May your pens stay sharp!
*Evyn
Monday, April 28, 2014
Horror story prompts
I don't particularly like writing horror stories, but I might just have to try the genre so I can use these!! Check it out!
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Empathy
What makes you cry?
I can give you a list of things that bring tears to my eyes: certain books (Fearless, The Fault in Our Stars), seeing people being kind without getting anything in return, people who are impoverished but still give to others, and being able to serve others. Maybe for you it's seeing hurting animals or hungry babies. Perhaps it's when your boyfriend cheats on you or you feel like a failure at school. Whatever it is, you can channel that into your writing.
It's the same for joy and anger and despair. People can relate to each other a lot more easily than they think. If you pour your struggles and victories into your work, the audience will feel the truth behind your words. We've all experienced something similar.
I believe empathy is the most important thing in writing. If readers don't empathize, they won't care. If they don't care, they won't read. It doesn't matter how awesome or heroic the characters are - if the readers don't empathize, they won't read your books.
On a similar note, something I have to remind myself of constantly is reader targeting. Many of my friends and family are interested in reading my work and I want all of them to enjoy it. Is it impossible for a wide audience to be touched by just one person's story? Of course not. But it is ambitious to expect your work to touch and affect everyone in the same way. I want boys and girls, teens and adults, to enjoy my writing alike and that just isn't always possible.
Does that make sense? I'll try to say it a little more succinctly:
If I focus on making a specific character easy for everyone to relate to, no one will relate to them.
Not everyone is the same. Focus on making your character human and don't worry about everyone drawing something from your story. Not everyone will. But I can guarantee you this: the people who need to be touched by your story, will be.
May your pens stay sharp!
*Evyn
I can give you a list of things that bring tears to my eyes: certain books (Fearless, The Fault in Our Stars), seeing people being kind without getting anything in return, people who are impoverished but still give to others, and being able to serve others. Maybe for you it's seeing hurting animals or hungry babies. Perhaps it's when your boyfriend cheats on you or you feel like a failure at school. Whatever it is, you can channel that into your writing.
It's the same for joy and anger and despair. People can relate to each other a lot more easily than they think. If you pour your struggles and victories into your work, the audience will feel the truth behind your words. We've all experienced something similar.
I believe empathy is the most important thing in writing. If readers don't empathize, they won't care. If they don't care, they won't read. It doesn't matter how awesome or heroic the characters are - if the readers don't empathize, they won't read your books.
On a similar note, something I have to remind myself of constantly is reader targeting. Many of my friends and family are interested in reading my work and I want all of them to enjoy it. Is it impossible for a wide audience to be touched by just one person's story? Of course not. But it is ambitious to expect your work to touch and affect everyone in the same way. I want boys and girls, teens and adults, to enjoy my writing alike and that just isn't always possible.
Does that make sense? I'll try to say it a little more succinctly:
If I focus on making a specific character easy for everyone to relate to, no one will relate to them.
Not everyone is the same. Focus on making your character human and don't worry about everyone drawing something from your story. Not everyone will. But I can guarantee you this: the people who need to be touched by your story, will be.
May your pens stay sharp!
*Evyn
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Writing prompt!!!!
I have been neither reading nor writing anything of interest to all you wonderful people so I shall fill in with a few awesome writing prompts. :)
May your pens stay sharp!
*Evyn
May your pens stay sharp!
*Evyn
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Let it go
I am constantly learning to write. Not how to write, just to write. I am discovered something very important about myself:
I go mad if I don't write.
It's true.
I start getting agitated. I blame it on all the characters and stories building up inside of me, demanding release. Don't they deserve freedom? Shouldn't I be the liberator?
If you are a writer, you know and understand the struggle you face if you keep the story locked inside. Let it out. Let it go.
May your pens stay sharp!
*Evyn
I go mad if I don't write.
It's true.
I start getting agitated. I blame it on all the characters and stories building up inside of me, demanding release. Don't they deserve freedom? Shouldn't I be the liberator?
If you are a writer, you know and understand the struggle you face if you keep the story locked inside. Let it out. Let it go.
May your pens stay sharp!
*Evyn
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