These days it seems like everyone's a writer. Blogging is now considered a legitimate profession and money-making avenue and almost every person in the free world has some form of physical atau online journal. Text messaging has forever changed (and somehow degraded) our spelling abilities and grammatical know-how, and social networking sites have gotten us so used to composing fragments as opposed to complete sentences. But with the mad tortuous trends that our decade has welcomed in terms of documenting our daily lives and creating written art, there are still a few people who care enough to write well. anda will find many unique, aggressive, eccentric, and prolific authors whose time to shine has yet to come.
So how do anda set yourself apart and stand out head and shoulders above the rest? Below are a few tips on how anda can become a lebih prolific writer.
1. Make the effort to write every day. menulis is a muscle that gets better with practice and regular exercise. It doesn't quite matter what anda write about. Just get the ink on paper and start menulis about anything that comes to mind and when anda feel your energy flow lebih fluidly, don't stop. anda can try menulis short paragraphs atau try filling up a whole page.
2. Expand your vocabulary and expose yourself to different menulis styles. anda can do this oleh membaca a lot. Read whatever anda can get your hands on (hopefully anda opt for the tasteful and quality kind) and soak in the different ways that writers convey their stories and messages. This is not so anda can choose who to imitate atau whose menulis style to mimic. Rather this is so that anda can find a better fit for your own style and a better execution for the kind of literature you're aiming to put produce. anda will do well to read buku that help anda write well. Check out The Elements of Style oleh Strunk and White.
3. Mind your grammar. Bad grammar is like a nasty pothole on a smooth, stretch of road: you're driving at a steady pace and anda cinta the cruise when all of a sudden, out of nowhere, a great turbulence shakes anda up and makes anda veer off course. Bad grammar has the same effect on your readers-it ruins the mood and makes them lose momentum. So make sure anda not only have a dictionary in hand, but grab yourself a thesaurus as well to help anda understand lebih thoroughly how to use certain words.
4. Document your inspiration and write down new words and meanings. Have a notebook where anda can quickly jot down the things that get your attention: it could be a funny conversation anda overhead on a train ride home, atau an incident anda witnessed somewhere in town. Whatever piques your interest is worth taking note of. Document colors, smells, textures, things of nature that grab your eye. Consider this notebook as a bank of ideas that anda can reach into and withdraw inspiration from. In another notebook, scribble new words that anda come across in your membaca and write down their meanings as well as a sample sentence in case anda forget how it is used. This can be your vocabulary notebook.
5. Brainstorm and research. Sit yourself down and carefully marinate on your chosen subject. Have a blank piece of paper in front of anda where anda can write atau draw a map of ideas that fall under that topic. Mapping them out will help anda get a better sense of literary direction as anda write your piece. It helps to identify whether anda want to write a fictional atau an informative piece. If anda opt for the latter, make sure anda do a good lot of research. anda will want to come across as an expert on the topic anda are menulis about.
6. Write fast. Teach yourself to "touch type"-as in, typing without looking down at the keyboard. menulis fast will help keep your creative energy and thought process from being disrupted. Worry about editing later. For now the important thing is that anda are able to lay down the essential groundwork of your written piece. When you're done writing, take some time off before anda go and ubah it. anda will need fresh eyes to go over the words and sentences.
7. Have someone else read your piece and ask for honest feedback. Be prepared to receive komentar that may sting your pride but embrace the critique because it could help anda a great deal. The lebih open anda are to criticism and correction, the better your chances at improving greatly.
8. Don't stop writing. Just because anda get a bit of discouragement from other people shouldn't dampen your excitement for writing. Keep it up and keep improving. In fact, anda can even use that kind of adversity as a driving force for your selanjutnya written piece! Years from now when anda look back and read up on your old work, anda will see how much anda have progressed and improved.
So how do anda set yourself apart and stand out head and shoulders above the rest? Below are a few tips on how anda can become a lebih prolific writer.
1. Make the effort to write every day. menulis is a muscle that gets better with practice and regular exercise. It doesn't quite matter what anda write about. Just get the ink on paper and start menulis about anything that comes to mind and when anda feel your energy flow lebih fluidly, don't stop. anda can try menulis short paragraphs atau try filling up a whole page.
2. Expand your vocabulary and expose yourself to different menulis styles. anda can do this oleh membaca a lot. Read whatever anda can get your hands on (hopefully anda opt for the tasteful and quality kind) and soak in the different ways that writers convey their stories and messages. This is not so anda can choose who to imitate atau whose menulis style to mimic. Rather this is so that anda can find a better fit for your own style and a better execution for the kind of literature you're aiming to put produce. anda will do well to read buku that help anda write well. Check out The Elements of Style oleh Strunk and White.
3. Mind your grammar. Bad grammar is like a nasty pothole on a smooth, stretch of road: you're driving at a steady pace and anda cinta the cruise when all of a sudden, out of nowhere, a great turbulence shakes anda up and makes anda veer off course. Bad grammar has the same effect on your readers-it ruins the mood and makes them lose momentum. So make sure anda not only have a dictionary in hand, but grab yourself a thesaurus as well to help anda understand lebih thoroughly how to use certain words.
4. Document your inspiration and write down new words and meanings. Have a notebook where anda can quickly jot down the things that get your attention: it could be a funny conversation anda overhead on a train ride home, atau an incident anda witnessed somewhere in town. Whatever piques your interest is worth taking note of. Document colors, smells, textures, things of nature that grab your eye. Consider this notebook as a bank of ideas that anda can reach into and withdraw inspiration from. In another notebook, scribble new words that anda come across in your membaca and write down their meanings as well as a sample sentence in case anda forget how it is used. This can be your vocabulary notebook.
5. Brainstorm and research. Sit yourself down and carefully marinate on your chosen subject. Have a blank piece of paper in front of anda where anda can write atau draw a map of ideas that fall under that topic. Mapping them out will help anda get a better sense of literary direction as anda write your piece. It helps to identify whether anda want to write a fictional atau an informative piece. If anda opt for the latter, make sure anda do a good lot of research. anda will want to come across as an expert on the topic anda are menulis about.
6. Write fast. Teach yourself to "touch type"-as in, typing without looking down at the keyboard. menulis fast will help keep your creative energy and thought process from being disrupted. Worry about editing later. For now the important thing is that anda are able to lay down the essential groundwork of your written piece. When you're done writing, take some time off before anda go and ubah it. anda will need fresh eyes to go over the words and sentences.
7. Have someone else read your piece and ask for honest feedback. Be prepared to receive komentar that may sting your pride but embrace the critique because it could help anda a great deal. The lebih open anda are to criticism and correction, the better your chances at improving greatly.
8. Don't stop writing. Just because anda get a bit of discouragement from other people shouldn't dampen your excitement for writing. Keep it up and keep improving. In fact, anda can even use that kind of adversity as a driving force for your selanjutnya written piece! Years from now when anda look back and read up on your old work, anda will see how much anda have progressed and improved.