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this is extremely needed, especially to differentiate writers who also do artwork, or other creative activities such as the makers & crafters, from when they do writing.
but most importantly, it lets the greater twitch community know that there are people working creatively in writing, not just co-working or just chatting, or the art mega-category. it lets our followers know what our actual content is while browsing.
this is the same as if a streamer were playing a specific game - skyrim isn't clumped under "adventure games", it's listed as skyrim. if such a broad, mega-category (adventure games) was used, it could also include the following games: raft, forza horizon 4, ark: survival evolved, lego starwars, red dead redemption 2, and the final fantasy series. if i'm looking for skyrim, i don't want zombies or car chases.
it's the same for creatives. people want to know what the content is that they're watching, without it being a vague mega-category. if we're looking for creative writers (which is still a large overarching description), we're looking for storytellers, worldbuilders, poets, novelists, storyboarding, and possibly content readings/open mic (as well as a long list not mentioned).
if we're artists, looking to raid and follow other artists, it's frustrating to wind up in a stream about writing or pomodoro writing where you don't understand most of the terminology and you just wanted to watch art and connect to other artists; but the streamer raided into an art (category) stream that was actually writing. i've seen the raided stream lose lots of viewers, because it wasn't even close to what they were previously watching.
let creatives (of all types) find what we're looking for with less frustration and tedium.