I came upon this tag through the incredible author, blogger, and talented weaver-of-horror, Priscilla Bettis. Thanks, Priscilla!
Credit goes to The Long Voyage for the original version of this tag.
| Confession: I didn’t know what the “Never Have I Ever” drinking game was until I came along Priscilla’s post which explained: The idea is to truthfully say, “No, I’ve never done that,” to questions that other people say, “Yes, I admit I’ve done that.” Rest assured, the blogger version involves no alcohol and is (almost) clean. |
NEVER HAVE I EVER STARTED A NOVEL THAT I DID NOT FINISH.
Untrue. . . I have so many works-in-progress that I am considering labelling myself as a procrastinator. I honestly don’t know what sort of green-light I am waiting for to get back to these stories! I think my husband’s medical issues are at lease ninety-five percent responsible for my writing lag. I worry a lot.
NEVER HAVE I EVER WRITTEN A STORY COMPLETELY BY HAND.
Yes, back in the old days when I would write in bed. I am so happy with computers now!
NEVER HAVE I EVER CHANGED TENSES IN THE MIDDLE OF A STORY.
I cannot think of a particular instance where I did this, but, if I’m on a roll and follow my characters, I go with the flow and make corrections after I get the main parts of the story down.
NEVER HAVE I EVER NOT RESEARCHED ANYTHING BEFORE STARTING A STORY.
I research as I go along.
NEVER HAVE I EVER CHANGED A PROTAGONIST’S NAME HALFWAY THROUGH A DRAFT.
Of course, I have! Sometimes, I’ll change the character’s name three or four times until he/she is happy that I identified them properly. They have feelings, you know.
NEVER HAVE I EVER FALLEN ASLEEP WHILE WRITING.
No. Never.
NEVER HAVE I EVER CORRECTED SOMEONE’S GRAMMAR IN REAL LIFE OR ONLINE.
Sometimes I’ll correct my husband with his mispronunciation of words. My boys were/are good with grammar and writing.
NEVER HAVE I EVER YELLED IN ALL CAPS AT MYSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF A NOVEL.
Ha! Sometimes my yelling includes curse words!
NEVER HAVE I EVER USED “I’M WRITING” AS AN EXCUSE.
No. I’ve used it as an answer to the question, “So, what have you been doing today?”
NEVER HAVE I EVER KILLED A CHARACTER BASED ON SOMEONE I KNOW IN REAL LIFE.
No. I have a very weird standard pertaining to Karma.
NEVER HAVE I EVER DRANK AN ENTIRE POT OF COFFEE WHILE WRITING.
No. I have tremors in my hands so my caffeine intake is extremely limited — one cup per day.
NEVER HAVE I EVER SPILLED A DRINK ON MY LAPTOP WHILE WRITING.
No. If I need a drink, I’ll walk away from my desk and take a break either on the patio or in the kitchen.
NEVER HAVE I EVER WRITTEN BETWEEN 1 A.M. AND 6 A.M.
Ha! You must be kidding! Back in the old days, that’s when I did my best writing!
NEVER HAVE I EVER WRITTEN DOWN DREAMS TO USE IN POTENTIAL PLOTS.
Untrue. I kept dream journals for years and have published some poems based on my dreams. There is still a lot of material waiting to be transformed.
NEVER HAVE I EVER PUBLISHED AN UNEDITED STORY ONLINE.
Correct.
NEVER HAVE I EVER TYPED SO LONG MY WRISTS HURT.
My wrists always hurt with arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome and tremors.
NEVER HAVE I EVER FORGOTTEN TO SAVE MY WORK.
I do save my work and have a backup drive. My problem is that I have not made a habit of backing up my work to the backup drive which is kind of like playing Russian roulette.
NEVER HAVE I EVER LAUGHED LIKE AN EVIL VILLAIN WHILE WRITING A SCENE.
Hmmm, I think I have, I’m just trying to remember which story and what villain.
NEVER HAVE I EVER CRIED WHILE WRITING A SCENE.
Yes. Absolutely I have cried while writing a scene.
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“You don’t stop having fun when you get old,
you get old when you stop having fun.”
-Ritu Ghatourey
Sue Marie St. Lee 
Hey, that was me!
I enjoyed reading your answers. If you’ve never fallen asleep writing, then no wonder you can write in bed (when you wrote longhand). I can’t even read in bed or else I’d drift off.
I agree, our characters have feelings, so they get a say in their names.:-)
Fun post!
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