Thread: My 12 Favorite Things About Writers

1. They notice things other people don’t. And they share that with those who otherwise would not see. They see the furtive looks, the merest brush of hands. They see the detail that is out of place, because a writer has inborn Spidey senses to catch those things, and to wonder about them. As friends and lovers, then, writers have the capability to be in tune and attentive in ways that mere mortals cannot. They aren’t always, but that’s not because they can’t.
2. Their minds are open to new ideas and alternative ways. They have to be — writers cannot be formulaic. So if you have dreadlocks at 55? A writer won’t glance twice. Want to go live in a van down by the river? A writer will be intrigued, but not think to judge you according to some societal standard. Have a family unit consisting of two moms, one dad, three kids, two dogs, and an emu? They will have questions, to be sure, but out of genuine interest, not out of condemnation.
3. They have a more flexible view of time. Although discipline is a foundation to successful writing, writers are also at the mercy of their own personal muses, who tend to pipe up at the strangest times. That makes writers less likely to be of the “tea is at precisely half-past six” variety because, for all we know, inspiration may strike at ten past and then, Betty bar the doors, this must be written down. On a napkin, in a notebook, in an app on a phone or on your hand, it doesn’t matter.
4. They appreciate the small things. If you give a writer a gift, it really is the thought that counts, so don’t expect to cruise through the drug store on your way to the party for a generic gift. Or do — the writer may get misty-eyed at the thought of you caring enough to do so, even as busy as you are. An impressive sunset transfixes a writer, and the transparent fuzz on the top of a baby’s head inspires sonnets.

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5. A writer can handle rejection. Not only can they handle it, they celebrate it. They memorialize it. They make it part of the decor — part of the story itself. How many people don’t know that J.K. Rowling wasn’t rejected and discouraged fifty kajillion times before Harry Potter became a household name? In a world where people take risk management seriously and attempt to insulate themselves from every possible downturn, writers get that up and down is the rhythm of life. One day you’re the windshield, the next you’re the bug.
6. Writers support other writers — by reading voraciously, by providing feedback to each other, and by nurturing new writers. There are a lot of fields in which the old devour the young as an expected — and accepted — rite of passage, as a way to “toughen them up”. Writers know that other writers are tough enough by nature. They recognize each other, and they reach back with a helping hand over the rough spots as needed.
7. They are creative in other things besides writing. Every writer I know has a generalized creative bent. Their cooking is more adventurous, and they play a little more fast and loose with fashion rules. Perhaps they also crochet, or carve, or sing. They may also take photographs or paint or draw — the whole idea is to capture and pin down, if only for a second, that spark that makes life irresistible, by any means available.
8. If a writer tells you that you’re beautiful, you can believe them. They mean it. In the same way that a writer can see indescribable meaning in a sunset, they can see real beauty and value in you — in your bigness and your smallness, your youth and your age. And if you ask them, they will tell you what they find beautiful about you, in detail that will never leave you, and forever surround you.
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Source: pixabay.com 9. Writers see possibilities where others see problems. They understand that there is always a way — whether that’s through it, around it, over it, or just by wearing it down. Because of that trait, they are encouragers. They know the value of the long game, of patience and persistence. Writers will put their heads down and keep writing, even when there seems to be no point to it. Worlds were created on the back of such persistence. Civilizations rose and fell, fueled by such dogged determination.
10. Writers can feel at home anywhere in the world. The color or expanse of the walls around them is not the lynchpin in their happiness. In fact, even the people around them are not the crucial element. A writer lives largely in a world created by their own imagination, shifting and swirling all the time, and that world translates just as easily to city streets as bucolic pastures. They may have a preference for one scene over another, but they can bloom where they’re planted.
11. They have heroes long past the age that most people give them up. And they’re not too proud to admit it. Writers clearly see others as inherently flawed and multidimensional, but that doesn’t stop them from holding a tender space in their hearts for someone else they admire, as broken and complex as they may be. They feel no shame in continuing to stretch, way into adulthood, to fill shoes left vacant by another. Writers know that a strong sense of self does not in any way a deep appreciation for the characteristics of someone else.
12. They are an open book, and they want to be read. That is not to say that all writers are honest at all times, any more than any other human being. Like all of us, writers will present the book they want you to read. But the defining characteristic of a writer is the human desire to be seen and heard and known. The longer you know a writer, the closer you get, the more they may let you see, inviting you in as they do with their words.
I know. We aren’t a monolith. Each writer is different in as many ways as the things we write. Some of this is tongue in cheek but most of it is truly a paean to the people who pour it out on the regular. To the storytellers, the poets, the journalists, the essayists, the searchers, and the heralds — I’m grateful to have found a spot here among you.

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