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What Writing Means to Me

June 23, 2009
By iWrite GOLD, Oneonta, New York
iWrite GOLD, Oneonta, New York
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Last night I was really upset because something that happened so I wrote a poem. It didn't rhyme, I didn't over think it, I just wrote. And that is what writing should be. Pure, unplanned, raw emotion. I mean, that's not what it is for everyone. That's not why everyone writes, I know that, but to me, that's what it should be. You see, there is a very big difference between a writer and an author. I've been having some conflict between those two parts of me lately. I've been going through a lot of emotional turmoil, and in turn I've been writing a lot of that raw emotion and putting it into short stories (which I'm getting better at). I like these stories, but sometimes I just write to write and as a writer, it feels amazing. As an author, I'm pissed.

Of course if you plan on writing for a living, you will at one point probably be writing just for a paycheck. That can't be avoided but it's not what writing should be. That's what I like about not being published yet (although I wish I would hurry up). I can take my time and write something meaningful without agents and deadlines swimming around my head.

So in conclusion, if you are a writer, keep it up. The world needs more of us to show what writing should be. And if you're an author, that's good too, but don't forget to listen to your writer side every once in a while.


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on Oct. 27 2010 at 3:41 pm
its_just_me PLATINUM, Greensburg, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
Life is not measured by the amount of breath's you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.

I'm not published yet either, but I plan to be a writer my whole life. I totally agree that there is a big difference between being an author and a writer. To me, if you're an author, then someone is expecting certain things from you, and you aren't very free with what you write. But if you are a writer, you have the flexibility to move around in your writing, and no one is expecting something from you. Being a writer, in my opinion, is the best thing in the world.