Are you a quiet person? Are most writers quiet?
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Re: Are you a quiet person? Are most writers quiet?
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Still, despite "feeling" like a quiet person, I can still have a big mouth at times. It is VERY hard for me not to jump in, or contribute, during a group discussion. And as a callow youth, I was a loudmouthed show-off. However, I don't think these things are "natural" to my personality, if you know what I mean. It comes from the way I was socialized, the family I was raised in. (Which is not to say I'm not responsible for these traits.) To this day I always resolve to keep my big mouth shut during group discussions, and I almost never can.
I do think a disproportionate number of writers (obviously, NOT all of us - apologies to the bubbly contributors above) tend to be deep thinkers who are socially awkward to some degree. I find this to be a paradox. Really great writing is all about shrewd observations of human nature. Indeed, you'll even meet writers who insist that writing is the task of getting down to "life," or "reality," itself. Especially "life" and "reality" about people. How is it possible for a socially awkward person to achieve this, let alone to achieve it better than an extroverted type? I don't know. It ought to be impossible, yet it seems to happen all the time. Take Tolstoy, who could write the amazingly compassionate, spiritual book Anna Karenina ... yet had a famously poisonous relationship with his wife. How can this be? Seems like it ought not to be. I guess writers who are following the inner genius of their story can achieve a wisdom within the narrative, that they haven't yet mastered in real life. It is so much easier to know something, and even portray it in a story, than it is to put it into practice.
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Oh behalf of fast talkers everywhere, I apologize!jazziemommie wrote:There's not doubt that I am an introvert and have always been more of a listener than a talker. I'm the quiet one in my family. I seem to have this ability to ask all the right questions that encourage others to spill their guts. Sometimes it's exhausting! Lately I've become more conscious of my communication skills when I'm engaged in conversations. I wish I could add more interesting comments instead of always being the "good listener". The scenario usually goes something like this: I'm having lunch with friends and four of us are seated around a table. We're discussing a current event and so far everyone has contributed to the conversation but me. Then I prepare to add my meaningful two cents. I hesitate, digesting what someone else has just said, and gather my thoughts to make my response. And BAAAAM! Someone else is already filling the air with their words, cutting me right off! It is frustrating to always be interrupted, and sometimes I just give up and keep my mouth shut. I guess that's why I have always enjoyed writing. I have no problem expressing myself in writing.
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To make matters worse, when I go back and ask my husband what he was going to say just now, half the time he can't remember. Then I really feel like a heel. I never have that "can't remember" problem!
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