The terrific people over at National Novel Writing Month have a forum where writers posted their answers to the prompt: "I know that I'm a writer because..."
Here's my answer.
I Know that I’m
a Writer Because….
It’s the only
thing that I have ever returned to, the thing that nags at me, that compels me.
Even when I’m not actually putting pen to paper or fingers to keyboard, I’m
composing scenes and scenarios in my head. When I was in elementary school, I
was often “caught” daydreaming, staring out the windows looking at the trees. I
wasn’t daydreaming. I was writing stories. On the playground playing hopscotch
with friends, I created elaborate love stories for each of us with our favorite
TV and movie stars serving as our heroes with the happily ever after. By junior
high, I was writing episodes of my favorite television shows. When I got to
college, I was going to be a psychology major, but I took one look at all of
those science and math courses and asked, “Where is the department where people
write?” My heart and soul knew who and what I was, even if my head had not yet
figured it out. I’ve spent my life writing. It’s what I am, who I am and why I
am.
Now, post below your answer to the prompt, and be sure to take a look at all of the ways other folks in the NaNoWriMo Forum know that they are writers.
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