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#AM IA GOOD WRITER FREE#

This is not a scientific tool it is simply the product of my years of observing myself and my colleagues and trying to figure out what makes the whole herd of us tick. Take my Are You Right for Writing quiz and find out where you rank on the writing personality index. I can’t promise you a definite answer, but I might be able to give you a pretty good idea. And God knows you’d love to see your name on the cover of a book - maybe a best-seller, even.īut do you have what it takes to be a writer, year in and year out? Could you write your way into a decent supplemental income? Could you write your way out of your day job? My writing is successful and good when I feel good about it.You’re pretty sure you can string together sentences in a coherent manner.

I write authentically because the only way my writing is unique is if I write in my own way.

I write to understand the world better, but the world is a complex and beautiful place that can never be perfectly defined by any one person.

Writing is pure creation and creation means bringing the impossible into reality.

I write to express myself and my beliefs.

I write because I have something I want to say.

Here are some takeaways/mantras to have a healthier writer’s mindset: Maybe we can be successful or happy or make a living or find readers, whether we’re “good” or not. There are plenty of writers who have adoring fans who would buy anything they publish, while others swear that their writing is trash! There are plenty of famous writers who have a large group of haters. I’m saying it doesn’t matter much either way. I’m not saying I’m a bad writer and that you should be, too.

It feels like it’s truly yours, in all its potentially messy or imperfect glory. You can look back at your work and laugh or cry or be inspired because it feels like you.

Instead of worrying about the grammar police and the critics (who don’t really matter, as they usually won’t be your target audience or desired fanbase), you get to enjoy the process and product.

#AM IA GOOD WRITER FREE#

What this does is free you up to find what feels good when writing. A writer who writes for herself and her beliefs. I want to adopt the goal of being an authentic writer. You didn’t ask for it, but if you want my advice, care less about being a good writer. And ending sentences with prepositions, did you notice that?! And what fun it can be to put a question mark and an exclamation point together! Who cares?! It depends on the writer or desired effect.Īnd I love starting sentences with ‘ and‘ and ‘ but‘, even when we’re told not to. Sometimes different punctuation or words can work just as well in the same sentence. Yeah, sure, we could measure our work against grammar laws and what we were taught in school but where’s the fun in that? And I find that even grammar can be flexible. It’s subject to time, market, personality and preference, mood, need, place, circumstance the list goes on. Because we all know that “good” is subjective. And stop allowing others to tell us or question whether our writing is good, too. Maybe it’s high time we stop asking ourselves if we’re good writers. My entire life I’ve been a writer and yet I’ve spent my entire life doubting it. If you dwell in the fantastical and impossible, instead of augmenting the real and important. If you don’t stay up all night bent over a keyboard or notebook, hand aching. You’re not a real writer if your writing isn’t literary.