When is a Writer a Writer…

/ Stephannie

Looking through my Lifestream through AIM this morning I found this interesting post on “The Simple Reason You’re not a Writer (Yet)” by Jeff Goins that I thought I’d share with you all.

I once asked author Steven Pressfield when a writer becomes a writer.

 

Is it when you get book deal? When you sell your first thousand copies? When you hit the best sellers list? When do you get to call yourself a writer?

 

Steve said something I’ll never forget:

“You are when you say you are. Screw what everyone else says.”

If you are interested in reading the rest of the article, visit CopyBlogger’s The Simple Reason You’re Not a Writer (Yet)

11 thoughts on “When is a Writer a Writer…”

  1. Zoe Winters did a post that made sense to me. Writers write. You’re a writer if you write. Even if you’re not published yet, you’re still a writer if you write. I like that way of thinking about it. 🙂 (Did I say the words “writer” and “write” enough in my comment? LOL)

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    • LOL Agreed and I liked that post by Zoe Winters, which came from something Dean Wesley Smith said. Regardless, I know that it is sometimes harder to convince writers that they are writers. As if they need some validation to say they are a writer.

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  3. I like pens, pencils, pencil sharpeners, binder clips, paper clips, file folders, paper, clipboards, erasers (large) and anything else that I can use to write.
    I write every day. At some point, I knew I wrote as a way of life instead of something external.
    I can read something I wrote and think, wow, that stank.

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    • Yes! I just wish my daughters would stop stealing all of my office supplies. Thoug buying more of everything is so much fun. 😀

      Writing is like breathing, it’s necessary to life.

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        • We should. My parents could never figure out why I was more excited going to an office supply store then a clothing store. I’ll spend hours with office supplies and 10 minutes picking out clothes. LOL

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          • Yes about the clothes, except for a phase at about 14 when I was a clothes horse.
            I have gotten pens from banks, doctor’s offices and all sorts of places
            because I said I liked the pen. Not bad, huh? Try it. You’ end up with quite a collection.

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