Sunday, August 26, 2012

Personality traits of a real writer


All writers are creative people, with desks, and messy piles, right? To be a good writer, lives on coffee and stale potato chips only coming up for air when the book is done, right? Maybe. Or maybe we as writers are convinced that this is like a "real" writer acts.

Writers spend so much time trying to determine when a writer will be "true." Just as the stereotype that all accountants wear green masks, stereotypes about writers persist if they are accurate or not.
RIGHT-BRAIN VS. LEFT-BRAIN
Writing is generally considered a creative activity "right brain". However, there is no need to turn off the left half of the brain to be a writer. The best writers learn the secrets of when to use their right-brain and when to use their left brain.
The most successful writers realize that writing is a business, and just like any other business, a certain amount of organization and timeliness is required. The best writers can read their mood. In the days of creative people who churn out the pages of their novel. On the left brain day, they send out bills, cleaning your files, and clean their desks.
Messy VS. ORGANIZED
Certain personality types need "mess". The disorder makes them feel comfortable. But it also eats away at their time of writing, as to spend searching through piles of papers and old half-eaten sandwich.
The secret to the writer is to limit the disordered mess of a "confused area." The area disordered is limited to a shelf in an office or near the basket to a chair reading. The mess is still there for the comfort factor, but not take over.
Procrastinator
The procrastinating writer writes the book, but does not send the manuscript. Their brilliant ideas pile up, but they never send a query. There is always a better time ... later. Unfortunately, procrastinator never feels the joy of success.
The procrastinator needs rewards, and lots of them. By planning wonderful rewards for simple acts, procrastinator realizes the best time of writing it is too late. And 'right now.
PERFECTIONIST
The perfectionist writes the book, but does not end. They are constantly revising, editing and reworking. The eater of time takes away the fun of writing. Since nothing is ever good enough, what's the point of writing something?
The perfectionist needs positive feedback and reinforcement. When they hear others say: "This is really good. It would complain," we could silence the inner critic that says: "You could make it sound better."
What is a real writer? In reality it is those who put words on paper and sends them in the world. And while anyone can sit down with a word processor, only real writers overcome the personality traits that could sidetrack ....

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