| We all have to write sometimes. We write | | | | Organisation - of your materialo Writing - the first |
| business letters, reports for work, academic | | | | drafto Editing - polishing your work to your idea |
| essays, articles, speeches, sermons, journals, | | | | of perfectiono Sharing - public readings and/or the |
| even our life story. Some of us write well and | | | | route to publication. |
| engagingly. What we write could be described as | | | | To fine-tune these processes, my advice is: |
| creative non-fiction - but rarely is. It's just | | | | 1. Read a lot - novels, poems, fairy tales, anything |
| something we do. | | | | that appeals. If the first page doesn't grab you, |
| And, there are those among us who write to | | | | move on to the next book. As a reader, life's too |
| discover more about ourselves, who we are, | | | | short when you've left school to waste time on |
| what we want from life, how to achieve it. We | | | | anything which doesn't interest you. |
| may hope to write novels, short stories, poetry - | | | | 2. Create a safe environment for your writing - |
| all the known and some unknown forms of | | | | comfortable, confidential, friendly. |
| creative fiction. This writing can express authentic | | | | 3. Address the issues of your writer's life which - |
| truth about ourselves. It can give ourselves and | | | | when badly handled - can make a writing project |
| others pleasure. Writing will certainly make us | | | | fail. These include:o Finding inspirationo Motivation |
| physically and mentally healthier and it can help us | | | | and keeping goingo Procrastinationo Blockso |
| to grow so we become the best human beings | | | | Taming the Inner Critic and self-confidenceo |
| we can be. | | | | Handling feedback and rejectiono Wellnesso Time |
| Whatever the purpose behind writing, the | | | | management & methods of workingo |
| processes of writing are the same. Writing | | | | Relationships and boundaries |
| involves:o Preparation - of yourself for your tasko | | | | 4. And develop some awesome persistence. |