Writing an article doesn’t just mean putting down thoughts into words then typing and writing it. You have to capture the interest of your readers and get them to keep on reading. To send your message across you have to get the attention of the reader and have a firm grasp of their interest and pique their curiosity.

The main ingredient in baking up an article is a large dose of creativity. While creativity may come natural to many people, some just gets into a block or something to that effect that can drive someone crazy. Many writers have literally torn their hair out when they get writers block and just can’t seem to get their creative juices flowing.

Putting words into images in the readers mind is an art. A clear and crisp depiction requires a certain flair that only creativity can provide. Similes and metaphors help a lot, but the way an article gets entwined word for word, sentence by sentence then paragraph by paragraph into a whole article develops the essence of the article.

So just what do you have to do when nothing comes to mind? There is no surefire ways to get the perfect ideas but there are easy ways to get your creative juices flowing. No one can guarantee you of having the perfect mindset but many methods may aid you in achieving that state of mind. Here are five easy ways for that.

1) Keep a diary or a journal with you always. Ideas can be triggered by anything you may hear, see, or smell. Your senses are your radar in finding great ideas. Write all of them into a journal and keep it with you for future reference. You may also write down anything that you have read or heard, someone’s ideas could be used to develop your own ideas and this is not stealing. Remember that ideas and creativity can come from anywhere; it’s the development of the idea that makes it unique.

2) Relax and take time to sort things out. A jumbled mind cannot create any space for new ideas. Everyone must have a clear mind if one wishes to have their creativity in full speed. Get rid of all obstacles that can be a hindrance to your creativity. If you are bothered by something, you cannot force your mind to stay focused.

Try to relax every time that you can and think about your experiences and interactions with others. Your experiences are what shape your mindset and your opinions which could be reflected on your writings. Try to discover yourself, find out what triggers your emotions. Discover what inspires you and what ticks you off. You can use these emotions to help you in expressing yourself and your ideas, with this you can grow creatively.

3) Create a working place that can inspire your creativeness. Your working place can be quite a hindrance if it doesn’t make you feel happy or relaxed. Creativity comes from being in a good state of mind and a messed up workplace that causes distraction won’t be conducive in firing up your creative flow.

Surround your working place with objects that makes you happy and relaxed. You may put up pictures, or scents, objects that inspire, or anything that can get your creativeness cranking. A clean and well organized workplace also rids of distractions and unwanted hindrances. With a good working place, you can work in peace and never notice the time pass by.

4) Set the mood. Setting the mood requires you to just go with the moment or to induce your self to feeling what makes your mind works best. Finding out what makes you tick could help you find ways to get your creative juices flowing. Set the pace and tempo for your mood and everything else will follow.

There are many ways to set the mood. Some writers have been known to use alcohol, a little sip of wine to stir up the imagination. Some would like some mood music while others let the lighting of the environment create the mood.

5) Go on a getaway and just do something unlike crazy. Letting yourself go and have fun produces adrenaline that can make your imagination go wild. Take an adventure or a solemn hike. Whatever it is that is unusual from your daily routine can take the rut out of your schedule. In no time at all, your creativeness will make use of that experience and get your imagination to go on overdrive.


- samantha

Writing an article doesn’t just mean putting down thoughts into words then typing and writing it. You have to capture the interest of your readers and get them to keep on reading. To send your message across you have to get the attention of the reader and have a firm grasp of their interest and pique their curiosity.

The main ingredient in baking up an article is a large dose of creativity. While creativity may come natural to many people, some just gets into a block or something to that effect that can drive someone crazy. Many writers have literally torn their hair out when they get writers block and just can’t seem to get their creative juices flowing.

Putting words into images in the readers mind is an art. A clear and crisp depiction requires a certain flair that only creativity can provide. Similes and metaphors help a lot, but the way an article gets entwined word for word, sentence by sentence then paragraph by paragraph into a whole article develops the essence of the article.

So just what do you have to do when nothing comes to mind? There is no surefire ways to get the perfect ideas but there are easy ways to get your creative juices flowing. No one can guarantee you of having the perfect mindset but many methods may aid you in achieving that state of mind. Here are five easy ways for that.

1) Keep a diary or a journal with you always. Ideas can be triggered by anything you may hear, see, or smell. Your senses are your radar in finding great ideas. Write all of them into a journal and keep it with you for future reference. You may also write down anything that you have read or heard, someone’s ideas could be used to develop your own ideas and this is not stealing. Remember that ideas and creativity can come from anywhere; it’s the development of the idea that makes it unique.

