Forum: Writers

Subject: Seven Traits of Effective Writers....see what you think

dialyn opened this issue on Oct 08, 2003 ยท 4 posts

dialyn posted Wed, 08 October 2003 at 12:18 PM

Attached Link: Seven Traits of Effective Writers

In summary:
  2. Dream
  3. Have courage.
  4. Be disciplined.
  5. Renew your love of stories by reading.
  6. Be a continuous learner.
  7. Appreciate your unique gifts.
  8. Take nothing personally.

Agree or disagree...just something to think about.
Write on.

lavender posted Wed, 08 October 2003 at 2:53 PM

I think I would have to agree. Personally I'm really good at 1, 4 and 5, but I'm still struggling with 3 and 6. :)

lavender posted Wed, 08 October 2003 at 2:56 PM

Oops. Struggling with 3 and 7. 6 I'm mostly good on, I think, but sometimes when I've fallen into the dumps due to my difficulties with 7, I lose grasp of 6 for a while too.

Kethram posted Sun, 12 October 2003 at 12:23 PM

  1. Dream: Yep, all the time, even while awake :). A lot of my inspiration for stories come to me in the form of dreams. 2. Have courage: I don't mind taking a risk (and suffer the consequences) 3. Be disciplined: Total failure on this one... 4. Renew your love of stories by reading: Absolutely, I love reading. 5. Be a continuous learner: You're never too old to learn (or so they say) but it does get harder. Escpecially with my discease/disorder. 6. Appreciate your unique gifts: What gift? Anybody can write, right? It's not always easy to consider yourself "gifted", but I'm getting better at it. 7. Take nothing personally: Something I learned working as a computer tech. Some people can get very angry when their computer isn't working the way they want. I know it's different when you get bad comments on your writings, but if you can't take it, don't show your work to the public...