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Hey! What’s up? I’m glad you asked. Let me just tell you about this one time when the kite string popped, and how that impacted my life for years to come. Okay, back in sixth grade we had a math test coming up on Friday. We were all really excited because it was the end of the week and we were going to get out early as promised. But then..the unthinkable happened: The kite string popped! And so, there I was at school for another hour with nothing but my thoughts to keep me company..
I don’t know, I just really love to write. It’s so therapeutic for me. So if you’re looking for a blog post about writing advice and tips–this is the one! 🙂
Here are some things that have helped me with my own writing:
read as much as possible (especially in your genre)
be mindful of grammar rules and use them appropriately
get feedback from others like other writers or people who read work in your field of study
Do you need help getting the words out? Try doing exercises where it forces you to think up phrases and sentences without censoring yourself during the process. This will give you an idea of what feels right when written down on paper.
If you’re trying to figure out what the story is about, try starting with a sentence or two that presents your main character. This may seem like it’s too early in the process but for me and my writing, this usually helps give direction on how I want to continue the piece of work.
This has been helpful so far if you need help deciding where to go next: Mind mapping It can be daunting knowing which idea to choose from when there are just so many good ones floating around in your head–so mind mapping (drawing circles) lets you put them all down into one big map! You’ll see connections between ideas and know which way will lead towards an interesting perspective. If you don’t have time to do this, you can get away with just writing an idea in a sentence or two.
The mind mapping technique is good for when you have too many ideas floating around and need to figure out the best way to go about making your work come together. It’s also helpful if you find yourself having trouble deciding which direction to take from one sentence or paragraph–you might not even know what it is that needs attention, but by mapping all of them down onto paper (or into Microsoft Word), they’ll start connecting between each other and make more sense as a whole piece! When I’m starting on my first draft, I usually write whatever comes up before moving on: “If __ then __” so that as soon as I think of it, I can get it onto the page.
The mind mapping technique is good for when you have too many ideas floating around and need to figure out the best way to go about making your work come together. It’s also helpful if you find yourself having trouble deciding which direction to take from one sentence or paragraph–you might not even know what it is that needs attention, but by mapping all of them down onto paper (or into Microsoft Word), they’ll start connecting between each other and make more sense as a whole piece! When I’m starting on my first draft, I usually write whatever comes up before moving on: “If __ then __” so that as soon as I think of it, I can get it onto the page.
The mind mapping technique is good for when you have too many ideas floating around and need to figure out the best way to go about making your work come together. It’s also helpful if you find yourself having trouble deciding which direction to take from one sentence or paragraph–you might not even know what it is that needs attention, but by mapping all of them down onto paper (or into Microsoft Word), they’ll start connecting between each other and make more sense as a whole piece! When I’m starting on my first draft, I usually write whatever comes up before moving on: “If __ then __” so that as soon as I think of it, I can get it onto the page.
A really great exercise for this technique would be free writing: write as fast and furiously as you can for a set period of time. Let your pen, fingers, or keyboard do the talking!
You could also try “brainstorming”: put an idea in one box on the page (or slide), then take that idea to another box and either come up with different ways it could happen, different people who might be involved with this story line, etc. Keep brainstorming until every possible angle is exhausted–then move onto another topic!
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Free writing will push ideas out faster than they’d ever come otherwise – Brainstorm by putting each new idea into its own separate space so there’s no pressure from having too many thoughts at once. This way you can explore each idea more thoroughly and will find the best one for your story.
Free writing is a great way to brainstorm too! Brainstorming just means that every time an idea pops up, put it in its own separate space without any pressure from having too many thoughts at once. You don’t need to have everything written down all at once because free writing allows us to add things as they come along instead of waiting until we’re done before moving onto our next thought. This helps with getting ideas out faster than they would normally come otherwise so there’s no sense fretting about not being able to think of something good enough–sometimes coming up with bad sentence starters or words first gets people into the mood for creativity – Free writing is a great way to brainstorm too! Brainstorming just means that every time an idea pops up, put it in its own separate space without any pressure from having too many thoughts at once. You don’t need to have everything written down all at once because free writing allows us to add things as they come along instead of waiting until we’re done before moving onto our next thought. This helps with getting ideas out faster than they would normally come otherwise so there’s no sense fretting about not being able to think of something good enough–sometimes coming up with bad sentence starters or words first gets people into the mood for creativity
Free but creative: this technique has been said by some writers (and scientists) that sometimes bad beginnings lead to good endings. – It’s not about being perfect: you don’t need to wait until it is all done before moving onto the next thought or sentence because that will just waste time and there are no rules as far as how long a single paragraph needs to be or what kind of content should go where, so freewriting can help get out ideas faster instead of having them sit in one place for too long without getting out anything at all It doesn’t have to be perfect. You don’t have any expectations on yourself when writing free form style other than putting your thoughts down into words—the order they come in doesn’t matter either. This means that people who pen their feelings with
