Imaginative Scribes Gifts

Dame Edna Sitwell

'So you want an advance on your writer's block?'

'As a famous writer, could you do something to help jumpstart my career?'

BOOKSHOP, 'We're pushing our do-it-yourself kit today, sir -- a ream of paper and a dozen pencils.'

"The robots have become self-aware and self-loathing. Now all they do is write novels."

'A man has to believe in something. I believe I'll have another drink!'

'My manuscript is available for download on the internet. I'll email the link to you.'

"It's publish or perish, and he hasn't published."

Monks sitting at a row of computers typing up old-fashioned looking manuscripts.

"Regarding your letter of next Monday ... "

Alexander Pope

Shakespeare begins a play about a ship's captain and a white whale... and realizes he's never even been on a boat.

"Tests! That's one thing I don't like about the end of school. I can't believe it! You're not finished studying, either?"

'Are you sure this is the only way to get rid of your writers block?'

"I would take out the curse words, but otherwise I think it's fine."

No caption. (Rowers carry an oar in four briefcases).

"His prose, however, is very elegant."

And as the sun sets over the hills...

'What luck!'

Pencil Rubber

"Well they say everyone has a book in them."

'It's not his name - It's what he does all the time.'

"He calls it the eBible."

"I want to write what I know, but all In know is writing workshops."

Writers strike.

'Precise, analytical and beautifully reasoned address. Now condense it down to a snappy sports metaphor.'

Fortune Teller.

Charles Dickens.

Writing a letter

False joviality.

"The most useful course I've ever done was the "Creative Writing" course I did as a kid: It's been invaluable in writing Grant Applications..."

'I've gotten quite a bit out of that creative writing class. I think I'll become a literary agent.'

The Pen is Mightier than the Sword

Ink floating in a paper boat

"And now, if you'll hand me my sippy cup, I can begin the first draft of my children's book."