Are You a Writer?

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Now, anyone can call themselves a writer... it's true, if they've written something, they can be called a writer. If a build something, say a shed, I can rightly call myself a builder. But I'm not a builder, I don't have a passion to build things or watch things being built etc.



I know that I shouldn't say this, but we are kind of defined by how we title ourselves, when people ask me about myself I say "I'm Joseph, and I'm a writer." because that's who I am, I am that kid who stayed indoors most of his childhood and wrote and read and wrote and read... but that's probably not what they're thinking. However, I've also known that I was a writer, and I've not wanted to be anything else... I'm not going to be one of those people who turns 30 and says... "oh, I should have done what I wanted to when I was younger" because I'm doing it all now... or maybe I will turn 30 and think, I really want to be a builder! Maybe. But it's likely that I won't.



I know some people who don't call themselves writers because they haven't published anything, and perhaps  if they do start using the term writer, they'll become more confident in their abilities, or that could be seen as an over-confidence, and some people would rather seem shy than be all "hey, I'm a writer, it's what I love to do, and yes, I am good at it."




What Defines a Writer?


The NEED to write. Yes. It's a need, it's a want, it's a hunger... writing is so much to a writer, and it's all they ever want to do, it's on their mind 24/7. Also, writers can never really go on holiday because a writer can't take a vacation away from the mind because they're always inside it!



Maybe this is just me but as a writer, I get a really warm feeling inside when I get the correction variation of you're/your and there/their/they're etc. it's like I know I've done something right, and it's like "HELL YEAH! You knows your grammar". Please tell me if this happens to you? I know that to some people getting the correct spellings comes without a second thought, but I take time to go over them to make sure.




(There's no definitive guide to being a writer, you're either a writer, or you're not.)


We aren't stereotypes, we just share similar traits, or I think we share similar traits... you could be totally different to me, and still be a writer... but you're a writer nonetheless, and that's all that matters.



If you see that list of things below "Joseph Eastwood's Blog" up there, I say that I'm a "Writer. Blogger. Author. Editor. Poet." yes, these are all different titles, and yes, they all mean different things, but I'm sure you could branch them all under writing.




Do any of the definitions hit you?

Are have I left any out?


-Joseph




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