Is Everyone An Author ?

     The answer to the question, “Is everyone an author?” can best be answered by first defining what an author is.  In the book Everyone Is An Author they state that until recently “an author was someone whose work had been published.” An author is very closely associated with writing. The ability to put to pen and paper (computer?) thoughts, ideas, opinions, and instruction into the written (or digital) word in a forum that makes those ideas available to others is a more accurate idea of what most think of as an author.

      In order to answer the question “Is everyone an author?” I would take the understanding of what an author is even further. An author is one who expresses thought and makes it available to others usually through written word. An author is essentially a creator or an artist by this definition, which means everyone is an author. Those who have heard the philosophical idea that we are all authors of our own destiny would take no issue with this new definition of author. The idea that our thoughts, which manifest through our choices and made available for others to see through our actions is what makes us all authors. The expression of thought made available to an audience is the very work of an author. This suggests every blog post, status update, email, or even video post; which are all forms of expression or communication of the thought of the writer made available through these mediums, are the very work and act of being an author.