Writer: synonymous to author, litterateur, pen, penman, scribe, and scrivener.
I would define a writer quite literally as someone who uses words to express themselves and get a message across. That may be an argumentative essay about the cons of the vaping industry or why it is important for young people to be politically active. Something I have really learned over the past few months is that much like being in an argument, the loudest speaker isn’t always the right or best speaker. Sometimes it only takes a few words, sentences, or paragraphs to get a point across. There don’t need to be metaphors, descriptions, and filler words to make a form of writing seem more “correct” or better. I think that Taylor Eaton says it perfectly: Simply enough, if you write, you are a writer.
I would definitely say that I have changed as a writer in the past 13 weeks. I don’t rewrite every sentence in a rough draft or try to make my sentence structure the most fancy thing I can as much. I feel more comfortable in writing as myself and I am able to hear more of my tone in my writing. I have become better at researching topics and staying relatively unbiased in important discussions, even in the past month. I am really proud of the improvement I have made.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/author
http://www.writerology.net/blog/post/2013/12/what-it-means-to-be-a-writer