[Prestidigitweeze]

In a way, this is an absurdly literal gloss on what Truman Capote meant when he said, "That's not writing; it's typing."

Many other writers have said the same sort of thing, but it has to do with someone's taste and abilities, not the mechanics of their being an author or having been published.

The same is true when people say that someone is "not professional": The person being criticized is often a professional in the literal sense. People are implying that the person's behavior is not worthy of the profession.

This thread might have turned out differently if the title had read, "Being Published Doesn't Mean That You Can Write."