Call Yourself A Writer

Who are you to write? And who am I?

My first question for you is this: How did the title sound, in your head? I hope you heard it as an optimistic instruction, albeit a slightly bossy one. Call yourself a writer! For that is what you are!

But I wonder whether you felt inclined to stick an interrobang at the end. Did you hear a sneer in the question? Call yourself a writer? Seriously?

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