I'm not a writer...

[ostarella]

And I'm beginning to think I don't want to be. Because once again I find myself faced with such obstinate elitism it makes my head spin. See, I'm not a writer because I don't earn my living by writing. Even if I were published and getting paid for it, I wouldn't be a writer unless I supported myself by writing. Otherwise, I'm just a hobbyist. Or, in a more generous mood, I could be called an 'aspiring writer'.

The earth will shatter if I call myself an author.

Comments

[billy-shriner.livejournal.com]

I agree with Becky (went to call you Jfm then ;-P). Whoever you've been talking to seriously has their head up their own arse! lol!

Isn't it, "I think therefore I am" ? Therefore, "I write therefore I am a writer" ;-p

It's hard. I'd like to make a full time living out of writing. But I'm a realist too. And you can make a living out of writing, it just takes a while. And what you call a living. We are all not going to become J K Rowling or Stephen King over night.

And depends how you want to do it. Reading Writing Magazine, there a lot of writers who make their living out of articles and short stories, getting letters published etc. Some can't even face the idea of writing a novel.

You keep at it and don't let the bastards get you down ;-)