Write about things you know. You will find you have a lot to put into words. Someone once said to me, “If you can talk – you can write.”

Writing should be creative, spontaneous and freely released onto paper when it is done.

Editing, punctuation, spelling can be done later (however be sure you do edit several times). Your soul becomes part of your words when your mind doesn’t get hung up on all the details of perfection.

Computers are wonderful and laptops have become a writer’s best friend. We all need them for our finished or final drafts of writings. This is a must when editing and bringing to a perfection level. However, when you begin writing creatively, grab a pen, pencil and pad of paper. There is something about writing words on paper and seeing them form what you want to say that sparks your creative thinking and enhances the emotions within to creatively come alive.

Writing has to be nurtured and demands your attention daily. Try keeping a daily journal, each day write a couple of pages about anything. If you run out of ideas to write, look around the room and write describing each item in your room. If this doesn’t work, sit outside or go to a park, write about the view, the air, the trees or anything that you see, feel or touch. You will soon fill a notebook. After a few weeks or months – read what you have written…you very well could have a good start to a story. Many stories have come from daily journals and many books have been published.

You may want to try another approach to writing, especially if you are more artistic. You may sketch, draw, paint or do photography. These talents add to writing and to be able to do both is fantastic. Writers need illustrations and paintings need writing. You may find yourself doing both and need help getting the words put together. Look at your painting, sketch or photograph. What is your central focus you that gave you the inspiration to create your masterpiece? Choose the word that best describes your focus. Find a large piece of poster paper, draw a circle in the center and write that word inside the circle. Now, you will make your circle shine with rays coming out all around the sides. On each ray write another word that relates to the center word, descriptive or acting words. Now from each of these new words add another ray and a new word that relates to those words. You may repeat this exercise a couple of times. When finished connect words into sentences and organize your sentences. You have created a descriptive writing for your masterpiece using your own creative thinking.

Many tools can help with words, use your dictionary, the thesaurus, and read. Reading and studying other styles of authors helps to see what readers are reading. This helps your when finding a market for your finished project.

Final – write everyday whether you do professional writing or fun writing for a hobby.