The art of creative writing is phenomenal and it has to be approached patiently to achieve finesse and paint your thoughts in the most accurate and colourful ways possible.

TIPS



1. Start. Do it. Write. Write it anyhow at first, don't proofread unnecessarily and then edit when it's done.

2. Have an idea or a focus for your writing. It could be a childhood experience or love recently gone forlorn. Then, pour out all your creative energy on that idea.

3. Read anyhow. Read voraciously. Read writings from writers that write your kind of style. Read as if its the only way you can hear and learn.

4. Have a good dictionary( I use The Sage's) to level up your vocab. You need an arsenal of words to be rich in diction and expression. You need words to build worlds.

5. Be very observant. Your immediate environment and the interactions of the people in it are most likely going to be your greatest muse. Notice the subtleties and wide scapes. Tap into the schema of your geography.

6. Allow yourself to write poorly, to write a weak, uninteresting story or a boring, grammatically incorrect poem. You’ll never succeed if you don’t allow yourself a few failures along the way.

7. Read works from writers above your mind force. Read works from established authors who have mastered the art of forging successes from failures. Don't copy them. Draw energy from their patterns and create your own custom.

8. Avoid distractions so that you won't have to procrastinate and summarily end up not writing. Ensure you write qualitatively and quantitatively. This can only be exercised when distractions have been extinguished.

9. Participate in writing contests and writing challenges. Donate your pen wittiness to charity. Write for someone.
It helps in reconfiguring your psychology.

10. Write and file your works everyday. Even if it's just a sentence. Keep building the imagery in your mind. Keep rebuilding and refurbishing. It is not hard to talk therefore it is also not hard to write.

Be illumined.
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Created by Pat Ashinze.
For Earth and Sky.
14/07/2019. Ilorin, Nigeria.




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