If a Writer isn’t Writing but is Instead Writing About Their Non-Writing is it Still Writing?

Well…yeah. It is. Boom. There you go. Blog post done. Kidding. Of course I’m kidding. But it does raise the question, right? When is a writer a writer? Are we still writers when we’re conducting research? Formulating outlines? Staring blankly into the abyss of our own imaginations in the ever-encompassing, never-ending pursuit of creative genius?…