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Add to FavoritesExtensive personal experience as a freelance writer confirms, at least in my opinion, the answer to what makes a good writer is neither effort, nor insight alone. In fact, realistically, the correct response to what makes a good writer is a combination of both insight and effort.
Experienced writers likely can affirm it is also not effort alone that results in the creation of attractive and informative content. But, rather, it is the overall combination of the two insight and effort- that results in a quality written piece. Any writer can make the effort to gain the necessary insight into a topic with ample research into the subject.
For this reason, a writer should consider him or herself as a sort of detective or sleuth in order to create an informative article or story. On the other hand, no matter how much knowledge, experience, or insight of a topic or subject matter a potential writer may or may not possess; without making the effort to translate this information into words there will be no article, story, or blog post.
Still there are a few missing ingredients in the writing equation, talent and an audience. Regarding talent, some humans simply have a knack for writing; while others lack this same creative talent. Regardless of the amount of insight, effort, and talent the single most important element to creating a quality written piece is placing it where an audience with similar interest in the topic and subject can easily locate it. Let us take a moment and look at it in the form of a mathematical equation for ease of understanding:
Effort + Insight + Talent = Content
And who is reading it?
You need an audience!
In essence, what makes or breaks any written piece is the ability to put it where an audience that appreciates the topic and subject matter will read it. No amount of effort or insight will get a piece read without an audience that has interest in the material.
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Insight
Insight is a wonderful gift for any writer to have. It gives us the ability to be able to listen and to create, then to write it with a lot of feeling. Insight also allows you not to be judgmental and to write with an open mind. In other words, allowing the writer to put forth the effort. Very much like mathematics, the more you know about it and feel comfortable with it, you will be able to use it to construct your project.
Most people believe you can‘t have one without the other when you write. Why is this, you ask? It is simple, really. Take this for example, if you like the subject you are writing about, you’re going to put every effort to see that you get it written effectively and in depth. The more insight that you have about a particular subject, your knowledge will assist you in writing the best article. A writer is going to do more, by bringing forth the efforts in their writing so that the reader has a clear picture of what the article or book is about.
Then in some cases, analyzing this in this way makes a good writer even better. As to say the more you know the better the article or book becomes. Besides being able to call the work your own, you will have that driving force of insight taking the mind into a place few dare even go at times because of the reality standpoint.
This can make a situation dangerous and other times wonderful. This has been seen time and time again when a reader with a weak compelling drive to what is right does the unthinkable thing wrong. Giving way to a copy cat killer by using what one’s imagination did on telling that particular story. That was solely meant for entertainment purposes.
Writing allows the author to put their insights into vivid thoughts onto paper. Forming a clear and complete picture, this leads a reader to do something sinister and wrong. This is the down side to those types of material, that insight has a way of being so strong. Of course it is also good to know that most of your audiences don’t have that perception to do harm to others.
Good example of this is the movies; imagination is a by product of your thoughts long before it hit’s the screen. If you have your insight well in hand when it comes time to publish it, you have just become a winner. Success of story telling, as appealing as this is to most audiences, is not easy. It’s like a grand puzzle of connecting the dots to make it click.
Definitely, insight gives you a clear picture before the words, then forging ahead, if you like what you see. Then and only then will you place all of the effort into it.
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