How to do creative writing?
Assalam O Alaikum dear readers….!!!!
Today, I am going to tell you about
an issue my students had. One of the worse issues they had was “How to write
creatively”, how to write by yourself when there is hell lot of information
given in the text books, can’t we just memorize it?
First of all, why do we need
creative writing. It is a matter of fact that you cannot just rote-learn
everything. So, in your academic life, you need to write stories, essays,
thesis and so many other things all by yourself. Every student knows it is
necessary.
Creative writing is powerful, helps you personally. Boosts your imagination
and helps you to be expressive.
But how to do it?
Let me tell you.
There are so many places where
creative writing is needed, novels, books, newspapers, news channels, blogs,
fictions in fact almost wherever writing is needed, you need to be creative.
For example, we are
writing a story or an essay.
First, choose a topic.
A topic is as necessary as the thumbnails given at the YouTube
videos. Most of the time, by watching the thumbnail, we decide whether this
video is worth-watching or not.
If it is a story, the topic shall be
real interesting, so that it may convince your reader to read the whole thing.
If you like something, does not mean everyone will like it. So, understand your
audience.
If it is an essay, simple yet
concise topic would be better. Do not create suspense in an essay’s title.
Then, research, try to collect each and everything that is relevant to your topic.
If it is a fiction, work hard and imagine.
This is an important part, you need
to research, you need to imagine, you need to think, you need to do brainstorming.
This stage is going to decide how well you can write creatively.
When you have completed this step, WRITE...!!!
I know, I know when you stare at the
blank page, all that brainstorming just fades away. A blank page scares every
new writer. Don’t let that blank page ruin your intentions.
What to do, make a
plot of your writing project.
By making a plot I mean, make a
draft. No matter how messy it seems, if you can understand it, this is what we
need for now.
Now, start writing, if it is a story, do paragraphing in the way you like. If it is an
essay, the best way is to include an introduction,
main body and conclusion.
When you are writing an essay, in
the introduction paragraph, try to engage your readers, this paragraph is like
a display photo. It is going to show what else is coming next. If you are
writing a specific type of an essay, follow the rules accordingly.
For example, you are writing an
argumentative essay about let’s say, honor killing in Pakistan.
The right way to do is, to start an
essay by highlighting the issue, do not give away your opinion in the very
beginning of the essay.
The choice is yours, whether you
want to start your essay with what is honor killing and how many women were
killed in the name of honor, or to pick up one of these cases and start telling
the story in your essay. Either way is fine.
Let’s get back to the
point again.
While writing creatively, use your imagination and learn to play with the words.
Your pen shall never stop, if you
have an endless imagination, sure you have it.
If you are writing a story, do not
act like a reporter, be an observer.
For example, you need to
tell
“it was windy”,
But you can also write, “it
was so windy that umbrella was totally bent out of shape”.
Another example:
Instead of writing this:
“The stadium was full of
people.”
Write this:
The
noise coming from the stadium was deafening as all the people were chanting the
name of their favorite player”.
If you are writing an essay, write
more professionally, if it is an essay about a personality, about an event in
the past or about any issue in the present, always double check the facts and
figures that you are going to provide in your essay. Do not write about what
you think is correct, do not impose your decision upon your audience. Write open mindedly, without any sectarianism or racism
or anything like that.
In the essay, you can always add
more body paragraphs until your point is clear. Do
not end your essay too quickly.
As this is an important part, where you
need to sum up each detail. Here you can write about the steps taken against
any problem of the present, or the after effects of any historic event that you
have described in your essay, or how lucky you were to have a specific person,
if you are writing about any personality.
Ta da! And there you
go, you have your first piece of creatively written article or a story or an
essay maybe.
Do not forget to tell me if these
tips helped you? And shall I write more tips? Your comments are always
appreciated.
