{"id":15674,"date":"2021-09-25T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-25T10:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/debesyla.lt\/uzrasai\/?p=15674"},"modified":"2021-07-24T15:45:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T12:45:36","slug":"rasytojai-sodininkai-ir-architektai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debesyla.lt\/uzrasai\/en\/2021\/writers-writers-and-architects\/","title":{"rendered":"What type of writer are you: Gardener or Architect? <i>(And the most common mistakes these writers make)<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I find it very difficult to write everyday. Although I work as a writer - I am not able to write morning papers, long articles, long books... For a long time I thought it was a mistake - that I am a bad writer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But it turns out I just am <strong>Architect<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may be too. Or, just like that, you are <strong>Gardener<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are these types of authors and what do they look like? What are the most common mistakes these types make and how can they be saved?<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b><em>Who are you:<\/em> Gardener or Architect?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Gardeners:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He writes a lot;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They start writing without knowing how they will finish;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First they write and then they correct;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They often write more than they planned;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He grows a text garden - he lets the roses, currants, apple trees and thuja trees grow on their own, as they will... And then he genifies, shapes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Architects:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He writes in just a few words;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, they make detailed plans - skeletons - before they start, and when they write, they know exactly where they will end up;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They often write less than they promised;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are more bricklayers than gardeners - until the bricks are laid, there is nothing, and their texts are not born by themselves.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notice the difference?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even if you are in between (and you are, as you are everywhere else), some of these ways of writing appeal to you more. It gives you a sense of peace. Causes less or no stress. Just sounds like \"Wow, yeah, I like this!\".<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What are the most common mistakes of these writers?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Gardeners:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Too much. Far too much. Readers are no longer interested in reading that much. What is this graffomania?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their works tend to drift - they start with one thing and end up with something else... The whole work seems to be disconnected.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are afraid to cut - every detail of the text seems so important to them! And, oh, how hard it is to let go of this important part... Which, in reality, is really important - without that part, the new ending will not be reached.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notice how this is related?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Architects:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make a plan. Plan, plan, plan, plan, think, think, think, think... They get tired of thinking. Or sometimes someone (say, gardeners) writes a piece on the subject before they do, and readers certainly remember the authors who came first better... Sometimes they never write anything.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their works tend to be too short. They seem to be incomplete drafts, with so much missing... Readers don't realise that a thin book is maybe even better than a thick one. Readers are used to, yes, judging a book by its thickness: \"if you hit someone over the head with a book, it's a good book\". Well, or something like that, but in a gentler way. Note how many bestsellers (best sellers) are not good books, but simply thick ones.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Right?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>How can I avoid these writing and planning mistakes? I don't yet know of anything particularly effective that I can recommend to you. I will leave it to you to find out. But remember that you are probably either a Gardener or an Architect. There are practically no universal writers who do both at the same time. <a href=\"#footnote-1-15674\" id=\"note-1-15674\" class=\"footnote-link\">1<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"parasas\" class=\"\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 900 189\" width=\"200\">\n        <path class=\"d-1\" d=\"M67 50L5 172\"\/>\n        <path class=\"d-2\" d=\"M19 152c7 8 30 33 59 32 41-1 76-46 80-100 2-22-6-77-42-79C61 2-1 54 46 76\"\/>\n        <path class=\"a\" d=\"M204 126.9c1.4-6-1-23.7-8.8-23.3-33.2 1-44 50-31 54 11 3 22-10 36-25 2-3 14 9 25 10\"\/>\n        <path class=\"nie\" d=\"M211 157c45-44 65-58 70-54 6 5-16 42-12 45 6 4 47-55 57-49 7 4-7 34 4 47 8 11 20 7 28 1 18-14 28-28 27-22s-5 38 46 16c21-9 22-29 13-36-3-2-16 6-16 16-1 18 14 29 37 28\"\/>\n        <path class=\"t-1\" d=\"M387 80a1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0-2 0\"\/>\n        <path class=\"liu\" d=\"M444 184C549 88 546 23 536 23c-19 0-57 74-57 122 0 4 5 13 13 16 5 3 11 2 16 1 6-1 11-6 17-10l39-32c0 6-2 8-3 14-2 7-2 10 1 14l5 4c6 3 14 1 20-1 17-7 26-19 44-29 3-1 8-4 12-2l5 6c4 11 1 16 4 22s13 10 20 8 12-9 13-14l4-13 3-5 6-4 13-5c3-1 6-3 10-8\"\/>\n        <path class=\"t-2\" d=\"M576 85a1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0-2 0\"\/>\n        <path class=\"s-1\" d=\"M720 142c8 2 27 3 35-3 6-4-18-36-22-32-3 4-6 19-30 65\"\/>\n        <path class=\"s-2\" d=\"M756 140c4-1 9-4 12-8\"\/><\/svg>\n    <\/div>\n    <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/debesyla.lt\/uzrasai\/wp-content\/themes\/debesyla-uzrasai-child\/inc\/img\/fallback-parasas.png\" alt=\"Daniel\" style=\"top: -2.5em; position: relative;\"><\/noscript>\n<div class=\"footnotes\"><hr \/><ol><li id=\"footnote-1-15674\" class=\"footnote\"><p>Unless I have missed something and you can prove me wrong? 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