As writers (or aspirants), we often find ourselves grappling with the question of when we can ourselves writers. After all, the title of “writer” seems to carry a certain air of sophistication and intellectualism that most of us don’t feel we have earned. I’ve often been asked what I do and backed out of saying I’m a writer. Or worse, someone introduces me as a writer, and I immediately feel like a fraud. But maybe that’s the level of self-loathing and doubt seen as an essential quality in a creative writer.
