Writers are a special breed of people. Writers live in two different worlds at the same time: the real world and the world in their head created for their characters. Writers grow attached to their characters. Writers talk to them, and the characters answer back. Writers get annoyed when their characters go silent or refuse to do what the writers want them to do.
Most writers are introverts. Not only do they enjoy spending time alone with their characters, they need that time alone to think up a story.
A brain is split into symmetrical left and right hemispheres. No one is solely left-brained or right-brained. We all use both sides, but it is believed that neural connections are often stronger on one side than the other, giving us a dominant hemisphere.
Generally speaking, the left hemisphere controls the motor function on the right side of the body, and is home to logic, facts, reasoning skills, math, and language. The right hemisphere, aside from controlling its opposite side of the body, is home to intuition, creativity, art, music, and imagination.
I'm a math and science person. Numbers speak to me more eloquently than words do. Yes, I have imagination and creativity, and I'm an introvert, but I always believed that I had a very dominant left side, minus the language part. Learning a second language didn't come easy. If anyone had to told me thirty years ago that I would become an author, I would have rolled on the floor laughing.
Well, according to a study, writers may have fairly equaled left and right hemispheres. One side is not dominant over the other. Both hemispheres are just nicely working together. It kind of makes sense because there's a very logical process to follow when creating a story. I guess my left hemisphere isn't as strong as I thought, or my right one is stronger than I thought LOL 
There's also another study that compared the brain activity of creative writers while they wrote to the brain activity of professional athletes while they competed. Believe it or not, they both shared similar brain activity. Interestingly enough, amateur writers rely on their vision center to imagine their stories while professional writers use their speech-processing center of the brain to develop their stories.
The brain is complexed, and nothing is black and white, so why not try something new. It may tap into a neglected area of the brain that would love to be challenged, and who knows where that could lead.
Happy Reading & Stay Safe
J.S.
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I'm a right side brain person. Creativity has always been my forte. Often called a creative liar by my mother.
ReplyDeleteAnd taking into account that we only use a small part of our brain, imagine what we could do if we could use more of it on both sides, in perfect harmony. I use both logic and creativity when I write. Thanks for sharing this knowledge.
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