Do you keep the list you made? The one where you have tried to recognize the variety voice within your inner-self? Yes, that one. Keep it close, keep it tight, because it will become handy from now onwards.
The reason why I emphasize heavily on that list is because I believe that techniques of writing can be taught, but talent is another thing. Talent cannot be taught, yet it can be discovered, nurtured, and developed. Writing a fiction involves more than the master of technique. Unlike using several Adobe products, there are a lot more than just technique here. A writer needs to know how to read, and how to think about reading and writing. At the end, it will help in making readers believe in things that you write.
Invest in your time, your emotions, your heart, and not to forget: your soul. Festivals, events, books, magazines, films... true, they can be a source of inspiration too. Albeit if much of the content of the fiction is borrowed from this source, without passing through the medium of the writer's heart and imagination, the fiction might fail to engage the reader and even might look unconvincing.
Find out who you are and what you know, and then more or less forget it. Fly with your imagination. The more you write, the more you explore, the more you will surprise yourself with who you are and what you can think. Come what may, and if imagination comes, rejoices. And keep writing.
"Remember, it is necessary for those creative minds living through the experience to revisit and re-examine the modes of expression and communication" (Theall 2005).
The reason why I emphasize heavily on that list is because I believe that techniques of writing can be taught, but talent is another thing. Talent cannot be taught, yet it can be discovered, nurtured, and developed. Writing a fiction involves more than the master of technique. Unlike using several Adobe products, there are a lot more than just technique here. A writer needs to know how to read, and how to think about reading and writing. At the end, it will help in making readers believe in things that you write.
Invest in your time, your emotions, your heart, and not to forget: your soul. Festivals, events, books, magazines, films... true, they can be a source of inspiration too. Albeit if much of the content of the fiction is borrowed from this source, without passing through the medium of the writer's heart and imagination, the fiction might fail to engage the reader and even might look unconvincing.
Find out who you are and what you know, and then more or less forget it. Fly with your imagination. The more you write, the more you explore, the more you will surprise yourself with who you are and what you can think. Come what may, and if imagination comes, rejoices. And keep writing.
"Remember, it is necessary for those creative minds living through the experience to revisit and re-examine the modes of expression and communication" (Theall 2005).
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