Every writer knows how it feels to "not be in the mood" to write. This feeling comes in the form of procrastination or focusing our attention on some other "more important" task. So how do you get yourself into a writing mindset? Here's a few tips on how you can start approaching writing today.
Whether you write digitally or on a sheet of paper, all your writing starts with a single blank page. However, once you start to fill the page with words, you doubt yourself. You then decide to erase and rewrite what you wrote. It's not a secret that writing is a process. There's drafting, outlining, character creation, and structuring your narrative. That means the words you write will go through multiple edits as you work through the piece. Yet how do you start filling your blank page with meaningful words? Here's a few tips on how you can write content that makes it into your final draft.
Every writer has their own opinion on the topic. Some believe it's nearly impossible to learn from classes while others think that this craft can be studied under a teacher. You'll find hundreds of differing opinions on this topic, and the answer usually depends on the outlook of the writer. Can writing be taught? Well, my unique take is this: if you really want to learn the art of writing, of course writing can be taught -- but it might not be in a traditional classroom setting. Here's how.
All writers have different reasons for writing. Some people might want to inspire or educate; other writers seek to simply entertain those who read their work. However, writing is a craft that anyone at any skill level can improve. Here's nine goals all improving writers should have.
You've got tea on your desk and a word document open on your computer. You take a sip of your tea for inspiration but find that you're having trouble writing. Ideas flowed out from your fingertips yesterday, but the words won't come out today. Luckily there's plenty of methods to help boost your creativity and inspiration. Here's five different writing exercises to motivate yourself during the writing process.
If you write often, you'll know that there's times when you won't feel inspired by the muses to put words down onto the page. You might try writing a few sentences but find you're still stuck on the same scene as yesterday. Luckily, there's a writing method that can help you boost creativity and productivity: freewriting. Here's how freewriting can expand your imagination and encourage your inner creativity.
Are you someone who wants to create your own blog or write your own book? Maybe you've been thinking about writing for a while or you decided that you wanted to try something new. Here's ten tips to help you on your soon-to-be-amazing writing career.
Congratulations on finishing your book or blog post! Give yourself a big pat on the back; you've now written a work you can add to your list of accomplishments. However, now that you're done writing, there's one thing left to do: come up with the perfect headline or title. This can be a challenge because it's hard to describe your work in just a few words. You also know you'll need a headline that grips attention but isn't too creatively misleading. But where do you start when it comes to writing headlines or titling your book? Here's how you can find the perfect title for what you wrote.
When a reader finishes what you wrote, you'll want them to walk away with your core message. That means your writing needs to be concise and clear to whoever chooses to read your work. However, how do you ensure that what you put down on the page makes sense to others? Well, the answer is easier than you might think: critical thinking. Now you've probably heard ever since middle school that critical thinking is important, but it truly is the heart of creating thought-provoking writing. Critical thinking allows you to reason and correlate thoughts together, whether you're writing a persuasive essay, fantasy novel, or blog post.
Doubt is perhaps one of the biggest barriers between achieving our writing goals and keeping them dreams. Whenever we sit down to create, there's always that looming fear we just aren't good enough after all. All artists fear their work being rejected, criticized, ridiculed, and forgotten. ...and yet, doubt is healthy. Doubt in the creative process helps expand our creativity. If all creators went with the first idea that popped into their brain, they wouldn't experiment writing a paragraph or character differently. As writers, we should be looking to continue to imagine our characters, plot lines, scenarios, and prose in various brilliant lights. Here's how doubt contributes to the creative writing process.
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