Friday, September 17, 2010
Am I a writer?
In some cases you have to consider yourself a writer because whether you like it or not you use writing and or the writing process generally everyday. If you take it by a different definition as i do then no i dont. I dont like to write and i feel that in order to really consider yourself a writer you have to enjoy what your'e doing. When i write my words dont always flow together and often times i get stuck and become frustrated and usually i either set down what im doing or give it up all together. When i think of people who are considered writers i think of people that love to write. I feel like a writer should be able to sit down and express themselves on a piece of paper and have it come together without to much revising, even though i know revising is a critical part in the writing process. When i sit down to write a paper i never am doing it just to do it. Usually when i write its for school or in a formal matter. Writing has to be something that you enjoy doing to consider yourself a writer and im not one of those people.
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I really agree with what you are saying. Writing tends to frustrate me as well because I think my ideas don't always flow. I tend to write everything I know about the topic down, and I think that my work is most times unorganized. Writing can be a painful experience.
ReplyDeleteLike Kyle says, it's rare that we write "just to do it" - but the people who write for its own sake are probably far more likely to consider themselves "writers."
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