Comments on: If a writer writes … http://www.jhsiess.com/2008/07/28/if-a-writer-writes/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:00:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: What Friends Do | Mixed Metaphor.net http://www.jhsiess.com/2008/07/28/if-a-writer-writes/#comment-5962 What Friends Do | Mixed Metaphor.net Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:27:38 +0000 http://www.jhsiess.com/?p=838#comment-5962 [...] JHS, Esq. - If a writer writes . . . [...] […] JHS, Esq. — If a writer writes … […]

]]> By: washwords http://www.jhsiess.com/2008/07/28/if-a-writer-writes/#comment-5642 washwords Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:22:53 +0000 http://www.jhsiess.com/?p=838#comment-5642 Lovely thoughts and great site. I'm so glad to have found you! (on Woof). I will definitely be back and will be pondering these thoughts until then. washwords's most recent blog post..<a href="http://washwords.com/words/2008/wonderful-words-on-the-web-wordwebbingcom/" rel="nofollow">Wonderful words on the Web: Wordwebbing.com</a> Lovely thoughts and great site. I’m so glad to have found you! (on Woof). I will definitely be back and will be pondering these thoughts until then.

washwords’s most recent blog post..Wonderful words on the Web: Wordwebbing.com

]]> By: lanre from webdesign http://www.jhsiess.com/2008/07/28/if-a-writer-writes/#comment-5602 lanre from webdesign Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:22:44 +0000 http://www.jhsiess.com/?p=838#comment-5602 Writing comes from inspiration and you kind of feel it within you. Exposure however comes with time and opportunity Writing comes from inspiration and you kind of feel it within you. Exposure however comes with time and opportunity

]]> By: WOOF Winners for 8/08/08 | Poetry 2.0 http://www.jhsiess.com/2008/07/28/if-a-writer-writes/#comment-5583 WOOF Winners for 8/08/08 | Poetry 2.0 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:39:15 +0000 http://www.jhsiess.com/?p=838#comment-5583 [...] About Writing - JHS, Esq. - ‘If a writer writes . . .’ [...] […] About Writing — JHS, Esq. — ‘If a writer writes …’ […]

]]> By: shooting games http://www.jhsiess.com/2008/07/28/if-a-writer-writes/#comment-5572 shooting games Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:02:32 +0000 http://www.jhsiess.com/?p=838#comment-5572 I believe that if you write a letter a day, that makes you a writer, even if no one reads that letter. I believe that if you write a letter a day, that makes you a writer, even if no one reads that letter.

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]]> By: Bookmakers http://www.jhsiess.com/2008/07/28/if-a-writer-writes/#comment-5526 Bookmakers Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:02:22 +0000 http://www.jhsiess.com/?p=838#comment-5526 I’ve been wondering if I don’t think of myself as a writer, why should anyone else? Am I shooting myself in the foot? I’ve been wondering if I don’t think of myself as a writer, why should anyone else? Am I shooting myself in the foot?

]]> By: Karen Lynch-Live the Power http://www.jhsiess.com/2008/07/28/if-a-writer-writes/#comment-5518 Karen Lynch-Live the Power Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:15:18 +0000 http://www.jhsiess.com/?p=838#comment-5518 You've touched upon something I've thought about often since I started blogging. I learned quickly that "blogging" is not synonymous with "writing" and that it is easy to get bogged down in the "blogging" aspects. And the question to bloggers becomes "do you blog so you can write....or do you write so you can blog?" I love to write. I find my connection to my highest self as I write. I feel like I am a writer deep in my bones and writing is where I find much of my Joy. Yet, I haven't been "published" (as of yet, with the exception of the Internet), I don't know who reads my work and as your next post points out, the comments on my blog do not give me critiques of my work. So am I really a writer? It depends upon the criteria its based upon. If a writer must be published and read then of course, No. But if a writer must write....then Yes! You’ve touched upon something I’ve thought about often since I started blogging. I learned quickly that “blogging” is not synonymous with “writing” and that it is easy to get bogged down in the “blogging” aspects.

And the question to bloggers becomes “do you blog so you can write.…or do you write so you can blog?”

I love to write. I find my connection to my highest self as I write. I feel like I am a writer deep in my bones and writing is where I find much of my Joy. Yet, I haven’t been “published” (as of yet, with the exception of the Internet), I don’t know who reads my work and as your next post points out, the comments on my blog do not give me critiques of my work.

So am I really a writer? It depends upon the criteria its based upon.
If a writer must be published and read then of course, No.
But if a writer must write.…then Yes!

]]> By: Elana http://www.jhsiess.com/2008/07/28/if-a-writer-writes/#comment-5513 Elana Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:55:15 +0000 http://www.jhsiess.com/?p=838#comment-5513 I loved this post. It's true -- I write simply because I must. And as much as the blogosphere tells us it's all about increasing traffic (though JK Rowling did it all without a blog), it is that internal sense of blogging to fulfill this deeply felt need that makes a person a writer. Thank you for the thoughtful reflections... signed, a kindred spirit, elana I loved this post. It’s true — I write simply because I must. And as much as the blogosphere tells us it’s all about increasing traffic (though JK Rowling did it all without a blog), it is that internal sense of blogging to fulfill this deeply felt need that makes a person a writer. Thank you for the thoughtful reflections…
signed, a kindred spirit,
elana

]]> By: movidoo http://www.jhsiess.com/2008/07/28/if-a-writer-writes/#comment-5512 movidoo Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:45:50 +0000 http://www.jhsiess.com/?p=838#comment-5512 What a good post, I liked very much... So let's see, I think a writer must define himself before as what kind of writer is: a self-reading writer or a public one. There are people that write only for their own, I like to write poems so I like to write and read them on my own, so however no one read my poems I define myself a writer. If my objective is that many people likes my writings, well, if no one reads my poems I think that I'm not the best one... as Einstein said everything's relative! ;-) What a good post, I liked very much… So let’s see, I think a writer must define himself before as what kind of writer is: a self-reading writer or a public one. There are people that write only for their own, I like to write poems so I like to write and read them on my own, so however no one read my poems I define myself a writer. If my objective is that many people likes my writings, well, if no one reads my poems I think that I’m not the best one… as Einstein said everything’s relative! ;-)

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