A budding one but not quite where I want to be yet so I won't quite call myself that until I feel comfortable with it. To each their own I say. Call yourself whatever feels right for you. I do consider myself a writer of stories on Lush.
I most definitely am not a writer.
I don't think that people who enjoy different hobbies are those things. True, it is part of who we are and defines us in that section of what are our interests, but to call ourselves that we are because of different hobbies, cannot agree to (I was generalising this). Just because I find relaxing outlet in painting, cannot call myself a painter, just because I enjoy science and physics, cannot call myself scientists. There is a difference between amateur writers who keep their scribblings for themself or majority of us who post our scribblings on this site and writers who actually deserve to be called that. Rare few gems on this site are brilliant, but most of us are not. So, if writing style is not exceptional and different or your writing piece is not enlightening, you are not a writer. Just because I think I am most beautiful woman on the planet, doesn't make me so, right? At least this is how I see it. That will not stop us to call ourselves writers, painters, photographers and so on, and it shouldn't stop us, but reality is a wee different.
I consider myself a writer, and in my opinion, I became one the moment I published a story online. Before that, I was just some guy with a hobby. I think the title comes from sharing the work with others, not just creating it.
Yes, it's still just a hobby, and I've got no idea if I'm actually any good, but my stuff's out there, baby! I'm a motherfuckin' writer!
For me, there's a difference between a writer and an author, the latter being paid for a start. It's the crossover from amateur to professional.
Give yourself the pet on the back and all the encouragement you can.
My latest story is a racy little piece about what happens when someone cute from work invites you over to watch Netflix and Chill. I think of myself as a poet and storyteller. To be a writer would require greater understanding of the technical intricacies of the written word than I possess. I can look at a sentence and know whether it is correct, I can sometimes compose one as well, but I can rarely tell you why in a way that a person with an English degree would consider valid.
There are fabulous cooks who can create a meal fit for a king, but without the education to go with it, they are not Chefs.
That is how I would describe myself...
I think Milik described it best. I am a storyteller. I do not possess the grasp of grammar, punctuation, and all the other technical intricacies to be a writer. I enjoy telling My stories and some people enjoy reading them, but as for being a "writer", no I am not that good.
I'd love to be a writer, but when I sit down to write everything goes blank, even though I have lots going on in my brain...
When I first put my pen down to write and it wasn't for a school assignment. Lol
While I'm obviously not a professional, I'd like to think that I'm a writer just the same. It is something I enjoy immensely and often times receive some nice feedback and encouragement from the good folks of Lush about things I've posted. Thanks!
It was years before i came across this site. I wrote many fictional stories before, some sexual, and I guess it was roughly around 2004 I considered myself a writer.
