Writer's Disease

I want to introduce all of you to a particular disease of mine.

It is a horrible, gruesome, slightly contagious, and in some cases fatal disease.

I and my ‘sister’ like to call it “Writers Disease”.

Horrible, gruesome, slightly contagious, and in some cases fatal.

Don’t you agree?

Likely, some of you have caught it or susceptible to it.

Isn’t that the reason we’re all here? This should be a blog about young writers, it should be some sort of copping blog.

“Hi, my name’s Amanda and I have Writers Disease.”

“Hi, Amanda.” Complete with monotone chorusing voices. Except for the one person who has a squeaky voice because they don’t actually speak to people, only write all day long, with stooped shoulder, pale face and long crooked fingers that aren’t good for anything except hitting keys on the keyboards.

“I’ve felt the symptoms since I was about seven, I was first diagnosed with it when I was twelve and have since had to work my entire life around it.”

You know why that’s so funny?

Because it’s true.

Or maybe you didn’t find it funny… it’s still true. And you cannot deny it. You can try, but your attempt will be proven false by the thousands of human beings who have had their lives ripped away by this disease.

It is real. One day it will be dictionary. That’s right. Oxford dictionary. It will be treated by doctors world-wide and we can all be officially considered tortured artists because of the deadly disease we carry within our bodies.

Wait for it. Believe it. Support it. Tweet it. Facebook it. Tumblr it if you must. SPREAD THE WORD!

Writers Disease: (n) the sickness contracted by those with aspirations to write novels. Symptoms include obsessions with fictional characters, word choices, and plot. Insomnia, paleness, lack of communication with the outside world, flimsy and or lack of muscles, and incessant chanting of “one more page” or “She’s gonna die!” are also common indicators.

(Sorry for the shortness of the post- it's almost midnight and I don't get enough sleep on the weekdays so I really should be getting more on the weekends. Failing at that.)