The savvy writer crafts unforgettable stories. Her readers swoon over the gorgeous words pulsing with power, not the drab ones wriggling in the dust.
There’re many flavours of powerful words and countless recipes for delicious dishes. Play with the following and kick bland stories out the door.
1. Strong, clear visuals
Paint blazingly vivid pictures on our eyeballs.
We want you to wow us. That’s why we’re here.
Muddled rambling kills your vibe and makes us click the X icon on your blog post, article, magazine feature, short story, or book preview.
Don’t pull your punches. Dare to be extraordinary.
2. Laser-sharp vision
“What’s she on about?” is not a question you want popping up in the middle of a sentence or paragraph.
Bring us along for the ride and show us what you see.
You can build the most stunning cathedral to show off as the lustrous jewel of your scene, but if all we see is a dinghy bungalow with the lights out, it’s a fail.
Laser-sharp vision unveils why your strong, clear visuals matter. There’s no point writing a pulse-pounding scene if it doesn’t enhance or clarify your story.
Keep your words lean and make. them. pop.
3. Enthusiasm
Set our neurons on fire.
Write fresh and deep.
You want us hollering for more when you’re done, not fighting off a snoozefest and grateful it’s finally over.
The simplest story becomes cinematic gold when we can see, hear, feel, taste, and touch every fantastic detail in your scenes.
You can strip it down to bare bones and still thrill us because every word is a gleaming scimitar slicing through the murk of mediocrity.
Tell the story you’re crazy about and we’ll feel it too.
Crafting words pulsing with power treats us to a multi-sensory feast we can’t get anywhere else.
You want sentences that leap off the page and stun us, not just lie flat in the mud and bore us to tears.
Nobody ever wins an award for being dull.
For the record, none of this happens overnight.
You gotta read voraciously, inhale great art, write relentlessly, and polish your words until they shine.
You gotta keep going until your fingers are nimble, your words sharp, and your brain clear.
You gotta write long enough to be delightful, witty, and on top of your game.
Then you can write the words that captivate, pulse with power, and dance on the page.
The words that grow into magnificent, unforgettable stories and expand your brilliant, glowing body of work.
The words that elevate you to a class of one and keep you on our shortlists of favourite writers.
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Well said. Nothing kills a good story like one lacking in passion and enthusiasm. When we write what we are genuinely interested in, it shows. A decent amount of imagination also helps, and can turn a day at the mall, into a visit to Neverland. Great stuff as usual
Thanks, my cuz! 🤗
Yes, so true. If we’re bored, our readers will be bored too. We gotta remember that and set our words on fire.
Here’s to more enthralling stories!