I wish it were a bit more acceptable to say, "I'm a storyteller," because that's what I am. Yes, I'm a writer, but I'm a storyteller first and foremost. I chose novels as the medium.
This also made me think of how many times people have been dismissive or even derisive toward fiction writing, insisting the "real money" and the "real writing" are in nonfiction writing. Articles, in particular. I've tried to engage people on this topic, to explain why being a fiction writer is not at all like being, say, a technical writer, but it's often lost on people.
I'm not a writer for the sole purpose of stringing words together about any old thing. I'm a storyteller. I love words. I love sentences and syntax and cadence and rhythm and poetry. So, I write novels.
Anyway, thanks for sharing your thoughts! I really enjoyed this.
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on 2010-09-08 03:24 pm (UTC)This also made me think of how many times people have been dismissive or even derisive toward fiction writing, insisting the "real money" and the "real writing" are in nonfiction writing. Articles, in particular. I've tried to engage people on this topic, to explain why being a fiction writer is not at all like being, say, a technical writer, but it's often lost on people.
I'm not a writer for the sole purpose of stringing words together about any old thing. I'm a storyteller. I love words. I love sentences and syntax and cadence and rhythm and poetry. So, I write novels.
Anyway, thanks for sharing your thoughts! I really enjoyed this.