I define a writer as someone who stays true to themselves in their writing. They look at rhetorical stand points and objective and subjective view points. I like reading stories where the writer is not trying to conform what some may consider as normal writing. For example, Peter Elbow writes about using your mother tongue in writing and not using the Standard Written English Language. An example could be from the book For Colored Girls. English is the author’s first language, but her poetry is almost in broken English, emphasizing how she actually spoke. She did not try to translate her own language for the likeliness of others. That leads to learning literacy their own way and carrying that throughout their whole writing career like Deborah Brandt talked about in Sponsors of Literacy. Not every writer is the same, and it is unfair to reduce them to just one way to write. There are so many creative minds.
I describe myself as an opiniated writer. It can be both a good and a bad thing, but I noticed that my favorite thing to do when it comes to writing is talk about my opinions and views and beliefs. Rhetorical essays are fun to read and do, because its healthy arguing. My writing skills, I believe, are at best when it comes to choosing a side in a topic.