When can you call yourself a writer?

[mattjanacone]

Rejection, I think, is a person’s initiation into the writing life. If you can take rejection in stride, if you can simply move on, you can make it in the “business of rejection.” You can officially call yourself a writer.

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[AudioPostExpert]

When can you call yourself a writer?

That depends on context. In the context of what you like to do, providing you sometimes write something, then you're a writer.

If you can take rejection in stride, if you can simply move on, you can make it in the “business of rejection.” You can officially call yourself a writer.

There is no "business of rejection", there is only business of acceptance (which may entail a lot of rejection before gaining acceptance). Without acceptance there is no income and therefore no business. So no, in the context of "business"; what you do professionally, what your job is or what you do for a living, you cannot call yourself a writer.

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[HermitCrab]

IMHO as everyone can write, the difference between someone who write and a writer is whether one can make a living off writing or not.