Bouncy Writing Advice

I love quotes. You can’t beat little bits of wisdom from people in all walks of life. You can quote presidents, theologians, experts in any field. Quotes can make you think or give you a new perspective and they can help you write as you expound upon the thoughts of others with your own thoughts.

I know you are wondering when I am going to quote someone important and full of wisdom instead of just talking about quotes. Here it is. My quote for today is from the self-confident Tigger, who said,

“The most wonderful thing about Tiggers is I’m the only one.”

Tigger was excited about his uniqueness.

Writers would do well to join him in his excitement. If we can learn to appreciate our uniqueness and let that show in our writing. We will stand out from the crowd. We don’t need to be cookie cutter writers. We need to tell our story in our own unique way or even if we are writing someone else’s story we need to put our original slant into our writing.

“The things that make me different are the things that make me me.”

Tigger

That is what we want to show in our writing, the elements that make us `different from others.

You may have thought that it’s not fair that I’m attributing the quotes to the character instead of the writer. A.A. Milne is the author of Tigger and all the other friends in the Hundred Acre Woods in his legendary Winnie the Pooh series. Even Tigger gave credit to the writer when at one point in the story he had gotten himself in a situation and said,

“Oh, please for goodness sakes, narrate me down from here!”

It is quite a complement to be such a good writer that your characters are quoted.

I guess I have quoted Tigger enough for this time. I hope you will bounce on over to your writing and pounce some uniqueness into it and that someday someone will quote you or your characters. In the words of our expert for the day, Tigger,

“T-T-F-N: ta-ta for now!”

–Sue Davis Potts

Sue Davis Potts is a freelance writer from Huntingdon, Tennessee. She is mother to her beautiful adult daughter, Jessa.Sue enjoys writing for both children and adults. She worked for years as a preschool teacher but feels most at home these days with other writers who speak her language. She has been published in local magazines, anthologies, Ideals, Southern Writer’s Magazine and Focus on the Family’s children’s magazines Clubhouse and Clubhouse, Jr.

She authored a children’s library book.  She is the author of a book of short motivations 101 Life Lessons From Uno (The One-Legged Duck) and coauthored. The Priceless Life (The Diane Price Story). Both books are available on Amazon. Sue can be found on her website,  Suedavispotts.com.