An important part of writing is passion. If you don't have determination and passion, you're writing will most likely fail. If you're not passionate about what you're writing you're story lines, characters, events, and fictional places will be bland and boring. If you are passionate about what you write spending a month developing characters and story lines won't seem too bad, because you love the story enough to go through the trouble of making it the best you can manage. And also, if you don't care for your story, writing it won't be fun. Without fun, you'll be bored and your story will be boring.
Determination is right up there with passion when it comes to writing. I wouldn't say it was more important than passion - if you love your story you'll probably finish it even if it takes you a decade -, but it does help in the process. Maybe you're determined, but you're too easily distracted. That's fine, just go at a slow pace. This week I was writing the third chapter of my story and everyday I said I was going to finish the chapter that day. On those days I wound up writing about three words. Yesterday I told myself I wasn't going to finish the chapter, but I was going to work on it a little bit more than the other days. Guess what? I finished and couldn't wait to do more. Sometimes you want to do something, but forcing yourself to do it isn't going to be fun and if you don't finish your goal the disappointment at the end of the day is a big turn off. Sometimes you just need the determination to finish someday, not today.
Fun- This is, in my humble opinion, the most important part of writing. When you're at school and the teachers make you write an essay about why you love school, what's your reaction? For most of you it was an unpleasant emotion. Why? Because you don't find the assignments at school fun. If you're teachers gave you an assignment on why Disney is fun and enjoyable, chances are you'll do better in that essay than the one about school. You enjoyed writing about why you like Disney, so you put more work into it. My teacher this year gave us an essay to review any movie we'd seen. Everyone got excited because we all liked movies. No one got under an B and we had fun while doing it. You're story will be better quality and more enjoyable if you have fun.
To me, those are the most important qualities of an author. You might have some different ones. Leave a comment telling me you're most important qualities in writers.
- Chris P.
Determination is right up there with passion when it comes to writing. I wouldn't say it was more important than passion - if you love your story you'll probably finish it even if it takes you a decade -, but it does help in the process. Maybe you're determined, but you're too easily distracted. That's fine, just go at a slow pace. This week I was writing the third chapter of my story and everyday I said I was going to finish the chapter that day. On those days I wound up writing about three words. Yesterday I told myself I wasn't going to finish the chapter, but I was going to work on it a little bit more than the other days. Guess what? I finished and couldn't wait to do more. Sometimes you want to do something, but forcing yourself to do it isn't going to be fun and if you don't finish your goal the disappointment at the end of the day is a big turn off. Sometimes you just need the determination to finish someday, not today.
Fun- This is, in my humble opinion, the most important part of writing. When you're at school and the teachers make you write an essay about why you love school, what's your reaction? For most of you it was an unpleasant emotion. Why? Because you don't find the assignments at school fun. If you're teachers gave you an assignment on why Disney is fun and enjoyable, chances are you'll do better in that essay than the one about school. You enjoyed writing about why you like Disney, so you put more work into it. My teacher this year gave us an essay to review any movie we'd seen. Everyone got excited because we all liked movies. No one got under an B and we had fun while doing it. You're story will be better quality and more enjoyable if you have fun.
To me, those are the most important qualities of an author. You might have some different ones. Leave a comment telling me you're most important qualities in writers.
- Chris P.
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