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Jun 20, 2006 at 2:31am
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Re: Re: when can we....
I disagree.

You may say that kings are born into their roles, and that's true - but they are also trained to fill them from an early age. Some kings are better kings than others. A man only becomes a Pope through years of piety and the vote of his peers upon the death of another Pope. He is not just "a person, like any other." He has studied theology and practiced Roman Catholicism and been judged worthy by the Cardinals to fulfill that role.

You and I do not have the same faults, failings, fears, hates, prejudices, and opinions. It is true that we are human and flawed; it is true that we have fears, dislikes, prejudices, and opinions - but beyond that, you don't know me well enough to claim that they are the same. Clearly, in this instance, they are not.

To be a writer (or a doctor, lawyer, teacher, baker, butcher, candlestick maker, street sweeper, accountant, what have you) you must have the skills and inclination to do those things which identify you as such. You cannot simply be a writer if you do not write. I daresay you can't be a writer if you write badly, sloppily, and are proud of that fact. And if, to feel right in claiming to be a writer, one person chooses to wait until they've achieves some sense of validation - be it publication of their work, or money, or critical acclaim - there's nothing wrong with that. We might cut each other some slack here and say "it's just words" - assuming that we've all gravitated towards Writing.Com out of some desire to write, and are therefore, arguably, writers. But that's not to say everyone feels comfortable making that claim at the same point in their writing "career" (or hobby).




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