As I continue to write, I am beginning to learn things. Not just how to form a sentence better, nor how to correct grammar (though I need to work on that), I am learning much more.
Each writer is in 1 of 4 main stages. And each stage is hard fought for, no one can be born one step ahead, nor one step behind. But they can advance at faster paces.
These 4 steps you ask? Simple. They are; Unconscious Incompetence.
We all start here, at level one. We are unknowing that we are incompetent at writing. But don't feel bad, I'll say it again EVERYONE, starts at this level.
Secondly, Conscious Incompetence.
This is when we know we are incompetent, yet still can't become competent. This is a large step up from Unconscious Incompetence. But not everyone has is up to this level of writing, I'm not trying to belittle them, I am only stating the truth. I will explain what I mean a little later.
Third, Conscious Competence.
This is where we can do it, we can write, but we have to focus hard and long on it, and really concentrate.
And lastly, Unconscious Competence.
Here, we know how to write so well, we don't even think as we type (or scribble).
Now, I'm going to expand on these things.
These 'levels' are not writing as a whole. No, I mean in each aspect of writing we go through this process.
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Say there were three people, Bob, John, and Jill.
Bob was really great at coming up with a plot, so much so, in fact, he was in the Unconscious Competent state. John, however, was at the Unconscious Incompetence level for creating a plot. However, he was at stage 3 in Character Development.
And lastly, Jill was superb at the flowing of words and the rhythm, yet she too lacked in both Plot and Character Development.
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Did you get the point of that example? Each of us are better at one thing or another, and we each go through those stages each and every section of writing, Character Development, the Flow of the sentence, Plot, Intrigue, Description, the list is almost endless, but we each have our own specialty.
Do you have any thoughts on this post? Please, go ahead and comment.
Farewell.
The WordWeaver
Each writer is in 1 of 4 main stages. And each stage is hard fought for, no one can be born one step ahead, nor one step behind. But they can advance at faster paces.
These 4 steps you ask? Simple. They are; Unconscious Incompetence.
We all start here, at level one. We are unknowing that we are incompetent at writing. But don't feel bad, I'll say it again EVERYONE, starts at this level.
Secondly, Conscious Incompetence.
This is when we know we are incompetent, yet still can't become competent. This is a large step up from Unconscious Incompetence. But not everyone has is up to this level of writing, I'm not trying to belittle them, I am only stating the truth. I will explain what I mean a little later.
Third, Conscious Competence.
This is where we can do it, we can write, but we have to focus hard and long on it, and really concentrate.
And lastly, Unconscious Competence.
Here, we know how to write so well, we don't even think as we type (or scribble).
Now, I'm going to expand on these things.
These 'levels' are not writing as a whole. No, I mean in each aspect of writing we go through this process.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Say there were three people, Bob, John, and Jill.
Bob was really great at coming up with a plot, so much so, in fact, he was in the Unconscious Competent state. John, however, was at the Unconscious Incompetence level for creating a plot. However, he was at stage 3 in Character Development.
And lastly, Jill was superb at the flowing of words and the rhythm, yet she too lacked in both Plot and Character Development.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Did you get the point of that example? Each of us are better at one thing or another, and we each go through those stages each and every section of writing, Character Development, the Flow of the sentence, Plot, Intrigue, Description, the list is almost endless, but we each have our own specialty.
Do you have any thoughts on this post? Please, go ahead and comment.
Farewell.
The WordWeaver
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