Do You Write? Then You're A Writer!
Julie & Julia is one of my favorite comfort movies. In the beginning of the film, Julie says to her husband, “You’re not a writer unless someone wants to publish you.”
Wrong.
You’re a writer if you write.
Period.
That doesn’t men you have to be writing all the time, either.
You’re still a writer when you’re blocked.
You’re still a writer when your burned out.
You’re still a writer when you choose to take a break.
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a writer is “one that writes,” which should say one “one who writes,” but you get it.
Another definition is that a writer is someone who “expresses ideas in writing.”
No matter which definition you choose, all of them say the same thing…that a writer is a person who writes.
“Published” is never mentioned.
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