Creative Writing for Beginners
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7 Questions to Consider When Writing
Writing is tough, right?
There are just so many things to consider when you are writing something, be it anything. It could be a:
- Blog post or article
- Fiction
- Poetry
- School paper
- Business report
- Etc etc
There are so many, many questions to consider when writing. Some of them are useful. Some of them are not. Some of them don’t improve your writing one bit.
And now we arrive at a question. It is: “When writing, what useful questions should we consider?”
The following things.
Tags: writing questions, writing tip
Writing Powerful True Short Stories
Writing a short story is easy, but writing a powerful short story is difficult. In fact, extremely difficult. Add the word “true” to the whole thing and you might as well have a story which is impossible to write… but if you do write it well, then you have a winner.
True short stories can be awesome to read and they can be boring to read. The difference is clear, and you need to make your ones in the first category. You need to make them powerful ones.
But how do you write a powerful true short story? Click to continue reading »
Change of Post Frequency
Hi guys, this is not so much of a writing tip post as much of a general update. (Don’t say I didn’t warn you! 
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My posting schedule for the past has been… well not a schedule. I used to post just when I felt like it, and for the entire last week, no posts were published because I was ill with cold. Yeah, great.
Now, I am changing my post frequency. You guys can expect a new post every week on Friday. On some weeks when I will have more time I will also post on Wednesday, but it is not fixed. But a post on a Friday is definitely to be expected.
Tags: newsletter, post frequency
Writing Tip: Use Vivid Description
What is good writing?
Even though the correct answer is that whether a piece of writing is good or not rests entirely with the reader, many people think that good writing is effective writing. And it’s true.
Good writing follows a flow. Good writing is focused. Good writing is written for a purpose. Good writing is grammatically correct and readable. And…
Good writing uses vivid description.
And I hear you saying: “what is vivid description anyway?”… So here we are!
An Introduction to Academic Writing – Part II
After learning the basics of essay writing, today let’s look at story writing, dialogue writing and informal letter writing. All three are taught to us from an early age, with the exception of dialogue writing, which doesn’t come until middle school. Anyway, let’s begin!
Informal Letter Writing
The best resource I can give for anyone wanting to learn more about letter writing is Letter Writing 101, but here are some pointers on how to write informal letters:
Tags: academic writing, dialogue, letter writing, story writing
An Introduction to Academic Writing
Remember those essays and letters you had to write in school? Some people hated writing them, but others liked doing it. Essay writing, letter writing, story writing and dialogue writing all constitute the term academic writing.
Problem was, academic writing didn’t allow much creativity. Topics were already given. You had to have an outline. You had to keep your voice formal and precise. You had to have an introduction, three paragraphs of body and a conclusion. You were not allowed to go off topic. You were not allowed to do anything unusual or unconventional.
And you wondered why you couldn’t write anything at all.
Today, let’s forget the pain of academic writing and instead make it a joy to write. Today, we will study what essays and letters are, and how to write them effortlessly and with fun. So let’s start!
Tags: academic writing, essay writing
