Most likely no, but a little yes…. One time my sister said I was a writer. Hearing that, I don’t know how to respond. True, I’ve been writing some articles… But mostly whenever I write, I was driven with emotion. Some simply because I had to write, like if someone asked me to write. And at times, when bored and nothing to do, I write.
Anyhow, whether I am a writer or not… I just like to share my insights of writing and, of course the truth? I am not expert on writing. I haven’t even gone through training or seminar as such. I simply liked writing, because in it, I could express better my thoughts and intents of my mind and heart that my mouth is hard up on expressing. Let’s just say that because of me being a silent-type or shy-type of person (which most often people disagree on me these days… haha!), I probably been able to develop my writing skills.
Of course, I have to confess that I really have no idea about grammars and as such… and most likely English experts would see grammatical errors in anything I write. I too don’t like using words that I can’t really easily understand or what I often call “deep words” or “nose-bleed words”. Haha! Practically, I just like writing articles which hopefully everyone understands; the rich and the poor; mature or immature; complicated or simple.
One of things I probably would give credit on how or where I’ve learned my style of writing is of course on my English Teachers. I’m sure at some point, them teaching me grammars and other English lessons may have been a big part on how I understand things. Next thing to them would be the books I’ve read; And, lastly The Word of God; on which I’ve been clinging to and depending on to, to search and acquire Wisdom that comes from God. In addition to God’s Word, I give credit to the Holy Spirit as well. For I’m sure, the things I have learned, and learned from the Word of God is not of man or physical matters, but of spiritual things. Spiritual things that can only be understood spiritually and that is through the teaching and guidance of the Holy Spirit, that is amongst True Christians.
Now, how do I write? Simple, I write and read. I write and read, and if I be not satisfied? I re-write (mostly understood as “edit” or “change”) and read again until satisfied on what I’ve wrote. Satisfied in such a way that I understand and at ease on the flow of what I’ve written. Now “The flow?” Hehe! Not sure what’s it called, but I believe in every story, narration, articles, and / or any literary work, it always have a flow of how it was delivered. I could literary picture it as a river flowing. It could go up and down but it has only one direction. And the end of it is when it is released into the sea or ocean.
Oh well, as I have said, I’m not an expert writer or something. I might be ridiculed or mocked about this article I’ve written. But at least I was able to express myself and probably encourage others to write also. It’s something that probably one day, once you’ve read what you’ve written before it might shock you or place a smile in your face. Because of what you’ve written.