WRITER'S JOURNEY

Though we come across many people who pose as writers, but their writings tell a different story. I would like to put writers into three categories: Natural Writer Persons with a voracious reading habit gather a lot of wisdom and a wide range of vocabulary over a period of time. They become writers by accident. They start writing when they suddenly discover that they can write at length. They've a natural flair for writing, however, they have to gather the skills as they gallop along. They try their hands at many kinds of writing, such as poetry, articles, features and even attempt to write short stories and essays. Most of the time, we see that the writing they produce is interesting, but may no carry the art of writing with depth and intellectual bent of mind. However, they become more skilled as they gain experience and learn the intricacies of writing by associating with experts. We can often find people writing books on engineering, technology, software and hardware, machinery...

It is very difficult to weave words into a story, especially when you're a beginner and there would be times when even a professional will face the blank wall. Creative writing demands great efforts where the writer has a different approach while making an opening for a story. There are many elements that have to be taken into consideration - the plot, the characters, the setting (the era or history in which the story is related to) for the story. With the plot comfortably in the mind, the opening sentence or the deciding paragraph would be a big challenge to start with, which is necessary to capture the curiosity of the readers. If you desire to side up with fiction, the best thing would be to follow the journalistic principle - who, what, where, when and why. With your assumptions in place, you can form your rough draft what to write about elaborating on these interjections to weave your story to subtlety. The first thing to do is to ask these questions to yourself and you would ...