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Midnight · 08-21-2007, 11:50 PM

Sometimes, it's all a matter of perspective....

I've always considered myself to be a moderately decent writer, and an "ok" speaker. I read young and very well. On finding this out, my teachers unfailingly dumped the task of reading anything which had to be read aloud to the class on me all through elementary school. I was (and still am) the kind of person that loathes attention being drawn to them, and as you might imagine, this was torture. The result was an abject detestation of public speaking of any kind. I read aloud, speak, and converse with great animation and expression. It is a natural, not learned talent which I did not ask for. I would rather listen to a jackhammer than hear a recording of myself. Unfortunately, others do not share this opinion.

Writing is something I do with a great deal of feeling, but I've been thrown out of more English and writing classes than I care to admit because of my dogged determination not to accept criticism on anything I write, and because in my opinion, what I write, when I deem it finished, is not open to editing. It is DONE. I will not take suggestions, change things, or rewrite anything to acommodate the whims/likes/dislikes/education of another person.

Whats my point?

I will always be a good speaker, despite my preferring to avoid it at all costs.
It is simply something I do very well. End of story.

I will never be more than a sub-par writer. I refuse to do what is required to do in order to "become great"

Sometimes, what you want, and what you are destined for greatness in are not the same thing. You can IMPROVE something you would like to improve upon. You can become technically better with it. but there some things that you were either born to do, or not. and no amount of training or learning will do anything more than make you a little bit better.

Good writers can be good speakers. Good speakers can be good writers.
Some people can be both. Some will be neither. Some people weren't made to be storytellers, or the ones to "able to defuse an argument, convince people, and to command affinity and respect." it just isn't how they were made.

Being a brilliant speaker I fully believe is either a skill you have, or you don't, and that it is not one that can be developed past a certain fixed point.

But what do I know?

08-21-2007, 11:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
Midnight Banned Location: Chicago's western burbs	Sometimes, it's all a matter of perspective.... I've always considered myself to be a moderately decent writer, and an "ok" speaker. I read young and very well. On finding this out, my teachers unfailingly dumped the task of reading anything which had to be read aloud to the class on me all through elementary school. I was (and still am) the kind of person that loathes attention being drawn to them, and as you might imagine, this was torture. The result was an abject detestation of public speaking of any kind. I read aloud, speak, and converse with great animation and expression. It is a natural, not learned talent which I did not ask for. I would rather listen to a jackhammer than hear a recording of myself. Unfortunately, others do not share this opinion. Writing is something I do with a great deal of feeling, but I've been thrown out of more English and writing classes than I care to admit because of my dogged determination not to accept criticism on anything I write, and because in my opinion, what I write, when I deem it finished, is not open to editing. It is DONE. I will not take suggestions, change things, or rewrite anything to acommodate the whims/likes/dislikes/education of another person. Whats my point? I will always be a good speaker, despite my preferring to avoid it at all costs. It is simply something I do very well. End of story. I will never be more than a sub-par writer. I refuse to do what is required to do in order to "become great" Sometimes, what you want, and what you are destined for greatness in are not the same thing. You can IMPROVE something you would like to improve upon. You can become technically better with it. but there some things that you were either born to do, or not. and no amount of training or learning will do anything more than make you a little bit better. Good writers can be good speakers. Good speakers can be good writers. Some people can be both. Some will be neither. Some people weren't made to be storytellers, or the ones to "able to defuse an argument, convince people, and to command affinity and respect." it just isn't how they were made. Being a brilliant speaker I fully believe is either a skill you have, or you don't, and that it is not one that can be developed past a certain fixed point. But what do I know?