“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.” - Toni Morrison
“Being a writer is a very peculiar sort of a job: it's always you versus a blank sheet of paper (or a blank screen) and quite often the blank piece of paper wins.” - Neil Gaiman
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I prefer writing in a third person point of view because for me, I could put in a lot of ideas onto each character and I feel not limited as to what actions I shall incorporate. It would also depend to what type of story you’re going to write. Maybe I would try to write a whole new story using the first person point of view and see if I can have a good outcome. Well, trying is always free for grabs. It just will take you a lot of effort to do so.
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Aside from writing, I do also love to read books with different genre. I spend hours on reading those. The time span actually varies with my mood and how tired I am the whole day. But I make it sure that I could finish reading that book within a couple of days because I do also attend to other errands at home.
The primary reasons why I read books are to increase my vocabulary, to be able to inspire myself to write more beautifully and to be able to get notes the author’s writing style.
With my first drafts of writing I am really influence by how the author writes his book. But now I am trying to use my own style, at least.
The primary reasons why I read books are to increase my vocabulary, to be able to inspire myself to write more beautifully and to be able to get notes the author’s writing style.
With my first drafts of writing I am really influence by how the author writes his book. But now I am trying to use my own style, at least.
Rookie Scribe
I write to express my thoughts and to speak up my mind because I believe that communication is important most especially through conversing to other people.
There are different types of communication and one of the commonly used writing. Writing is a part of my everyday life. It is not merely for conveying information to my readers but I consider it as my passion.
I may get tired of talking but in writing I am always dynamic.
There are different types of communication and one of the commonly used writing. Writing is a part of my everyday life. It is not merely for conveying information to my readers but I consider it as my passion.
I may get tired of talking but in writing I am always dynamic.
Rookie Scribe
We all start from scratch, but this is normal. As writers we all begin from gathering ideas around us from which we would build a great story. This story should provide readers’ entertainment, it will catch their interest and that it will evoke emotions. You should think of an idea that you believe you will not get tired of developing, because in writing it is not enough to write, editing is part of it.
There is a philosophy that stories could be found anywhere. It could be from your own experiences or from others. Your life experiences, family, friends, colleagues and neighbors are all up for grabs to serve as your inspiration in writing.
Below are the 9 top sources of inspiration. I am sure that we share at least two or more of them.
1. Your experiences
2. Family
3. Friends
4. The Neighborhood
5. True Life Stories
6. Dreams
7. Media
8. Gossip
9. Sensations
Keeping your own lists of inspiration will help you to create a lot of ideas in starting your story. Also by connecting those you may build a unique book. Stay inspired, so that you would end up putting your books to different book stand.
What sources of inspiration have you found helpful? I’d love to hear your insights – please leave your comments below on how to starting writing a book and get a discussion going!
There is a philosophy that stories could be found anywhere. It could be from your own experiences or from others. Your life experiences, family, friends, colleagues and neighbors are all up for grabs to serve as your inspiration in writing.
Below are the 9 top sources of inspiration. I am sure that we share at least two or more of them.
1. Your experiences
2. Family
3. Friends
4. The Neighborhood
5. True Life Stories
6. Dreams
7. Media
8. Gossip
9. Sensations
Keeping your own lists of inspiration will help you to create a lot of ideas in starting your story. Also by connecting those you may build a unique book. Stay inspired, so that you would end up putting your books to different book stand.
What sources of inspiration have you found helpful? I’d love to hear your insights – please leave your comments below on how to starting writing a book and get a discussion going!
Rookie Scribe
In addition to your tips, here are the following tips that would help you to become more concise ion your writing.
A How-To Guide for the Rest of Us (squidoo.com)
Writing clearly is not easy.
Writing concisely is also not easy.
Doing both simultaneously is challenging.
But we need to start somewhere.
This lens is about the mechanics of writing clearly and concisely. There are a ton of books and material written that delve into the specifics of articles, novels, short stories, plays, and technical writing.
