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Enhance Your Creative
Writing Abilities
By Linda Correli
Creative writing
is considered to be one of the most perplexing forms of articulating
thoughts and ideas on paper. It turns out to be a hard nut to
crack because it requires the ability to think freely, giving
thoughts a modicum of leeway, and express ideas and experienced
feelings sincerely and openly.
That's why putting
wind in the sails with creative writing is not within every writer's
grasp. It means that a person, who succeeded in process writing
approach that is all about planning, revising, re-arranging, and
deleting text, re-reading, and producing multiple drafts before
producing finished documents, will have the same good results
in creative writing.
Surely, it doesn't
imply that creative writing process doesn’t need proper planning
and preparation, it means that creative writing permits the author
to deviate from the specific writing styles and not to be consistent
with all the standards of this style. In a word, creative writing
gives the author leeway in terms of presentation and development
of a piece of writing.
Since creative
writing is not simply a matter of sitting down, putting pen to
paper, following smart instructions of emeritus pundits, commence
at the beginning and write through to the end. Creative approach
treats all writing as a creative act that requires time, positive
feedback, and inspiration to be done well. People who engage in
creative writing do not merely think freely; they view the world
from free-thinking perspective.
Without a doubt,
creative writing is not only about inspiration and gift of the
writer, and it is far from coming easy to the writer, it also
needs a lot of elbow grease in order to produce a piece of writing
worth the attention of the readers.
The key to success
in creative writing lies in the author’s ability to be frank with
his readers and honest with himself. Don’t be afraid to step aside
from the established standards of the particular writing style,
and open the door of your brain to the new ideas that cross the
threshold of your imagination and knock around your mind.
Remember that
process and explorations are the keystones in creative writing,
rather than the finished product. Let yourself release your inner
genius and vent on paper the most bizarre ideas that amassed in
your mind. The source of ideas for your creative writing can be
various kinds of resources of creativity such as oral tradition,
dreams, childhood memories, sense perceptions and intuition.
Katrina Crosbie,
a tutor of creative writing in Edinburgh University’s Open Studies programe, asserts
that getting in touch with subconscious mind is the key to original
and creative writing. She also claims that every writer can harness
three simple techniques to enhance his creative writing abilities,
they are mental focusing techniques, harnessing the power of your
dreams and journal writing. Harnessing these techniques takes
hard work; so, if you are ready, roll up your sleeves and follow
these simple strategies.
I.
Mental focusing techniques
Mental focusing
techniques involve focusing on the positive outcome. It implies
that you should concentrate and regulate your mental activity
in order to enter a quiet state of your mind. The key point in
mental focusing is to get rid of all the stray thoughts and replace
it with one thought; this process should gradually induce a calm
sensation. The procedure is very simple, you make yourself comfortable
in a cozy armchair, and in all possible ways try to awake creativity
inside of you.
You should say
something like "I'm getting in touch with my creativity source",
and imagine physically how the stream of creativity comes into
your mind. Remember the sensation of clear, cool water on your
face, or a stream of fresh breeze, which is blowing in your face.
Then imagine yourself sitting at your word processor, typing fluently,
and writing avidly. After several minutes open your eyes and commence
writing.
II.
Harness the power of your dreams
Dreams have tremendous
power. The subconscious memory can be the direct cause of the
certain dreams. "When the mind is centered on certain things,
the sleeper goes over his life again and again in phantom fashion.
He lives over the experiences of his daily life."
Overall, your
daydreams can be important, just write them down after waking
up in the morning. Perhaps, later on, re-reading the notes of
your dreams will prompt you some interesting ideas for your creative
works.” These can be triggers for an especially imaginative piece
of work. American writer Joyce Carol Oates has said that her novel
Bellefleur was inspired by a dream of a walled garden which haunted
her for years 'till she felt she had to write about it."
III.
Keep the writing journal
This technique
of enhancing your creativity is very simple and at the same time
highly productive. Buy yourself a notebook, so that you can always
have it at hand and write some brief narratives in it on a daily
basis.
Don't focus on the style, mistakes,
and, in general, in the way you write. Just write down the first
things that occur in your mind, even if you think that this is
junk. The main idea is to keep your hand moving and to feel a
growing sense of inspiration and confidence. In the course of
time, you will become a practiced hand in writing. Surely, you'll
find your journal notes a rich source of inspiration and ideas.
If you really
want to enhance you creative writing abilities, give a try to
these simple techniques, and bring your craft as a writer into
play!
About the author:
Linda Correli is a staff writer of http://www.CustomResearchPapers.us/
and an author of the popular online tutorial for students "What
Teachers Want: Master the Art of Essay Writing in 10 Days",
available at http://www.Go2Essay.com/ Visit Linda's web log at
http://custom-research-papers.blogspot.com/
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