W.WISDOM | Own Your Story
- Capsonart
- Nov 11, 2024
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 12, 2024
Hello fellow Writers, Readers, and Friends,
Do you understand what it means to OWN your story.
Of a truth, there are undoubtedly, some nail-biting parts of our real life stories that we - let say cannot and dare not share. It cannot ALL me made public. Coming from a Jamaican background, the famous idiom states "you air out your dirty laundry".
a story that is owned is told right.
The ill and pain of our life's story – all – cannot be shared or disclosed. We know this might not be something some may agree with. Nonetheless, somethings require a great application of wisdom and discretion. In some cases, with respect to storytelling, some individuals hire ghost writers, and make adjustments as needed.
A ghost writer: is someone who is contracted or employed to write content (such as a book, article, or speech) that is credited to another person as the author.
But in the matter of OWNING your story, is knowing WHO, WHEN, WHERE, HOW AND WHY you are sharing YOUR story. The key word here is OWN and this means you lived this life and you witnessed this experience.
When we say "story", we are not solely emphasizing arbitrary tales, though it could be just that if it involves a creative imaginative plot in your mind. Given we are a Christ-centered publishing house, respectively it is understood, that escapism can have the facets of tales and "once upon a time" narratives. Who doesn't love a good story that helps you to relax on a cozy day or night. Or a compelling plot that pulls you down from the height of a stressful day. But to drive the point home, a story that is owned is told right.
In the case of true stories vs made up the distinction is:
True stories can be considered, INSPIRATIONAL, a MESSAGE of a biopic nature; a testimony if you will.
Some would say an "old account", a historical gem of what transpired in time past.
For narratives that are framed in non-fiction, it is important to understand how transparency undergirds your credibility as an author. It pulls the reader in and stands as a mirror to let them see they are not alone in their experiences - good or bad.
Imaginative.
Fictional accounts on the other hand is a writers' playground. This you could say has arbitrary influences, like easing dropping on a conversation where someone says ,
"She had no clue I was the one who took her money."
Or
"I am coming to meet you now, please wait for me."
These are the kinds of conversations you hear on trains, buses, at school, at work—you name it.
And there are surely layers and depths of truth embedded in the theme. It could even play a role in a character’s development, as writers often infuse elements of themselves into their characters. This could be fragments of heartbreak (famous in love stories), grief, pain, loss, regret, anger.
But with both fictional and non-fictional, our encouragement to you as you read this blog post is to be sincere to yourself. Give your words the honesty of your heart by owning your story, essentially have confidence in your writing.
For true stories, this is about owning the experience—saying, 'This happened to me.' The transparency has its voice and its place. Even if what you decide to share doesn’t necessarily end up in a book , or on the big screen, the fact that you own it means it has been told right.
We end this blog post by asking:
What is your story?
What really happened?
How did that situation make you feel.
What is your perspective in the grand scheme of things.
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Alitta PS Cadmus (aka Pauline S Cadmus)
| Owner/Founder
| Founding Legacy Writer
Mel M Walters
| Founding Legacy Writer
JWWJ
| Founding Legacy Writer
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