What Makes a Writer into 'a Part of the #WritersCommunity'?
@mythociate (21432)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
March 3, 2022 11:31am CST
I guess I've been 'on Twitter' since ... the beginning? the early 2000s? ... but I haven't really seen 'a Writers-Community' there---I mean, it's NOTHING BUT a 'writers-community' (since it's whole thing IS writing); but I hadn't seen the 'Writers-Community' hashtag until recently.
And I'm wondering, 'Why aren't a lot of the writers I see there doing more writing on MyLot?'
And the answer I'm seeing? They have a slightly different idea of 'what it means to be "a writer"'---sort of like an actor isn't "an actor" unless they're either 'in a cast (of a play, movie, TV-show, or podcast)' or 'regularly auditioning to be in another cast,' a writer isn't "a writer" unless they're employed by a publisher or are working on a new book or paper or article.
I guess being "published" in the virtual press isn't worth as much after you've felt the 'job-well-done signals' (dopamine rush) of having your work approved by editors & bound in hardback 
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@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
11 Mar 22
Am I right about 'the feeling of holding "your book" in your hands?' (I've written 'a book or two'-worth of blogs, but the closest I've ever gotten to "published" is a few letters in the Oklahoma Gazette (a few by JAY HUBBARD at the bottom of the linked page).)
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@DWDavis (25805)
• United States
12 Mar 22
@mythociate When I held the first copy of River Dream in my hands, it was a lifelong dream come true. I still get a great feeling whenever I publish a new book, but it's never quite the thrill of that first time.
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