Writer Reactions, Responses
Posted by Jo | Filed under humor, Writing
In my last post I asked about how people react to you when you tell them you’re a writer. Below are the responses I got. I was surprised that no one gets the odd responses that I seem to, but maybe it’s just me.
When I say I’m a writer the response is usually, one of surprise but then one of interest.
Most people think it is a cool profession. I’m already known as an artsy creative type from my former career as a photographer. A few people, very few when I think of it, ask me what kind of writing I do. Those that do, also write in some form or fashion.Fun question. Now that you’ve asked it, I’ll be paying more attention in the future.
I don’t think I am a writer just expressing my words, not a pro B. Well people found my blogpost useful/ Entertaining. few say I go rude in case of linking to officials but well that’s something subject to Officials popularity !!
They are impressed… until they realize I’m not making my living at it. Then, I can almost see myself being slotted into the “deadbeat” category of their minds. LOL! Thankfully, I’ve grown a thicker skin of late.
I’ve revealed my blog to several of my friends and family and they were all shocked.
They often say:
“Wow, you do not seem like the author behind this blog”
“You write more than you do for your classes!”
“I don’t believe someone like you can write this professionally”
I often say, “Yeah, right??”. It seems as if I don’t even believe I can write like I did.
It is a great hobby and very productive. I have found myself to procrastinate much less when it comes to writing papers for class.
I’m not a writer. I’m a librarian. We love writers.
Me
- Blank stares. I think sometimes people just don’t know how to react, so they just don’t.
- “Romances, right?” First off, I have nothing against romances or romance writers. It’s not the comment, it’s the tone that puts me off. This one tends to come from guys. I’m not sure why they assume a woman writer does romance, but that seems to be the case. The fact that they usually say it with a little sneer gets my goat though.
- “You mean like….” (insert whatever movie is popular at the time). This comes from people who know that I do speculative fiction, so they’ll plug in anything from Harry Potter to a Stephen King.
- And then they’re the diggers. “What do you write about?” “What’s your novel about now?” “Can I read something?” I don’t talk about a novel in progress, and some people just can’t seem to accept that. They push like a gossiping teenager.
I think being a writer is exotic enough to elicit oddball responses, and I’m sure other artistic jobs are more or less the same.
Further Reading
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September 27th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
Oh, I sometimes get those digs about romance. I love romance and happen to be writing one among other things, but it gets my goat that they think it is fluffy stuff. I casually mention that Nora Roberts made 67 MILLION in 2006 alone. That usually gets their attention.
It’s the same in photography. People would snicker and asked if I’d ever done nudes. It ALWAYS shut them up when I said yes. Sheesh, you’d have thought I was talking about porn. That’s so NOT me.
Write on! Enjoy those odd remarks and quizzical looks.
October 1st, 2008 at 6:50 pm
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