I’ve decided to take part in a series of writing excercises hostd by Jeff Goins at goinswriter.com. The series will go through 15 Habits of Great Writers. Today’s challenge: Declare yourself a writer.
I. Am. A. Writer. There. I’ve said it. What does it mean to be a writer? This is one of the most important lessons I learned when I first started writing. If you are going to take your writing seriously, then you have to learn to embrace the name writer.
I remember the first time I called myself a writer on twitter, I felt like a fraud. Who was I to say I was a writer? I hadn’t published anything. I’d barely written anything. Something strange happened though. Just by saying the words, I began to think of myself as a writer. In doing so, I gave myself permission to write.
I know. It sounds wierd right? If you have doubts, try it yourself and see what happens.
What have you always wanted to do or be? Declare it now by leaving a comment. Come back tomorrow for the next challenge.
April Robbins 
I don’t know if you remember me but I was delighted to see you among all the people taking the 15 Habits Of Great Writing!
Hey there! We did NaNo one year right? We should catch up. Yeah, now I have someone to blog with this about. 🙂
Great post! I look forward to reading more. Oh, and I just moved to “Music City. ” 🙂
Thanks Jen. Welcome to town. There is a great writing community here.
You did it!! 🙂 Scary and fun all at the same time. 🙂
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Thanks for stopping by Vanessa.
April, glad to see you post about this. Great job!! You’ve done NaNo? So have I. What year? I am blogging about this experience too. Take a look if you get a chance. http://writewhatyouknowdotorg.wordpress.com/
Hi Lisa. I did NaNo in 2009 and wrote my first novel. Can’t believe it’s been that long ago already. Thanks for stopping by. I checked out your blog too. Great job!
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