From the daily archives: Thursday, February 18, 2010

The most creative writers inspire generations of people and their work lives on for centuries. Now you don’t have to sit and wait for that magic idea to appear. Here are 9 creative writing tips and hints.

Tip 1: Write Poorly

Only read what you have written, after you’re finished writing the text. Allow yourself to write horribly. If keep holding yourself back and are correcting yourself all the time, you’re probably also holding back on your most creative ideas.

Tip 2: Listen To Your Mother

Eat a balanced diet with lots of healthy foods, make sure you get enough sleep, and exercise. If you’re in top condition, your brain functions in optimal condition as well, which means that you’re more likely to get brilliant creative ideas.

Tip 3: Don’t Be Afraid Of The Truth

I recommend getting lots of feedback, because if you don’t, you probably don’t have a single clue how you’re doing. In my personal experience, getting feedback often leads me to great new ideas.

Tip 4: Break The Law

Yes, just forget about the laws. Be free. Don’t try to be seen as politically correct. Go against the opinions of the masses on purpose. For example, if you write about a con artist, avoid the cliché and portray him as the good guy, as a hero.

Tip 5: Go Back To School

If you’re looking for creative ideas, try some fun writing exercises. They will help you explore other writing styles and lead you to completely new ideas.

link: over 300 writing prompts and exercises

Tip 6: Lay Down Your Pen

Sometimes it’s best to take a break. The best and most creative writers also do a lot of research before they write down a single word. Doing research actually enhances your creative abilities, because it gives you more pieces to work with.

Tip 7: Laugh

If you’re not having fun writing, then your readers probably won’t be amused as well when they try to struggle through your writing.

Tip 8: Get A Life

Leading an exciting life with lots of different things happening gives you an infinite amount of subjects to write on. It also makes your life more fun. Try doing some things you normally would never do. Traveling a lot also helps to generate creative ideas.

Tip 9: Choose a bad subject

Choose the most lame topic you can imagine, a topic you have no interest in whatsoever. The challenge is to find out how to make it interesting.

Good luck with the writing!

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For a lengthy honors-literary project, I need to find a good fiction book wherein the main character has a negative/pessimistic outlook on the problems he’s faced with. I’m comparing to the book ‘The Last Lecture’ by Randy Pausch, so a similar scenario to that would be very nice. Other good quick fiction reads are great for me-I just need to find the right book. Anyone have any ideas?

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I’m just looking for some ideas on what to write my creative non-fiction story about.

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Article Writing has in recent times become extremely popular. A poorly written article can be harmful, both to you as the author and the products you are promoting. The article you write should not only display your creative and imaginative skills but also satisfy the needs of your target audience.
These ten article writing tips can act as a guide in helping those who wish to succeed in writing articles for the internet.

1. Write on a Topic that you know best:

Always write on some topic that you know best or are familiar with. If you have a website it is important to write on topics relevant to your website. The reason is obvious. No visitor will want to visit a website he is not interested in.

2. Have a Captivating Title:

This is the most important of all the writing tips. The title should be powerful and captivating but not misleading. Spend some time and think about a title that will attract and captivate the imagination of your target audience.

3. Organize your Topic in a Point wise form:

You topic should be organized in a point wise form so that the reader easily understands and grasps your ideas. There should be an Introduction at the commencement and a Conclusion at the end of the article.

4. Have sub-titles, Numbers or Bullet points:

When the article is organized in the above manner, it will be even more effective if these sections have sub-titles, numbers or bullet points. When the audience click on the title of your article and view the sub titles and the organized presentation, you can be certain that they will want to read your article.

5. Use simple language and Short sentences:

One of the best article writing tips I ever got was to use simple language. Most of your audience will be people who want to learn some thing from your article and would find it difficult to understand technical jargon. Simple language also helps those whose mother tongue is not English, to understand and appreciate your writing. Short sentences are attractive, easily readable and understood. Like getting lost in translation the point you so anxiously wish to make can be lost by the time the reader finds his way to the end of a long sentence.

6. Avoid grammatical mistakes and spelling errors:

However good the article might be, if it is sprinkled with grammatical mistakes typos and spelling errors, the reader will before long click away from the article. Proof read and Spell check your article before submission.

7. Display your Expertise:

One of the great advantageous in writing for the internet is the opportunity you get to display your expertise. The more you are able to convince the audience of your knowledge and skills, the more popular you will be in the internet world and more targeted visitors you will get to your website. Always proof read your article.

8. Limit the length of article:

Always limit the length of your article. It should neither be too short or too long. The popular range is between 500 words and 650 words. This gives you sufficient space to express yourself clearly to your targeted audience.

9. Do Not Sell:

If you want your article to be read, appreciated and published by other webmasters, then do not sell. You will loose credibility if you have links from your article to your products and services.

10. Resource Box:

Though this is the last of the ten article writing tips, this tip is of vital importance. Here you get the opportunity to write a few lines about yourself, your website and have a life link to your website. Where ever possible link to your website using HTML code and having the keywords embedded in it. Make the best use of it.

Conclusion.

Writing good content is absolutely important if you wish to succeed in the internet. These ten article writing tips I am confident will be a source of inspiration and motivation for you to write top quality articles. Your own imaginative and creative skills can make them even better.

Copyright ? Kanaga Siva. Kanaga Siva is an Expert Author and Marketer. You are welcome to his Internet Business Opportunities Website and Internet Marketing Blog for more Tips on Article Writing and for an Affiliate Marketing experience that can help you make money from home.

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Give me detail. I am doing this for hw and I need the difference. Don’t give definitions, I already have them. I need about a paragraph of the difference between a fantasy and a science fiction genre.

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what are some writing tips you have that benifit you?

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What is the differences of non fiction stories and short stories ? Please list as many as you can please if you dont know what I am talking about heres an example short stories talks about a lot of subjects and a nonfiction story only talks about 1 subject please help me thanks :)

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the advanced fiction writing class, in college?

I always wanted to write a book and so I am thinking of getting a creative writing minor. But I have to take a creative writing class in either fiction, non fiction or poetry and an advanced creative class in 2 of the following: fiction, non fiction or poetry. I want to take the fiction writing classes, and what would the difference be between the first one and the advanced one? Is it just more reading, more writing, do they expect better writing? How does one get graded? By effort or talent?

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