I am a writer, but I am also a teacher. After a long day of professional development and a long evening of working on my syllabus, the last thing I wanted to do was sit down and write. I’m tired and achy and I just want to relax, but I can’t build my students’ identities as writers without building my own. One thing I learned this summer is that to teach writers I need to be a writer — not a once-in-a-while-when-inspiration-strikes writer but a sits-down-and-writes-even-when-she-is-ready-to-drop writer.
A writer shows up and writes. Every day. No matter what, even if it is just for five minutes. To call yourself a writer, you have to write, even when you don’t feel like it — especially when you don’t feel like it. It doesn’t matter if you write brilliant prose or crap as long as you write — every damn day.
So, here’s to writing crap after a long day of teaching. I am a writer, and a teacher of writers.
Beginning Again 
High five for being in the ‘write every day’ camp. I subscribe to this method too, though I can totally understand how tiring writing can be after a day of teaching. In fact, that’s one of the most tiring jobs to have if you want to side hustle with writing. Coding comes right after that. Wishing you all the best!
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Jane, so happy to hear from you. I am not a writer but I know how it feels to have to do things when you’re tired and crabby.
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