Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Wed, Feb 03 2016
You might be a writer in a restaurant if...
You might be a writer in a restaurant if you tear off portions of the white table paper and scribble notes on the torn portion.
You might be a writer in a restaurant if you stare intently at one or more fellow diners the way one might examine bugs under a microscope, imagining them as characters.
You might be a writer in a restaurant if you jot down the wine bottle label names for future inspiration.
You might be a writer in a restaurant if you look at duos dining nearby and find yourself inventing stories of how they met or how they could be torn apart later.
You might be a writer in a restaurant if you are not a local, but you eavesdrop on the gossip to get leads on local issues.
You might be a writer in a restaurant if you notice every menu typo.
You might be a writer in a restaurant if you try to see the titles of the books that lone diners are reading.
You might be a writer in a restaurant if you pay attention to how often lone diners put down that book they're reading to actually eat their food, which could be an indication of how engaging the book is (or, to be fair, how hungry they are).
You might be a writer in a restaurant if you would have described the "fish and chips" as "lightly-battered Alaskan sea cod paired with hearty hand-cut russet wedges, fried to golden perfection in lemon-infused oil, served on citrus-mustard swirls, accompanied by dainty seaweed crackers and all finally kissed with a dusting of kosher sea salt".
posted at: 10:55 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
You might be a writer in a restaurant if you tear off portions of the white table paper and scribble notes on the torn portion.
You might be a writer in a restaurant if you stare intently at one or more fellow diners the way one might examine bugs under a microscope, imagining them as characters.
You might be a writer in a restaurant if you jot down the wine bottle label names for future inspiration.
You might be a writer in a restaurant if you look at duos dining nearby and find yourself inventing stories of how they met or how they could be torn apart later.
You might be a writer in a restaurant if you are not a local, but you eavesdrop on the gossip to get leads on local issues.
You might be a writer in a restaurant if you notice every menu typo.
You might be a writer in a restaurant if you try to see the titles of the books that lone diners are reading.
You might be a writer in a restaurant if you pay attention to how often lone diners put down that book they're reading to actually eat their food, which could be an indication of how engaging the book is (or, to be fair, how hungry they are).
You might be a writer in a restaurant if you would have described the "fish and chips" as "lightly-battered Alaskan sea cod paired with hearty hand-cut russet wedges, fried to golden perfection in lemon-infused oil, served on citrus-mustard swirls, accompanied by dainty seaweed crackers and all finally kissed with a dusting of kosher sea salt".
posted at: 10:55 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry