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Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by Divepen1(m): 7:55am On Jan 18, 2016 |
Inspiration is very often the result of habit, of getting into a rhythm of work, and of setting yourself goals of how much and about what you wish to write each day. Oddly enough, the determination that you will finish a particular piece of work is a great source of inspiration. So set yourself a realistic goal each time you sit down to write. Find out how much you are comfortable writing each day. Achieve that. Then extend it and try to double your output. Remember: decide where you’re going before you set out. If you end up somewhere else, simply ask: do you mind? It might be a good thing to have strayed from the path. Assess this once the work is done. Don’t wait until you have the perfect first line. In practice, it often transpires that perfect first lines no longer fit with the story once it’s written out. Instead, try to think of your opening line as being simply like a doorway that you must pass through to get into the ‘room’ of your story. The doorway is much less important than what’s inside the room – focus on that. If you find yourself ‘seeing the whole story at once’, and you’re unsure where to begin, concentrate on one particular detail and start there. Example: You want to write about a young man and his girlfriend. He’s just realised he’s in love with her, and is going to say so, but you think that having him just saying ‘I love you’ will sound a bit flat. So, think about how else you could approach it. You could: begin with him trying to decide which shirt to wear begin when he’s stuck in conversation with someone else, and can’t get away. He has something important to say, and yet a friend is talking to him about football begin after the actual moment of him telling her ‘I love you’ tell it from someone else’s point of view – for example, one of the boy’s friends, overhearing him, or the girlfriend herself. In this way, focusing on an apparently ‘irrelevant’ detail might be the perfect way in to your story: a plane flying overhead as he speaks, drowning out his words a piece of lettuce stuck between her teeth that makes him smile a gang of schoolchildren who loiter close by, making him self- conscious. Peripheral details like this can have the effect of making the scene seem more believable: real life is full of such details and delays, obstructions to the main story unfolding. If you’re still unsure about how to begin, surprise yourself – approach your story from a different angle. Or surprise your story – make a particular detail appear distinctive. Or start your story randomly, at a point that you don’t think is important. It might turn out to be crucial. Remember: once you’ve reached the end, you can always go back and ‘add on’ or improve your beginning. https://litehelp./2016/01/18/why-you-shouldnt-wait-to-be-inspired-before-writing/ 26 Likes 5 Shares |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by Perfecter4real(m): 8:10am On Jan 18, 2016 |
wow! thanks for this post, have learnt alot from it. 1 Like |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by Divepen1(m): 10:14pm On Jan 18, 2016 |
Perfecter4real:You're welcome 1 Like |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by Profkomolafe(m): 10:20am On Jan 19, 2016 |
Nice one. really Inspiring.... Continue on the lecture pls 1 Like |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by RemenZack(f): 10:48am On Jan 20, 2016 |
Thanks for the Tips And do follow back. Thank you. 1 Like |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by Divepen1(m): 10:54am On Jan 20, 2016 |
RemenZack:Follow ko... in fact I'm following immediately 2 Likes |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by 14teenK: 1:20pm On Jan 21, 2016 |
Nice write up...have this idea on my head, that I would love to put to book....I still find it hard on the perfect way to start 1 Like |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by Greenlady: 2:02pm On Jan 21, 2016 |
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Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by reverendfather: 7:05am On Jun 08, 2016 |
op I know your type; always beating around the bush, your topic reads a 'why' while your context descants on the 'how to' . nice read BTW. 2 Likes |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by looseweight: 7:05am On Jun 08, 2016 |
Let me read first |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by shazzar01: 7:06am On Jun 08, 2016 |
Some of our writer's need to see this...they are always too predictable 1 Like |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by hottathanfire(m): 7:08am On Jun 08, 2016 |
I get inspired by every feelings, and whenever I am in the bathroom OMG!!! It's always a flood of inspiration but VERY lazy that I tagged myself i-lazy |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by Sexytemi(f): 7:09am On Jun 08, 2016 |
Hmmm, okay... But Its my Birthday!!!!!!!!!!....just so happy and grateful to God. 4 Likes |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by vickertony(m): 7:09am On Jun 08, 2016 |
interesting! |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by Nobody: 7:09am On Jun 08, 2016 |
Nice post. Mine comes when am close to nature. The inspiration that flows from the mountain, trees, the birds around, the soothing air. They are just terrific. 1 Like |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by johnemeka(m): 7:11am On Jun 08, 2016 |
Good |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by Justicealh3(m): 7:18am On Jun 08, 2016 |
This one don epp who |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by Ptoocool(m): 7:23am On Jun 08, 2016 |
thanks OP |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by phetto(m): 7:28am On Jun 08, 2016 |
NICE ONE OP |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by bimbod(m): 7:28am On Jun 08, 2016 |
Nice One |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by ademega(m): 7:37am On Jun 08, 2016 |
let me read finish |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by spartan4christ: 7:51am On Jun 08, 2016 |
Nice job brov |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by kingphilip(m): 8:14am On Jun 08, 2016 |
So inspiring a piece and I really appreciate this This should help me in my quest to begin my writing Please do chat me up boss.. Or gimme ur whatsapp digits |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by Nnachuka(m): 8:16am On Jun 08, 2016 |
As I poet i encounter the same as well, thank you. |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by Omotayor123(f): 8:25am On Jun 08, 2016 |
Thanks dear... Most times I just lost the interest to write.. Even though I have 1001 stories and idea. I feel too lazy to put them down. |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by Koleman(m): 8:49am On Jun 08, 2016 |
nice one.. learnt something new today... |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by ournaijablog(f): 9:10am On Jun 08, 2016 |
nah I totally disagree mehn a writeup without inspiration is like writing with no passion, something gotta motivate me mehn for real, you know why most writers write great books only twice or thrice in their lives? cos it gotta be perfect they make research and take their time and get inspired by their surroundinds. look at most of the writters on here do they write everyday? Nah cos its not easy to pen than words, sometimes I get an idea to write something but as soon as I pick uo my laptop I don't even know how to construct the first sentence......A good or bad inspiration is the key to a great wrietup 1 Like |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by professore(m): 9:35am On Jun 08, 2016 |
Peripheral details like this can have the effect of making the scene more believable,I like that part. |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by Nobody: 11:00am On Jun 08, 2016 |
It is as if you wrote this piece for me. I am a rapper, actually, and I have this issue of what line to start with whenever I am about to begin a verse. The first line takes so long but after that, the rest become an easy ride. |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by AndyAustin(m): 11:02am On Jun 08, 2016 |
You're good. Nice one. |
Re: Why You Shouldn't Wait To Be Inspired Before Writing by Herapal(m): 11:20am On Jun 08, 2016 |
Good. Now I'll leave the writer's block. |
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