2) Relax and take time to sort things out. A jumbled mind cannot create any space for new ideas. Everyone must have a clear mind if one wishes to have their creativity in full speed. Get rid of all obstacles that can be a hindrance to your creativity. If you are bothered by something, you cannot force your mind to stay focused.

Try to relax every time that you can and think about your experiences and interactions with others. Your experiences are what shape your mindset and your opinions which could be reflected on your writings. Try to discover yourself, find out what triggers your emotions. Discover what inspires you and what ticks you off. You can use these emotions to help you in expressing yourself and your ideas, with this you can grow creatively.

3) Create a working place that can inspire your creativeness. Your working place can be quite a hindrance if it doesn’t make you feel happy or relaxed. Creativity comes from being in a good state of mind and a messed up workplace that causes distraction won’t be conducive in firing up your creative flow.

Surround your working place with objects that makes you happy and relaxed. You may put up pictures, or scents, objects that inspire, or anything that can get your creativeness cranking. A clean and well organized workplace also rids of distractions and unwanted hindrances. With a good working place, you can work in peace and never notice the time pass by.

4) Set the mood. Setting the mood requires you to just go with the moment or to induce your self to feeling what makes your mind works best. Finding out what makes you tick could help you find ways to get your creative juices flowing. Set the pace and tempo for your mood and everything else will follow.

There are many ways to set the mood. Some writers have been known to use alcohol, a little sip of wine to stir up the imagination. Some would like some mood music while others let the lighting of the environment create the mood.

5) Go on a getaway and just do something unlike crazy. Letting yourself go and have fun produces adrenaline that can make your imagination go wild. Take an adventure or a solemn hike. Whatever it is that is unusual from your daily routine can take the rut out of your schedule. In no time at all, your creativeness will make use of that experience and get your imagination to go on overdrive.


- samantha

Creative ideas come easy for extremely talented people but even the most creative person has those episodes of creative drought. That’s the period equivalent to a writer’s block where no matter how much one tries hard, really really hard to concentrate and put himself in a creative mood, no idea comes out!  If you are one of those people who are in the industry which requires them to come up with great ideas, here are some tips to keep your creative juices flowing:

1.)    Rest your mind once in a while. If you have been thinking all day long for a bright concept yet your creative light bulb is still off, don’t force it! Forget about the concept or the deadline for a while. Take a quick nap, read a book you like, go out for a walk, take a long bath, whatever works for you. Do not even think of work while you are doing this because that would defeat the purpose. I know this may be difficult if the deadline is very near but doing this is never a wasted time. Being in the creative platform for too long can drain your senses. Putting the idea on the back burner can stimulate the creative subconscious.



2.)    Be observant and feel the world around you. Do not limit on the visuals. Observe everything around you using all your senses. Notice the colors of nature, the patterns that you see around you, the sound of your neighborhood, and the feel of your walls. These activities help fuel your creativity. It is like creating a blue print and storing them in your creative bank. It is no wonder that the most creative people are the most observant and sensual as well.

3.)    Carry a pen and paper wherever you go. You can also use a palm pilot, organizer, or even your cellular phone-anything that you can easily write your thoughts on. Many bright ideas come to us anytime during the day. Sometimes when these bright ideas visit us, we tend to mark it on our heads but most of the time, they are forgotten.  Next time, when an idea visits you, write them down before they get lost in your head.



4.)    Read, read, read. And I do not just mean the “creative” books. Read all kinds of books and paper you get your hands on. Read the daily paper, read a new novel, read blogs, read the text on the can of soda you are holding, most importantly read the kind of books you don’t like reading. Each has something to offer to your imagination and the way you view things. The books which aren’t your interest could open you up to different kinds of worlds and ideas.



5.)    Enroll in classes that could help develop creativity. May it be painting, creative writing, theater, or any art course. Not only will this enhance your creative thinking skills, it could also serve as a good outlet for your talents. I guess the point is to learn and experience something new each day in order for you not to be stuck. This is very necessary for one to be creative.


- Marion Isobel

Does Your Theme Contain Character, Conflict, Resolution? Eight Ways To Write Better Instantly.

Creative Writing Tips –

For a theme to work and the story, which will revolve around the theme, it has to contain three things…

1. Character

2. Conflict

3. Resolution

What’s the reason for this?

If your theme doesn’t contain these three essential elements, then you won’t be writing a proper short story. It might turn out to be an essay instead.

Because without…

1) Characters

You can’t achieve emotional depth. Readers become engrossed in stories because of the characters in them. They either become the character (sympathize), or read about an interesting person (empathize).

