When Do You Feel Like a “Real” Writer?
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When Do You Feel Like a “Real” Writer?

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January was my highest earning month on Medium so far, largely in part thanks to this piece.

My writing success lately hasn’t been just monetary. The exposure I have received has been incredible. A piece I wrote on pronouns was shared by writer Amanda Knox on Twitter, and reblogged over 2,000 times on Tumblr.

Friends have complimented me on my work over text and in person. For the first time in my life, I feel like my work is gaining traction. And yet I still yearn for a byline in “real” publications.

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I lament over the fact that I haven’t finished the fifth draft of my novel or finished the first and second drafts of others in my Google Drive, because I feel like the moment I am holding a hardcopy of a book I wrote will be the only moment at which I will feel like a “real” writer.

I majored in Writing and Rhetoric in college, and the definition of a “writer” was often debated. According to some professors, it was as basic as “someone who writes.” It didn’t matter what they wrote, how much, or whether or not they were paid for it. The act of writing was enough to give them the title of a writer.

To me, that definition could mean everyone who is literate is a writer.

Perhaps that is why I accept the numerous gatekeepers in the writing world — if everyone could be called a writer, nothing would be special about it. And we all want to feel special.

But somehow, my success in this lovely little pocket of the Internet called Medium doesn’t feel like “enough” for me. I’ve been thinking about what it might be like to one day write for my dream publications: Refinery29, The Cut, Them, and Teen Vogue.

Until my name is on one of their articles, I will be hesitant to call myself a “real” writer.

But is that fair to leave all of the power of validation to those “official” publications?

What about people like Shannon Ashley, who makes her income on this site and writes thoughtful, intriguing, and beautiful pieces?

Are the writers I admire on this site only valid if they also have bylines at major magazines?

Is being a successful Medium writer no more impressive than having a Wordpress blog?

What makes magazine and book writing any more valid than this writing?

There are more gatekeepers to those, sure, but what are gatekeepers except for a few individuals with expertise making subjective decisions about the merit of our work and talent?

Maybe if we all treated ourselves like “real” writers, our work would be even better for it.