Charlie Stross on Nostr: #WritersCoffeeClub 6/25: What are the top five things people say when you tell them ...
#WritersCoffeeClub 6/25: What are the top five things people say when you tell them you're a writer?
"Ooh, I could do that too."
(Absolutely enraging: also, impossible to refute. A novel is a lot more complex than 2000 tweets (roughly the same number of words) but "how hard could it be?" is the general response.)
Number two commonest response: "oh, I don't read books, they're boring."
(Honestly, these days I try to change the subject if someone asks me.)
"Ooh, I could do that too."
(Absolutely enraging: also, impossible to refute. A novel is a lot more complex than 2000 tweets (roughly the same number of words) but "how hard could it be?" is the general response.)
Number two commonest response: "oh, I don't read books, they're boring."
(Honestly, these days I try to change the subject if someone asks me.)