When Scott, Todd, and I go see a band play, and they are amazing, we all think (usually aloud) "Why can't we write amazing stuff like that?" or "How did they get so good?". And then we go home and Scoot will sit with his guitar and is inspired to write amazing stuff, and he does. So what happens is something amazing (we'll call it "A") done by somebody else, leads to the creation of something amazing (called "B") in and out of another person. But the reason this new B is created, is because, in this case, one person first listened to A, and then practiced the same art as the person who created A; Scott listened to a band, thought their song amazing, practiced or worked on the art, and he now writes B. We go from having a certain envy to making something amazing! Atleast that is the way it is with Todd, Scoot, and I.
So it is with writing papers or stories. Maybe I'm okay at writing, or smart, or whatever. But the reason that I can improve at writing and the reason I can get smarter is because I go home, read something that amazes me, then want to learn what it means and how to relay it to other people. So just as Scott does with music - listens, is inspired, works on, creates - I am like that with writing.
You may notice how in life, the thing you spend most your time with is usually the thing you become like the most. A kid that only hangs out with a bunch of potheads, becomes a pothead. A kid that only listens to emo, starts to dress and act like an "emo kid". A guy who reads a lot of books, turns into a guy who can write a lot of books (or atleast has a lot of ideas he can write down). If you don't spend your money on something useful, you've wasted your money; if you don't spend your time on something useful, you're wasting your time.
So really, if Scoot sat down and read books, he would become an amazing writer. He knows it. He's engaging and he's honest. But I admit that the desire to sit down and read a book is hard to come by; it takes so long to finish a book. But we're not reading books to finish them. If it takes 3 months to finish one book, it was 3 months of reading, not 3 months of finishing. When you have something to write about, something that you feel passionate about, and information to present and back up your points, you become a good writer. And reading not only gives you something to write about and the knowledge to make strong points, but it exposes you to the styles of great writers.
2 comments:
maybe you should use your efforts to write good music. hahaha jk...that was insightful. i can see scott reading it, smiling and saying, "true true". i liked where u said your spending 3 months reading a book not finishing a book. a lot of times i feel like i want to read just so i can have books like notches in a belt. not to actually be changed and influenced by what the book said. same with movies in a lot of cases too.
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