Am I a Writer

I do not consider myself to be a writer. I feel that a writer is someone who enjoys writing and wirtes professionally, someone who writes for a living. I do not write for a living. There is not a large audience reading what I write so I would not consider myself a writer. A writer, in my eyes, is someone who has a book published or an academic journal article written. Another example of a writer is somone who is studying to be a writer or a journalist. A writer has to enjoy writing and be passionate about their work. There has to people reading their work and being interested in it. Since I am none of these I would not consider my self to be a writer. I write because I have to not because I enjoy to. Writing is something I consider a chore than a excitement, so I would never call myself a writer.