Post by account_disabled on Dec 23, 2023 5:44:52 GMT -5
SummerSummer is the period in which we work less and think less about other activities. I have always seen it as the dead period of the year, but in this desolation and in this ephemeral lightheartedness I have found the way and the time to create every year. And creating is also improving. Improving your writing when your mind is empty and free of problems is possible. Take advantage of the summer months, when everything seems to slow down and even stop. How can you improve your writing in the summer? Revision : Start revising some of your stories .
Revising means rewriting, rereading, rethinking a scene, a dialogue. I have participated in several literary competitions and have kept the comments received, which will be useful for revision. Reading : Read more and also read books outside your favorite literary genres. Even though I am a fan of fantasy, this summer I will also read non-fiction and Special Data dramatic novels. Reading the same things over and over doesn't help you improve as a writer. Different readings open the mind, reveal unknown worlds, strengthen creativity. Writing exercises : Do some writing exercises. Don't know where to start? Every penultimate Thursday of the month, I publish the column on new words and propose my writing exercises on those words.
Do the same. Reviews : have you never written reviews of books and films ? Get started. Write a review of every book you read this summer and every movie you see. Also write about your travel agency and the restaurants where you will eat. Travel diary : start writing your holiday diary . In the evening, before going to sleep, write down a few lines describing your day. At the end of the fifteen days, or more for those who manage, you will have written quite a few pages. Writing projects : start a new writing project, which can be a new story or a collection of short stories, a novel, an essay, a guide on a topic you are an expert on. Limit yourself to planning, to deciding on a structure, a topic. Take notes and write down your ideas. By the end of the summer period you will have accumulated a good number of completely varied written pages, not just the usual fiction, and a few thousand words.
Revising means rewriting, rereading, rethinking a scene, a dialogue. I have participated in several literary competitions and have kept the comments received, which will be useful for revision. Reading : Read more and also read books outside your favorite literary genres. Even though I am a fan of fantasy, this summer I will also read non-fiction and Special Data dramatic novels. Reading the same things over and over doesn't help you improve as a writer. Different readings open the mind, reveal unknown worlds, strengthen creativity. Writing exercises : Do some writing exercises. Don't know where to start? Every penultimate Thursday of the month, I publish the column on new words and propose my writing exercises on those words.
Do the same. Reviews : have you never written reviews of books and films ? Get started. Write a review of every book you read this summer and every movie you see. Also write about your travel agency and the restaurants where you will eat. Travel diary : start writing your holiday diary . In the evening, before going to sleep, write down a few lines describing your day. At the end of the fifteen days, or more for those who manage, you will have written quite a few pages. Writing projects : start a new writing project, which can be a new story or a collection of short stories, a novel, an essay, a guide on a topic you are an expert on. Limit yourself to planning, to deciding on a structure, a topic. Take notes and write down your ideas. By the end of the summer period you will have accumulated a good number of completely varied written pages, not just the usual fiction, and a few thousand words.