As a writer, I feel as though we're often misunderstood at times, possibly even brushed aside. Our degrees in college are often unappreciated and overlooked, such as an English degree, and our attitudes are often portrayed in a teasing way. (I say this as an original English major who's had plenty conversations discussing my own major.)

We tend to group people into categories whenever we can. Anything from stereotypes, to personalities, to certain careers or majors. Sometimes it's detrimental, sometimes it's just how we are. However, it seems to me that the most important category in which we group people into is in our worldviews. The way we look at the world. What is important to us. What we think is worth living for.

Writers have a very specific worldview that sets them apart and in their own category. Just like a musician lives and sees life a certain way, so does a writer.

Let me explain a little bit of what a writer sees.

A writer sees each environment as a scene. A room full of characters, but they're more than that. They're people. They have stories. They're all so incredibly different in the smallest and largest ways. From hair colors, to styles, to body types. From the color of their eyes to the shape of their jaw. Minute details that are rarely noticed, but they're important. Do they have a nice smile? How do they smile? That's important to a writer.

We tend to have one of two scenarios; we either accept the scene happening around us and we become invisible, willing to accept the stories that are occurring around us, or we see ourselves as the main character in our own story.

Either way, we take in moments that we think are important. In those moments, we take it all in at once. We try to remember as much as we can about everything. Anything that makes the story more intriguing or deep, that's what we'll pay attention to.

We feel as though the things worth living for are the things that allow us to have the greatest story. Or the things that allow us to share the greatest story we can. We tend to enjoy simple things, like rain and coffee on a still day, or a clear night with the stars shining.

We make every important memory special, we remember each one of those memories with details that only a writer could keep in mind. Like the way her cheeks crease when she smiles. The way his voice sounds when he's happy.

We occasionally attach meaning where there is none, and we fantasy about everything.

We become sentimental saps and make objects the tools for our emotions and pack every inch of them with our hearts.

While there are writers who are certainly not the romantic type, we often remain sentimental.

We're day-dreamers and night-writers.

We fill our heads with worlds and stories until we convince ourselves that they can come true, at least on paper.

Our words are our strongest tools, and make everything come to life. Words that give life and light to every idea we've ever had. They're the only way we know how to translate what we see in our heads to be seen by our eyes or heard by our ears.

We have a tornado of words in our vernacular constantly circling and swirling in our heads, being picked out carefully and appropriately. We require ourselves to make use of the most appropriate words for each occasion, and to dispose of those that are seen as imperfect for what we need.

That doesn't mean it's necessary for our words to be obtuse or unnecessarily long, it simply means they have to be perfect. They have to convey our own world into words. If they're our tools, then we need to pick the tools that are fitting for the job at hand.

Whether that means our words are going to match our style and way of thinking, or if they're going to assume and assimilate into whatever mood the scene is set in.

Just like if you want a table sanded, you're going to want some sandpaper, not a chainsaw.

One of the most beautiful things about writers though, is the differences in each and every one of them. From their styles and words, to their ideas and worlds. Writers come in nearly every shape and size, and they're capable of portraying the most beautiful worlds and stories that we've ever known. Their imagination alone is worthy of the acclaim given to those with more obvious abilities or talents.

The greatest legends and stories are remembered because of the minds of writers. Stories that are only made possible when you can see through the eyes of a writer.