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LINDA CORELLI
Enhance Your Creative Writing Abilities
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 an 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 programme, asserts that getting
in touch with sub-conscious 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
nside 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!
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