when do you know you're a writer?

Question

aside from being paid to write, I mean

Answer 1

Well if you aren't getting paid, then you aren't a true writer in a professional sense.

Really you can call yourself whatever you want. So what does it matter? On any given day you are a scribe, author, columnist, or blogger... Whether you believe it to be true or not doesn't matter to anyone but yourself. Even some professional writers don't call themselves "writers" since they do so much more with their talents than scribble words with a pen. They actually create entire worlds and concepts in their minds and not with their pens so why call them writers when that is only a fraction of the process? We judge their works not by their penmanship, but by the stories they create so maybe they should be "storytellers" instead.

It really all comes down to what your definition of a writer is. In simplest terms, all it really means is someone who writes. In that case, if you habitually write, then you are already a writer, just as someone who habitually calls is a caller and someone who gets paid to habitually call is a telemarketer. So when do you know you're a telemarketer? When you get paid to call other people you don't know habitually. So when do you know you're a writer? When you habitually write articles for others to read whether you get paid for it or not. ;)

Answer 2

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Answer 3

You get mild cases of OCD. You can't do anything but write sometimes. You try, but unless you write, you can't think straight.

You subscribe to writing magazines, own more than 2 thesauri, and think about sentence structure. You may own a signed copy of White/Strunk's "The Elements of Style."

You people-watch, looking for good plot ideas and characterization techniques. You have notes scribbled on napkins, newspapers and post-its everywhere. You keep a voice recorder in your bag in case of an impromptu interview.

You complete writing exercises for fun. You keep a red pen on hand at all times...

Answer 4

im a writer myself and have writin 2 books and plan on publishing one very soon. the answer is simple. when everything you write you hate becouse you think it is bad and can be improved but everyone else loves it and say its great. that is when you are a real writer. anyone can get a compliment, but the thrive for a better story or poem or song or w/e is what makes writers what they are.

Answer 5

When all you can do is think about writting and you find yourself writting little stories or start out a short story that ends up a small book then you`ll know you are suppose to be a writer.

Answer 6

When you can think of nothing better to do when you have spare time. Or when you feel so alive (or dead, if you're into that... ) when you write that you never want to stop. And of course, when you can astound a reader in every way possible that they don't want you to stop as well.

Answer 7

I guess when you can actually create and record something that is purely from your mind (as in not ripped off of another story you read or soemthing), that you do it frequently OR you just get enough positive feedback to prove you aren't just saying "Thelma is a girl. She likes eggs. One day she made eggs." Does that make any sense...?

Answer 8

When you look at what you have written, and it seems to ALMOST replace you, represent you , the way you would have presented the written matter in a demonstrative way IN PERSON ! (In cases of subject matter being fictional , the written matter evokes a virtual reality in the reader !)

Answer 9

When you write something funny for Class (that you meant to be humorous), and the professer laughs in all the right places...

Answer 10

Well, if at school, people picked up on your writing... If they complimented you, gave you praise for your work. You got good grades in English and writing... It comes somewhat easy to you to write something interesting...
And... You enjoy it.