Which do you prefer to be called? http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934 LivelyLiz Which would you rather be known as? A(n)... A. Novelist B. Author C. Writer D. other Sat, 12 Nov 2011 05:06:54 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_652171 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_652171 ToriIsForever<3 B or C Sat, 12 Nov 2011 05:10:40 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_652232 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_652232 Auzrill 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. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 06:34:31 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_653388 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_653388 No-ideas B. Author C. Writer D. Rich ;) Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:17:20 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_655599 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_655599 SweeneyxxTodd A or B. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 14:36:25 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_656600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_656600 IvoryJaied B and C. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:52:26 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_657349 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_657349 Lydia_Ember 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. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:04:59 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_658225 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_658225 allie_bigelow Writer, but that's because I write fiction, poetry, scripts, and dabble some in journalism. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:48:39 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_658824 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_658824 Kitty Sola Writer, because I'll call myself a novelist or author when I get published! (...if I ever do..) Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:22:46 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_665357 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_665357 TortugaRachel I call myself a writer, because I dabble in other things too. Sun, 13 Nov 2011 02:15:11 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_667233 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_667233 aaliona A, B, or C, but I feel that I should have something published before I can truly call myself A or B. Sun, 13 Nov 2011 02:38:51 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_667617 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_667617 Secera 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. :) Sun, 13 Nov 2011 04:02:22 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_669026 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_669026 LuLiLa 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. Sun, 13 Nov 2011 04:41:15 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_669742 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_669742 MysticBlaze 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. Sun, 13 Nov 2011 07:02:11 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_671630 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_671630 Naffy C. If I ever get published, then I'll be a novelist. Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:00:17 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_675508 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_675508 Calista.Artemis 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. Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:53:33 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_675941 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_675941 BriiMarie Writer Novelist/Author makes me think of someone who has traditionally or self-published an actual book or something. Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:38:58 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_677842 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_677842 Christina Huling C, both A and B feel like someone who only writes books (which is not me). Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:06:50 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_693285 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_693285 ADuvall a or b Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:05:49 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_695764 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_695764 May-Day_Aura "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". Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:49:29 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_696523 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_696523 susaga 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. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:52:48 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_696573 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_696573 Raelynn I *want* to be called Author ;) (who doesn't) , but alas, I could only be known, at best, as Writer. For I do write, albeit slowly as of late. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:33:09 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_701005 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_701005 ckermit88 C. writer. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:53:55 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_702429 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_702429 chickyboo Novelist is what needs to be added to my list. I'm already the others. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:54:09 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_703403 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_703403 freakflag333 Writer sounds romantic (like a struggling artist). Novelist sounds lovely and old fashioned, author sounds like toilet paper....I guess....a writer :) Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:54:36 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_703413 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_703413 freakflag333 I agree Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:54:48 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_703416 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_703416 freakflag333 True true Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:55:07 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_703424 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_703424 chessapphire "Novelist" has a nice ring to it XD On the other side, I hate being called an "authoress." Yes I'm a girl, yes I believe in gender equality, so let's all just call ourselves by the same word. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:05:02 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_717745 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_717745 Eilorae B or C Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:45:43 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_725396 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_725396 lcplsnd I'm a writer. I write everything from plays to news stories, poems to mass emails. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:09:53 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_725692 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_725692 Wind Ann Wise Either writer or author, either one. I'm not picky. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:42:19 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_726102 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_726102 Shady Spiral Definitely a writer. I can't really explain it, but a writer is just... what I am. Even if I'm not writing much at the time, I feel as though my perception of the world is based upon being a writer. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:19:36 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_727332 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_727332 brandnewriot3 B if I had something published, but otherwise I think C seems more appropriate. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:17:26 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_728151 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_728151 Dark Eden Storyteller Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:26:06 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_730099 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_730099 Eldheni I am a writer, and always will be...but I aspire to being an author. (And yes, novelist will be fine also once I have a novel published...meanwhile all I have published are shorts and articles) I want much more before I deign to call myself an actual "author") Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:59:44 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_730610 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_730610 TheSlenderman I like to be called a writer. I feel like I can't really be called an author, since nothing of mine is published. I also don't think I should be a novelist, since I write more screenplays than I do novels. