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.”
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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)
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.
As soon as you put words on paper (or laptop screen), you’re a writer.
Amen! LOL
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.
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.
We could go into a large stationary store and stay there for a few hours.
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
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.
Oh, I do like that!
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