Building relevance on Leofinance: Stand next to the talented
Most times, we often get asked the question "How did you come up with those ideas?" As a result, we either blush or feel we're geniuses at coming up with the ideas for which we write our articles. Clever as that may seem, the truth is that as writers, we all depend on each other to get ideas for the next write-up. We steal from each other to make something unique from what we have stolen. You heard it right, we are all stealing, and an honest writer would admit to this fact.
In the eye of a writer, the world is a vast ocean of discovery, where you find what you want and how to get it. And, now, with the internet, you can get whatever you want with just a click of a button. You need to figure out first what is worth stealing and move on to the next thing which is; making something unique from them. This could be just a word, a sentence, or a phrase that inspired your creativity.
What we must know as writers is that nothing comes from nowhere. Every piece of creativity is built on what came before because nothing is completely original. This may sound wired to you, but those who understand this truth used it to their advantage.
When it comes to creative writing, it's important to remember that nothing is truly original. Every great piece of writing is based on what came before it, and it's up to us to learn from the best talent out there. By studying the work of others and emulating their techniques, we can create pieces that are truly unique and worth reading.
We all know that nothing in this world is original. We've heard this time and time again, but what does it mean for writers? It means that we can take inspiration from anywhere. We can learn from the best talent and apply their techniques to our own work. When we understand that everything is borrowed in one way or another, it becomes easier to find inspiration. We can look to the greats for guidance and learn from their successes and failures. We don't have to reinvent the wheel-we can simply make it better.
The more we learn about writing, the more we realize that nothing is truly original. But that doesn't mean we can't come up with something spectacular. With hard work and dedication, we can build something truly unique and beautiful.
A French writer summarized it this way, "Everything that needs to be said has already been said, but, since no one was listening, everything must be said again."
We all know that in order to be the best, we have to learn from the best. And when it comes to creativity, there's no one better to learn from than those who have mastered it.
That's why we're constantly being influenced by the voices of others so that we can have our voices heard. We take inspiration from the greats and use their words and ideas to create something new and original.
That's what I have been doing since coming to Hive, and with Leofinance and Leothread it becomes easier to spot talented writers to learn from. By reading, interacting and exchanging ideas with those top talented writers, I get brush up regularly, thus, refining my writing skills.
So whether you believe it or not, you are being influenced by the creativity of another man to make yourself creative. The writer's mind is an ideas collector, and the more good ideas you collect the more you are being influenced by them. The more you allow yourself to be influenced by others' ideas the more you become like them.
start collecting ideas that you love, collect, collect, and collect. At the end of the collection, you will find your own voice. You need to figure out from whom and what ideas to collect. You collect ideas from the people you are inspired by, the people you admire their creativity. The reason why you have to collect ideas from the people you admire is to see if you might get a glimpse of their minds, and the way they look at the world. You are not to mimic them or pass on what they have made as yours. That will make you a bad thief.
A good thief studies and steal from those they admire, then honor and credit the same in the transformed ideas they stole. But, a bad thief will imitate, degrade, steal, plagiarize and rip off the ideas of others. So, be a good thief, collect ideas from your heroes, examine your shortcomings, and what makes you different from all that you have collected. That's where your imagination and transformation come into play, by contributing something unique to the world.
In order to be the best writer you can be, you need to be around the best talent. Following the best people in your field can help you learn and grow as a writer. You will see the level of work that is possible and you will learn what it takes to produce great writing.
In the writing field, you are only going to be as good as those you look up to. So, follow the best people you can find, those that are way smarter than you are. The people who you discover are really doing interesting work. Find the best-talented person in the community and stand next to him. Try to be supportive and you could be the next best-talented person in the house.
Finally, if you find out you are the most talented person in the room, find another room that's the only way you can keep improving. The reason this is so important is that you can always learn from the best talent. And if you're not around the best talent, you're not going to get better. You have to be constantly learning and growing in order to be the best that you can be.
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