What Makes a Writer into 'a Part of the #WritersCommunity'? / myLot

By Uncle Jay, Finding More Value in Your Machine

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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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25807)

• Pikeville, North Carolina

10 Mar 22

I am a member of the writing community on Twitter and, obviously, I write here. I've written several books that I self-publish through my publishing company.

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Uncle Jay, Finding More Value in Your Machine

@mythociate (21437)

• 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).)