Moody Gardens- Houston Texas
In writing, there are things that will separate your own
writing from the millions of others out there in this business of writing and
that is your uniqueness. If we jump into a pool of swimming sharks and swim and
feed like them, we are only going to become shark bait.
Now if you grab hold of the idea in your head, swim differently,
create your personality, find your voice, and relay it to the world, all the
other fish will swim over and want to read of the Eighth Wonder of the World
and that is YOU and your writing.
What is going to make you stand out from all of the others?
Your personality and the ability to put yourself into words. If you’re popular
among your friends in the writing community, more than likely it is an online
course or workshop that you’ve become familiar with and have conveyed to them a
likable personality.
Not everyone with a thriving personality trait is a writer,
but more times than not, they are good writers who stand out in a crowd of
so-so writers. Why? Because they have made a presentation of themselves via
words, and people are drawn like bees to honey, to a positive personality.
Negative begets negative and positive begets positive. I
have seen some negatively influential folk in my day who wear a mask of
positive but underneath lurks the venom of a snake. I wonder why they are not
published authors by now? Hmm… negative is drawn to negative.
Being unique means more than looking good to other people. A
mask can always be seen through, and pity is not a form working towards drawing
in a positive. Me, I try to steer clear and treat the negative folks as if they
have the plague, so as not to bring me down. In doing such, I’ve lost quite a
few ‘so-called’ friends, but in turn, as I turned my world into a positive
influx generated by the human psyche, I drew in some positive influences into
my life, and wouldn’t change things for the world.
As a writer, you need to define what draws you to other
writers. I prefer Tolkien and Koontz as well as Stephen King along with Shirley
Jackson. What draws me to those writers is their style. Their writing style
speaks volumes as to their personality.
A lot of times when you pick up a book, read a chapter and
put it down, a writers personality has leaked through and you felt that the
rest of the book was just a washout. This is not the case all of the time, but
most of the time.
A unique personality does not mean you’re going to win a
popularity contest when one comes around, but a unique voice among the crowd
will be a standout and just might be the key for you to go from being a writer,
to becoming a published author.
1)
Be yourself – the most important aspect of writing
2)
Be your own person – Don’t try to mimic others.
3)
Frown upon the negative – Do away with the negative people,
and you’ll visually capture change.
4)
Accentuate the positive – Befriending the positive nature,
will bring about a positive outcome.
5)
BE UNIQUE among the mundane – There are so many out there
trying to be like someone else. Be unique among the hum drum, savor the taste
of being YOU!
Book Bites:
The Writer's Rules: The Power Of Positive Prose--howTo Create It And Get It Published – Helen G. Brown 
2 comments:
There are writers with whom I immediately connect. I realize it's because their syle reflects my own, therefore as you pointed out, reading what they write helps me creatively. I still have to be who I am or I could not write. That said, the me I am today is not the same person I was twenty or thirty years ago. I like to think I have improved with age.
Sending smiles of appreciation,
"Auntie" Sue
The me *I* am today is GLAD I'm not the me of 20 years ago. That's what makes me so unique. :)
I too have improved with age and connect with 'like' writers.
Maybe that is why I've been adopted by my Auntie Sue?
*BIG HUGS*
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