I’m no expert on anything, especially writing-related. But have you ever heard someone say “____ doesn’t look like a writer.”? There are some things this definitely applies to, but being a writer isn’t one of them.
For instance, a guy came in my store yesterday who was right at seven feet tall. He didn’t “look” like a basketball player, he was one. No doubt about it. But do we have a specific “look” for police officers? Or for lawyers? Maybe doctors? Dentists? Small business owners? No to all of those? Well why is there some “look” writers need to have? It’s ridiculous. And what the heck is this “look” anyway? Bags under their eyes because they obviously don’t get enough sleep. Messy hair because they don’t care about physical appearance when they’re actively writing the next bestseller. What else?
Let’s make this game now. To you, what does a writer look like? To me, a writer looks just like the rest of us.
On this day in 2014 I published Millennials Read More Than You.
Johnny Reads 
Did you see Limitless with Bradley Cooper? He was a writer, and people kept mistaking him for a street/homeless person.
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Ha! Nope. Haven’t seen it.
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A writer is the only person who does not fall into the stereotypical ‘look’. This should make you happy instead.
Cheers. x
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Whaa?
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I mean, there is no stereotype as such yet, about how writers ought to look because no mainstream writer looks the same.
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Okay.
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I often think the “look” people are referring to is a “scholarly” type of appearance. Glasses. Tweed jacket with leather elbow patches. Or maybe a wool skirt with a high button collar.
Maybe there should also be a saying “Don’t judge a writer by their pajama pants and messy hair.”
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Hahaha pajama pants and messy hair! 😂
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A thermos of coffee in each hand. Always seeking MORE COFFEE! I don’t know… I just think it’s funny how writers are somehow for some reason required to be obsessed with coffee. Otherwise, well, I guess you’re not a true writer. Bummer for me the coffee-hater. 😜
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Right. I’ve seen shirts about writers and their coffee. I hate that stuff.
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whatt? no such thing as “writer’s look”….
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Okay.
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Definitely don’t like the idea of people having certain “looks” that correspond to their personality or their career. It seems like another form of stereotyping to me! And I especially don’t like the “bags under their eyes they must not get enough sleep” one! (only because I personally have naturally horrible dark under eyes that make me look slightly zombie-like).
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It is stereotyping. But writers aren’t people, I guess. Ha! I don’t think you look like a zombie. 😂
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