Write Stories If You’re Talking To Your Bestfriend

Summary

Writing as if conversing with a best friend can enhance the writing process, making it more personal and authentic.

Abstract

The article emphasizes the importance of adopting a conversational tone when writing, particularly for writers on Medium. It suggests that by writing as if telling a story to one's best friend, the process becomes more natural and less daunting. This approach allows writers to express their thoughts and feelings more genuinely, which in turn helps readers to connect with the content on a deeper level. The author, Agnes Laurens, draws a parallel between the supportive nature of a best friend and the act of writing, encouraging writers to pour their secrets, wishes, and experiences into their work as they would in a heartfelt conversation. The article also touches on the potential for readers to empathize with the writer's emotions and experiences, fostering a stronger connection between the writer and the audience.

Opinions

Writing to an audience as if they are your best friend can make the writing process easier and more enjoyable.
A best friend's understanding and support is likened to the relationship a writer has with their writing.
Authentic storytelling allows readers to feel what the writer feels, creating a more impactful reading experience.
The author believes that writing from the heart and sharing personal experiences can resonate with readers and make the writer more relatable.
There is an implication that writing in a genuine, conversational manner is preferable to "toxic writing" that lacks personal touch and emotion.
The author values the reader's ability to understand and empathize with the writer's intentions and emotions behind the text.
Agnes Laurens encourages writers to share their stories with the same openness and honesty as they would with a close friend.

As we are all writers here on Medium with our own expertise, we write what we’re good at and what we love to write about.

As a writer — online and offline, one story is easier to write about than the other story. That is just a fact we all face as writers. We all have to work hard to write well and how well we write these stories. Every writer has his own method of writing these stories. If you still find your way to write or when you already found your writing style, there is one thing that helps: writing as you talk to your best friend. It helps you in the first phase of writing. Hen you tell it like the paper and pen are your best friend, it is easier to write that draft instead of looking at the paper and nothing will come onto paper. Tell the story like the paper is your best friend.

Writing is your best friend

Your best friend knows you the way no one else knows you; you can whatever you want to say to your best friend and your best friend will listen to you, supports you and gives you the advice you need so she just tells you what or what not to do in situations. They are there for you whenever you need them, as well as the other way around. They can tell you secrets and things that are on their mind, to you. That is what friendship is all about.

So, your writing is your best friend as well, right?! Otherwise, you wouldn’t be here. Why not telling what you write like telling it to your best friend? I mean, when you write your story like you are telling to your best friend? You know what you’ve said — or what you want to say, that what you said on your mind is told correctly. And what is on your mind is important to tell. And told correctly or at least understood what you meant.

Your story is told to your best friend the way you want. In this case, your best friend will be your pen and paper or your laptop with a word-document. Your best friend wants to tell you that she is here for you, to tell her your secrets, your wishes and your things you want to do. They won’t go anywhere until you hit the publish button. Then everyone knows about it.

Still, when you publish online, people want to know what is really inside your head. The reader wants to get to know you, they want to feel what you feel. They want to get to know you better than the toxic writing that most of us do.

If someone told you that you’re a dumb person who doesn’t know anything. But in reality, you know you’re smart, is because they are very jealous because you’re more than what they are or you’re having something they don’t have.

You want to write about this experience. So, you take your pen and paper (or your laptop) to tell your experience to your readers. To warn for the signals of people who are acting like this. You want your story to be read by the way you meant it, from the bottom of your heart.

If you can write all this like you were talking to your best friend, then I believe you’re a very talented writer. As a reader, I want to feel as I was there when you were telling or writing to me all this. I want to get out of that bubble slowly after you spoke. To get back into reality again. This is also what I want to try as I am writing my story for you.

Agnes Laurens is a writer. She writes for the local newspaper. Agnes lives in Bunnik, The Netherlands, with her husband and three daughters. Writing is — aside from playing the violin — one of her passions since childhood. She is on Twitter and Instagram.

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