Capture first, edit later. If you spend ages in the pre-planning and trying to set up perfect conditions before your start a writing project, it’s less and less likely you will be able to create freely and without over thinking everything. Over thinking will get you into all of those old patterns of who do [...]
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One of the ways to increase your creativity in writing is to begin with a story you are familiar with and have heard perhaps in your family. At family gatherings, be alert to the stories that are being told and see if you can glean a plot for your next story by adding embellishments. Use the [...]
When you are first starting to write, keep it simple and allow yourself to have immediate feedback that what you wrote was a success. I’m defining success as you started to write about a topic and finished your train of thought about that topic in one session. You will keep writing when you let yourself grow [...]