Living with a writer
1. Never, ever, ask when the book will be published2. Don’t ask if they wish they had written the last best-seller
3. Never say you are thinking of writing a book. Or that you would if you had the time.
4. Don’t panic if you see their browsing history. They’re not planning to poison you, hire a hitman, or move to Afghanistan.
5. Leave your writer alone when they are writing. It is incredibly difficult to enter the zone.
6. Don’t pick unfair fights. Writers always get their revenge in print.
7. If you must fight, make it memorable. They’re always looking for material.
8. If your writer vanishes at a party, don't panic. They’re off checking out the host’s bookshelves or medicine cabinets.
9. Buy notebooks and pens as gifts. Chocolate is acceptable.
10. Leave your writer alone when a bad review comes in. After the deadly silence, screaming, tears and muttering have subsided, offer coffee. And a cupcake. Add a huge hug.
(www.writerswrite.co.za)
Comments (14)
I just love your blog! My friend is an editor and I cannot get enough of his writings and stories. Not to mention the photographs.
He is a typical 'verstrooide professor'. I find his self righteousness and arrogance charming as it is not overbearing. He even admits he loves it when I cut him down when he needs it
At times I love him, hate him, love him, hate him, but never have a dull moment when I'm with him
Keep on writing and blogging!
I'd like to share mine and a cuppa coffee too
At first I was intimidated by him and fell into the habit of checking and double checking my spelling and grammar, as English is not my first language, even kept a dictionary handy!
He is going through a rough patch at the moment, the worst you can imagine. I wish I knew what to say to him...
Been having lots of those lately, not very good for my waistline
But heck!! I don't even have a waistline to begin with!!
Anyway, you are right. Many a times, I'd only get a reply hours later even though I could see that he has read my messages. He once told me that he'd be happy if he could write 30 pages in a week but one day, after a frisky online session with yours truly, he had a sudden burst of creativity and wrote 14 pages that night!
It has nothing to do with work, it is personal, which makes it even more difficult. Words are empty and meaningless...
My heart is breaking for him and I don't know how to deal with it
And don't allow them! To have writers block....