Maybe you’ve seen those lists or surveys on social media asking you to check every city you’ve visited or how many old-timey things you’ve done (“used a rotary phone,” “heard of a rotary phone,” “have scars from using a rotary phone,” etc.).

Well, here’s one for writers. How many of the following twenty marks of a writer can you claim?

1. a strong opinion on the Oxford comma
2. multiple (currently unused) blank journals
3. a favorite pen
4. a favorite punctuation mark
5. a dog-eared copy of The Elements of Style
6. a dog-eared copy of On Writing Well
7. a dog-eared copy of Bird by Bird
8. a dog-eared copy of The Chicago Manual of Style
9. 3+ unfinished manuscripts
10. a scented candle
11. a notebook (or digital file) of story ideas
12. a notebook (or digital file) of character names
13. a favorite writing snack
14. 4+ writing-related mugs
15. a Microsoft Word horror story
16. a rejection horror story
17. a writers conference horror story
18. a critique group horror story
19. a collection of writers conference name tags or lanyards
20. crushing imposter syndrome

What’s your score? What should have been included in the list above? Please do tell in the comments.