Write from Your Happy Place
Give people what they need not, what they want
I know it seems like the best writers throughout history wrote well because their were depressed or had some great pain within them.
While writing can be an extremely therapeutic exercise, it can also mean that you’re channeling your pain to other people.
We’re surrounded by death, sadness and just general frustration. Particularly so these days.
What people want is some positivity. Yes, negative news makes the headlines but, that doesn’t mean that’s all that people want to hear.
It’s absolutely true that people who are negative and dissenting seem to sound smart. I said “seem”.
Happy and content people sound frivolous and don’t seem to understand the gravity of the world’s deepest subjects. Again, I said “seem”.
We’re prone to thinking this way but, objectively speaking you know this is not true.
And you also know that 9 times out of 10, you’d rather read an article that helps you and sounds positive while doing so. You don’t want to keep hearing that the world will end tomorrow. We have enough of that on regular media.
For new writers, I think positivity can really boost your writing. I know it helped me immensely.
Writing from a place of pain doesn’t suit everyone and it doesn’t necessarily give you that edge. It could be alluring at first but, after a while it gets old. No one’s saying you can’t share your pain but, perhaps only once in a while.
So unless you’re thinking about writing horror stories, take a pause. Write from the positive. Write from your happy place.
