Controversial Writing Opinions

The writing world, like almost any part of the world, is full of writers who practice all sorts of different styles, write in a wide variety of genres, and have their opinions on certain writing aspects. 

Some writers will lean towards agreeing with these opinions and others will be (sometimes viciously) against them. 

Where do you stand on the following writing opinions?

Opinion One: Your First Draft Is Going To Be Terrible 

There are two sides to this opinion. Some say that the first draft is when you vomit alphabet soup onto the page and editing is where you arrange those letters into a story. And the other half says if you're going to go through the effort to write you might as well put your best effort into it. 

 I'm both of those people. 

Just because your first draft can be terrible doesn't mean it has to be terrible or that every first draft is going to be a load of unusable garbage.

It only means it needs the magic of editing  

Opinion Two: To Be A Better Writer - You Need To Be A Better Reader 

I'm on board with this opinion. If you wanted to get better at any task or hobby you wanted to do - what would you do to achieve it? 

Study, practice, and learn right?

 Well, you can sit there and write the same story fifty times, but that doesn't mean it's going to improve without you learning exactly what it was that needed improvement in the first place. 

Feedback is a wonderful way to achieve this, but a better option is to learn from your mistakes by seeing how your work compares to that of others.

If you're writing a mystery novel, but you can't seem to figure out how to keep the mystery from being too obvious, read other mysteries and absorb from them the way they were able to achieve this and apply the concepts to your writing. 

Opinion Three: Self-Published Authors Aren't True Authors 

I don't know many who hold this opinion, but the fact that I know a few I think is sad enough. 

All authors are authors, it doesn't matter if they are traditionally published or self-published. If a writer writes a book and then markets and distributes that book, then they have every right to be called and seen as an author despite the stigma some have when it comes to self-published authors. 

Sometimes those who self-publish their works put in double if not triple the amount of work needed for their book to make an impact.

Both methods for publication are valid and one should not be looked down on any more than the other since they both have their flaws and are far from perfect. 

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What are your thoughts and opinions on these somewhat controversial writing opinions? Does your opinion differ from mine?

Let me know!  

With love, 

B.K. xo xo

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