Year: 2010 | Writers' Treasure

Writers’ Treasure is BackWriters’ Treasure is Back

December 24, 2010| Idrees Patel| 8:21 PM

After two and a half months of non-existence, Writers’ Treasure is now well and truly back. In fact, it will be stronger than it was previously, so you can now expect to see at least one post weekly (and sometimes even two).

The reason for no posts? Well, there wasn’t just one, there were many. First came the school exams, second came vacation (holidays), and third came a cough, cold and fever that happened thrice. Ouch.

But explanations are tiny, aggravating things, not to be bothered about (*as I’m sure you’ll agree*). What matters most is that Writers’ Treasure is now once more The Definitive Guide to Creative Writing Success, not a blog which is dead.

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Who Else Wants to Master the Creative Writing Skills?Who Else Wants to Master the Creative Writing Skills?

October 5, 2010| Idrees Patel| 12:00 AM

So you now know about the creative writing skills, and want to master them too, but don’t know how?

Not to worry. These creative writing skills are easy to grasp, easy to know, and easy to master.

(Note: Of course for every person these skills may not be easy to master. Someone will find them easy, and some other person may find them as hard as climbing Mt. Everest. It depends on how hard you are willing to work).

With the disclaimer out of the way, let’s get to the real stuff: let’s learn how to master talent, the most important creative writing attribute!

I hear you saying, “Talent? We can’t master talent. It’s inborn.”

That’s true, but how about a nifty little trick to ensure that you never have to worry about talent even if you don’t have a single ounce of it?

Ready? Let’s get to it, then. 😀

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Creative Writing Skills: Do You Have Them All?Creative Writing Skills: Do You Have Them All?

September 27, 2010| Idrees Patel| 11:43 PM

Do you know that creative writing isn’t easy?

Silly question, I know. But do you know that there are a certain set of skills which you need to master if you want to be an expert in it?

And the questions that comes out of this are: what are these skills? And are they important?

Read on for the first question. As for the second, of course you already know that the answer is going to be:

“Of course!”

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Web Writing vs. Print WritingWeb Writing vs. Print Writing

September 23, 2010| Idrees Patel| 11:37 PM

Before the invention of the World Wide Web, there was only one kind of writing: print writing. All the writing that was done had been done on paper and its alternatives. But the computer changed that, and now we have two types of writing: web writing vs. print writing.

That is all fine, but the question that comes to our mind is: which of them is better, and which should I target?

As with all writing answers, the answer to the first question is: “there is no such thing as ‘better’ in most situations.”

And the answer to the second is: “it depends.”

Now, before you throw something at me, let me elaborate. (That’s what we do here, after all).

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Pen and Paper vs. Computer – Which Do You Use?Pen and Paper vs. Computer – Which Do You Use?

September 20, 2010| Idrees Patel| 10:23 PM

There was a time when every notebook I used to buy I filled it up with words. Nothing but words. There were stories, information about sports I was interested in (at the time) and a whole lot of other idiotic stuff. Whole pages and pages were drowned in words, and I used to love my notebooks.

A year or two later however, we got a new computer. I improved my typing skills (and learned touch typing). I also learned to use programs like Microsoft Word for writing. Henceforth I was using this almost exclusively for my writing. My notebooks, which were once so full that there wasn’t even space to copy down a phone number, now were empty. What happened?

The thing that happened was that I had changed my writing medium from pen and paper to the computer.

But of them is better for your writing? Which is better – pen and paper or the computer keyboard?

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Improve Your Writing by Using Figures of SpeechImprove Your Writing by Using Figures of Speech

September 17, 2010| Idrees Patel| 10:59 PM

Do you want to improve your writing?

If the answer is a loud “Yes” then you know that there are certain things which are recommended in writing. Some of them are:

Having a proper writing voice
Having some personality
Using emotive language

Today, we’ll look into an element of grammar that achieves all three of the recommendations in an excellent manner. What is this element of grammar? And how does it improve your writing?

The element is figures of speech, and to find out how using them improves your writing, read on.

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