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What I learned several years ago was
to push myself to write. By writing
at the same time each day, even if
it is for 15 minutes, I write. If it is
not writing an article, screenplay,
book, etc., but just writing, I write,
at the same time each day. This
approach to writing is vital to
the professional writer. It is like
professional athletes do before
a practice or a game, they loosen
up to reduce the danger to injuries.
A writer must loosen up before they
write, or they will experience an
injury, some refer to as “writer’s
block.”
I select something about which to
write. A pen setting on the table
in front of me, for example. I
study the pen. I think about the
pen. I ask myself, “What can I
write about this pen for 5 minutes?
I define the shape, the color, and
the angle to the table the pen is
laying. I define the metal clip
on it. I define the steel tip on it
I define the color of the ink in
the pen. I note the name of the
pen. I write about the pen in a
Zen-like story form. I take all
of these elements and put them
together in a fashion that tells a story
about the pen. The theme of
the story, is the pen. The theme
is what holds every story together,
like the roots of a tree.
One can always write. The question
is, how much brilliance does one
have to write, when the mind
refuses to give one anything to
write? This is when the writer
must take charge and write.
When one desires to write their article,
screenplay, book, personal letter,
business letter, etc., and has
difficulty in getting started for the
day, or night, or what have you,
do a writing exercise such as I have
described above. This warms up the
mind to turn to what one sets down
to write in the first place. Write only
long enough to get the mind to
working again, before you return to
what you want to write.
And remember, anything anyone
writes is brilliant. It’s just a matter
of how the writer puts what they
write together, that defines brilliant.
I hope this has been of help to you.
Best Regards,
Donald L. Vasicek
Olympus Films+, LLC
http://michaelc.nextmp.net/wordpress
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