Which do you prefer to be called?
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Which do you prefer to be called?
Which would you rather be known as? A(n)...
A. Novelist
B. Author
C. Writer
D. other
Re: Which do you prefer to be called?
A, B, or C, but I feel that I should have something published before I can truly call myself A or B.
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I agree
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Ditto.
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Writer sounds romantic (like a struggling artist). Novelist sounds lovely and old fashioned, author sounds like toilet paper....I guess....a writer :)
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D - Other. I am definately an other. I introduce myself as a wordsmith.
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would you mind if I used that too?
wordsmith, I like it.
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B or C
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B. Author
Because I write more than just novels. And author has more of an official ring to it. In my English class I am a writer. In the arts I am an author.
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True true
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B. Author
C. Writer
D. Rich
;)
Re: Which do you prefer to be called?
A or B.
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B and C.
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C. Writer. I'm not sure I'm exclusively gonna write written novels, I'm not getting paid and I don't care enough to come up with some other term. Writer is the most true at the moment.
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Writer, but that's because I write fiction, poetry, scripts, and dabble some in journalism.
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Writer, because I'll call myself a novelist or author when I get published! (...if I ever do..)
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I call myself a writer, because I dabble in other things too.
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Right now I call myself a writer, but if I were to get published then I'd like to be called an author.
If I get published, then I don't really care if people call me a writer or a novelist or a publisher; just for the moment I don't consider myself an author and when people call me that then I am flattered. :)
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I only call myself a writer since I feel author would be more deserving of someone who has published works and I've just rarely heard the term novelist used.
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Writer. I have nothing at all against the other terms, but I've just always referred to myself and been referred to by other people as a writer. I like it. It's very simple and to the point.
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C. If I ever get published, then I'll be a novelist.
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Writer. Hands down. Author or Novelist makes me sound too proper, but anyone can be called a writer. You know, if they can actually write.
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Writer
Novelist/Author makes me think of someone who has traditionally or self-published an actual book or something.
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C, both A and B feel like someone who only writes books (which is not me).
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a or b
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"C) Writer" -- I'm a writer now and always have been/will be, but I guess if/when I get published I'd consider calling myself an "B) Author".
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D: Storysmith. It's general enough so I don't feel bound to the written word, it's a lot more personal, and it just oozes grandeur.