If you want to be a writer, write.

Someone told me yesterday she isn’t a writer, but she loves to write.

Do you know how ridiculous that sounds?

If you love to write and you write, you’re a writer.

End of story.

Being a writer has nothing to do with having a specific professional occupation.

Yes, there are paid writers, but they are often no better than regular joes who decide one day to pick up a pen and write. Sometimes regular joes become famous.