Writing Tips And Tricks

In real life, I’m the kind of person who is pretty by the book, a type of person who follows rules, and part of it is the way I was brought up by pretty strict parents. The other part of my character. Writing has that freeing effect on me, and believe me, I break the rules a lot when it comes to writing, since to me it’s an art form. In May, I’m doing poetry month, so I thought of doing a brainstorm type post with tips/ ideas to help come up with what to write or content, since ideas have been coming but I don’t write them down and forget them.

First, let’s start with basic ideas, things you can build onto later on, like a word web of sorts: The three W’s—what, when, where, and that—can change the image completely, depending on the era/time you give it. Let’s take the sun as an example. If we are talking about a sunrise, it’s a beginning, and at sundown, it’s the end of the day. The same subject, but the timing has changed. If you are at a total block, make a list of random words, then write whatever comes to mind when you read these words. The next step would be to connect things, like doing a puzzle in a way. The same idea can be done by grabbing your favourite novel open to any page and pointing to words, writing down how they make you feel, which can start to shape a character.

Imagery can be a key tool in breaking that writing block. During poetry month, I play the image game a lot. There are websites where people post photographs that creators can use in their projects.  You can go with the first that comes to mind, which is typically what I do. However, you can take this in many ways, like what path the person behind the lens took to create. Events that might have happened before and after that image was taken, like reading between the lines of a photo with fiction or real life. Another thing that can help a writer, or what I like to say, a creator of words, are websites that email you daily. I don’t know if this post will be enjoyed or a flop, but if you want some more, I can do another post.

Alex