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WRITER ON WRITING
Words are Magic
Every word carries power
“Words are our most inexhaustible source of magic.” — J.K. Rowling
As a writer and reader, you must have realized the power of words. Whether words are written or uttered, they have tremendous power. Words when spoken carry a power with them, that is transmitted from the communicator to the receiver. Words written by a writer, have the power to take hold of the mind of the reader and transport, him or her to the world that the writer has created in his or her imagination.
Creativity, infused with imagination and words by a writer, has the power to make something that is fantasy, come to life in the mind of the reader. This is not all that words can do. It is through the use of words, in the right sentences, and sequences, that they form and develop into stories that capture the imagination of the readers. These seemingly ordinary words, build a world in the minds of the readers who read the stories written by the author.
If you want to experience magic, the kind that can change your mind and take you to places that do not exist in the real world, you need to read a work of fiction, like a short story or a novel. You could also watch a movie and get the same experience, of being transported to another…
