Proffessional Essayist?

Of all the thousands of people who have written essays, how do some of them reach a point where they garner a huge following? How do some people have their opinions known to matter? I guess it has to do with proper connections, and a propensity to get the right people to read your stuff. Its probably not much different than how a certain music group gets noticed, just the right people read the writing, and the right person says to themselves “This person’s got it!”. What “it” is, is also one of the things I wonder about, what is the distinguishing factor?

In regards as to what makes a writer stand out there are some things within their writing that I simply cannot distinguish from most common essayists, proper proofreading and syntax aside of course. Whether the arguments are original I believe can be ruled out as a distinguishing factor, as “original” is usually the same base ideas presented in different word combinations, granted that word compilations are multifaceted and incredibly precise and manipulatable, how anybody stand out so far above all others in this area?

Validity of one’s points also seems to be something that is greatly valued towards the “professional” writers and primitive ones such as myself. However, if anyone were to read any given newspaper article, or even the academic reading within the college, its rather easy to notice that validity of point doesn’t matter much towards whether or not a writer becomes well known. It is also important to note, that all points, to a certain degree can be proven false, but shouldn’t the valid points within any writing be taken on an equal standpoint? Why is somebody like Samuel Huntington so famous and his writings to be analyzed be students if his points have been shown to be greatly fallacious, and his data has been proven to be fabricated?

Words of the Week:

Guile: slyness or cleverness.

Acumen: ability to understand and reason.