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Sometimes a well-written essay is just not enough to convince people of the error of their grammar, the sloppiness of their style, or the futility of their ambition. In these times, the juxtaposition of concise sarcasm and a photograph digitally altered to add subliminal poignancy is often the only way to communicate an idea to people who cannot concentrate on anything for more than ten consecutive words, and yet fancy themselves writers.
101 Reasons’ Demotivators are your fears and anxieties about your creative inadequacy, rendered in visual form. A new Demotivator is published each month.
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ALLEGORY
What you say your story really means,
after someone else tells you what they think it really means.
SOLITUDE
You think it will make you a better novelist.
Everyone else thinks you’re being an asshole.
VALENTINE
Honey, I love you.
But your writing sucks.
MEANING
People don’t read books to find meaning in their lives,
but to take comfort in someone else’s misery.
GENEROSITY
Don’t give copies of your book to your friends or family.
You’ll halve your market.
CHRISTMAS
Stop writing and take the day off.
Go kiss somebody.
NaNoWriMo
The challenge of an arbitrary target and deadline
without the burden of any expectation of quality.
NaNoWriMo
Anyone can be a writer, if you set the bar low enough.
HORROR
The escalating sense of fear that Stephen King has already thought of your story.
INSPIRATION
The act of forgetting where you stole your ideas.
ASPIRATION
You will never be this good. You’re not even Titus Andronicus good, much less Hamlet good.
WRITER’S BLOCK
The subconscious urge to abandon writing altogether
EDITING
Regardless of skill, the quality of the end product
is determined by the raw material.
PATIENCE
It takes around two years for a novel to be published.
Sometimes it takes longer to accept it won’t be yours.
SLUSHPILE
You spent two years writing the novel, three months rewriting the opening chapters,
and four seconds reading the submission guidelines.
SLUSHPILE
Somewhere in there is the perfect manuscript.
For another agent.
DETERMINATION
There’s a word for someone who never gives up writing.
And a special room.
EDITING
Your chance to make a contribution to the world of literature.
NATURE
If your book is published, this forest is gone.
WRITING
The recording of life as it passes you by.
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Ever thought about t-shirts for your logo? I’d love to wear one to the next bloody convention I get stuck working.
Funny you should mention that.
Wow! I love the store! *fumbles around for the ol’ charge card.
these are really cool. i would love to many of them on a t-shirt. esp. “Anyone can be a writer, if you set the bar low enough”
luv, luv all of them.
sorry that was supposed to be; …I would love have many of them
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made me laugh, cheered me up, keep up the good work!
I feel all warm inside now. Possibly it’s my dreams burning down. Thanks.
Ha, oh you guys! This is hilarious – the ‘Editing’ one is great, as is the dung beetle one – very funny. For the record, I’ve been trying to get my work noticed for almost a decade. I’m 30 this year and have never sold a single thing. Rubber walls beckoning shortly methinks…
Awesome! Patience has gotta be the best one.
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