Today is IWSG day, a monthly event Alex Cavanaugh started to get writers sharing about their insecurities and other things. On the first Wednesday of the month, a bunch of us gather on the blogosphere to share...I'm not here to discuss an insecurity today. Instead, I want to acknowledge that sometimes writers get understandably annoyed with stuff people say to them. On Twitter, I recently found #TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter. A couple of my favorites came from writers I follow on Twitter, Medeia Sharif and Mark Koopmans:
"Why don't you write at home with the new baby. It'll be easy." #TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter pic.twitter.com/UsdyHbtjLf
— Mark Koopmans (@markjkoopmans) July 28, 2015
Writing is easy. You're just talking on paper. I can do that. #TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter
— Medeia Sharif (@sharifwrites) July 28, 2015
Medeia and Mark, if you're visiting here, I want you to know I hear you! =) *Fist pump* (And Mark, that's such a cute picture you posted!)
Although I didn't participate in the hashtag fest, I could certainly think of a number of things people have said to me that caused my eyes to roll internally, such as...Since you got that rejection, why are you still writing? Yes, someone actually said that to me.
Can you add to the list #TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter?
