Still no. Do you think there's no published writers out there who have ever gone through a period where they got so discouraged they gave up on writing? And does doing so somehow invalidate any writing they've done before? All this 'you're not a writer' stuff is seriously such a shit thing to tell someone, especially while they're feeling discouraged. How tremendously unhelpful. Writers are not some special club of magical creatures who never hit roadblocks, and to jump on someone for feeling like giving up when that happens, whether you think their reasons are petty or not, and tell them that they're not really a writer is ridiculous. That accomplishes nothing except discouraging them further.
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