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What does it mean?
The author minimizes their own status and claims writing was only done out of necessity.
In plain terms
I am not a professional writer and wrote only to defend myself.
What can you take from it?
Write only when necessary.

Where it applies

  • public speaking
  • interviews
  • memoir

Putting it to work

  • focus on action not words
  • write defensively

Questions to consider

  • Why disclaim professional status?
  • Is writing ever just a tool?

Another view

It may be modesty rather than truth.

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