Comments on: The Most Important Tip For Great Writing

By: Greg Dawe

Greg Dawe — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:43:55 +0000

The Second Most Important Tip for Great Writing

I agree with the above, great writing needs to come from the heart. Once you’ve achieved that, does it stop there? In my experience, no. I read somewhere that every great writer knows that writing is re-writing. Again. And again. And again. Ad-infinitum if necessary. One draft, two, three? No, more like ten, twenty, thirty. It is the main difference between being published and not being published – or, with blogging, getting people to come back… again… and again…

However, care must be taken in the re-writing so as not to loose the original ‘feeling’ of the piece. That, for me at least, is the most difficult part of writing.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:47:33 +0000

Bravo! I totally agree.

By: Danny Brown

Danny Brown — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:55:32 +0000

I think this is the key reason that books are invariably better than their movie iterations. The written word has the power to invoke the images and directions you want to go in – a more visual aspect (like a movie, or even a comic book) is someone else’s interpretation.

If words can open your mind up to possibilities and worlds that you would have otherwise missed, that’s the sign of a great writer to me.

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:24:06 +0000

I think that writing is the most effective use of interaction and communication. In yor wording, you reveal your feelings and oppinions on a subject. If your writing doesn’t reveal at least a little of yourself, then I would suggest trying a new tecnique.

By: lonelypond

lonelypond — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:55:06 +0000

yes I agree they do but I tend to reserve the use of emotional as an adjective for more personal stuff and passionate for more out in the world issues — many people might reverse that. Looking them up quickly online, emotion seems to be the base of passion so perhaps better to use it on the less personal stuff…interesting, I’ll have to think about the difference.