Writing Power

Inspiration for a person to compose a story is fueled by some sort of strong energy. There are four basic energies needed that fuel a writer to get from the beginning to the ending of the first draft of a novel, memoir, or nonfiction non memoir book. They can be categorized as (1) Happy Energy, (2) Encouragement Energy, (3) Wounded Energy, and (4) Anger Energy.

Happy Energy
This is an internal energy. A majority of writers write because they love to write. It is fun for them. Happy Energy writers have a strong excitement and fascination for their subject. They want readers to feel the same fascination and enjoyment. They enjoy making up stories for novels, doing research and recording history and documenting corky life experience. The material written by such people tends to be objective, factual, and informative. A variety of people tend to be able to empathize with their characters.

Encouragement Energy
This energy tends to come from an outside source. It comes from acquaintances surrounding a person, encouraging him or her to write. These acquaintances tend to be experienced writing professionals, such as a professor, a published writer, or even better- an established agent, publisher, or editor. Encouragement Energy can come from winning a contest, or a person may hear or see something that gives him or her inspiration for a book.

Encouragement Energy is not the best energy to rely on. If the encouraging energy source reads a writer's material and does not approve of it, the writer may not feel so encouraged anymore. In fact his or her confidence level may drop, and he or she may loose interest in writing even though they may have the potential to become a great writer. It is best for the writer to develop his or her happy energy.

Wounded Energy
In life people have experiences that emotionally wound them, they were disrespected and rejected by others. Such experiences are being in a bad relationship, having abusive parents, was falsely accused of a crime, or was held hostage. Often people who have had such experiences are motivated by them to write about them in a book. A writer fueled by Wounded Energy must be careful not to allow their writing to depress and oppress them. Writing about such experiences can open old wounds or hinder wounds from healing. Wounded Energy must be turned into creative energy so the story can have meaning and purpose. They can be an inspiration to others who have had or are experiencing the same thing.

Anger Energy
Anger Energy tends to be generated from righteous indignation instead of hurt. This is usually from social injustice or feeling that whoever or whatever they are writing about is incompetent. This sort of energy often fuels people to do political and social writing, such as the many books about the presidency of Barack Obama and books on the social changes in society. These writings tend to be opinionated.

In my opinion the best energy a writer should work under is Happy Energy. A writer using happy energy will always write no matter what other people think of their material and no matter how they feel. They will write rationally and thoughtfully. So if you have writing aspirations just write, and love it.