Are you an Author or a Storyteller?
November 18, 2010
To me, storytellers are people who have a gift that allows them to compose tales that grip you and draw you in. You might not have the greatest talent when it comes to spelling or grammar, but when you write, it touches the heart of your readers. For a storyteller, writing is a passion, they do it because they love it.
Authors are a writers that have a gift for language. Stringing words together is as natural as breathing. They may make a few typos, here and there… no one is perfect, but the majority of their work is a masterpiece. There have been many great authors - Hemingway, Charles Dickens or Bradbury.
One of my favorite contemporary authors is L.E. Mosesitt JR. He stories are intriguing, always encouraging the readers to think for themselves by resisting the temptation of spoon-feeding readers – every fact is not withing the written word, but implied by the facts of the stores. His series are phenomenal – each book reveals a little more about the world he paints, spinning a web that enthralls his readers.
I consider myself to be a storyteller. Perfection within the English language is something I constantly strive toward but seems so far out of reach. I’ve been told that the tales I spin are engaging and captivating to my audience, but they are as simple as a fairytale - the ones for the child in each of us.
In the end, it is the readers who make the call on what level a writer obtains. What are some of your favorite storytellers? Have you read and great authors?
