Am I a Writer Yet?

[Lloyd]

I have hit 20k words on my current novel after months of not writing anything. Does this make me an author? Is there some kind of a test I have to take? Maybe a loyalty pledge of some kind?

 

[LinXueLian]

Ooooh! Congrats, that's a lot of words!

I'm struggling with mine tbh...

 

[SerikoLee]

I only have 47.5k words on my main novel.

 

[NotaNuffian]

You wrote something and posted it on here. Yes, you are a writer.

Ps. This is me justifying myself even though I did nothing that earn myself a title of writer.

 

[Underload]

Unless you have a hater, you are not a writer.

 

[Lloyd]

Unless you have a hater, you are not a writer.

How do you get a hater?

 

[llcoolnate]

I'd just do it for the process. After 6 years of writing a horror novella (The Devil She Drew) I finally published it on Amazon a few days ago. Can be a major headache, so don't get discouraged if you hate it sometimes. Doesn't mean anything more than you're putting a lot of effort in it to make it the best you can rather than just accepting whatever you've jotted down so far. Good luck!

 

[Madjic]

Do the best you can. I think being able to keep it up for an extended period of time even when it doesn't come easily.

Also, To get a hater. They come in and just start yelling. My second book earned dozens on the first chapter. So it comes easier for some than others.

 

[Blackout]

Yes. Yes, you are. The number of words doesn't matter at all. As long as you wrote something, you're a writer.

 

[Mechaphobic]

I think it really depends on what you write, I have lots of science in my book, which sends most of the haters packing. I have realized that they seem to hate reading things that actually attempt to teach them something.

 

[Kazesenken]

And if you name your novel with a really long dumb title that sounds too much like a Japanese light novel, then you'll get your first hater within 5 minutes of posting!

 

[Blackout]

And if you name your novel with a really long dumb title that sounds too much like a Japanese light novel, then you'll get your first hater within 5 minutes of posting!

that didn't happen to mine though.

 

[CupcakeNinja]

I have hit 20k words on my current novel after months of not writing anything. Does this make me an author? Is there some kind of a test I have to take? Maybe a loyalty pledge of some kind?

The fact you fucked off for months without writing anything is what makes you a writer

 

[LinXueLian]

And if you name your novel with a really long dumb title that sounds too much like a Japanese light novel, then you'll get your first hater within 5 minutes of posting!

Wait, what? Why would anyone hate on that?

 

[KoyukiMegumi]

My novels are usually 200k+ words... When I finish them, but I don't post ongoing works!

I believe if you write poems or anything that is significantly less than 20k words probably less than 500 words... You are still a writer! 20k words could be an entire story!

Is Hiatus a ritual we all have to do?

 

[Jemini]

How do you get a hater?

About the same way you get a spider in your house.

 

[Kazesenken]

Wait, what? Why would anyone hate on that?

That happened to me. The dude gave me a 1 star literally right after I posted and sent me a DM about how stupid the title was.
The only good thing was I got several 5 starts over the next day or two.

 

[ArcadiaBlade]

*Could barely even reach 10k without giving up*

*Slowly disappearing as my writer privileges gets revoked*

 

[LinXueLian]

That happened to me. The dude gave me a 1 star literally right after I posted and sent me a DM about how stupid the title was.
The only good thing was I got several 5 starts over the next day or two.

Aaah that's cray. But hey, the upside is that it's just one cray guy....

 

[Teanam]

Well, you need 20k words to get the Author role on the SH discord. It doesn't get more official than that.