WHY IS IT HARD TO JUST START WRITING? Whether we are just beginning to write, or have been writing for years, sometimes just getting started can seem difficult. Why? Does it mean we don’t want to write? Or, maybe we have forgotten something important – the reason we wanted to write in the first place. […]
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Writing Activities – Boost Your Creativity
WHAT IS OBSERVATIONAL WALKING? Writing activities aren’t just things you do indoors in front of your computer. There are other ways to improve your creativity and productivity and not all of them involve sitting down. In fact, if you spend a lot of time sitting then you will probably feel a lot better in many ways […]
WRITING IDEAS THAT CHALLENGE
WRITING IDEAS Writing ideas that challenge are strong suggestions that force you to focus and aid the development of your work. They can take the form of questions or commands. These writing ideas are deliberately intended to narrow the imaginative field to something specific. Placing such limits clears the mind of variables and forces the […]
STORY STARTER IDEAS
USING STORY ENDINGS FOR STORY STARTER IDEAS. You don’t have to start at the beginning of a story. Some writers enjoy the rewinding mystery of following a story from its ending back to the beginning. There are many ways to do this and no limits or rules to influence how you get there either. Try […]
Narrative Writing Prompts
Narrative writing prompts are prompts that trigger creative ideas and help you form new ideas. Developing the ability to trigger new ideas for stories is essential for writers. The quickest way to learn this skill is by doing it – so think about the sentence below: He didn’t tell anyone where he was going. It […]
Examples Of Themes
Theme is vital to your story and you need to be clear in your own mind about the themes you are exploring. Think of theme as the pulse of the story and remember that the theme is probably why a reader chose to read your story and not someone else’s. These examples of themes will […]
PLAGIARISM STINKS
I hate to have to write this but I am noticing my work turning up on other websites. These other sites are not asking permission, they are not paying me – in other words they are stealing from me. PLAGIARISM STINKS It is easy to find out who has taken it. I use the […]
HOW TO BE CREATIVE
MYTHS ABOUT CREATIVITY We all have ideas about what makes you creative and some of these ideas are myths. I am going to talk about three of these myths. MYTH 1 YOU CAN TELL A CREATIVE PERSON BY LOOKING AT THEM. This is simply not true – you can be as conservative or controversial as you […]
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WRITERS
OPPORTUNITIES – MORE OR LESS? Has the Internet killed books? Well maybe not yet – but maybe it will, but only if you believe that stories can only exist when printed on paper and sandwiched between two pieces of colourful cardboard. I don’t believe that. There is a lot more to a story than paper. […]
WHAT IS A THEME?
WHAT IS A THEME? The question of ‘What is a theme?’ is very important and writers should understand this if people are to relate to their work. Sometimes we get confused about the difference between theme and subject. The subject might be a plane crash in the jungle but the theme could be loss, survival […]