No matter if you’ve been writing for twenty years or if you are thinking about starting a book now – this is a question people will ask you, a question you’ll ask yourself again and again. What is a writer? How do I become one? What makes me a writer?
![The Great Hunt [or where to look for ideas]](https://i0.wp.com/blog.my-dreamcatcher.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/idea.jpg?fit=575%2C323&ssl=1)
It turns out that the most common reason for not being able to write – which applies to me and many, many others – is the lack of ideas or inspiration. Some have a hard time starting their story, others write themselves in the corner, others write without a problem but struggle with making the story come to life.
![First steps [or the story of how I started talking to myself]](https://i1.wp.com/blog.my-dreamcatcher.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dan-counsell-zIwAchjDirM-unsplash.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1)
I’ve always been a storyteller. Even before I learned to read and write – I was always the one to think of a game for all of the children in our neighborhood, the one making up action or horror stories to tell before our parents called us home.