That’s right. It’s all about practice.
Like most things, the more you do something, the better you are at it!
If you play the piano but haven’t done so for many months, you might find yourself a bit rusty when hit you hit those keys again. It’s the same for a guitarist, harpist or for anyone that plays a musical instrument.
It’s the same with writing. If you haven’t done it for awhile, getting back to writing isn’t going to be so easy.
If you’re just starting off as a writer, then my advise is to keep practising. Write as much as you can because this will inevitably improve your writing. Tap away on the keyboard. Write by hand. Use your journal.
But read as much as you can too both in the genre you’d like to write it but read widely too, to expand your horizons. Reading provides a huge portion of the experience which writers need to write. It’s the input, so that you can create output.
Of course, the other input is life experience. This not only includes what this world has thrown at you but what you hear from others. Stories, gossip, observation, a conversation you overheard. It’s all part of life.
But back to the piano analogy. Reading and life experience is the sheet music which you play to. What you create from it is your own expression.
Yours will be the music of words!
Hi! Tunku.You are right about reading providing a huge potion of the experience. I love reading childrens’ books (until now).My husband thinks I miss my childhood .In a way he is is correct because those were my best years.Enid blyton use to be my favourite and my best loved story was the Faraway Tree.The irony of it is I use to have this very big and shady tree behind the house I lived in My imagination use to run wild when I was alittle girl.My mother used to get very annoyed with me but my father loved listening to my tales.Sad to say my father passed away when Iwas ten years old and I left my Faraway Tree behind.Like you mentioned its the input that I could create output.
Hello Tunku, I fully agree with what you mentioned so eloquently.
Yes, we all have our experiences, dreams, memories, and it needs only a pen and paper or our computer to bring all back to life.
Your mention of ‘playing the piano’ brings to mind…
Love too is like playing the piano. First we must learn to play by the rules, then we must forget the rules, and play from our heart.
You keep well, best regards.
Lee.
How true. Without scooping farther I am sure you are a good writer yrself committing life’s experience in yr journal . How grateful we are that the computer has been a huge source of inspiration, connecting us so easily to whatever info we need while tapping the literally button is made easy.
Thanks and Salam.