How To Become a Better Creative Writer Cary NC

How much of your creative writing potential would you say you were putting to good use on a regular basis?

Few of us who write are reaching anywhere near the best we’re capable of, for a whole number of reasons.

So here is a simple yet powerful 3 step system to help you write better, write more, and channel that creative writing talent within you more often.

1. Write every day. The bedrock to all consistent and rewarding creativity is to create everyday. When you develop the habit of writing so it becomes as natural and embedded in your daily life as breathing and sleeping, you enable yourself to really start to let that writing potential within you blossom.

   Start with just 15 minutes at the same time each day. Before you moan that you don't have 15 minutes a day free, bear in mind this is a little over 1% of your total available time each day. If you're not prepared to commit at least 1% of your time to creative writing, then I'd suggest you question how important writing is to you.

   Pick a time of day that you feel you'll write most easily, whether it's first thing in the morning, after lunch or late at night. Do what works best FOR YOU and don't be afraid of adjusting it a little if it's not working.

2. Capture your ideas. One of the biggest complaints of writers is a lack of great ideas. Ideas are the starting point for any creativity - whatever it is you write, it all begins with the seed of an idea.

   The problem is not that you don't HAVE enough ideas though, it's that you're not CAPTURING enough. How many times have you been struck by an interesting idea, vowed to remember it and develop it later, only for it to vanish for good from your mind just moments later?

   Get yourself an Ideas Journal - a pocket notebook you can carry at all times. As soon as an idea comes, jot it down. Once you start to capture your ideas, you'll find they flow to you far more easily than you ever realized....

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Author: Dan Goodwin