Post #2 What does it mean to be a "Writer"

I find it difficult for someone to categorize who is considered a writer and who is not. In my option every person has the capability to become a writer but that does not mean everyone is. I believe that there is a difference between being a “writer” and just writing. To be a writer I think you do not only have to be writing for a purpose or just as a hobby but you have to be serious about it. I do agree with Joey when he states “To be a writer means that you are transferring feelings, opinions, or ideas into written words for an audience.” With this being said I don’t think the only people who are writers are ones who write for a living or get published but I do believe that a real writer has to have that intensity to really be labeled a writer. I don’t think you can simply send a tweet or a text and then consider yourself a writer.

I think that the people of Shenandoah National Park were writers in the sense that they were everyday writers. The writing was composed of letters sent by these people to the Chief, which I would consider a form of everyday writing. Another thing I noticed that did not quite make them writers was the large amount of grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors that was in the vast majority of the letters. But this also could bring up the controversy that you don’t have to be a “good” writer in order to be a writer. I think to really be considered a writer you have to have some educational background to fulfill the label.