Here's a fun quiz
that I used with permission. Have fun!
You
know you're a writer when...
1You
see someone on TV who you think looks just like one of your
characters.
2
You read a book and are certain that writer ripped you off,
somehow.
3
You think of your characters as your friends.
4
You reenact a scene from your story and do the dialogue for all the
characters.
5
You watch a movie with your friends and you can't stop saying, "I'm
totally using that line in my book."
6
Your mood depends on what's going on in your book.
7
You'd rather write than watch TV.
8You
cry while you write a sad scene in your story.
9
You get mad when someone says they think you should make your
favorite character die.
10
You get so excited when you're assigned a two week research paper.
11
You dream about your story/stories.
12
You dream about your bad guy character trying to kill you.
13
The kids of your mom's friend go home and ask their mom to rent the
movie you were telling them about, when in reality you were just
telling them a story.
14
You do hands-on research to figure out how it would feel to be your
character in whatever situation you're researching.
15
You model your child character after the kid you babysit.
16
You get mad when your character makes the wrong decision.
17
You can't stand the naughty kids in the books you read, but
you love writing
those kids to torment your characters.
18
You play your stories.
19You
wish you could live in the imaginary world sometimes.
20
When people ask you what your favorite book character is you tell
them the one from your own book.
21
You have actually emailed the FBI to ask them questions for your
story.
22
You get really excited about research.
23
You borrow tons of books from the library to get inspiration or ideas
for scenes in your stories.
24
You rewrite movies/books/TV shows to the way you like them.
25
You sometimes wonder if your characters are controlling the stories,
not you.
26
You own an outfit just like the one your character wears.
27
You write your own commercials for your stories.
28
You find that you can't remember what was from your stories and what
was real when you're recalling life events.
29
You actually can't stand to let your favorite bad guy die and you
bring him back again...and again and again and again
formany sequels.
30
Your friends think you're talking about real people
when you're actually talking about your characters.
Grade
yourself!
1-5: You
like to make up stories a lot but find that it's hard to actually
finish something and often you find yourself having to push
yourself to sit down and write.
5-10: You
enjoy writing and do it in your spare time, though during school you
don't usually find the inspiration to write and would rather be doing
something else.
10-15: You
love to write and try to do it as much as you can, though many times
you take several week breaks. When Writer's Block hits you're really
stuck.
15-20: You
love to write and often start many, many stories that you can't
possibly finish, thus frustrating yourself and never actually getting
things done except those stories you really put a lot of effort
into.
20-25: You
really love writing and just can't get enough of it- you write
something every single day and eighty percent of the time finish what
you write, though you do have a lot of abandoned stories or just
ideas that someday you may or may not write. You rarely get Writer's
Block and have over ten stories finished.
25-29: You
LOVE writing so much and are constantly typing up a new idea or story
or something and can't stop creating new things. You finish most of
what you write and then start something new, often tackling three
part series in a matter of weeks. Your biggest problem is jumping
from story to story to story, though you do finish most of what you
write you often reread what you wrote a month before and then rewrite
the whole story.
All
30: You're
hooked. You think, breathe and live your stories. Often you have to
take a break from writing so you don't mix reality with the
imaginary, but your mind is always returning to that one scene or
story you were going to write. You are constantly seeing people in
stores that look like your characters and suspiciously considering
that perhaps they escaped your book.
Comment
in the comments and let me know what category you fall into.
P.S.
Jesseca
Dawn and Susan Marlow, thanks for allowing me to use this.
