1.
When you are a cruel god, but a fair one:
2.
When you've considered yelling this question out your window:
3.
When past you offers present you a puzzle to solve:
4.
When 10 hours have gone by and all you've written is what a character had for breakfast*:
5.
When you have to remind yourself you're in great company:
6.
When crying is just part of the process:
7.
When this face happens:
8.
When you've been staring at the name "Aiden" for half an hour:
9.
Or when a more interesting solution to the naming issue presents itself:
10.
When you lie to yourself that Making a Murderer is just on as "background noise":
11.
When this will still be true three years from now:
12.
When you have ulterior motives:
13.
When it's late and you're tired and you develop really strong feelings about spelling:
14.
And when you’ve forgotten how to spell something entirely:
15.
When you move from half-past "Too Much Coffee" to "It's After Noon And You Can't Judge Me For Drinking" o'clock:
16.
When there's no cause for an extra clause:
17.
When the most prominent member of your literary family is a throbbing one:
18.
When fantasy writing is contagious:
19.
When you have to google "the perfect crime how to kill without getting caught" as RESEARCH:
20.
When it is your duty as a writer to teach the next generation well:
21.
When sometimes you need a gentle reminder:
22.
When editing involves slowly morphing into a triangle of pain:
23.
When your problems become entirely too specific:
24.
When you wish you were better at writing TO yourself:
25.
When you come up with your best ideas while pooping:
26.
When you wonder whether this technically counts as socializing:
27.
When you've killed your darlings and also their entire world:
28.
When it becomes all too evident that pets make THE WORST assistants:
29.
When writing takes up your entire life and editing takes up your whole house:
30.
When even the teeniest bit of writing has to be taken seriously:
31.
When that's enough already: