*Wanna
produce more as a writer? WRITE
OFTEN. Write in every way you can. Short burst, a few sentences, an
idea and so on. When you begin to write you should explore, have fun
with that. You're looking for a spark that will detonate a blast of
ideas that you will add words to fast and furiously...that's it.
Writing is about simple IDEAS. No IDEAS no writing. So don't think
words, think images, feelings, and actions. And
for god sakes if it's flowing don't stop. I don't care if you have an
appointment or somebody will have to wait, let it go and capture
those moments. Catch that wave and ride it out. Cowabunga dude! I
like writing best first thing in the morning, sometimes the earlier
the better. That worked great for me when I was a TV talk show
monologue joke writer. The problem with that is I also lived for late
LA nights. So I learned to write on the fly, I'd write everywhere and
in the middle of some weird happenings. But it got done, little
fragments of ideas come together nicely. It
might work best though for the average person to find a time that
works for you. but DON'T LIMIT YOURSELF, inspired ideas can fly at
anytime and you need to capture them; even if it's but a few
descriptive words scrawled in a notepad, blathered into your phone,
recorder, congratulations you're creating and writing!! READ.
I can't stress this enough. If you want to be a great writer, read!
Read things in your particular interest of what you want to know
about. Don't worry you won't steal or borrow, what you're looking for
is inspiration, sometimes a single word or phrase can open an entire
cache of personal creative experiences. Believe it or not reading
others work aids nicely in finding your own personal flow. Writing
has to turn into a HABIT. WILLPOWER
is necessary for writing. And the best way to have willpower is to
not task it with long periods of forced writing. What you want to do
however is cooperate with it when it's amped up and ready to go, and
trust me you'll know when the big wave is there. PASSION...
no passion no writing. That's why rants can sometimes open you up.
Everybody witches about something, if you don't feel like writing,
RANT! Go off on something on your mind, even if it's about not being
able to think of anything! You'll break on through to the other side
all eventually. BE
PREPARED. Always be ready to capture an idea with handy tools.
Nothing kills creativity like having to search for a pen, recorder or
your personal scribe. LOVE.
PAIN. CONFUSION. JOY. Be willing to dive in and swim with the images
and feelings they surround you with, add words...you're off and
writing. I
promise quick, that's enough. Go create some ideas and capture
some moments. Create
then recreate by writing it all down. |
