NEW WEEK NEW FACE – JENNIFER SLATTERY

 

The Personality of a Writer

I’ve heard it said every field has a type. Doctors tend to be logical and studious. Lawyers argumentative. Teachers nurturing, coaches motivational. Perhaps I’m being cliché, but when it comes to writers, or at least this writer, every cliché appears to have been proven true.

 

The movies depict us as being slightly neurotic, holing up in some remote, windowless room for days on end.

 

Except … that’s totally false. I have a window in front of my desk, thank you very much. And when I’m feeling especially adventurous, I take my laptop into the living room or out on the back porch. And every once in a while, I venture outside, simply to give my neighbors a scare.

 

I’m curious to know if all writers are as reclusive as I am. I would think to some extent, because it’s hard to get work done when one is out gallivanting across town. Unless they’re headed to a coffeehouse.

 

You do know caffeine is the secret ingredient to all creativity, right? Is that another cliché—that writers are notoriously addicted to coffee? If it is, it became cliché for a reason.

 

Now, let’s talk about the idea that all writers are neurotic…

 

Actually, let’s not. Unless you want to tell us how you admire our neurosis. Because it takes a certain amount of crazy to immerse oneself in a world of one’s own making.

 

Does that make literary madness admirable?

 

I’ve also found writers across the board are inherently insecure. This might surprise you, considering we’re so … verbal. And all over cyberspace, on the airwaves, doing signings and talks. We may have over 720,000 words in print with millions more splashed across the Internet, and yet, we still worry about each and every one. I’ve heard this insecurity never goes away we simply become more adept at feigning confidence.

 

Or not.

 

Perhaps stereotypes exist for a reason, and as I mentioned at the beginning of this post, every field has a personality type. So what’s yours? Do you fit the mold assumed for those in your career or are you deliciously unique? Can you relate to any of the characteristics I admitted to, and if so, what ones?

 

 

 

 

Jennifer Slattery writes soul-stirring fiction for New Hope Publishers, Christian living articles for Crosswalk.com, and devotions for Internet Café Devotions, the group blog, Faith-filled Friends, and her personal blog. She also does content editing for Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas’ Firefly imprint, and loves working with authors who are serious about pursuing their calling. When not writing, reading, or editing, Jennifer loves going on mall dates with her adult daughter and coffee dates with her hilariously fun husband.

 

Visit with Jennifer online at JenniferSlatteryLivesOutLoud.com and connect with her on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/JenSlatte

 

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Sometimes it takes losing everything to grab hold of what really matters.

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