1. "Do you ever think about becoming an author?"
2. "What?"
3. "Whaat, really?"
4. "You're being way too generous if you think I could ever do it."
5. "And even if I somehow managed to make my debut, making an entire living writing sounds even more impossible."
6. "No way I could submit my writing to a contest for some judge to look at."
7. "No, no, no, no, no. No way."
8. "You know all those books and movies that started out as web novels?"
9. "Oh! Here's an idea."
10. "Look, I'm glad you think so, but..."
11. "I don't know, seems like a waste. I mean, look at this. You write so well."