How to Master Creative Writing

Writing a thesis, grocery list and writing in a journal is totally different than creative writing. For many, creative writing is much more difficult and time consuming that writing what is fact or non fiction. In order to be successful in creative writing, one must always keep a few things in mind.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• An imagination

1. Practice letting your mind run wild. This is much harder than it seems due to the fact that we live in a world full stress and less time to relax. Because of this, whenever there is a chance, begin to make a habit of writing what your imagination tells you ... regardless if it makes sense or not.

2. The reason you could care less if it makes sense or not is because after writing your fictitious ideas, you will make sense of what your imagination showed you. No matter how far reaching your imagination takes you, follow it there. This is what creative writing is - creating a different type of reality for yourself and others to enjoy. Therefore, again, make sense of all the imaginary thoughts on paper.

3. Another thing that one could do to more understand the world of creation is look at movies such as Hancock, I Am Legend or Independence Day. The reason for looking at these movies is to see just how much something totally fiction can be made to make sense. These movies have grossed millions and are totally fake, but the script writer must have a wild imagination and later turned it into another reality that could possible make total sense to the viewer or reader. This is expert creative writing.

Tips & Warnings

• Practice makes perfect...or very close to it.

Resources

• Golden Stylus
• Fit For Lit

[niknik2008]

on 12/22/2009 Great Article!!!