Thinking Like a Writer

One day a friend said:
- You talk like you are writing.
I remember the day: we were in a dance congress in Brisbane a beautiful sunny day straight after a shower with the wind blowing the leaves of the trees and an atmosphere so magic it made me describe it to my two companions. That’s when one of them said I talk like I write.
That made me see my life in a different way. I realised that I see life through a writer’s eyes. That all my perceptions are made in descriptive terms. That my experiences are not totally put into perspective until I have told them to myself adding adjectives, weight, smell and flowers as if I was writing it all.
Yes, my friend is right, I do talk in a different ways and I use words that are not common in both my languages. The words come from things that I have read and those are much deeper in my mind than any other experiences I had.
I can only learn a new word if I see it written.
That is why this blog has so much to do with me: written life... that’s my soul, that’s who I am. A life in writing...

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Comment by Dawn Ellis-Lopez

February 16th 2009 21:39

I know exactly what you mean. I'm coming to the same realization, although for me, it was that I write like I talk - but that was really the beginning of my writing. I speak with descriptions, with metaphors, with similes.. I use a lot of adjectives, and I will pause and wait for the right word to come to me. This makes me a good teacher, I'm told, but I hope it also makes me a good writer.

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Comment by Tania Crivellenti

February 16th 2009 22:34

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I'm sure it does Dawn! I like the way you write and it is really as a teacher should: clear, precise but full of passion.

It is a strange moment when you realise that you imprint your writer's soul in your daily life and never even realised!

Have a great day full of beautiful metaphors!

Tania

Comment by Chris Champion

March 3rd 2009 04:01

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I tend to speak in the style of whatever book I'm currently reading. I can get quite proper on Somerset Maugham. Fortunately, I rarely read Chaucer.

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