome death.
- Following on from the point above – all writers love research. Your love interest WILL take great pleasure in researching the different ways your fictional death could occur. God help your fictional self if you fall in love with a crime or horror writer!
- Your writer will ‘out write’ you when it comes to Valentine’s Day cards. Don’t think you can compete with their wordy wizardry.
- Your writer will point out all your grammatical errors in emails or texts. They won’t be able to stop themselves correcting you, its in their blood. If you try to correct anything they have written – prepare your fictional self for another painful and excruciating fictional death.
- They will never let you borrow ANY of their stationery.
- Your writer will be seen performing various rituals in the garden from time to time. These will include setting fire to their latest creation (when it doesn’t match their expectations), burying the second draft of their novel in a wooden box with a priest on hand (when all hope for it is lost), chanting out their literary crutch words over hot coals and doing a strange dance to release the bad spirits that come with literary rejection.
- Your writer will struggle to listen to you raving about a good book you have just read.
- You will be in constant competiton with imaginary folk.
- Your problems will never seem as bad as their literary ones.
- Pillow talk will include a critique of their latest work. Things will get awkward when your writer will urge you to give them some ‘constructive’ feedback. Say the wrong thing and you could find yourself shivering on the doorstep in your pjs.
- They will guard their freshly printed out manuscript with their life. Accidentally spill coffee over it and it will be like someone has unleashed a terrible monster.
- In order to find out why your writer is in a bad mood you will have to read through their 56,677 word draft novel to find out the root cause. Writers find it difficult to talk about their writing faults. Once you believe you’ve found the cause of their turmoil…..think very carefully about how you handle this situation going forward. Emotional tightrope!
On the flip side, you might get a book dedicated to you, receive lengthy and descriptive love letters, never get bored because a writer’s mood swings change daily (some hourly), spend your life with someone who is determined to make the world listen to their stories.
Go fall in love with a writer today!
Have a great day!
😀 I especially LOVED number 6! Happy Monday and ‘Galentines’ day 😉
Lol! Thank you Candice 🙋🏼 *waving*
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I was impossible to live with, even before I started writing!
Ever on the verge!
Lol Eric – 🙋🏼
too late I married one!
Lol! Lucky you – thx for reading 🙋🏼
Read it and shared on my fb page….great blog piece!
Too funny and so true! Hubby is always worried that everything is write has truth involved in it somehow… using him or something from my past in it!
Thank you Ritu 🙋🏼
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so true and so funny –
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Then there’s also the reading what your writer partner has just written and realising that you didn’t realise what a sick mind they’ve got – and wondering where this depravity will show itself in your relationship…..
No? Just me then…
Yep – sigh!
My wife would vouch for the list.
Lucky lady! 🙋🏼
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Here is a great post on some considerations you should take into account before you attach yourself to a writer.
So much of #2!!
Interesting!
Peak post! I recommend that lovers cultivate their narcissistic streak, like my ex who said, “I prefer novels that are about me.” He especially enjoyed my revenge novel.
Lol – thx Rachel 🙋🏼
Ha ha ha. I never fell for one so I don’t see that side of a writer. 😀 😀 😛
Lol thx Tess! 🙋🏼
😉 😉 ❤
Lol – thx Tess! 🙋🏼
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A little FYI….
Thank you 🙋🏼
Thx for reading Emma and thx for your thought provoking comment. I agree with you, taking revenge on people through writing is a cliche people should avoid. Have a good day!
They also get to use the phrase “She writes…” while shrugging their shoulders. Not many men can find a quick off the tongue quip that forgives any madness at any time. Mine is still coming to terms with my five am rises and middle of the night ooohh’s that have me racing to the laptop. No. 11 rings bells. 😇😉
This is hilarious! 😂😂😂
Thank you ☺️ Made my day!
This was the funniest post I read today 😂😂😂 especially points 1 & 2. They were hilarious. Good post!
Arrr thx! Happy Monday 😎
you’re welcome! & same to you.