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What is a Writer?
If you've ever put pen to paper (or hands to keyboard) with the intent to tell a story, you are a writer. You have the right to say you are a writer even if you've never been published.
Say it: "I am a writer."
Say it again, this time with confidence: "I AM A WRITER."
Practice saying it every day. When someone asks you what you do, say "I am a writer" without muttering or flinching or feeling like a fraud.
Are you ready to make a commitment?
Then face the page every day. Don’t just dabble, but live in the world you create. Understand that a blank page is worthless, but three words typed in that infinite white space are priceless.
Do not be afraid to demand your writing time and even on a jam-packed day find an hour, a half-hour, or even ten minutes to write. If your family gets up at six in the morning, get yourself up at five for that glorious, silent, blue-grey hour in which to write.
Keep your characters alive in the back of your mind. When your fingers are not on the keyboard, keep writing in your subconscious.
Know that even though life sometimes get in the way, your stories are just resting, your characters simply waiting for you to get back on track.
Actively work at keeping the pump primed, in between stories and during life-crisis moments.
Answer that loaded question, "What have you published?" with the word "Nothing" and know you are still a Real Writer.
Understand there is a difference between achievement and success; achievement is finishing a chapter or completing a book, and success is being praised by others. Strives for the achievement of facing the page every day, and believe that simple act is more important than all the success in the world.
Look at a blank page and instead of emptiness, see only the limitless possibilities.
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