Learning to write
One of the habits that successful authors have is that they keep writing. So if you want to be one, make it a routine to write. Write anything.
Write about your dog, your cat, your neighbour, things you fantasize and/or whatever comes [does not] come into your mind.
Make writing a routine like brushing your teeth and taking a bath or something you do daily is important if you desire to be a better writer. [Read more...]
Most of the ideas for writing strike when you are least expecting them. I do not know about you but I often get bombarded with ideas when I am too busy to handle them.
It often occurs when I am driving. Especially on highways. It occurs when the body reflexes take over and a part of the mind starts drifting from shifting gears and managing chaos of the traffic management.
And silently, like a cool breeze the creation enters the mind. Its vague yet. If my words could give it a structure, it is ready to be there.
Or it would enter the mind when I jog, having a lonely lunch.
It comes and if you do not catch it, it just vanishes. [Read more...]
Make definite assertions. Avoid tame, colorless, hesitating, non-committal language
I did not learn English as language after my secondary school. Though I did continue to work on my language, there was no formal classes.
English is not my first language. I have grown in an environment where use of English language was sneered. After all it is language of British who ruled us for so many years.
So I never conversed in English before I came to medical college in Delhi.
And I found my language needs a massive improvement.
It was there I discovered that I could write well.
As I delved more into the literature, my attitude towards the language became entirely different. [Read more...]
How badly do you want to see your name in print. How much you would be thrilled to see on the paper?
How much would you endure to realize that dream.
I came across a beautiful lens, Back When I Wanted To Be A Writer… by Marijoyce Porcelli where she shares about her dream to become a writer and the struggle she had to endure.
It is quite an inspiring story.
As the life makes me busier and busier, I am finding it very difficult to find time for writing on this website. In fact my real life job had started eating too much time of mine. A change is on the way and I think I would be able to squeeze more moments for writing on one of my favorite site.
It really pains to see the state of the site when content is not updated for a long time. The website receives good traffic due to my past efforts and it does not feel right when people visit the site and leave with bad taste in the mouth.
Things would surely change and I am working on a schedule where I would be posting at least thrice a week.
Let us see how things go
How to choose 
a right word for your writing is a question that most of new writers face.
Sherice Jacob has few good tips on Words that sell. It is mainly meant for copywriters but I think it would benefit everybody.
Go! Take Your Notes.
Today I came across a good article that mentions great resources of writing. These are Top 10 blogs for writers. I have visited them all and they are good.
BTW I have added all of them in my blogroll for a quick reference
A quality content is far better than routine stuff. You can write thousand routine articles and still be wondering why people are not responding.
But one article that is unique and great may make you famous.
How to write that article? People vary in their writing abilities. That would depend on lot many factors but we are not going to take that discussion here.
Within one’s ability one must sincerely effort to produce a content that is great to read and share.
If your content is great, your site users would appreciate and recommend it. Search engines would love to index it and you would love to see the traffic it brings.
There are some basic things that you must do if you wish to produce an article that would be great to read.
Research
Before you write, you must possess enough information to produce an article. Online research makes it very easy. Search engines, online forums and websites are the places where you can do the requisite research.
Write for Users
Find what they are looking for. Online forums are great search tools for this purpose. See what people are frequently asking. If you produce a document that answers the queries of people, you are already moving toward greatness.
Provide Complete Information
Focus is important for this. Your article must serve as one stop reference point for chosen information topic. This could be difficult in an area which is quite broad. So it is better to fragment the topic and produce focused articles.
Be Unique
Your article is already great if what you are writing cannot be found anywhere else. While this may not be possible in every niche, but when done diligently it would produce content that would be noticed and recommended.
Do Not Oversell
Keep your commercial links to minimum while you write to dispense information. An article with a lot of affiliate links would always be looked down by people however informing that might be. Keep a good balance and post your commercial links subtly.
Use Good Language
This goes without saying. A good language is first prerequisite of a good as well as great content. Avoid errors and typos like you would avoid bad bugs.
Practice and diligence is the key.
You need to produce good content before you can write a great content.
Reaching at the top always requires hard work.
As human brain developed so did the feelings and desire to express them. The need led to development of the language. From howls and moans to the meaningful words today humans have made a great achievement. Same applies to writing too.
What started as signs is a full fledged script now. (There are many of them but that is not the issue here)
For a moment imagine a world without a language. You cannot. It is impossible. Without language we would be missing much of the pleasure that we enjoy. Without language we would be deprived of any information and its development thereof. [Read more...]
Writing style reflects the personality of a writer. On any given subject two persons will write differently. If they are asked to use the same set of facts the result would still be different.
This difference is due to their different styles of writing. This writing style is responsible for versatility in the literature. Whenever you write, it is this writing style that stamps your uniqueness on that writing.
As a human being each one of has capacity to feel and express. But due to difference in genetic makeup and upbringing patterns we become more efficient in some expressions than other. Some of us are more comic than others. Some are more dramatic. Some write suspense better.
How does it happen? [Read more...]
