Today's quote is: Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. Such a simple sentence. Yet, it gives us good advice.
Two important things for writers to consider.
A. Write with emotion: The term 'breathings of your heart' equates to writing with emotion. Robert Frost once said...'No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.' If we don't write with emotion, coming from the heart, our readers are not going to feel it. It starts with us, the writer.
B. Write so that you make your readers feel some emotion: Those whose writing comes across as wooden or impassable will never have much connection with their readers. The ones who write with those 'breathings of the heart' will capture readers' attention.
It's not always easy to transfer what you are feeling into your writing. Sometimes we have a tendency to hold back, to keep our own feelings under wraps. It's important that you allow your inner feelings to come through in your writing.
One way is to show your story. If all you do is tell the story, you're going to make your reader feel like they are reading a report. If you show it, they are more likely to immerse themselves into the story and will feel the emotion more easily.
There are numerous articles online that will help you learn to write with emotion. Use your favorite search engine to find them. Reading about writing is one of the most important parts of being a writer.
Meanwhile, share those 'breathings of your heart' through the words you write, whether they are stories, essays, or poems.
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