RE: What is the way to Write a Quality Post? [ 2] - It's Personal, Up to the Reader
A quality post... hmmmm, for me personally I think it has a lot to do with authenticity. When a person writes freely, or from the heart you can see that - even feel it at times.
I do agree that the "template" approach to writing somewhat kills a certain level of creativity, because you are starting from inside of a box which already makes you feel like that is where you need to stay.
As an example - one of the main reasons why I don't often enter any of the contests around here is that you are FORCED to add the contest titles onto your personal title... I don't want that on my feed. So, perhaps I may "enter" for the sake of the topic at hand and my interest in it, but probably won't qualify for the reward because I have not adhered to all the rules.
This sort of structured behaviour has its place, but in mu opinion it is limited to very entry level writing and like I mentioned on a comment last week - people should be encouraged to step out of that limited view approach rather than the opposite.
Writing, after all - is an art like any other. :)
I joined contests and I rarely win. It's fine because it seems it's more important to others. Several times I changed the title and I even edited posts/titles, removed/changed hashtags into more logical ones. If the topic interests me or triggers something else it will most likely show in a story or freewrite.
I assume the box is meant to make it easier to organize or making it looking good from at first sight. A bit like: if you look good you are good even if you are rotten inside.
It wouldn't harm if writing skills would be improved and to me this is the first focus next to creativity and art.
Pictures can wait unless the post is meant to focus on the art shown. I would like to see, observe, feel that first before I read a text of 1000 words.
You made me think before as you told you don't join the contests. It made me think that Q&A is not what I can handle. I weave the answers into whatever it is my brain will come up with at that very moment.
I think today I will continue checking my content to make me feel more content with the chaos I wrote.
A lovely day!
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Totally resonate with that. Mostly, I will just write about it because I like the idea... I am not really interested in winning, which is unlikely anyway because I am a rule breaker haha!
This is precisely what is needed around Steemit in my opinion. It is not about being a master from the moment you walk in the door... or EVER for that matter - it is just about nurturing creative growth so that people don't feel the need to follow any specific kind of format.
Likewise. The rigid structure of that approach puts me off from the get go... like I have been catapulted back into a primary school classroom where I am not allowed to colour outside the lines...to hell with that lol!
It is good quality chaos :P haha!
Happy Monday sweetie!
Hope you have a lovely day too!
Primary school or worse kindergarten yelling at you the sky and water is blue, with which hand to hold the pencil and that if you want to play the game you have to stick to the rules! It's something the creative mind can't. If we play boardgames you (well not you) would be amazed to see how we play it in my family to make something dull a great game. Fights with teacher trying to break the will because of their inability to understand. I'm so greatful this all will be over within 4-5 years, hopefully three and toedeloe never see those bored dull faces again telling me they can't change because it's government policy 🤢
Friday will be monster diary day. Let's see if creativity is still alive and a few monster out of the box will shake the d-game. No brushing teeth for me (unless you are a standup comedian).
A good quality chaos is exceptional you need to be a specialist to create art out of what looks trash to the world. They won't cheer but take the profit if creativity and out of the box created the next (handy) miracle.
A lovely day to you too!
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Oh yes indeed, lol - I was always getting yelled at for not holding my pencil correctly. I still don't... and Jude is the same, lol.
I concur!
LOL!!!!