Emotional depth is achieved when readers use their imagination and senses and/or experiences to live the story through the characters.

2) Conflict

Your story will be boring. Why? Without conflict, something to stir things up, nothing happens. And a story, in which nothing happens, is one not worth writing about.

Your characters don’t lead carefree lives. Well, not in the instance you are writing about them. In that part of their lives they are faced with a problem. They want something and can’t get it because of the conflict, which is preventing them to do so.

And it’s that conflict and the struggle the characters has to undergo that keeps us readers interested and in suspense. Will the character succeed or won’t he? And when is this all going to happen? And how is it all going to happen?

3) Resolution

Something that starts has to finish, one way or another.

Once you have created great characters, which the reader will come to care about, and you have placed them in conflict, that conflict at the end of your story has to be resolved. The characters will achieve their goals or they won’t.

That doesn’t matter.

You can end your story as you please and as it suits your story – but you have to end it. Ending the story means resolving the conflict.

Does your theme contain character, conflict, resolution?

Eight Ways To Write Better Instantly

Is it possible to improve your writing instantly? The answer, happily, is “yes.”

While researching a book on famous speeches and essays, I found eight easily correctable mistakes writers often make. Here they are…and how to correct them instantly.

1. UNFOCUSED SUBJECT – Focus on a single theme only. Every sentence and paragraph should reinforce that topic.

2. TOO LONG – Abraham Lincoln crafted his Gettysburg Address in less than 300 words. Unless I’m specifically asked to do otherwise, I try to condense my work to one double-spaced single page (about 250 words).

3. WEAK PREMISE – Can you state the major focus of your message in 20 words or less?

4. NO ATTENTION-GRABBER – The first sentence or two must quickly attract the reader. Two ways to do this: (a) ask a question or (b) reveal a discovery.

5. UNLINKED PARAGRAPHS – Each paragraph should logically lead to the next. One way some writers do this: (a) quickly write several paragraphs on a subject; ((b) prioritize them; (c) present them in descending order from most important to least important; (d) conclude by restating the two or three most important points.

6. PASSIVE VERBS – Passive verbs like is, am, was, and were simply exist. Action verbs run, jump, excite, and motivate.

7. BORE FACTOR – Some research says the average adult attention span is only eight seconds. So it’s important to make your points convincingly, and end your paper powerfully.

8. WEAK ENDING – Exit your report like an experienced stage performer…leave your audience wanting more. Two ways to do this: (a) use a famous quote to reinforce your conclusion, or (b) give details showing the reader where to get more information on the subject. (Examples: your phone, fax, e-mail, etc.)


- mantosh

I’m always surprised when I hear that budding novel writers are looking for a trick to write hit novels, ***? if there is a ***?cret ****.n the ****?cessful writers know about that no one else does!

Well listen to this: There is no ***?cret to writing a novel when it comes to what to write or in what style to write in. The trick that all ****?cessful writers use are more to do with the state of mind needed to write a great novel.

Do you ****?t to know the state of mind all ****?cessful writers use to create award-winning novels? A Zen-like laser-focused visualization state, that is oblivious to the physical world, and totally absorbed into the creative constructions of the universe of the novel.

This is the greatest ***?cret to writing an excellent novel. Get yourself into that state and you can write novels ***? incredible ***? anyone on the ***?ce of the planet. Don’t believe me? Then here is an exercise you can try right now to find out this truth for yourself…

Go into a quiet and comfortable room with no distractions ****?h ***? a mobile phone. Also, make sure you won’t be distracted with email alerts. Be well fed so that your body cannot distract your zen-like novel writing state. Make sure nothing is going to distract your ***?nses in the physical world, so that you can safely enter the mental construct you will be creating.

Ready? Take some deep breaths. To get into the the mental state necessary to write a great novel close your eyes and focus on ‘a scene’. Get clear pictures and emotions of a scene in your minds-eye. Don’t think about plot, ***? that will come later.

Once a scene vividly manifests into your mind try and develop it ***?rther into something you can totally immerse yourself in. Get it ***? clear ***? possible in your mind in the form of pictures, characters (no names) and emotions. These are the essence of the scene.

The novel will basically be made up of ***?veral scenes which interconnect. Think of scenes that raise a strong ***?nse of emotion. These are what make novels great and the writers behind them ****?cessful


- TAIWO OLAOLUWA

Writing a novel is dream that many of us hold in our hearts, your novel does not have to be your dream. All you need is to dedicate some time to learn how to bring out that novel inside you. A new e-guide, Bring out the Novel Inside You, has been written to help you make your dream come true. Here is some great advice from this e-guide.

