Therapy Corner For Writers

 One Word For Every Writer:

There is always the pressure to write; to write the best books.

To write the best poetry.

To write the best script.

But listen,if you don't find what interests you, you will be like a meat lost in a pot of soup.

Do you.

Write like you.

Write like the human you are.

Do not feel the pressure to publish hundreds and hundreds of novels and poems.

Just do what matters to you the most.

Discover your niche.

Work on your niche.

Explore your niche.

Don't feel pressured to do what doesn't seem like you.

Write at your convenient time. You have a life outside your writing career.

And when you write,, do it like a professional. Do it like you;an unapologetic you.

Write. Write. Write.

But don't write like someone.

Don't write like your favourite author.

Write like you.

Even if your English is crude, write. You don't need to be King Charles of England to be able to communicate your ideas through writing.

Express your ideas the way you like it.

Readers connect to writers who doesn't hide under any cover.

Readers connect to writers who are unapologetically "them"; writers who write like themselves.

Your readers know when you are hiding under the cover of another writer. They also know when you are writing like who you are.

Thank you so much for stopping by 💙


Yours sincerely,

Chidera Onuoha.

Nsukka, Nigeria.

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