Question:
When was the moment you first believed you were a writer?
Emily Freeman {Author, Grace for the Good Girl and blogs at Chatting at The Sky} :: When was the moment I first believed I am a writer? oh wow. Why is that so hard to answer? I think because even now, after having written a blog for six years and two books for a publisher, calling myself a writer still makes me feel a little school-girl silly. It’s because I so greatly respect the title. It’s because I so love the title. It’s because I’m a little shy of the title. I think I began to know it for sure when I stopped writing after my husband and I were married ten years ago. And for those few years, I felt a little lost. When I started Chatting at the Sky in 2006, my soul began untangling and it was then that I knew, oh. I feel more myself now. Maybe I’m a writer.
Thank you Emily for your inspiring us with your words! By the way, if you are a fan of “Tuesday Unwrapped”, Emily is bringing it back for the month of December. I have met the most lovely women on Tuesdays at Emily’s place. I hope to see you there!
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Emily, thanks for taking the time to answer the question of “how?” It has been one I’ve been wrestling with over the last month, so I appreciate your perspective.
By His Grace,
Lisa
Emily, thanks for this because it confirms ‘the writer’ for me. It was after my mom died and I started dating and got married a year later and I stopped writing. I know it was a necessary silence for me because I wouldn’t be where I am today if I hadn’t been silent for a long time and I know I can never stop writing…so, thanks! You had better NEVER STOP too!:}
My first response to your question was that I knew I was a writer when I first got paid, but that’s not right. Like you, my conviction has its ups and downs, but when someone says to me, as they recently did, “You had the words for something I was feeling but didn’t know how to express,” I know I am a writer.