tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post7285112040551633886..comments2023-09-30T10:49:16.025-05:00Comments on In Pieces: What is a Writer?Jazzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03733411405712601399noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post-46891268262358719072008-07-22T19:21:00.000-05:002008-07-22T19:21:00.000-05:00Hmm. Good point. Thanks.Hmm. Good point. Thanks.Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00783392477973044490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post-6052325522722588592008-07-22T18:46:00.000-05:002008-07-22T18:46:00.000-05:00Marissa,Yes, but that distinction you are drawing ...Marissa,<BR/><BR/>Yes, but that distinction you are drawing is all in the label. Down at the heart of it all, we're all doing the same thing--putting words on paper to create a picture in someone else's mind. The label might describe the words or the images more accurately than just saying "writer"...but it's all the same thing, really.<BR/><BR/>Publication is equivalent to "social approval" ofJazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733411405712601399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post-38321104902376745212008-07-22T16:09:00.000-05:002008-07-22T16:09:00.000-05:00Writing Prompt: What is your definition of a "real...Writing Prompt: What is your definition of a "real" writer? Do you consider yourself to be one? Why or why not?<BR/><BR/><B>I always thought of a writer as someone who makes a living (as in $$$) off of his or her craft. JK Rowling... Nicholas Kristof... Emily Dickinson... Those are the <I>real</I> writers that I think of. But your post challenges my assumptions of who I see as a writer. Am I Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00783392477973044490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post-72593316073342002262008-07-20T11:44:00.000-05:002008-07-20T11:44:00.000-05:00Dear Jazz,I didn't consider myself a "writer" unti...Dear Jazz,<BR/>I didn't consider myself a "writer" until I had my third book published. Why? I have no idea. At the time, I'd made my living writing for more than 15 years. But when people asked what I did, I said,<BR/><BR/>"I'm a grant writer and I've had two books published." Or "I write."<BR/><BR/>Then suddenly one morning, I awakened and thought, "I'm a writer!" I felt so extraordinarily sbwriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05881627992105939490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post-59744532039472269542008-07-19T09:09:00.000-05:002008-07-19T09:09:00.000-05:00Hey, Gianna, that's awesome! Good for you! And a...Hey, Gianna, that's awesome! Good for you! <BR/><BR/>And as for being a space cadet, I think I've got the market cornered on that one. They used to call me Space Captain in high school, you know!Jazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733411405712601399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post-3581097921308451072008-07-19T09:08:00.000-05:002008-07-19T09:08:00.000-05:00Annie--I think that's the best attitude to have......Annie--<BR/>I think that's the best attitude to have...I think that the labels we give ourselves and the expectations we put on ourselves (and take on from others) because of those labels are often not helpful.Jazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733411405712601399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post-33652277329608898022008-07-18T23:00:00.000-05:002008-07-18T23:00:00.000-05:00Hey Jazz,I forgot..I'm about to be published. An a...Hey Jazz,<BR/>I forgot..I'm about to be published. An article on withdrawal and acceptance in the ICSPP journal...<BR/><BR/>It will be out in August I believe...<BR/><BR/>You'd think I'd be shouting from the rooftops!<BR/><BR/>I'm a space cadet.Monica Cassanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13969938853749704756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post-88221707220240761792008-07-18T14:58:00.000-05:002008-07-18T14:58:00.000-05:00Jazz, I enjoyed this post and found it thought pro...Jazz, I enjoyed this post and found it thought provoking. I enjoy writing and much of the time it flows. Some of the time it doesn't but because I do not consider myself a "writer" I don't worry. I am like gianna I would have to say I just write. AnnieAnniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815378187752067230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post-61495978138578518692008-07-18T14:21:00.000-05:002008-07-18T14:21:00.000-05:00Lizzie--I sympathize with you about the rejection....Lizzie--<BR/><BR/>I sympathize with you about the rejection. Just remember that publishing is purely market-driven, and that it isn't necessarily a reflection of your skills, but rather a reflection of what they think they can sell to make money. (Money is always the bottom line...anyone who tells you different is selling something!)<BR/><BR/>I like to think of it this way--regardless of who Jazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733411405712601399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post-70195661351289375052008-07-18T14:03:00.000-05:002008-07-18T14:03:00.000-05:00I really needed to read this today. I just got ano...I really needed to read this today. I just got another rejection. Why with all my issues would I try to sell a story? Why face rejection? I think it is because if I sold something then I could classify myself as a writer. I keep going back to my blog and my journals everytime I am rejected. My words may just be for me and that is okay. Yes, I have not sold a story but I am a writer. Thanks Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post-88774396950830640902008-07-18T12:03:00.000-05:002008-07-18T12:03:00.000-05:00That works, too!I haven't published much...just a ...That works, too!<BR/>I haven't published much...just a couple of poems...but I still call myself a writer...cuz that's what I do. I'm always reminded of this snotty girl who was in one of the fiction writing classes I took in college. She'd had a short story or an article or something published in a magazine, and she thought she was such hot sh*t. She went around with her nose in the air Jazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733411405712601399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post-9038454678327748642008-07-18T10:41:00.000-05:002008-07-18T10:41:00.000-05:00I just say I write when people ask me what I do.I ...I just say I write when people ask me what I do.<BR/><BR/>I don't say I'm a writer though.<BR/><BR/>It is my main occupation right now...<BR/><BR/>But somehow I'm not comfortable calling myself a writer...<BR/><BR/>Probably because of the people you talk about who think you have to be published.<BR/><BR/>I'm just someone who writes.Monica Cassanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13969938853749704756noreply@blogger.com