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       Do you feel like a fraud?  You aren't!
       By: anitaymoore Date: October 16, 2013, 10:30 pm
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       The other day I had a brief conversation with a friend of mine
       who has been writing for years!  While updating him on some of
       Imzadi's new events I inquired how his writing was going.  I was
       astonished when he told me "I haven't really done any writing
       for awhile now, I just feel like I'm a fraud...not a real
       writer."  Once I picked my jaw up off the ground and wiped off
       the gravel I asked why he felt that way.  He responded, "I don't
       really write stuff that anyone would take seriously, I feel like
       others will see right through me and know I'm not REALLY a
       writer."
       This conversation made me think about a couple of other friends
       of mine who are writers as well and I reflected that they have
       also said similar things about their writing.  So, I wonder, do
       you feel the same about your writing?  Do you feel you aren't
       REALLY a real writer?  Do you feel others won't view you as a
       REAL writer?
       Guess what?  You ARE a real writer.  You don't have to be a
       published author to be a "writer".  You don't have to sell
       copies of your work to be a "writer."  Truthfully, no one else
       even has to read your work for you to be a "writer."  What you
       DO have to do...is write.  Does it matter what you write?  No.
       Romance, mystery, action/adventure, sci/fi, paranormal, poetry,
       text books, erotica, short-story, novel or magazine review; it
       really doesn't matter.  If you have a reason to sit down and
       scribe words...you ARE a writer.
       As Richard Bach (the author of "Johnathan Livingston Seagull")
       once said - "A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t
       quit."  Don't quit!  Keep writing!
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