When we write we become all of the actors and actresses. We need to feel, and not inhibit our expression. We should let it fly.

Now, here’s a formula I want you to concentrate on and remember forever.

Novices worry about grammar. If they should happen to have a publisher’s formula sheet, they worry about word count.

They write a sentence or two, study and re-read it. Then, they immediately begin to re-write it. They spend hours getting just a few words just right.

STOP – DON’T DO THIS

Here is the formula – the only formula.

Begin to use it now in this very lesson.

When you have your idea for your article, book, novel, novella, short story, ebook, advertisement, whatever – just write!

Sit down and write as though no-one in the entire world would ever see what you’ve written.

Because no one will see it!

Well, not in that condition.

Let the ideas flow.

Grammatically they may be wrong. Your ideas may even be entirely out of context, but just let it happen. The time will come when it will all fit together. Things will go in – things will go out.

No sweat. Stop worrying.

You will never enjoy life quite so much as you will by working on your own manuscript.

I promise. It will become a daily habit.

You will begin to hear things you seldom noticed before.

You’ll see things you never saw before. Ice tinkling in a glass and the whisper of leaves all add to the full-blown scene you’re writing instead of being just flat words on paper.

Bring out the Novel Inside you is a great e-book, but it isn’t going to be just a dull list of rules and regulations for you to follow or commit to memory. Nothing is more deadly to the senses than that and, heaven knows, there’s enough deadening of senses going on without more. Instead, the e-book is more like a conversation between the author and the reader. That’s much more palatable, I believe.

You can start to bring out that novel that is inside you today!


- Elizabeth St Denny Mfa

So you decide to become a writer and plan everything you need to succeed in your chosen path. Whether you are writing articles, ebooks or a novel, there comes a time in every writer’s life when you will be hit by that dreaded curse, writer’s block.

It’s comparable with the marathon runner who hits the wall before the end of the race, the tennis player who suddenly finds he let two sets run away from him. There are times when our brain simply hits overload and our mind just becomes so full of information it switches off. A writer is lucky, we can do something about it, but an athlete has to just hold in there.

Everybody is different; we all have various ways of overcoming writers block. I know of friends who say if they get stuck on one project, they just turn things around and start something else. Personally once my mind goes, I cannot complete even a shopping list! I do the best thing for me; I switch off the computer, walk away and take the dogs out. I find the peace and tranquillity of the countryside very relaxing, even on a normal day I gather my thoughts while on a walk. Many of my articles have been written while outside, I never leave the house without a micro cassette recorder.

With the introduction of the internet and the opportunities rising today for new authors to start writing from home, it comes as quite a shock when writer’s block suddenly prevents you from working. Be assured it happens to every writer, no-one is immune, even the top novelist’s in the world dry up at some stage.

Taking tips from others may help you: play an online game, listen to some music or bake some cookies. The clue’s here are simple in thought; take your mind off your writing. Following just a short break you will find your senses are heightened, your words begin to flow again.

The next time writer’s block hits you and I hate to sound pessimistic, but it will it’s an occupational hazard, you may find all you have to do is start to perform a writing exercise. Take the alphabet, for each letter try to think of a different niche you could write about. Take notes of your ideas and feel grateful for all the new material you have just gathered for future reference.

Now you can feel assured that writer’s block is not as daunting as you first thought when faced by that plain white sheet in front of you. It could even be a blessing.


- Michael Lyall

As an author or songwriter, we should not just expect to sit down and be connected with our ‘now moment inspiration flow’ unless we have been exercising it! Object writing is the writers’ set of bar bells to get us in the zone, and keep us primed for when one of those muse moments comes along.After recently doing some songwriting classes with Berklee music professor Pat Pattison I have become a great fan of object writing. What is that you might ask?

Essentially object writing involves picking a subject, usually a noun, and writing about it for a fixed period of time. This can be five minutes or ten minutes. ten minutes usually gets you into some solid trains of thought , so I suggest you stick with that at first.

The key to successful object writing is to stay as sense bound as possible. For example I could state that “I drove over the bridge”. But if I really wanted to expand on that I need to draw the reader, or listener in the case of a song, into the scene. So you might write something like this;

“As I drove up the incline of the bridge I began to feel ball bearings running about in my stomach. I always get a little nervous being so high, it’s like being on top of a skyscraper. You feel yourself swaying in the breeze and get that sense that you could almost fall over the edge. There’s also that fear that the whole bridge could just drop away, like a plane dropping in turbulence”. There! That was that a bit more engaging than “I drove over the bridge” wasn’t it!

