Writer's Fallout Shelter

I've been on other writer forums and this discussion about who is and who is not a writer is one of those evergreen topics with no clearly defined answers. Making that determination is not something even an experienced, make-a-living-at-it freelancer can do. My take has always been it's something that comes from within, a moment when whether you're comfortable calling yourself that or not you can no longer deny that you are one, regardless of the tough questions it generates, combined with the actual act of wordsmithing.

Honestly, I've been put off the term writer from a combination of conversations with our friend Liam and of conversations like this one. It is too general and vague. It lacks real meaning. Author is better, but I think the best terms are the more accurate and descriptive ones, like novelist, scriptwriter, copywriter, journalist, reporter, etc. that say not just what you do but what you produce through the act of writing.