I just want to tell you how to get there with each sentence.
#1 Always always always think about your audience
Our mutual friend, Seth Godin, wrote about this recently.
The attention span of an internet audience is getting shorter and shorter. They tolerate less. Before they're finished reading your your 80 word masterpiece of a sentence, they will have moved on to different sites.
Think of your own surfing habits. Do you read lots and lots and lots on one site? Probably not.
#2 Use strong action (active) verbs.
He clobbered the ball. vs. The ball was clobbered by him.
She loved her husband. vs. Her husband was loved by her.
They conquered the world. vs. The world was conquered by them.
We enjoyed our vacation. vs. Our vacation was enjoyed by us.
It sounds easy. It isn't.
#3 Use simple English.
Why use a $2 word when a $0.10 will do?
Simple doesn't mean boring. It means language that your reader will understand every time she reads it (the first time). If a person must re-read the sentence, it probably needs to be changed.
Again, think of your audience. Get to the point using the simplest word available.
Example? In my technical editing, I come across utilize several times a day. Nothing wrong with it. It sounds more important than its simpler synonym, use.
So why do these highly intelligent and trained engineers utilize that form of the word? Why do they persist in utilizing its noun counterpart, utilization, when a simpler word like usage will work?
I don't know.
#4 Keep it brief.
Keep your sentences brief and you'll enjoy success as a clear writer.
What I'm about to do is excruciatingly painful and can possibly ruin my stellar and unblemished credibility as a highly educated and experienced technical and business writer whose main 9-5 job is to create text that is readable, understandable, and vibrant, all of which do not necessarily point to the main reasons that I am read by hundreds if not thousands of people all over the world, of course, not including the seven or eight people at work that I must provide clearly written and readable prose because if I were to obscure my meaning and intent with run-on sentences, flowery but meaningless text, incredibly obnoxious sentence structure, and a dearth of punctuational flaws and grammatical miscues, I would be out of gainful if not meaningful employment, if you get my drift, which at this point should be fairly muddied.
Like I said, it was painful. Actually I've seen worse and longer sentences.
Keep your sentences short, or at least mix them up so that there are plenty of short sentences scattered among the longer sentences. Then people will want to read your work.
If a reader, any reader, must go back to reread the sentence because it was too long, then it was too long.
Writing Clearly
2 Things You Can Learn from Like-Minded People in Business and Life
Beach Notes: Keeping Watch
How to make something from nothing
#5 Don't be afraid of punctuation
Remember that paragraph above? The huge run-on sentence that really didn't make any sense? Believe it or not, it is an actual sentence. Here's what it looks like without the punctuation.
What I'm about to do is excruciatingly painful and can possibly ruin my stellar and unblemished credibility as as highly educated and experienced technical and business writer whose main 9-5 job is to create text that is readable understandable and vibrant all of which do not necessarily point to the main reasons that I am read by hundreds if not thousands of people all over the world of course not including the seven or eight people at work that I must provide clearly written and readable prose because if I were to obscure my meaning and intent with run-on sentences flowery but meaningless text incredibly obnoxious sentence structure, and a dearth of punctuational flaws and grammatical miscues I would be out of gainful if not meaningful employment if you get my drift which at this point should be fairly obvious.
Yeah, you're right. It's unreadable.
Here's a general rule: if you would say the same phrase with a pause in your speech, put in a comma (read out loud what I just wrote and you'll see what I mean). If you come to a stop, put in a period.
A How-To Guide for the Rest of Us (squidoo.com)
Writing clearly is not easy.
Writing concisely is also not easy.
Doing both simultaneously is challenging.
But we need to start somewhere.
This lens is about the mechanics of writing clearly and concisely. There are a ton of books and material written that delve into the specifics of articles, novels, short stories, plays, and technical writing.
I just want to tell you how to get there with each sentence.
