10 Habits of the Writer Clan

1. If I can’t spell a word, I won’t say it.

2. I get angry when reading bad grammar on signage. I won’t patron those establishments or buy those products out of principle.

3. I’m terrible at coming up with the “right” answer between A, B, C, and D, because I can come up with a scenario in which each of the answers is possible.

4. I’m usually reading 3-4 books simultaneously.

5. I turn music off when the lyrics are written poorly.

6. I stare at people when they talk in order to visualize the nuances of their sentence structure--so I can write better dialogue. (I’m listening; just keep talking.)

7. I scramble and unscramble words in my head. Then I pick a different language and try it again.

8. I prefer five-letter words to six-letter. (And I want “five-letter” to be “five-lettered,” for good adjective purposes.)

9. I read books on grammar for amusement, and highlight my favorite rules.

10. I look at everything in life (good, bad, funny, frustrating, painful) and ask, “How do I write this?” ~

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