The Writer Who Has A Way With Words

Letters and Words

Have you ever heard someone say She/He has a way with words? Maybe you've read that sentence in a book review. What do they mean by a way with words? To me, it says this writer is one to make us sit up and take notice. She/He doesn't give us information using only the basics, or the necessities to get the thought across.

Instead, they treat us to words and phrases that bring an image to mind, or allows us to hear, feel, touch and taste what the writer is showing us. They don't use a  passel of passive verbs. Those writers who have a way with words offer us poetic prose that we will remember much longer than the words the get it on the page and move on writer does. 

Simple word choices can make a difference. If you want to tell us someone was too serious, perhaps you could say that he was 'mirthless' which is far more interesting than 'too serious.' These writers use interesting words, not ones you've never heard of before, but ones you'll enjoy reading. Whether consciously or subconsciously does not matter. These writers work at increasing their vocabulary.

Those who have a way with words use similes and metaphors to illustrate rather than only basics to let the reader know a piece of information. They employ emotion in their writing which drifts right across the page to the reader.

The has a way with words writer works to pull the reader in and holds on until the final sentence of whatever he/she is writing. 

Do you want to be known as a basic writer or one that has a way with words?