Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 12th August 2015

Dilbert//9615, first published 11 years ago on Wednesday 12th August 2015

Tell Everyone You Are Writing A Novel

Tags

writer, reputation, writing, novel, peer pressure, motivation, frustration, writers block

Official transcript

Dilbert: I'm telling everyone I'm writing a novel. That way I can leverage the invisible hand of social influence to motivate me for the next year. Alice: Have you written anything yet? Dilbert: Stop badgering me!!!

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I'M TELLING EVERYONE IM WRITING A NOVEL.

THAT WAY I CAN LEVERAGE THE INVISIBLE HAND OF SOCIAL INFLUENCE TO MOTIVATE ME FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

HAVE YOU WRITTEN ANYTHING YET?

STOP BADGERING ME!!!

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collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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