By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills
Confession is supposed to be good for the soul, and I admit to being a writing-addict. Addictions don’t necessarily mean a problem, but they do indicate a dependency, obsession, habit, and enslavement to something. The deciding factor is whether the draw is a good factor for us and those around us. In the case of writing, the answer is YES!
I don’t intend to kick the habit. I like being a writer. Possibly you have the same addiction.
Here are 15 ways to know you can join the band.
- Bad grammar is as annoying as fingernails scraping across a chalkboard.
- Critique buds are on speed dial.
- Daydreaming is a preferred method of passing time.
- Drink of choice is predominantly coffee, tea, and caffeine-rich sodas.
- Emotion in our writing is as critical as punctuation.
- How-to books are devoured like the finest of chocolate.
- Laboring over emails, texts, and grocery lists is a part of our chemical makeup.
- Life experiences become a story, blog post, devotional, article, nonfiction book or a poem. We include the great and wonderful experiences, and also those happenings that are tragic or bring us to tears.
- Movies are a source of how we’d edit or rewrite the script.
- Pastors and speakers of all types can inspire whatever we are writing.
- Reading is an obsession. If it contains letters that resemble words, then we read it.
- We appreciate the label of quirky, bizarre, eccentric, and should be on meds.
- Writing conferences are the closest events to heaven that we will ever encounter.
- Writing is how we process life. The written word communicates our emotions, humor, insight, wisdom, and quirkiness.
- Math is not your forte. 🙂
Okay, if you scored 3 out of 15, you are a part of the writing-addicted crowd. Welcome!
What descriptor fits you the most?
