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Writer's Haven => Quill and Feather Pub [Public] => Topic started by: idontknowyet on September 26, 2018, 10:46:43 AM
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Another thread made me think of this. How do you define yourself are you a writer or a storyteller?
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I love this question!
I am definitely a storyteller who uses words to tell her stories. How those words come together on a page is less important to me than how the characters come alive. I gleefully break grammar rules and don't fret about word choices as long as I remain true to my characters and their story.
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Another thread made me think of this. How do you define yourself are you a writer or a storyteller?
Yes.
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Definitely a storyteller.
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Interesting. If someone asks I would say I’m a writer. But in truth I’m a storyteller because I don’t think about the words like RPatton says.
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ImaWriter. :icon_razz:
Seriously though, I consider myself a storyteller. The storyteller gave birth to the the writer.
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Both.
Words are my playmates whether I speak or write them and they need to play nice, or a story will never get told ...
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Writer. The story gives me something to write about.
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I'm a writer, because words are music.
I'm a storyteller, because creating worlds and filling them with people that readers enjoy is an act of poetry.
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I'm a writer, because words are music.
I'm a storyteller, because creating worlds and filling them with people that readers enjoy is an act of poetry.
yes, me too. Well used words transport me, as do well made worlds.
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Both, I think. It's the way the words come together and make me feel, but it's also bringing the characters to life.
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Both. When I write fiction, I'm a storyteller. When I'm writing some nonfiction and freelance material (be it gaming stuff or professional work), I'm a writer.
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Publisher first. Writer second.
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I'm both, but I have a feeling that I'm a better writer, than I am a storyteller.
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I'll call myself a writer from time to time out of habit, but I'm not a talented enough wordsmith for that to be technically true. William Faulkner is a writer. Margaret Atwood is a writer. I'm a storyteller.
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Writer...of stories :)
I stuttered terribly as a child and I think of storytelling as oral. Writing is my natural state.
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I love this question!
I am definitely a storyteller who uses words to tell her stories. How those words come together on a page is less important to me than how the characters come alive. I gleefully break grammar rules and don't fret about word choices as long as I remain true to my characters and their story.
This is much like how I see it. Storytellers are the ones who tend to have people gathered around them at parties, hanging on their every word, sprinkled with laughter throughout.
I'm a writer.
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I'm a story-telling writer. :icon_mrgreen:
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To take it beyond the level of hobbyist you have to be both. So it depends on your goals.
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I'm both, but I have a feeling that I'm a better writer, than I am a storyteller.
I'm definitely a better writer than storyteller. Writing comes naturally to me. Storytelling is what I am working to learn.
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Both, but I'm going to say storyteller first. I am a good writer, but I don't write for writing's sake—it always starts with that nugget of story that I want to communicate. The writing flourishes around that nugget.
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Storyteller. For sure.
Might have been a writer at some point of time, but I've evolved. Devolved? Let's just say changed.
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I am more of a writer, but I'm trying to become more of a story teller. I think using DNS helps with that. Nothing like sitting is a darkened room, maybe with a cold drink and pretending you're sitting around a campfire with a bunch of kids and telling them the scariest ghost story you can think of. Using Dragon, I am more focused on telling the story than I am the grammar and spelling. The "writing" comes afterward.
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A daydreamer who 'ghosts' for my inner child! :icon_mrgreen:
My stories are as new to me as they are to my readers, I am just writing them down as they unfold.
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I've been a writer who was a frustrated storyteller. Now, I can be both. :cool:
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Writer? You mean like letters and such?
(Heh. Just a little "Unforgiven" humor. :icon_mrgreen:)
I tell stories via the written word, so I guess "both" is the only logical answer. *shrug* In any event, I prefer "author." :cool:
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I can't be both? I tell stories. They spill out of my brain and onto paper or into a computer. But, *pokes* apparently I'm also a writer, because I try to do it in such a way that reading the finished product doesn't make me want to claw my eyes out and set my Kindle on fire.
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Writer? You mean like letters and such?
(Heh. Just a little "Unforgiven" humor. :icon_mrgreen:)
I tell stories via the written word, so I guess "both" is the only logical answer. *shrug* In any event, I prefer "author." :cool:
The Duck of Death! :icon_mrgreen:
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I tell stories, I write books.
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I'm a hack. grint
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but I don't write for writing's sake
Interesting you should say that, because I consider myself a storyteller buf I love the physical act of writing and will often write for writing's sake. Not sure why, but there's something about a good pen and paper that gets me. I hand write drafts etc for that reason, but sometimes find myself writing random stuff just so I have a reason to play with my pens. I could be a bit of a weirdo though, jury's still out :icon_rolleyes:
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I'm a fiction writer ;)