Creative writing gives many different benefits and pleasures to many different people. We don’t all write for the same reasons, we each have our deeper values and motives for why we write. However, there ARE common motivations that all of us who write creatively share. One of these is simply because it’s enjoyable. It helps [...]
Creative Writing is something that everyone is capable of. And we can all improve our creative writing – and our enjoyment of it – in a great number of ways. One of the key factors to writing creatively and freely is confidence. It doesn’t matter how talented you are as a writer, if you lack [...]
I’ve always had a lot of fun with writing, word play, puns, and that sort of thing. They just amuse me. The benefit is that these word games are a great way to increase your language skills and become a better writer. Start with word puns, acronyms and synonyms. Just have fun. I actually am [...]
A great number of us have creative writing talents far greater than we realise. But despite this, most of us simply aren’t writing creatively anywhere near as well, as much, or as often as we could be. Why is this? Surely if we truly want to write creatively it’ll just naturally flow? There are many [...]
In this world of slander, liable and blacklist, there is little span for creativity, writing robotically is not an efficient way to allure the readers and retain their interest. Creative writing is the powerful tool that is used to express feelings and thoughts of a person in imaginative and poetic way rather than to covey [...]
Live and write from your sweet spot: the place where your core values intersect with your core talents + life experiences. Experience greater fulfillment by discovering your writing purpose. By that I mean what you want to share with others. Books like Chicken Soup For The Soul and magazines like Reader’s Digest and Guideposts are [...]
I have searched for tools to help you get started and finish your writing projects so you can be paid for your work. That is in addition to the satisfaction you receive when you see your work in print. Now I am putting them in one place so you can find them easily. See the [...]
Do you wish you could have more creative writing ideas? Would you love to be able to write more easily, more abundantly, more deeply? The best way of being able to do this is by using a creative writing journal. A creative writing journal is simply a portable notebook or sketchbook you keep with you [...]
Even the most experienced and seasoned creative writer can benefit from creative writing exercises and prompts. The key to continuing to grow and develop as a creative writer is to keep experimenting, trying new techniques, ideas and exercises to challenge yourself. Using a variety of different approaches and starting points in your creative writing will [...]
When we go through more challenging and difficult times with our writing – those times when we find ourselves stuck, blocked, out of ideas – “fun” and “enjoyable” are some of the last words that come to mind to describe what we’re experiencing. So here are 5 of the most common reasons why we lose [...]