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101reasonslogo.pngDo you have someone in your life who professes to be a writer but spends more time looking at expensive pens than s/he does writing? Do you know someone who says s/he is a writer but has to wait around for ‘the muse’ and hasn’t actually written anything?

Do you know someone who should just stop writing?

If you could never find a polite way to tell him/her why, just point him/her/them to this site because he has…

101 Reasons to Stop Writing

If you have any sort of inkling or feeling that maybe you shouldn’t be a writer, stop at this site. Site creator Sean Lindsey will help you see the light.

On site you will find not only many posts about writing, the industry, and writers, you’ll also find a store which includes the writing demotivators to help you on your path to stopping yourself and/or others from writing.

For those of you who think I’m ‘conspiring with the enemy’ by reading and enjoying his site even while writing this one, you’re probably right. But as long as people give me pet peeves to post, I will take that as a sign that some people who shouldn’t be writing still are…


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