What happens when sometimes you feel like you should be a writer

[Waterguy]

One thing I think about writing is how it bears out emotion, it's a native natural language you can't really control too much because if you did, you'd stop to recognize, possibly sympathize, with something you would ordinarily just naturally just feel.

On the one side is the writer, callously writing down words to convey their only thoughts about something, person, place, or thing.
On the other side is reflection, thoughtless emotion; some search for purity, E pluribus unum.

Such is a story, what's the point? What's the point of any story, yes, that's it, part of it is listening. So part of the story is, at least someone is listening? Yes, at least part of it is.
So what are the other parts?

You wouldn't ask that question in a real story, the writer feigned very theatrically as though he was suddenly having one of those writers, most fabulously understated, writers block. And then, he laughed so uncontrollably, he farted.

Then he said, "Those other parts of the story, ah yes, well then. You need to understand, its a "story", not plural. It's one story.
But you said, part of it is listening" as though you could break a story down into parts, what did you mean by that?

He, the writer then said, " well listen, and don't get all lawyerly with me here, I'm only suggesting expounding the expository Yawl.
You gots to get into the mood to tell a single story, which by the way is one within itself, which philosophers of yesteryear once described as the atom, that molecule that could not be broken down no more. So expository like - as a writer you got to
describe the heck out of that one atom, you got to convince the reader that, he was like no other atom that ever existed, so the reader knows that atom, top to botton like they know the very palm of their own hand.
And yet, the reader learns something more like maybe there's a whole big world out there Johnny, filled with all kinds of different imagery, every sense of the word imagery, and people, as well as gobs of other stuff."

So that's what happens, is that true?

"Oh you sure hope so, you sure as hell do!"

[LuvLoogie]

1. Writing for an audience is a craft.

It takes study and daily practice.

[Waterguy]

2. You are correct sir

LuvLoogie,

I think you are correct that it is a craft that takes study and daily practice!
Thanks for the great advice!

It's the consumer. You have to understand what they want first.
But - they don't know what they want.
But - they might find out by a crafty writer - and to be one of those you got to practice.



And you got to want to practice.
Actually, I think it has to be a primary objective for anyone who wishes to fully respect the craft,
and possibly contribute to the true essence of literature even to the slightest of degree.

How would I know? (on my part it doesn't come from doing, it only comes from consuming, but that's nothing to be ashamed to say.)
Why would I care? (because it's always been in the back of my mind somehow)

Anyway, Thank you!

[LuvLoogie]

3. It's also good to just write and get used to articulating your thoughts

They don't necessarily need to be written as if you had a spectator or listener. A conversation could be had with yourself. Or an alter ego can take over and rant. A combination of handwriting, keyboarding, voice and video recording, picture taking. Take a thousand words to describe what happened in a few seconds. Describe 9/11 in one sentence. Writing poetry could help.

I suppose it's a combination of having the energy/work ethic and being driven/inspired.

Create a topical blog and update it weekly.

All these things can help evolve and grow your voice and awareness.

Edit to add: At some point you can look at the structure of storytelling and all it's components. Taking a creative writing course or workshop might help you determine if you want to be in it for the long haul. And commentary on real stuff as yourself can be a way to go, too.

[Trueblue Texan]

4. writing develops thought...

...not only for the writer, but also for the reader. I seldom write what I'm really trying to say on the first draft, but through draft after draft my thought becomes clearer, both to me and the reader. From there, a writer has made the world a better place, provided a new launching place for thoughts that follow. From having written and read, we gain greater understanding of our experience in the world and facilitate its evolution in consciousness.

[mikelewis]

5. I write in the hopes that no one ever really reads what I write...

but maybe, just maybe, this odd little message in a bottle reaches the ones I hope can hear me.