Letters for Creatives #58: December writing prompts and how to write well
Letters for Creatives #58: December writing prompts and how to write wellRewrite until your writing cannot be any better
Hello, I am Celeste. Welcome to all of you who are new here! Shout out to Elizabeth, Kimberly for your kind words and be a part of this. Take a look at my monthly prompts and newsletter directory to find what you need now. On writing betterJason Zweig wrote a guide on writing better. Zweig stated that writer’s block does not exist. He suggested to write something else when you feel stuck on the piece you want to work on. If you are still stuck, name the most basic things such as a person, fact or observation about the subject. If you are writing a story, start with the first thing you can think of and start typing away on the horrifying blank screen. What happen afterwards? Do not think about logic or edit. It is the time to keep putting in the word count and rolling with it.
Do not try to be someone else. Do not try to talk about fluffy TV shows if you are a nerd learning about deep topics. It is a different topic when your alter ego likes to write poetry about the magic in everything life. Be mindful of what you write, whether it is an email, a tweet, poem or story. Your writing will improve as time progresses. Read your favourite authors and pick their work apart. How could they write so well as if it is a montage? For instance:
Avoid using passive voice and language I have avoid to use passive voice for as long as I can tell. But I am not as careful with passive language. Passive language makes the statement weak and loses its credibility. For instance:
Look at your past work that you don’t remember Practice to be your own critic and look at your archive. Zweig suggested to read it out loud in a private place and check the following:
You would start to notice which words you use often or repeat your points, like Zweig does. Maybe you would notice that you write sentences that never end, like I often notice in my prose. This one took me much longer to write as I went though the series and became much more careful with my word choices.
December prompts
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