Do you look like a writer?

What's so anti-writer about your look? I guess some glitter pants and a plastic tube top could throw people off. But does not looking like a writer really convince kids that writing is cool?

 

But what do they look like? I think that's the important part.

 

I would think an English teacher has a similar look to a writer. You know, that smart look.

 

Why not?

 

I think they expect academics to be academics, and trade to be trade.

We have more pull with them because they are with us longer, almost a year versus a month with academics. Plus, they see us as being able to make them money, where as with academics they do not see the value.

I am living proof that there is value in both.

 

Well, nobody has ever told me I look like a writer mostly. My internal interpretation does seem to lean to the "you need glasses to look like a writer" though.

 

Does that mean you try and dress or look more like the kids? I don't really get how what you're saying is affected by having or not having a writer look. And I would assume that all the teachers are paid and therefore making money at your school. Education opens doors, and I'm sure your students are aware of that no matter what direction they decide to go with their studies. I kind of think all teachers look the same to kids for the most part regardless of what they teach or that the kids don't really care. I mean most work places have some sort of dress code. I just don't really see kids making a connection between the look of a teacher in a certain area and making money. Everyone knows teachers don't make a lot. Maybe a trade class is more fun than a math class, but I doubt the appearance of a teacher has too much to do with any of it. Anyway, this is getting off topic. But I get the writer look is not what you're after.

I'm digging the writer look. I just need a tweed blazer and some smart shoes. Then I'll be ready to give a reading in a bookstore and take selfies with all my adoring fans.

 

Who knew it was all about the glass.

 

Not for Pilots though (at least not in the Air Force).

 

Okay, if someone wants to look like a writer, what else do they need besides glasses? I've been a writer a long time, long enough to where my look and style has changed over the years. But I think I want to totally go for the writer look all the time. I'm thinking a few grey hairs won't hurt. I've got a wool coat that looks pretty writerly. I like the casual sophisticated look. I don't wear all black, but I don't really have that many colored pieces of clothing. My wardrobe is on the small side, and since I'm a poor writer, I've got to work with what I have. I do own a pair of snakeskin loafers. Maybe I should wear those more often. I guess I kind of liked it when someone said I look like a writer. I mean, I am a writer, so it makes sense to look like one, doesn't it?

 

I've got a massive half glasgow smile that extends my mouth to one side. I can't hold water in my mouth. My glasses are bent crooked due to sleeping with them on. On a bad day, my haggard black hair makes me look like The Grudge, as I sulk in my room in the dark, hunched over. On a good day, my hair is secured by chopstick and I am dressed in a style I call "Tactical Victorian."

No. I do not look like the stereotypical image of a writer.

 

I'm really sorry things got so bad. That really sucks! Maybe you could find a disused cabin to undertake your eccentric curmudgeoning? Borrow it for the winter.

 

The turtleneck. O, the turtleneck.

 

I smoke a pipe, does that help with the writer look?

 

It could be worse, I could wear a beret.

 

Not sure what the 'look' of a writer actually is however, I do wear prescription eyewear and write for a hobby.

Does that count?

 

I look like an accountant who used to be a cop... or a sniper.

 

apparently I do not look like a writer because people are surprised when I do say I'm a writer.
Then again, when I said I was an athlete, people were surprised by this too.

So I guess I'm a mystery

Mysteries are good

 

No.

 

I actually agree with you there. But I've found that, with most writers I've known personally, there are those critical moments of reflection. Aside from those moments, they can be as involved as anybody else in what's going on. As you pointed out so aptly, that's were the grist of a writer's mill is grown. But there is a point where that grist has to be milled into flour, and the reaper must become the miller (and, if you want to extend the analogy, the baker). That usually takes place apart from society, in the stillness of the writer's workspace, where their paper or their keyboard is their only companion.

 

oof, sorry man.

 

I once read a post in another forum from a woman who said she decided to become a writer because all her friends told her they could so see her walking down the street in New York City, dressed in black, with a cup of coffee in one hand and a cigarette in the other.

 

Personally I'm glad I don't look like this writer:


However, I do SMELL like a writer.