I love words. I love everything about them. Even the days when I can't bring myself to get up off the couch and stringing two semi-competent words together is more of a chore than cleaning out a barn (not that I've ever actually done that), they still hold a special place in me.
One of the (many) things I love about writing is the sheer diversity of it. No two people write the same kind of stories, use the same words, describe a face or a handshake or love in the same way . You could have a hundred people write the same exact story, set in the same exact place, with the same characters, and no two end results would be the same. There are endless, endless possibilities with words, with language; a myriad of ways to describe what you feel or see or hear.
No one writes like you do. Whether you're scribbling your deepest, most personal thoughts in a journal, penning the Great American Novel, or writing funny little stories for your kids. Every single person has a unique voice, which no one else can duplicate. And if you strive to find your own, to hone it and polish it and always, always keep adding to it, then you'll discover you can go to places you might have never thought you could.
If you work at it, it will work for you too. You get what you give. And that's as true with writing as it is with everything else in life. And if you do work at it, and you do try to develop that voice that is yours and yours only, you'll get rewarded in ways you never imagined.
So I guess what I'm trying to say is that every person's writing is as different and unique as their fingerprints. And I find that amazing. The key is figuring out which color is yours, which shade of yellow or green or blue is you. Because it doesn't matter what we write, how much we write, where or how we write; at the end of the day, we are all rainbow writers.
One of the (many) things I love about writing is the sheer diversity of it. No two people write the same kind of stories, use the same words, describe a face or a handshake or love in the same way . You could have a hundred people write the same exact story, set in the same exact place, with the same characters, and no two end results would be the same. There are endless, endless possibilities with words, with language; a myriad of ways to describe what you feel or see or hear.
No one writes like you do. Whether you're scribbling your deepest, most personal thoughts in a journal, penning the Great American Novel, or writing funny little stories for your kids. Every single person has a unique voice, which no one else can duplicate. And if you strive to find your own, to hone it and polish it and always, always keep adding to it, then you'll discover you can go to places you might have never thought you could.
If you work at it, it will work for you too. You get what you give. And that's as true with writing as it is with everything else in life. And if you do work at it, and you do try to develop that voice that is yours and yours only, you'll get rewarded in ways you never imagined.
So I guess what I'm trying to say is that every person's writing is as different and unique as their fingerprints. And I find that amazing. The key is figuring out which color is yours, which shade of yellow or green or blue is you. Because it doesn't matter what we write, how much we write, where or how we write; at the end of the day, we are all rainbow writers.
"If you work at it, it will work for you too. You get what you give."
ReplyDeleteWise words, Emy! Great post! :)
Thanks, Hope! I know you know what I'm talking about : )
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