#1 Always always always think about your audience
Our mutual friend, Seth Godin, wrote about this recently.
The attention span of an internet audience is getting shorter and shorter. They tolerate less. Before they're finished reading your your 80 word masterpiece of a sentence, they will have moved on to different sites.
Think of your own surfing habits. Do you read lots and lots and lots on one site? Probably not.
#2 Use strong action (active) verbs.
He clobbered the ball. vs. The ball was clobbered by him.
She loved her husband. vs. Her husband was loved by her.
They conquered the world. vs. The world was conquered by them.
We enjoyed our vacation. vs. Our vacation was enjoyed by us.
It sounds easy. It isn't.
#3 Use simple English.
Why use a $2 word when a $0.10 will do?
Simple doesn't mean boring. It means language that your reader will understand every time she reads it (the first time). If a person must re-read the sentence, it probably needs to be changed.
Again, think of your audience. Get to the point using the simplest word available.
Example? In my technical editing, I come across utilize several times a day. Nothing wrong with it. It sounds more important than its simpler synonym, use.
So why do these highly intelligent and trained engineers utilize that form of the word? Why do they persist in utilizing its noun counterpart, utilization, when a simpler word like usage will work?
I don't know.
#4 Keep it brief.
Keep your sentences brief and you'll enjoy success as a clear writer.
What I'm about to do is excruciatingly painful and can possibly ruin my stellar and unblemished credibility as a highly educated and experienced technical and business writer whose main 9-5 job is to create text that is readable, understandable, and vibrant, all of which do not necessarily point to the main reasons that I am read by hundreds if not thousands of people all over the world, of course, not including the seven or eight people at work that I must provide clearly written and readable prose because if I were to obscure my meaning and intent with run-on sentences, flowery but meaningless text, incredibly obnoxious sentence structure, and a dearth of punctuational flaws and grammatical miscues, I would be out of gainful if not meaningful employment, if you get my drift, which at this point should be fairly muddied.
Like I said, it was painful. Actually I've seen worse and longer sentences.
Keep your sentences short, or at least mix them up so that there are plenty of short sentences scattered among the longer sentences. Then people will want to read your work.
If a reader, any reader, must go back to reread the sentence because it was too long, then it was too long.
Writing Clearly
2 Things You Can Learn from Like-Minded People in Business and Life
Beach Notes: Keeping Watch
How to make something from nothing
#5 Don't be afraid of punctuation
Remember that paragraph above? The huge run-on sentence that really didn't make any sense? Believe it or not, it is an actual sentence. Here's what it looks like without the punctuation.
What I'm about to do is excruciatingly painful and can possibly ruin my stellar and unblemished credibility as as highly educated and experienced technical and business writer whose main 9-5 job is to create text that is readable understandable and vibrant all of which do not necessarily point to the main reasons that I am read by hundreds if not thousands of people all over the world of course not including the seven or eight people at work that I must provide clearly written and readable prose because if I were to obscure my meaning and intent with run-on sentences flowery but meaningless text incredibly obnoxious sentence structure, and a dearth of punctuational flaws and grammatical miscues I would be out of gainful if not meaningful employment if you get my drift which at this point should be fairly obvious.
Yeah, you're right. It's unreadable.
Here's a general rule: if you would say the same phrase with a pause in your speech, put in a comma (read out loud what I just wrote and you'll see what I mean). If you come to a stop, put in a period.
Rookie Scribe
Since everybody is inclined with technology today and they are connected with almost every people in the globe, they are to social media such as blogs.
Whoever may own a blog and communicate through web with different persons and share to them their experiences and insights.
There are a lot of websites online that could teach you how to have a great blog content.
socialmediaexaminer.com
problogger.net
getthefive.com
Whoever may own a blog and communicate through web with different persons and share to them their experiences and insights.
There are a lot of websites online that could teach you how to have a great blog content.
socialmediaexaminer.com
problogger.net
getthefive.com