Citra Says: Writing Style

Hi everyone,

it has been ages since my last post here, because I am a bit selective to post here. Today I want to talk about: writing style.

I knew full well that I am not good in writing fiction, thus why I always write about something I know or something I experience. I call that first-hand writing. This first-hand knowledge is not necessarily paired up with good writing command, or attractive language style, but it is always original to me. I mean, first-hand writer is rare, let alone first-hand and great writer. It is difficult to have such an interesting and original story and also great way to tell that in writing. It has something to do with luck and talent, in my opinion. I am still a good writer, to my opinion, and I still have a long way to be a great one.

I like writing my own experience because I can take responsibility of it. Writing in such an open media like blog requires us to be cautious, thus I don’t want to write something I don’t know.

The second one is compilation writing. I do this occasionally. Many people write using this style because it is easier. We obtain information from news, from Google, even from a movie, then we jot it down, compiling some information from here and there, and end up with a nice article because we have so many resources. I am lazy to do this more often because I need to validate any information not coming from me. I am not the type of person who would just write “from several sources” in my writing. Mostly we can yield a very nice and well-done article, because we just need to put every piece together and do some polishing. It is quite popular, too.

But if you ask me, it is interesting, but not original.

I have been known as someone cynical, so I will not say an article is good, or great if it is not. I may say informative or inspirational, but that’s just about it.

To sum up, just write anything you want. Even if you read this, you should not take it into deep consideration. Everyone has its own unique style of writing. Keep yours. Avoid being influenced by anyone, unless you’re really into that person.

Cheers!