Your Writing is Your Unique View
Nobody will ever write your story as you do. Your story will have your own stamp that no other person can ever duplicate. Your quality is unique. All of what you are is in your writing. Listen to your inspiration with the ears of the child you were. That child will never let you down. Draw on that child’s imagination and her wonder at the world. Don’t write about it. Recreate it. Don’t worry about it being accurate. All memory is selective.
When you were a baby you may not have been a peaceful or beautiful one, but you can bet you were passionate. You knew what you wanted and you let everyone else know it. You may not have known anything about the world you were shoved into but you were ready and willing to learn, and you learned fast. We might equate a babies mind with the word ignorance but that is wrong. You learned at an amazing rate without teachers or text books by applying your power of concentration.
Look at a baby when he is contemplating his toes. That is concentration. There is little else so intense. When you could talk you asked questions, lots of questions. You wanted to know about everything. As you grew up you learned a lot of things, but none of those lessons matched the complexity of your earliest lessons as a baby.
If you were lucky you received the guidance you needed from your parents and family. And you might have learned to apply yourself to the work and play you were meant to do with energy and concentration. Maybe you wanted to become a writer. If so, don’t stop half way to your destination. The child you were was unreflective and lived in the moment.
The person you have become must empty all preconceived ideas to become that child again and let her inner vision guide you. She or he must now forget all past experiences and become innocent and guileless. The person you have become must be intensely focused and disciplined.
Never compare your writing to anyone else’s. That is useless and can become harmful to your creativity. You might decide you are not good enough and what a shame that would be. Teach yourself to write openly and honestly from the child within you. Listen to your own heart. You are unique, any other person will never tell your story exactly as you do. Poet, e e cummings said, “The hardest thing in the world is to be yourself while the world tries so hard to make you into somebody else.”
A writer must color her skies and trees the way he or she sees them and have the fervor to stick to her guns even if it makes her appear foolish. When the world sees you as foolish and off the track say, “This is the way I see it.” Write the world you see in simple sentences everyone can understand. Don’t try to impress people by using big words. Like a child, a writer knows her vision is unique and honestly rendered. It’s her gift to the world. Even if it’s unappreciated she or he can say, it’s the way I see it. It’s the greatest gift you can give.
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March 20th, 2012 at 8:31 pm
yeah, everyone have their own thought, and that’s unique
March 20th, 2012 at 8:40 pm
Thank you for this article Ruby, it’s really encouraging.
March 20th, 2012 at 8:56 pm
Great tips. Very inspiring. Child within us for writing, this is something I haven’t thought about. Thanks for the insight.
March 20th, 2012 at 9:03 pm
Right you are – trying to write like another person is no good. We must be ourselves, set trends, do our own thing, do not try to be somebody else.
March 20th, 2012 at 9:59 pm
Spot on there Ruby. Great article, well written and excellent points. We don’t have to always agree with each other on any subject matter but we do need to respect each other for having the guts to express their own vision. Keep writing. Keep sharing. Two thumbs up on this one.
March 20th, 2012 at 11:12 pm
I agree with you
March 20th, 2012 at 11:49 pm
Very inspiring!
March 21st, 2012 at 3:11 am
Very well said Ruby, I agree
March 21st, 2012 at 4:48 am
i love this line–A writer must color her skies and trees the way he or she sees them and have the fervor to stick to her guns even if it makes her appear foolish. When the world sees you as foolish and off the track say,
March 21st, 2012 at 10:34 am
thanks for sharing your thoughts about this topic. Very helpful and encouraging one.
March 21st, 2012 at 11:20 am
I believe finding own voice to tell a story is the hardest skill to master in writing.
March 21st, 2012 at 2:46 pm
You are so right here Ruby… keep it simple, and basic just like most best songs or poems, and stories write what you know, like this one cheers.
March 21st, 2012 at 6:53 pm
Well said.
March 21st, 2012 at 8:53 pm
That is so true, Ruby. I find by letting my mind set sail, the words will and do come
March 22nd, 2012 at 3:33 am
Often what we write is more of a window into our soul than what we say.
March 22nd, 2012 at 3:39 am
Wow! amazingly great advice for creative writers. This should be on the cover of all trionds guidelines…great show!
March 22nd, 2012 at 3:05 pm
This is so inspirational, such a great post!
March 23rd, 2012 at 2:15 pm
Wow! What a Wonderful piece of Writing, Inspirational and Motivating.
March 23rd, 2012 at 9:32 pm
Creative writing is something that requires lot of imagination. To become a popular, a writer has to experiment with different approaches towards the subject. A diversified view will definitely improve what he or she presents.
March 24th, 2012 at 5:41 pm
Very encouraging article.Good work!
March 25th, 2012 at 1:38 pm
I agree with you on this article. It is very important to write about the things that is familiar with you and the things that you have experienced first hand. if not, it would not feel true.