How to Write Creative Articles

Most writing today is “cut and dried, containing facts and information.  Creative writing on the other hand, is intended to express feelings and emotions, to convey thoughts and ideas.

Writers cherish individual freedom and express that through their works.  Writing creates a background against which to play out their individuality.  It is this desire to live and thrive as an individual that drives many of them to write and continue writing.

The act of writing an article is an act of creation.  Writers will struggle to find a new idea or a new slant for their articles. Creative and original work is valued and will catch the imagination and attention of readers.  Unfortunately, there is no set procedure to get your brain cranking out good ideas at the drop of a hat.  There are, however, methods that will help get your juices flowing and the stream of creative ideas can begin.

Here are some suggestions.

Get a notebook or pad that you use to briefly outline ideas as they come to you.  You’ll need to keep this notebook with you at all times and all places – including your bedside table.  Every time you get an idea, write it down.  Bottom line: if you don’t write the idea down, it may well disappear into the ether.  Use those ideas;– don’t let them go to waste.

Use meditation to free your mind.  Find a quiet place to sit and relax, calming your mind and spirit.  Let your mind open itself.  Avoid negativity.  Turn off the extraneous and distracting sounds in the back of your mind.  Approach writing with a relaxed mental attitude.

Create a special workplace for yourself.  Find someplace that is comfortable, quiet and private, without disturbances.  Working in a place that evokes a feeling of peace in you can only improve your writing.

Adjust your attitude and your mood when you begin to write.  Be positive.  Reflect on the good things in your life and indulge yourself in those positive emotions.

Have fun in life.  Enjoying yourself on a sunny day can do wonderful things for your imagination.  Try something new or silly.  Play on a swing or turn a cartwheel. Experiencing life outside of the ordinary is one way to get your imagination going.

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Interested in Writing…But How Do I Find a Topic??

Getting Started– So there you are, in sitting in front of your computer or your pad of paper – pencils sharpened, a pot of hot coffee nearby, comfortable in your chair with a light breeze.  Then it hits you.  It’s a pleasant picture, except for one thing – you’ve got a case of writer’s block.  You can put down your name and the date and then after that – nothing.  Writing on world peace is too broad.  Marketing plastic coated paper clips is too narrow. What to do.  Where to start.

Back up a bit. What you need is to develop your own book of ideas and thoughts.  Get a notebook and guard it carefully.  Carry it with you where ever you go.  It can be a big impressive portfolio, or it can be a small steno pad.  The important thing is that you keep this notebook with you all the time.  Oh, and by the way, make sure you’ve got a pen or two firmly attached to the notebook.

Death by Keyboard and Other Benefits of Creative Writing

A side benefit of creative writing is that is it is possibly one of the greatest non-alcoholic stress relievers ever developed.  We’ve all had moments when we’d either like to simply strangle someone or inflict upon them the greatest pain possible.  Most rational and mature individuals stuff those fantasies down.

Unfortunately, what you’re also doing is stifling your creativity.  Let’s look at this in the bright light of day.  You want to improve your writing.  You need to find a way to tap not only your creativity but also your emotions.  You know that your writing skills could use the exercise.  So, in the name of expanding and improving your skills, have at it.

Take those instances where someone should simply be eliminated or at least slapped upside the head for being stupid.  Use those as a starting point for writing.

Take an instance and kill the bugger off.  Your weapon of choice is your keyboard.  Create for them the punishment they so richly deserve.  Husband leaving you for a younger woman?  Send them off sailing into shark-infested waters.  You don’t have to tell them that the glue holding their boat together is water-soluble.  Somebody walk off with your lunch at work?  Inflict a severe case of ptomaine while at the same time removing the doorknobs from all the bathrooms.  Get them all.