Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 27, 2014
Transcript:
A Day in the Life of a Writer Monday, 8:01 am Rat: Today I will write ten pages. 8:02 am Rat: Whoa, can't write without coffee. 8:17 am Rat: !@#$, now I'm hungry. 8:50 am Rat: I need inspiration I'll watch YouTube. 11:55 am Rat: hahahahaha 12:00 pm Rat: Lunch break. 1:13 pm Rat: Still not inspired. I need a walk. 2:26 pm Rat: Okay, now I'm ready. 2:28 pm Rat: Whoa. No printer ink. I'll buy some. 4:15 pm Rat: Okay, now I'm all set. 4:19 pm Rat: But could use more coffee. 4:36 pm Rat: And one game of 'words with friends.' 4:58 pm 4:59 pm Pig: Hey rat, it's me, Pig, wonder if you have time to talk. 5:00 pm Rat: Great, now you've wasted my whole day. I give up. Tuesday, 8:01 am Rat: Today I will write twenty pages.
nerdcredred almost 10 years ago
Completely accurate.
Sherlock Watson almost 10 years ago
Rat was planning to join Procrastinators Anonymous, but he kept putting it off.
skydancer11 almost 10 years ago
So accurate it’s scary. I know, being a writer myself.
Templo S.U.D. almost 10 years ago
Reminds me a bit of Helen Reddy’s “Tried to Write a Song.”
Sisyphos almost 10 years ago
Not just “…in the life of a writer,” Cartoon-Boy! There’s a lot of that going around in, oh, so many professions, especially those that do most of their work at a computer….
knight1192a almost 10 years ago
Day starts at 8:01 AM with the plan to write ten pages and ends at 5 PM with zilch. So that means Tuesday will probably end at lunch time given Rat’s work ethic. Have twice as much work thus his work day will be half as long.
phaze58 almost 10 years ago
I am doing a course as a writer this was covered in the syllabus
Cameron1988 Premium Member almost 10 years ago
I don’t think, I’ve ever seen, Rat, actually laugh
t jacobs almost 10 years ago
i didn’t realize that i was a writer
Egrayjames almost 10 years ago
I woke up yesterday with nothing to do…..and went to bed last night with only half of it done. I must be on the opposite side of the coin from rat.
ajnotales almost 10 years ago
We’ll, a Day in the Life of an unpublished writer…
Samskara almost 10 years ago
What Pastis left out is that you can’t start writing until you’ve read the comics.
rshive almost 10 years ago
The muse isn’t a-mused.
hariseldon59 almost 10 years ago
Reminds me of a previous strip from 2010.http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/05/23#.U9TzCajjzCQ
Carl Rennhack Premium Member almost 10 years ago
I can relate to Rat at 8:17a.m. I also don’t write on an empty stomach…PAPER is much better!
Packratjohn Premium Member almost 10 years ago
My only issue is, why did he need ink?
Packratjohn Premium Member almost 10 years ago
I’m retired. Wife asked me what I was doing. I said, “Nothing”. She said, “That’s what you did yesterday”. I said, “Yeah, but I wasn’t finished.”
A_NY_Outlaw almost 10 years ago
At least he’s in a rhythm.
Thomas Scott Roberts creator almost 10 years ago
Too true.
marshalljpeters Premium Member almost 10 years ago
I like how Pig calls and talks for a minute, which wastes Rat’s whole day.
Rudynatacha almost 10 years ago
That’s not at all how it goes for me, because I have everything lined up. I made up the story before I wrote one word. Now I’m on page 173 of volume two of a three volume trilogy.
lmonteros almost 10 years ago
How well I know this! But honestly, the fact that the online site I write for has cut their pay by 75% doesn’t help with inspiration, either.
geekboy_x almost 10 years ago
Whoa. That makes two days in a row that I was starring in Pearls. Pastis owes me royalties.
Pay up, pencil boy.
Number Three almost 10 years ago
Same old, Same old.
xxx
traintravler almost 10 years ago
Today is Sunday.
vwdualnomand almost 10 years ago
english majors….
Cheapskate0 almost 10 years ago
This reminds me of another creative parody I heard:.99 programming bugs in the code99 programming bugsYou fix one bugCompile it again100 programming bugs in the code!.(repeat until zero)
AnonymousUser almost 10 years ago
Reminds of the other PBS Sunday strip about e-mail that started a chain of wasting time.
Packratjohn Premium Member almost 10 years ago
It’s so nice to feel protected… jeez. You hear worse on TV. Remember “Bus Rider” by The Guess Who? Same thing… sad
claire de la lune. almost 10 years ago
That is so true.
Alan Rees almost 10 years ago
This reminds me of a classic scene in “Throw Momma from the Train.”
jerylkohjx348 almost 10 years ago
Is this how everyone brainstorms while trying to write a novel?
lisarothstein Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Were you in my office last week?
heatherjasper almost 10 years ago
Reminds me of Andy from Foxtrot when the kids go off to school. Also reminds me of me.
GarfieldJune19 almost 10 years ago
Perfect description of a writer’s life. I’m a writer, (or I’m trying to be one) and this one is dead on accurate, except I don’t drink coffee.
claire de la lune. almost 10 years ago
Ha!
jwarnimo almost 10 years ago
The call at the end of the day happens to me all the time. I had to analyze…
http://www.writewithwarnimont.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-writer
quickdrawcui over 5 years ago
THanos is coming