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Do great writers rely more on effort or insight?

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by Bai Maleiha

Created on: February 01, 2009

Great writers start with an insight then ends up creating a piece out of anything that touches the soul or moves the mind to explain itself. It is the mental energy that serves as the nucleus of a writer's life.

An insightful mind stands above the rest. It sees what is hidden and hears what is unspoken. It is capable of delving into the unknown but surfacing afterwards with wisdom and a mission.

If I must say what weighs heavier in creating words with wisdom and vision, I say it is insightful thinking. If I must need to measure what empowers me to be a writer of my unselfish cause? I say it is my insightful thinking.

Insightful thinking is a must. An insightful mind discusses liberally the issue at hand and encourage thought-provoking responses from the readers.

To be insightful requires a writer to allow his mind to journey into the details of existence, where everything is measured with persistence to understand the opposites from similarities to relay thoughts of substance. Can you see the indispensability of an insightful mind to achieve a writer's mission?

Let us explore where insightful thinking applies. Looking at a war zone where blood was spilled all over the place, an insightful mind can create stories out of such image, for it can react to certain stimuli that others tend to ignore. An analytical mind can review history, derive lessons from the past and apply working principles for the future.

Insightful thinking is freeing and exploring. It does not stop to look at a thing and dismiss it as common, rather it studies every angle, every detail for a writer with such talent could make a masterpiece out of an ordinary interlude with anything that can catch his attention.

For those who want to carve their own niche in the literary world, plunge into your dreams by cultivating your mind. Read the masterpieces of other writers. Look at how they apply their writing style. Enrich your mind with studies and information and if you must quote a great writer, never forget to name the man behind an impressive literary piece. Respect for other writer's works is important for they too invested much of their time and dedication for their respective output.

Always remember to create an article that will spell out your mission. An article has to transmit not only expression of events but must share a moral education.

All your dreams as a writer can come true with an insightful mind. But again let me say this in truth: every dream comes true with insight and persistence.

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