Rejected Article & Thoughts on Better Writing

I’ve published a lot of articles here on Triond, and they’ve all been accepted without difficulty until recently.

One of my articles is worded in a way where a human reader can make sense of what I’ve written without difficulty if they have a normal reading ability level.

I don’t think my article even made it to a human editor before it was rejected by Triond (in other words the web scripts that make Triond possible detected issues).

I used a few hyphens in that article and “made up” some words that best explained what I was trying to say.

Some of the best writers in the planet have “made up words.” That doesn’t mean I was writing something that wouldn’t make sense to people – I used the hyphens or quotation marks to show that the words were intentionally written the way they were. But simply by sounding them out people can comprehend the meaning.

Sometimes it is best to describe the words to something by this method.

I’m sure many will disagree and that particular article I wrote was not one of my best but even if I’m not good at making up words that actually make the writing better despite being “fake words”… there are definitely people who’ve done that successfully.

I implore you as a writer (if you happen to be one) to try experimenting with your writing.

Writing is NOT about grammar, punctuation, etc.

Writing should be done from the HEART.

If you write the first draft from the heart, and than you edit it so it is relatively easy to read (but do so by thinking about what a reader would comprehend/what picture would come to mind when they read your work… and NOT by worrying about being “proper” by following grammar “rules”), you can write stuff that creates a huge impact.

If you get good at writing that way you can become one of the top writer’s in the world.

If you get good at it, you can also become one of the most volume producing writers.

I used to struggle with writer’s block.

Eventually I watched a movie (Finding Forrester) where a once great writer (who has been hiding from society for numerous years) winds up helping out a young kid who likes writing but isn’t yet a great writer.

He teaches him how to write better and in one scene in the movie, the kid was typing on a typewriter and basically looking at it for a long time without doing anything, and when he did type, he’d type a few words and than get frustrated and stare into space again. He was struggling with writer’s block.

What happened next was something that has changed my life so much: the already-great-writer blew up at his student, as it was driving him crazy watching his student struggle with writer’s block.

He roared an angry roar, saying, “Punch the keys for God’s Sake!”

Than he went on to explain that you write your first draft from the heart, and edit later.

In another scene in that movie (and in a few writing books I have… one by Stephen King, titled “On Writing”)… there is mention of how many of the best writer’s ever don’t follow the rules of writing.

In fact, most of the people who’ve ever made an incredible impact on the world… well – they were rule breakers too.

Entrepreneurs don’t follow rules. They don’t conform. They succeed because they take chances, they experiment.

They make educated guesses… but they also learn as they go.

And when they don’t know whether something will or won’t pan out – they don’t give a rat’s butt. They do it anyway.

I may not be super great at making up words, and breaking the rules of writing in a constructive way just yet – but I will work on it because I know that I have the potential (as does anyone) to write stuff that knocks people’s socks off. I also know that’s not going to happen by following all the rules.

Rules are repetitive.

Rules are monotonous.

Rules are boring.

Rules are blah blah blah.

Sick and tired of hearing about rules already?

I could go on and on (but that would be monotonous/boring/stupid/crazy/etc.)

If I did so you’d see an example of how PLAIN writing that is written in perfect grammar and stuff happens to be.

Now of course I’m not “dissing” the Triond editor at all. I’m quite sure it was the web scripting that put bad marks against my writing, and I’m also sure that there are plenty of people in the world who will be adamant about how wrong it is to write improperly.

I’m in the adamant position that by writing from the heart, and making your writing readable but not necessarily “correct”, writing becomes more worth reading.

Readable is one thing.

WORTH READING is another.

Maybe some things are difficult to read, but the stuff that may be difficult to read may be the best and most worthwhile things TO READ.

Well I thought I’d say that, and now that I have – I guess this is the end of this article.

Yeehaa!