It never fails. I find something about writing and writers and join a bit late. This time it is a 15 day challenge entitled "15 Habits of Great Writers."
Today's challenge? Declare yourself a writer.
An ironic challenge as I proceeded today to address that even though I hadn't read the challenge until this evening. (NOTE: The challenge started yesterday.)
As the school year came to a close, our English department staff gathered together at one of our fellow teacher's homes to sit out on his deck and spend some time together as real people and not just teachers.
It was here that I volunteered to write at least one article about the positive things at our school for one of our newspapers. Stuck myself out there and stated that I could write the article because I am a writer.
Later, with this same group, I joined forces with another writer in our midst as a writer support base. We have taught in the same building for some 8 to 10 years, but not connected as writers. It felt good to declare myself a writer.
I am a writer! I am a writer! I am a writer!
I feel like a kid in elementary school who had to write something 100 times on the board. Maybe if I do that, I'll start to actually believe that I am truly a writer.
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