how to say - I write?

[amory hill]

dzao everyone! my query is this: I know how to say I drive a bus or I'm a carpenter, but unfortunately it does not apply to me. if someone asks me what do I do, how do I tell them that I enjoy writing? for instance, my favorite on-line dictionary http://chinese.primezero.com/pzcdz/u.html

gives

詩人 bard; poet; [ shī rén ] which is very well as far as that goes. but would: thanks for asking, wo-shi-ren make sense to the interlocutor?

colloquially speaking, what would be the best reply?

any help towards my stumbling efforts will be profoundly appreciated.

[skylee]

how do I tell them that I enjoy writing?

我喜歡寫作。

I am a writer. 我是一個作家。

I am a poet. 我是一個詩人。

I write poems. 我是寫詩的。

[amory hill]

thank you Skylee, you've done a very good job there! I like this one best: 我是寫詩的. it has a self-assertive sound. like: what are you going to do about it?

the phonetics of 歡 in line one, please? funny, it's coming up in the simplified version, by the looks of it. 喜歡 - shi hwan would that be anywhere near??

thanks again.

[skylee]

歡 = huan1

[yonglan]

I am a writer. 我是一個作家。

I was told by two of my teachers in Taiwan that such a statement is not at all 謙虛‧

They said that one should say 我是寫文章的‧

Your thoughts, skylee?

[skylee]

yonglan, I think you are excellent. And so were your two teachers in Taiwan. Not being humble is like a sin.

And I think I should really stop answering posts as amory hill's on these forums.

[carlo]

After 王朔, you could say ”我是一个码字儿的“.

[amory hill]

thanks everyone & I'll stick to Skylee's version if it's all the same to you.