You Know You Read/Write Too Much When...

[Wendy Day]

You know you read too much when...
you feel sick after reading.  

[AmenthystMoon]

Reading:
when u don't know how many books you own because u haven't seen ur entire collection in years since u got grounded and ur parents confiscated them all
when u don't bother buying books anymore knowing they'll be taken as soon as u get them, so that ur parents can make u do anything under the threat of destroying the new book

writing:
when u and ur friends start talking abt charcters in your stories as if they existed in real life
when u insist u "have plans" with so and so from ur stories, and then actual go out and carry them out  

[Polly In My Pixel]

you read too much when you think your a character from the book your reading.

you write too much when your hand goes into writing lock and you can no longer move it from the holding to pen postition.  

[Thundering Hearts Guild]

you know you read too much when you talk in third person
you know you write too much when you have a sore on your pointer finger from your pencil
you know you write too much when you have carpal tunnel
you know you write too much when you forget what you were talking about because you were contemplating how to kill off one of the minor characters that you created because they are starting to really piss you off and you just want to shut them up... wait... what was I saying?
you know you read too much when you can't remember the title of the book you're reading.  

[mizzshy]

You know you read/write too much when you neglect really important stuff (i.e. Russian homework) until the night before it's due because you were reading/writing.

 

[Phriya]

You know you write too much when almost every song you hear you can relate to one or more of your characters and their lives.
(Guilty! I make playlists.)

 

[Angel_Child_Of_Grace]

You know you read to much when:

1. People have to snap their fingers in your face to get you to look up from the book

2. You sit down to read a page or two then end up reading half the book in one sitting.

3. You have mastered the art at reading two books at the same time

4. You have mastered the art of reading two books and understanding them at the same time.

6. When you stay up extra late to read and fall asleep with it on your face

7. You narrarate your own life

8. You have dreams where you just sit and read

9. You have dreams about dreaming of sitting and reading

10. You were to busy reading to notice number five

11. You actually looked up to see what was up with number five

12. You're eyes start to hurt when it's not looking at printed words  

[liminal-realities]

lakita_phoenix

You rehearse scenes to figure out what to do next, but everyone just thinks you're talking to yourself and you are oblivious to it.

Hah, I so totally do that when I'm in a good roleplay...!
And a few others mentioned by people in here,
mostly the reading ones but sometimes the writing ones for
roleplay or when I actually attempt to write a story.

 

[unknown_zoso05]

You know you read too much when:
You refer to your favorite writer as your spouse.
You spend more time at a library/book store instead of with your friends.

You know you write too much when:
You pick creative writing to be one of your college majors!! (I did!!)
You refer to the ink stains on your hands as battle wounds.
You spend more on pens and paper than food.  

[Lore_Maester]

You know you read too much when:
You get angsty if you don't have at least one book with you at all times.
You're "pile" of books in your room consists of eleven layers in a 2 1/2 foot space (okay thats probably just me...)
Your family has adapted to clapping and snapping in front of your face to get your attention when reading.
You tried to make a catalog of all the books you had, but gave up after you got to the 400's (once again probably just me)
Your family knowingly keeps you away from bookstores and libraries knowing that if you go in, you'll buy at least one book.
You carry around a book with you at all times in your own house (much to your familie's amusment)
Your most said phrase is "Where's the book I was reading?" (especially us forgetfull types)  

[PaintOnSilence]

the howie

You know you write to much when:

Your characters begin to talk to you when your mind wanders.

lawl, I liked that one rofl

You know you write too much when:

-you begin narrating your life at random moments, out loud mind you, and you don't get embarrassed about it.
-you think in paragraphs.
-you can think of a plot from the most out of place incident/encounter/happening/etc
-you have to list everything in your head, but can't and wind up putting down 'etc', because you know what you mean.

 

[Colonel T-Bone]

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You know you read too much when...
You create your own characters to fit into that one really good storyline.
You make up alternate endings for someone else's books.
You have a library in your mobile home.

You know you write too much when...
You've created more characters than you can remember.
You've thought about writing a chapter in your fantasy languauge, just to force the reader to use the guide in the back to translate it.
Prime entertainment for you is fleshing out your character bio sheets.  

[Aristaline]

You know you write too much....
...When you get in trouble in every single class, every single day, for writing instead of doing your work, until it gets to the point where the teachers know you won't stop so they give up even trying to make you pay attention. (Yet I have perfect grades in every class but one.^^)

...When you carry a normal pencil, mechanical pencil, pen, pencil sharpener and extra lead in each and every pocket.

...When you try teaching yourself to be ambidextrous so that you can switch hands when your regular hand hurts from writing so that you don't have to stop.

You know you read too much...
...when you skip two out of your three meals so that you can finish the book in one to two days.

...when your eyes and stomach hurt from reading yet you won't put the book down for a few more hours.

...when your friends give a false peice of information on a book and you automatically correct them with the exact words from the book.  

[Krezia]

You know you read too much when...

when your answer to the question "How many times have you read that book?" is between 25 - 50

When you completely ignore the teacher's directions because you are reading the assignment they just handed out to you.

When as you are reading you try out the facial expressions of the people in the book.

You know you write too much when...

You can spend a full day and night just planning it out on paper.

You are obsessed with finding a partner or friend for your character because they'll feel left out/lonely.

You talk to your self in the hallways of school about a scene in your story.



All of these happen to me frequently  

[Asheill]

You know you read to much when...
~You fall asleep from lack of reading
~You become infamous to the school for letting people borrow your books
~You start talking to your librarian/English teacher about books even before their time.

You know you write too much when...
~You read books and realize you could write much better than this, yet they're the ones making so much money.
~You have way too many composition books to keep track of.
~Your friends come to you to give them advice and edit their work.