The Trick of Writing

“Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.” – John Jakes

I think that’s it. When given this prompt I automatically thought, write what you think, what you feel, what you believe and the rest will come naturally. I then decided I wanted a quote, Googled “quotes on writing” and this was the first one that came up, my search was done. But I didn’t know who John Jakes was, so I Googled him, he was born in Chicago and attended DePauw in Greencastle, Indiana, which is where my sister went; (it only has 2,400 students, that’s pretty much like WY, weird coincidence).

Any who, I think if you don’t write as yourself, and no I don’t mean character wise, it doesn’t have the same feel, the same quality, it’s just not you. I also think blogs and journals are a great way to develop your own style of writing, and I’m honestly not saying this just for McCarthy, I actually believe it. Although I doubt many, if any, write nonfiction, or mysteries, or sci-fi journals and blogs, but who knows? Maybe one day you’ll grow up to write a sci-fi. But it’ll still have your voice, and you will shine through it.

Personally, I dislike writing serious type things because I’m hardly a serious person. But if you are the serious type, be the serious type and write in a serious type style. There’s a reason why people like reading books by the same author, it’s not the genre, it’s the author. That could potentially be you.

In conclusion, I’m not a professional writer in the least bit, who even knows if I’m a good writer or not? Well, you do. But anyways, I just think that when you write, you should be yourself and let it shine. “This little person of mine, I’m gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.”

That’s the trick. (I also just pulled a rabbit out of a hat.)