The Power of Words

I've been thinking a lot lately about words. I've been writing a lot - blog posts, journal entries, fiction stories; but I realize that none of that could be possible without words. Words have great power in all aspects of life - both the written word and the spoken word. When you write down words on paper, in the form of a fiction story, you are simply trying to explain the feelings and emotions that you have for your story right then and there. And you are also trying to progress the story in as few words as possible. Words are powerful things. They help us through life; if we couldn't talk and converse with each other, I'm thinking that the world would be a very hard place to live it. Nobody would ever know what the other wanted, or if help was needed. Or even appreciated.

Also, in writing, I've found that there's not only the problem of getting the right words out. There's also the struggle of finding a format for them that gives them the correct "tone". You know, the way that they would be spoken if it was real life, or even a movie. I know that when I write stuff, and people read a line with the wrong tone, it kind of frustrates me. Mostly because I know that I worked so hard to portray the emotions. That's another thing. Emotions. That is actually what the tone of a piece of work is. Depending on how you're feeling that day, you'll speak differently than you would when you're feeling something else. When I'm reading a book; out loud especially, I try to think of how that character would be feeling at that time, and then change my voice accordingly.

I'm not really sure if it makes that big of a difference to others, but, in my opinion, it helps me, because I know that I'm letting the emotion of the author show through. I'm encouraging the writer of the story, even though they will probably never know if I do so. I think that it has something to do with being an author myself, and knowing how it feels when your book is wrongly read. I don't know. If you're an author, you probably know what I mean. So, anyways, until we meet again, go write something!!