How to Craft Words that Move People
The secret: it’s not easy.
I read constantly. Voraciously, with the fervor of a starved man downing a steak.
I believe it started as a way to cope with my anxiety — the symbols on the page give me something to focus on beside the constant fearful chatter that marquees across the backs of my eyes.
But what it morphed into is a love so deep and wild, I don’t think I’ll ever break free from it. Not that I want to.
Have you ever read a sentence, a paragraph, or a whole book that spoke to you on that spiritual level? If you’ve come across words that move you, you’ve witnessed a work of art.
In my own writing, I’ve used this to my own advantage. I’m an emotional human being — overemotional at times. But in my writing, no one can see or hear me, they don’t know my tone. They only know the words on the page.
I’ve worked very hard drawing emotion and depth out of my own writing. It’s not easy to move people with your work, but in my decades of study on the deep powers of words, I’ve gleaned a few words of wisdom to pass onto all you aspiring lyricists and poets and memoirists out there.
These strategies will strengthen your vocabulary, sharpen your descriptive knives, and engage your readers more deeply.
