Am I a Writer?

I do consider myself to be somewhat of a writer. I don’t claim to be very passionate about it but it has always been one of my strong suits. I definitely used to be more of a writer a few years ago then I am now. I do occasionally enjoy writing when the mood comes but it’s not very often. I’d say most of my writing lies within school work, but I guess I can say I feel I am a writer.

I usually write in school, especially for AP classes and sometimes English, but not that much at home. If texting is considered writing, I do “write” a lot but I feel writing is mostly sitting down with a computer/pen and paper in my personal opinion. Going off of that, I have written a few books as a little kid and some in middle school but nothing at home recently. My writing consists of a LOT of essays, journals, warm-ups and things such as that, having to do them in school almost daily. Most are about the specific subjects we are learning in school and I find them pretty bland, but occasionally a research assignment can be kind of fun. I write mostly for grades nowadays, as I gave up writing at home, but I have given going back into it a thought.

In the end, I do feel and consider myself a writer but I wouldn’t call myself passionate or professional. I do what I have to and when the occasion arises, I will write for pleasure. There are a few things I do want to write sometime in my life that have always been goals. I always wanted to write an autobiography by the time I am old, as well as a fiction novel. I do do a lot of reading quite often, especially the news and I feel that helps spike passion in me to write but other than that not really.

My preferred news source: https://taskandpurpose.com/news/