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If you are from a country where English is not your primary language consider writing in your native language and using the Google translation tool to translate what you have written into English.  Not only will it be a teaching tool for you, but you will find that you can communicate your ideas to those in the English speaking world.

Finding a few minutes to practice will add amazing skill to your ability to communicate easily with your writing.

“Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes…but no plans.”  Peter F Drucker

If you are talking about writing that book you feel is inside you but have not made a commitment to getting started you are just talking.  It is time to get started.  You have many tools in the resource area on the navigation bar to help you and by not if you have been visiting this blog about writing you have found many, many tips and how tos.

“Knowledge is not power…applied knowledge is power.”   Debra Thompson Roedl

This week see what you can apply so you can start writing.

This is a sample of one of the exercises to help you find the type of writing you like ex: do you like drama, comedy and/or another type. You can find more exercises to help you  at http://www.freecreativewritingstrategies.com in determining your favorite writing type and how to become more creative doing that type of writing.

Try Another Ending

When doing creative writing, have several different endings you might like to choose from after you complete your main writing section.

Read each version of your story, check to see which ending you resonate with most.  Do this several times.  Choose the one you like most and then put the other ending(s) in a file for possible use with another story at a later time.

Also, begin to collect topics that would interest you enough to write about them.  Add any notes about them that might
help you get the idea for your stories started quickly enough that you can grab one and begin easily.

Use these files for days when you need an inspiration jumpstart. Then look through your endings file and see if you have the ingredients to put together a complete story.

Often stories are re-written with a different ending and it creates an entirely new story.

If you would like to get all of the exercises in a workbook format so you have a place to write out the exercise under the directions go to http://creativewritingstrategies.com Having the information together is a great way to sort for your style.

Rate how you liked the type of writing on the page so when you see you gave one writing exercise  only a 3 star and the next one you gave a 4 star you have the information about your response to that exercise and style.  If you do not keep track at the time you do the exercise, over time you will not remember how you felt in your response as you were writing.  Evaluate for was it hard to think of something to write. Was it fun. Did you enjoy writing in that style, etc.

Occasionally there are things that happen in life that seem unfair and very underhanded. You can take those events and use them in your stories to enhance what you are having your characters experience. This will make your story more believable and many people will be able to connect with your character(s) and what they are going through.

Every part of your life can give you topics to write about and your experience not only could help others but help you handle how you feel about what happened.

Anyone who creates needs a steady influx of new ideas. Everything every created, everything ever invented, began with a tiny gem of an idea in someone’s mind. Every single one began the same way.

So it follows that if we don’t have any ideas to work with, we’re not going to be able to create anything. If you are willing to be aware you can be inspired by what you see and hear around you.

Ideas are everywhere. Try to find things that are very new to you, and it will instantly stir up new connections and ideas in your mind. The stimulation from the information will also bring up things that you already knew that relate to the information that is new. The combination can give you a new approach to write about.

If your goal it to start writing and possibly make a few extra dollars for your written work, my question to you is have you started writing yet or are you continuing to find other things in your life that get in the way?

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Food has so many influences in our lives that you can write about it from many different angles and have every one of them connect with your reader.

Write About Yummie Brownies

Their are so many recipe books but always a need for more. Describe your favorite food, how it made you feel when you were sharing it with others, some of the events where you might serve the food and the memories you made or will make over sharing this food with others.

Another direction you can go is to write a story about an experience you had and why the food you had continues to bring back memories for you.

When you are sharing your pictures or power point slides, you join your words with the pictures to enhance your explanation of your topic. Think about what kind of word pictures you can paint for your reader who may not be able to see your real pictures. Word pictures can be such a great experience to create and one you will want to increase your skills in doing.

Write Word Pictures Of Your Life

Spring is just a great time of the year. You can watch trees, flowers, grass and people emerge from the harsh cold winter. Write about your favorite spring happenings and things. Have fun, remember the special feelings the season brought to you or brings to you. What great memories can you share?

Enjoy The Beauty Of Spring

Have you ever had someone who knows that you write ask you to write something for them that is totally not of interest to you? How do you handle that kind of situation without fussing at the person who asked you?

Well, the easiest way to do that is to take the topic and approach it as if you were a reporter. Gather the facts, the details and important tips and information important to the topic and write it out from that perspective. Then perhaps you can tell your person asking that you will not be able to write any more about the topic for them. Unless, of course, it became more interesting to you as you did the research, which occasionally happens.

For now, it’s just the facts about the topic that need to be communicated. Have fun being a reporter.