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So I've just finished reading something that tore my heart out and jumped all over it. It was amazing. Sometimes something hits you so hard that your throat closes up and you feel like you can't breathe, because every word falls perfectly, heartwrenchingly into place, and you know what's coming and while a part of you doesn't want to read it, you do it anyway, and it hurts but it's amazing.
I want to be the kind of writer that leaves readers breathless. I don't want to come up with something ordinary and meaningless; I want what I write to hit you, really hit you, right where it hurts, for better or worse, to leave that tingling, light headed impression you get after reading something truly powerful.
Whenever I read something that really captures the sensations of love and hate and grief and happiness and pain and elation, it hits me hard. Maybe because I've always loved reading, and I've been an avid, voracious reader since I was young, maybe it's because I'm an English major and surrounded by great works all the time. But whatever it is, I want it. I want to read it and write it. I used to always win the BookWorm Award when I was younger, much to the amusement of my friends, but I was always proud of it. A good book or story, no matter how long or short, can reach right inside of you, sometimes making you so happy and lighthearted that you're in a good mood for the rest of the day, sometimes making you ache and feel breathless when you think about it. All I want is to come away from my college years with the ability to evoke that kind of emotion in people reading my work. I want them to really feel it, the way I've felt so many brilliant stories.
Let's all have a sec and pray that I can at least somewhat accomplish this, yes?
I want to be the kind of writer that leaves readers breathless. I don't want to come up with something ordinary and meaningless; I want what I write to hit you, really hit you, right where it hurts, for better or worse, to leave that tingling, light headed impression you get after reading something truly powerful.
Whenever I read something that really captures the sensations of love and hate and grief and happiness and pain and elation, it hits me hard. Maybe because I've always loved reading, and I've been an avid, voracious reader since I was young, maybe it's because I'm an English major and surrounded by great works all the time. But whatever it is, I want it. I want to read it and write it. I used to always win the BookWorm Award when I was younger, much to the amusement of my friends, but I was always proud of it. A good book or story, no matter how long or short, can reach right inside of you, sometimes making you so happy and lighthearted that you're in a good mood for the rest of the day, sometimes making you ache and feel breathless when you think about it. All I want is to come away from my college years with the ability to evoke that kind of emotion in people reading my work. I want them to really feel it, the way I've felt so many brilliant stories.
Let's all have a sec and pray that I can at least somewhat accomplish this, yes?