The only difference between a good writer who publishes a book and a good writer who doesn't is that the writer who publishes actually finished her book.
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You see, in my view a writer is a writer not because she writes well and easily, because she has amazing talent, because everything she does is golden. In my view a writer is a writer because even when there is no hope, even when nothing you do shows any sign of promise, you keep writing anyway.
When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read.
One of the ironies of being a professional writer is that, if you are even moderately successful, the very traits that let you succeed as a writer are not much help when the time comes to head out as 'The Author.'
Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.
Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish the opposite.
With each book, you get better as a writer. There is no back door to the industry. Read in the genre you want to write, as the more you read, the better you will get as an author.
An author is somebody who writes a story. It doesn't matter if you're a kid or if you're a grown-up, it doesn't matter if the book gets published and lots of people get to read it, or if you make just one copy and you share that book with one friend.
Authors can easily produce ebook versions of novels and shorter work which publishers don't own.
Publishing in a way doesn't have a lot to do with writing, and writing doesn't have a lot to do with publishing.
The difference is this: If you write a good book, it'll get published. If you have a great screenplay, there is no guarantee.