The Life of a Young Writer (Through The Many Faces of Jennifer Lawrence)

In honor of Jennifer Lawrence’s win at the Oscars on Sunday (which only served to redouble my blossoming love for her) I decided to make use of her acting talents and multifarious faces to express some of the trials and tribulations of being an aspiring novelist.

WHEN I FINISH A DAY OF EDITING

WHEN AN AGENT “ISN’T LOOKING” FOR MY GENRE

WHEN MY NOVEL DRAFT GETS RIPPED APART

WHEN I CATCH A TYPO IN THE MS I JUST EMAILED TO AN AGENT

WHEN MY MS IS CLEARLY BETTER THAN AN NYT BESTSELLER

AT A WRITING CONVENTION

WHEN I WAKE UP TO A NEW REJECTION LETTER

WHEN I SPEND MY NIGHTS WRITING INSTEAD OF SOCIALIZING LIKE NORMAL 20-SOMETHINGS

WHEN LENA DUNHAM GETS A SEVEN-FIGURE BOOK DEAL AND I’M BROKE

WHEN SOMEONE ASKS WHAT I WROTE MY BACHELOR’S THESIS ON

WHEN AN AGENT ASKS FOR A FULL MS

WHEN I FIND OUT HOW MUCH WRITERS MAKE

WHEN AN AGENT MAKES “THE CALL”

WHEN I SPEND ALL NIGHT WORKING ON THIS BLOG POST INSTEAD OF EDITING