Write From the Soul

 

The poster for today has a heavy thought, one that challenges the best of us. ' ....to share a part of your soul with the world.'

It's suggesting that we share our deepest feelings with those who read the words we write. To transfer our emotions to the reader. To share our, sometimes private, thoughts with others. 

Why should we do that? Because that is the kind of writing that sells, the kind that readers remember, the kind that wins awards or contest prizes. 

Once we make the decision to write for publication, we should be committed to 'sharing a part of our soul' with editors and readers. If a writer cannot commit to that, they will most likely find more minuses than pluses on their writing journey. 

Memoirs have been very popular. The ones that get published are the ones that give the reader more than a blow by blow description of a part of a person's life. Those that give us the true feelings of the author are going to fare best. Readers are looking for how the memoir writer was affected by whatever the situation is, and also what they learned. In that respect, memoirs are much like personal essays. 

The poster tells us that writing is '...more than putting pretty words on a page...' (I love the alliteration in that phrase!) When we write, we should put part of ourself on the page along with the pretty words. Nothing wrong with writing pretty words, but there should be more. The personal, the feelings, the beliefs of the writer. 

Is it easy to write from your soul? It seldom comes naturally to the newbie writer. The writer must become comfortable with the world of writing before he/she can pull deep from within to offer the reader a 'part of the soul.' Once a writer starts writing with emotion that comes across to the reader, it becomes easier to do, more natural. I truly believe that the more we write, the better we write. That the longer we write, the stronger our writing becomes. 

If a writer has the feeling that he/she wants to keep what is deep within private, they might not find a great deal of success in the writing world, unless they are writing technical articles that need no passion, just the facts. 

Let the depths of your soul come through in what you write. I don't think you will be unhappy with the results.