I’ve Found 5 Kinds of Medium Writers. Are Any of These You?
Medium writers can be a lot like sports.
1. THE GOLFER
This Medium writer is like a golfer. He/she takes a very longggg and precise look at his writing options before publishing to make sure all i’s are dotted, t’s crossed and punctuation is just right. He is slowwwww and methodical, analyzing every word, phrase and sentence. He putts much thought into it. Perfection is key to this Medium writer.
“If I don’t get this ball in the hole — my game is THROUGH!”
2. THE BOXER
This Medium writer is wild and crazy. Like a prizefighter, he is not into following rules much. He likes to throw wild jabs and catch the reader off guard. Out of left field he throws a few dangling participles (just because) or, slaps you across the face with a slew of adverbs or socks you with 4 adjectives in a row to describe a noun (OH NOOO!!!), or punches you hard with a bunch of unnecessary ellipses, or throws you off balance by putting commas in the wrong places!!
This Medium writer want you to know that sometimes in the game of writing you must take huge chances in order to win the fight.
3. THE SPRINTER
This Medium writer is the one that keeps their head down and doesn’t look up (even for a second!) at what other Medium writers are doin’. This writer runs and runs and runs fassssssst and steady in their own lane — without looking around much. This guy stays focused. This writer knows that the key to the writing game is not to be distracted by anyone or anything!
“FOCUS! FOCUS! FOCUS! I must keep my steadfast focus!!”
4. THE FENCER
The MuddyUm Fencer has an argumentative style. Back, forth, back, forth thrust, jab, thrust, jab. Always coming up with new arguments, new story angles, deletes a lot of ideas and argues with himself a lot. Thrusting, parrying, hemming, hawing, changing their mind a lot — and — LOTS of grunting and yelling, then — TOUCHE!
“I knew if I jabbed around and stabbed enough times my story would get DONE!”
4. THE BOWLER
The Medium ‘bowler writer’ throws a lot of balls/aka stories out there. She writes in various styles and is not to be pigeonholed. The bowler flings stories out — here, there and everywhere not expecting a strike but sometimes gets lucky and bowls a strike or two. Many times she rolls a spare(eh…) and sometimes some awful gutter ball (dud stories!) but, this writer doesn’t mind. She just keeps bowling because — she knows that’s the fun of the game. This one is me.
Do you recognize yourself in this bunch of 5 Medium writers? If so, do tell me which one you are!
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