Writing-passion, art, and so much more...
July 3rd 2008 04:02
To the true writer, to the serious writer, writing is a passion; an art. It is more than that though-it is the writer's soul, their life, their purpose. Writing isn't about mechanics. It's about love.
Only someone who truly loves the work they're doing can become a truly amazing writer. It takes so much time and effort to write something beautiful, especially a novel, but more than that it takes passion and love. You have to feel for your characters-or as your characters-and you have to feel connected to the plot.
You have to be able to identify with it, to understand it, to feel it on a deeper level. Your story must be your life. It has to be something you understand, something you love. Somethig you can pour your heart into. That is the mark of a truly great novel. Not formula; not its specific plot.
But the passion which goes into making that specific novel. Let me tell you something-if you take your plot to its bare-bones format, I can virtually guarantee to you that it has been done. But it is your unique twists, your unique way of writing it, that makes it stand out.
It is your unique qualities which you put into your work to make it unique, to make it a work of art. If you lack the passion for it, the love for it, you cannot give it that unique quality. You cannot truly make it your own.
I ask you now-do you have the passion?
Only someone who truly loves the work they're doing can become a truly amazing writer. It takes so much time and effort to write something beautiful, especially a novel, but more than that it takes passion and love. You have to feel for your characters-or as your characters-and you have to feel connected to the plot.
You have to be able to identify with it, to understand it, to feel it on a deeper level. Your story must be your life. It has to be something you understand, something you love. Somethig you can pour your heart into. That is the mark of a truly great novel. Not formula; not its specific plot.
But the passion which goes into making that specific novel. Let me tell you something-if you take your plot to its bare-bones format, I can virtually guarantee to you that it has been done. But it is your unique twists, your unique way of writing it, that makes it stand out.
It is your unique qualities which you put into your work to make it unique, to make it a work of art. If you lack the passion for it, the love for it, you cannot give it that unique quality. You cannot truly make it your own.
I ask you now-do you have the passion?
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