The idea is that we dive into our sense memory bank to bring the picture alive. So what are our senses? There’s 5 we are familiar with of course, but there are two that aren’t spoken of so much. The first five are; Taste , touch, sight, sound, smell. But what are these other two senses you might ask? Well, there’s the sensations that originate in the bodily organs. Notice in the example that “ball bearings are running about my stomach”. I think any of us can associate with what that’s like, it also gets us over the line instead of the tired old ‘butterflies’. So, think of your organs as a sense; heart [it was ticking like a grandfather clock], lungs [my lungs were a jackhammer in my chest] liver, stomach etc.

The other missing sense we use in object writing is our kinesthetic awareness. That is a sense of movement or motion. Once again from the example ‘like a plane dropping in turbulence’. Think of that sensation when you go over a hump in the road or imagine what it is like to be a feather floating around on a hot wind.

Sometimes it’s hard getting the creative motor going but it is amazing what you can come up with if you regularly practice. Initially just try to stick with the word that you have picked and write anything, starting is the most important thing! I suggest random picks from the dictionary.

Make your objects things you are familiar with, and as you grow in confidence, begin to broaden the scope. You might might start out with knife for example, and write about eating, the weight of the knife in your hand which could lead you to what it’s like to carve the food, then what it’s like to put the food in your mouth. Use as many sensations as you can gather. Ten minutes can dissolve away fairly quickly. You might wind up after a few weeks of object writing moving into more abstract objects. The term , midnight, for example, which is a bit more challenging, but is still a noun. See where your imaginationm takes you on that one. You might come up with a line like “the sound of midnight is me waiting to hear her key in the lock”. This brings me a final point. When you are confident with getting your stuff out in ten minutes, give yourself another challenge and try to stay with just one sense. For example with midnight you might just focus on sound;

Ths sound of midnight is the roar of a thousand air conditioners in the city as I lie waiting to hear her key in the door, the sigh of relief when you hear that ka-chunk-a. She’s home.


- Paul Warren

The poem can
- paint word pictures
-appeal to the senses
-reveal their feelings
-arouse our emotions
-describe people
-describe the world of nature
or
-try to change our attitudes

Please reply but not with poems too hard to understand!
And also not too long as i have to do an oral presentation on it with an analysis.
- Johnoh

A wedding is one of the most joyous occasion for two people. But sometimes, the wedding event can be rather stressful. There are just too many things to worry about; from wedding dresses to dinner menus and so on. One must keep in mind that the wedding event is supposed to be a romantic event. So the mood and atmosphere must be right. That is another key element to think about.

Obviously, to get the mood right, one must use the right props. For example, you may wish to arrange for roses lining the pathway, or for the furniture to be decorated in lightly scented flowers. These are pleasing senses for everyone’s senses. It adds to the joyful feeling in the air.

To further improve on the event, you may also wish to consider reciting a wedding poem during the event. As the bride or the groom, this is your day, and it’s best that you are the one who recite this poem. Although many will find this to be a good idea, some will complain that they can never write great love poems. No one wants to listen to a cheesy love poem. The poem will end up sounding more like stand up comedy rather than giving everyone that warm and fuzzy feeling that we so often associate with love poems.

Fortunately, there is a ready solution available. You can always hire a professional to write your love poems for you. Writing can be a funny affair. Some people are just so good at it that they make it look so easy, while others are struggling to find the right words. Kate is such an example.

Question is, how do you know what you come across a gifted writer? You just know from the words. Poetry is a little different from day to day writing – especially love poetry. Poems contain words that flow with life. The content is food for the soul, for it invokes feelings in you.

When Kate was actively searching for a love poem for her own wedding, she found that although most love poems are romantic and loving, they are not personalised. In other words, she did not feel as if the poems are written for her. So what she did was to write her own love poems, and they turned out really well. Of course, the fact that she is a published author really helps.

Today, Kate helps couples to write bespoke love poems and stories. These are pesonalised works, and contain intimate details about the love lives of the couple.

This is, no doubt, a very satisfying and enjoyable job for Kate. For she is always meeting people during happy times. The job also gives her abundant opportunities to know people really well. In fact, the job demands that she gets to really know people. Otherwise, there can be no bespoke wedding poems. After all, it’s all about the intimate moments.

Hiring a professional writer can certainly a couple express their happiest moments in life in a way that they never thought possible. Bespoke love poems will ensure that the event is a most memorable one.


- Gen Wright