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:02:25 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_730677 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_730677 Fiona W C. Writer or D. Artist Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:58:49 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_743700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_743700 Chestergirl28 C. Writer In my mind, the other two imply being published. Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:20:12 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_743958 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_743958 Easily Distracted C. A sounds like a profession (which this isn;t for me and prob never will be cos it'd take the fun out of). B - I get to be an author of things at work. Writing is... something I do like breathing, or humming, or waking up, it just is Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:28:50 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_744957 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_744957 Emma_Sunshine I'm going to go with writer :) Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:44:50 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_747352 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_747352 BirdWhisperer Writer most of the time, Novelist if I want to be more specific, and not Author until I'm actually published. Even then, I think I'd only call myself an author in certain situations, like discussing jobs, talking to readers, or explaining that yes, I'm published. Fri, 18 Nov 2011 03:18:37 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_748436 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_748436 lil87blue Writer. I don't only write novels, so novelist doesn't quite cover it and I don't know why but I just don't really like the word author. It sounds awkward to me. Fri, 18 Nov 2011 03:24:28 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_748515 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_748515 Caramella Barlow Writer. Because to me author means you're published and novelist means you have published novels and writer means a person who lives through telling stories. Notice I didn't say: a person who makes a living through telling stories. Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:24:21 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_760937 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_760937 ShidaHa A, although C fits me better because I've never actually written a novel... or even 12,000 words. Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:35:51 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_761042 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=2#forum_thread_comment_761042 Kelly The Red D - Other. I am definately an other. I introduce myself as a wordsmith. Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:31:39 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_763447 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_763447 Frenzy Novelist sounds far too professional to me and I'm far from that. An author is what I'd call myself if I ever get published. I call myself a story writer, because it's more specific than "writer" and more informal than "novelist". Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:34:06 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_766934 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_766934 IFangirlLunaLovegood B or C. It's easiest to introduce myself as a writer, as I cannot point to any published works, but at the same time I do believe that I AM an author, even though I haven't been published. Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:38:04 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_767604 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_767604 Ghotay I am a writer, and I hope that is all I will ever want to call myself. I write fanfiction, original fic, diaries... sometimes even poetry. I am hoping to get into doing commissioned work online. I love words, and stories, and pieces of every kind - poetic, vulgar, long short. Why would I ever be anything other than a writer? Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:52:55 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_769918 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_769918 praytotheclosetgenies would you mind if I used that too? wordsmith, I like it. Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:27:02 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_774676 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_774676 Cataphora Writer. Frankly because author and novelist sound too pretentious, but I'd also argue that they're too narrowing -- I write lots of things that aren't novels and I don't consider myself specifically bound to one genre, while author implies, at least to me, that you're published and that being published is the point of what you're doing. Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:27:11 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_789475 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_789475 inthemargins C. Writer. I don't feel comfortable referring to myself as anything else. I've never been published or created something that I'd be happy to have published... so, yeah. But I do have friends that call themselves "word shakers," and I think that's pretty awesome. Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00:38 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_823497 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_823497 Marie.94 C. Writer. As others have said, I don't feel like I really should be referred to as an author or novelist because I'm not published or anything. Plus I also write a lot of poetry so writer kind of sums it up. Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:42:31 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_834504 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_834504 Ariana Knight I'm definitely C, a writer, because I write all kinds of stuff, not just novels, and I'm not published in anything except poetry, so... Fri, 25 Nov 2011 02:25:46 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_835357 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_835357 Lokiva I'd call myself an Author seeing as I am writing stories for other people to read. If I were simply to write for the sake of writing (which I technically do, despite the fact that I have other places I want to go with my writing as well) I would consider myself simply a writer instead of an author. Fri, 25 Nov 2011 03:54:05 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_836235 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_836235 Bewitched.Rhapsody Either writer or other. ^_^ Writer seems more free and more fitting a description. Author means I'm published (and even when I'm published, I'd just be a writer) and novelist means I write novels - but I don't always write just novels. Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:55:36 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_937171 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_937171 Kitty Sola This is really rather random, but frankly I'm in love with your icon. Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:11:33 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_938235 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_938235 Lady_Indis_Dress Author or Writer works best for me. Novelist would be fine if novels were the only things I wrote, but they aren't. I usually refer to myself as a writer. Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:36:59 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_939865 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_939865 CalicoRain Writer....or "other." I normally refer to myself as a poet/song-writer because that's what I've written for the last 14 years (for the most part) and that's all I've had published. However, I've also tried my hand at short stories and (obviously) novels...I routinely tell people that I'm a poet, not a novelist. ^.^ Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:31:48 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_949385 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_949385 Nasokoukaii C. Writer...I don't really have much of a reason except that I like to write...But I'd guess either/anything would suffice... :3 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:11:20 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_958854 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_958854 Gazoinks C. Writer. Novelist and author are both too specific for me. I like writing a variety of things, such as short stories, novels, scripts, etc. and novelist and author both tend to describe writers of longer prose. Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:54:40 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_959619 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_959619 Ksimpson1998 Right now I would most likely saw C but if I ever get something published I would either be A or B Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:18:24 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_973844 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_973844 MusicalRaven A...after I finish a novel. For now I'd want C. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:19:18 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_985765 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_985765 RobertLent Since Planetary Emperor is not available, I choose writer. It's a factual description, novelist or author seem pretentious. Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:35:54 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_990660 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_990660 Saffers C. I love writing, but I'm pretty much just a hobbyist. "Novelist" or "author" would make it seem like I write for a living, and I don't know if I'd be able to ever handle that. :) Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:26:04 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_996050 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_996050 Elinde Writer at the moment, author should I ever become professional which, though I'd love it, is unlikely... Novelist sounds pretentious to me Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:21:52 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_1008576 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_1008576 MalcolmCooms My mindset has always been the same. When I was merely writing stories, poems, plays, et cetera, I was just a writer. But when I got a short story and poem published (this was a long time ago in an obscure book that I made basically no money on, but I was published nevertheless) I was an author and a poet. So now that's how I think of myself: as an author and a poet. Once my first play is produced I will be a playwright. Time will tell. As it is I'm merely a writer of plays at the moment. And, of course, an author and poet. Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:35:22 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_1008878 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_1008878 December Morning Owl Yeah,novelist to me r people who write novels. An author has wider range and writes all sorts of fiction/non-fiction. A writer is my most preferred one as it means it's mostly fictional writing and ranges from poems to songs etc. Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:36:14 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_1039638 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=3#forum_thread_comment_1039638 Earthsick d) random person who only writes during Nanowrimo because it's the truth Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:19:46 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1055446 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1055446 firelight_cinderbrick I'm just happy I can call myself any of them, but for now I'm a writer (I like the ring to that word specifically). I like the sound of novelist too, but it doesn't really fit me. Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:15:49 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1079880 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1079880 fumbleweeds D! Nanowrimo is the only time I write! (I mean, I used to write fanfiction but that was only one of my many fannish hobbies) In fact I do Nano to focus on a creative medium that I otherwise never touch. I have to work hard to come up with story ideas, writing is far from natural to me, and heck I don't even read that much! I don't identify as writerly. But if I had to be one of the above, then C, "writer". The other two sound awfully pretentious for someone like me. "Oh, I wrote two Nanowrimo projects. I'm an ~*~author~*~ now!" Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:13:12 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1106450 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1106450 fumbleweeds High-five for Nanowrimo-only writers, haha. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:13:34 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1106452 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1106452 WritingGeek97 C. I'm self-published, so don't count that as authoring and I write things other than novels, so C is most likely. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:51:34 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1107656 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1107656 suicide-blonde I call myself a writer, because the rest seem too business-like. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:20:06 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1122042 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1122042 1018mockingjay I would rather be called writer, because that's what I am. But if I actually publish something than I would like to be called an author as well. And I guess novelist works as well but it doesn't sound just as good without the r sound at the end, in my opinion. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:05:06 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1123126 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1123126 water2770 C. Writer D. Influenced by Rpg's Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:11:13 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1123995 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1123995 inthemargins I know I already answered this, but it's been three months, so... D. Artist of the written word It alludes to the facts that I believe writing's an art and that I also do other forms of art, and people are less inclined to ask, "So can I read some of your writing?" Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:34:05 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1124993 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1124993 KatnissGinnyMaxTally A) Novelist or C) Writer. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:24:53 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1140245 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1140245 simply_complex Ditto. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:49:28 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1163798 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1163798 Spuggey Writer. As people have said, the other two suggest publication or professionalism. Anyone who writes is a writer! Sat, 25 Feb 2012 11:49:45 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1169101 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1169101 Spuggey Also, I'm not against 'Story-teller' which is actually primarily how I think of myself! Sat, 25 Feb 2012 11:50:33 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1169103 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1169103 Ink_Stained_Midnight C or D. I'm a storyteller, a talespinner, a wordweaver, a dreambringer, a recreational liar. However, these aren't exactly things you can introduce yourself by without getting odd looks. So, for now, I'm simply the 'writer'. Sat, 12 May 2012 16:18:38 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1363325 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1363325 Cinderpaw C and... it depends on what other thing D is. ^^ Tue, 15 May 2012 23:08:50 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1371605 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1371605 Windywords I like novelist just for the way it sounds, but I think I consider myself a writer. Thu, 17 May 2012 02:00:36 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1374762 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1374762 tnb494 writer cause i havent written a novel yet Thu, 24 May 2012 00:16:27 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1393920 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1393920 42n8 Me Foremost: Writer. I've been a writer (of sorts) as far back as I can remember. I'm better at it now, and intend to continue to improve. Ultimately: Author. As most here seem to agree, this implies a degree of professional success with my writing. I intend to get that too. I am still working on my first novel, and have two others planned; but if I think of myself as a Novelist, I feel slightly contained. Being an Author *feels* more open to a broad array of expressive output. Thu, 24 May 2012 19:57:54 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1396143 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-polling-booth/threads/33934?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1396143