With the ever-increasing popularity of self-publishing, the number of people calling themselves writers has skyrocketed. Whether you are a multi-published trade author who has been earning millions from your work for twenty years or a teenager who once got an A+ on a short story, you're free to call yourself a writer if you want to. Others may have different opinions about that, though.
I've been writing fiction since high school (I'm in my 40s now). I don't count the grade school scribblings as writing, even though it was, of course, the precursor to what I'm doing now. I mean writing for fun and with the intention of learning how to do it well enough to DO something with it one day. I now make an income with fiction, write under multiple pen names, and have amassed a HUGE collection of information about writing, publishing, and marketing fiction.
Hopefully, other writers will find it informational and inspirational too.
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Writing Quotes
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” Hemingway
“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. ’tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.” Mark Twain
“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” Stephen King
Picture Writing Prompt
![Crime drama writing prompt](https://motleywriters.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/crimedrama-300x169.png)
Why has this man been arrested? What will happen next?