Comments on: I Am a Writer. So What.

By: Grimsleygl

Grimsleygl — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:18:11 +0000

Hi Elizabeth. I certainly connected with what you are saying in this article. As I read on, I realize you have so many wonderful titles that you can claim. Many more than most it seems. Congratulations! However, that elusive title of "Writer" gets to all of us, doesn't it? Here is an article that I recently wrote that you might enjoy reading. Hope you don't mind, but I'm doing a cute/paste thingy right here for you and your future readers: http://www.ehow.com/how_7259704_feel-comfortable-calling-yourself-writer.html

Blessings!
gerrie

By: Grimsleygl

Grimsleygl — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:18:00 +0000

Hi Elizabeth. I certainly connected with what you are saying in this article. As I read on, I realize you have so many wonderful titles that you can claim. Many more than most it seems. Congratulations! However, that elusive title of “Writer” gets to all of us, doesn’t it? Here is an article that I recently wrote that you might enjoy reading. Hope you don’t mind, but I’m doing a cute/paste thingy right here for you and your future readers: http://www.ehow.com/how_7259704_feel-comfortable-calling-yourself-writer.html

Blessings!
gerrie

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By: jimboknows

jimboknows — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:14:23 +0000

It's easy to be a writer. To be one that holds people's attention is a little more of an accomplishment. You are a passionate person who wants to make the world better and you string your words together pretty dadgum well. But for you maybe not so much with the ansgt — it just gets in the way of (wait for it) your truth.

By: jimboknows

jimboknows — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 03:14:00 +0000

It’s easy to be a writer. To be one that holds people’s attention is a little more of an accomplishment. You are a passionate person who wants to make the world better and you string your words together pretty dadgum well. But for you maybe not so much with the ansgt — it just gets in the way of (wait for it) your truth.

By: Tracy Rudd

Tracy Rudd — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:47:24 +0000

New arrival here, and I'm shuffling along in the queue to go “whoa! lady, you're in my head!”.

Speaking as another who has done the whole “writer-who-doesn't-write-so-how-I-call-myself-a-writer” thing for a very long time, and an ENFJ (who totally faked them out to get that E – I learned to be extroverted, it's an acquired skill), I could relate to so much of your post.

This year, I too am finally stepping into that identity and embracing it in all its angsty, exhilarating glory. I am starting a BA in writing and media, at the same time launching myself as a freelance writer and stepping up my blogging a notch, too. Dove into Twitter a couple of weeks ago, 'cos it seems to make sense with what I'm doing, and leads me to extraordinary places…like here. Glad I made the trip, and looking forward to reading more of your very fine writing.

By: Tracy Rudd

Tracy Rudd — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:47:00 +0000

New arrival here, and I’m shuffling along in the queue to go “whoa! lady, you’re in my head!”.

Speaking as another who has done the whole “writer-who-doesn’t-write-so-how-I-call-myself-a-writer” thing for a very long time, and an ENFJ (who totally faked them out to get that E – I learned to be extroverted, it’s an acquired skill), I could relate to so much of your post.

This year, I too am finally stepping into that identity and embracing it in all its angsty, exhilarating glory. I am starting a BA in writing and media, at the same time launching myself as a freelance writer and stepping up my blogging a notch, too. Dove into Twitter a couple of weeks ago, ‘cos it seems to make sense with what I’m doing, and leads me to extraordinary places…like here. Glad I made the trip, and looking forward to reading more of your very fine writing.

By: Tracy Rudd

Tracy Rudd — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:47:24 +0000

New arrival here, and I'm shuffling along in the queue to go “whoa! lady, you're in my head!”.

By: ElizabethPW

ElizabethPW — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:55:00 +0000

Andrew – you know, Chris Brogan calls himself a typist. so, maybe you are really onto something …

By: Andrew Lightheart

Andrew Lightheart — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:52:00 +0000

Hmmm. I think I’m about to write a comment that is more about me than you BUT…

I’ve just started owning the fact that I love to write. I LOVE it.

I’ve spent so many years reading about writing and thinking weird thoughts about what it required for me to be a writer.

Then I blogged for eighteen months.

Then I ran dry.

Then I blogged in my own voice, about a topic I really care about. (This made it quite a bit easier. )

And now I’m being paid to co-write a book.

That must make me a writer, eh?

And yet, because I’m not published by a publisher, it still feels a bit fake.

When I say I’m a writer, and when people probe further, I have to say that I’m a blogger and self-published, it’s somehow not *really* a writer.

Yet, I *feel* like a writer.

And I write.

And I’m being paid to write.

And, er, I spend my life typing.

So… huh. #seemsprettyclear

(ps Maybe we should call ourselves Typists. That might take some drama out of it…)