Do you call youself a writer?

To be a writer depends on how you define what a writer is. On a day to day basis, doing work online or talking to friends, yes, I am a writer. As far as formal writing goes. Yes, I do think of myself as a writer. Only because I do not write my thoughts down on paper or on a computer. However, it is part of the writing process to "think" of what you want to write about. I have a plethora of thoughts every day that could make great stories to whoever would want to read or even hear them.

Is a parent that makes up bedtime stories for their children considered a writer? I think so, only because they do the same things a normal writer would do but they do not write the stories down. So to me, a writer is nothing more then someone who makes a story and decides weather or not to share it with the world. It all depends on how you define a writer.