If you're a writer, there's no question about it.
The true question, perhaps too often asked, is not, "Am I a writer?" but "Why don't I write?"
Only a writer asks that question! If you're asking it, you're a writer.
But, but, but, you say. How can I claim to be a writer when I'm stalled? I haven’t written anything in (fill in the blank – days, months, eons).
Cue the shrieking from Psycho!
I'm non-productive! Wait for it – the "B" word of the writer's world - I'm BLOCKED!
Well, no. You're not. And here's how you can tell: Write something.
OK. It's dross. It's dregs. It’s…what's a nicer word for 'crap'?
The nicer word is 'words.' How about 'brainstorming'? Or '1st draft'? That crap is words on the page. It’s a start.
If you're above writing the crap first, you have strayed onto that fork in the dark, forested landscape of a writer's mind that leads to the cul-de-sac of mental turmoil, frustration, dismay, self-loathing and cliche`.
But you wouldn't be there if you weren't a writer.
And, if you weren't a writer, not writing wouldn't bother you.
So turn around and go toward the light. You’ll feel so much better.
Get off it Dream Writers, and WRITE!
