Face It . . . You Might Not be a Writer
IF you use excuse after excuse as to why you're not writing, then guess what little cowboy. . .
you might not be a writer.
IF you're playing the writing game because you think it's the fast track to fame and fortune, you're a crazed freak on steroids because there is no way you'll stick with it long enough to be a writer.
IF your every word is handed down to you on a silver platter by the writing gods, making you dang sure you do NOT need an editor--ever--then there's no teachable spirit in you, grasshopper, and not even super ninja skills will make you a writer.
IF the number of your unfinished manuscripts rivals the pages in the Affordable Care Act, and you've honestly never finished a story, then read this text message from Captain Obvious: you are not a writer.
IF you are more interested in getting your book published than in writing it, maybe you should look for a job at Harper Collins as a janitor because you're definitely not a writer.
IF you're not willing to grow your craft, learn the rules before you break them, roll up your sleeves and do the hard sweaty work of putting out the best possible combinations of words that you can, for all I know you might be a princess cuz you sure ain't a writer, dude.
Self-evaluation time. Are you a writer or not?