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Are You An Author or a Writer & What's the Difference?
The document explains the distinction between an author and a writer, noting that an author creates the plot and ideas while a writer produces the text based on those ideas. To be recognized as an author, one must have their work published, as only then do they attain copyright and authorship status. Finally, the document emphasizes the skills needed for both roles, with authors needing creativity and original ideas and writers needing the ability to express those ideas effectively.
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Are You An Author or a Writer & What's the Difference?
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- 2. People often use thewords author and writer as if they are the same thing but these two are both quite different.
- 3. A writer isa someone whom writes articles, books, or any kind of literary piece.
- 4. Where an author isthe person who comes up with the plot, idea, or the content of the work being written.
- 5. Although sometimes, the author andwriter can be the same person.
- 6. In an autobiography, someone writes abouttheir own life. So the author is writing his own thoughts and ideas.
- 7. But in a biography,the writer is not the author. The ideas or thoughts someone else are the ones being being written.
- 8. If you arewriting a novel or story based on a plot made by you, you are known as the author of it.
- 9. If you are writing someoneelse’s ideas, you will be known as the writer of the work.
- 10. Being a writer isconsidered easier than being an author.
- 11. This is because anauthor has to create and develop an idea, while a writer’s job is simply to write someone else’s idea.
- 12. An author must have exceptional plotsand writing skills in order to dominant their field.
- 13. Writing skills include the commandover language and expressiveness with a good play of words.
- 14. These skills can belearned through constant writing. Some, on the other hand, are born with this talent.
- 15. Only a skilled writercan portray ideas, events, and pictures through mere words.
- 16. When writing books, aperson becomes an author only if the book is published.
- 17. If your workis unpublished, and even if the idea is yours, you will still be considered as just the writer.
- 18. Yet when your workis published you will be known as the author of the work.
- 19. So even if you'vewritten 100 books, but never gotten any of them published, you will remain just a writer.
- 20. An author can getthe work copyrighted under the copyright laws.
- 21. This makes sure that nobodycan steal or use the original idea.
- 22. The author will alwaysbe associated with that particular work.
- 23. To be agood author you must have the capability to express thoughts.
- 24. And a good writerhas to know how to understand an idea and present it in the correct way.
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- 26. To be an author,the idea must be your own and you must get the work published.
- 27. An author must have specificskills. But a writer’s skill is suited to the job required.
- 28. You become an authorwhen your work is published. But if you never published, you will remain a writer.
- 29. An author can gettheir work copyrighted.
- 30. Whether you want tocall yourself an author or a writer, we can get you published.
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