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Just a collection of my thoughts on the benefits of writing and reviewing. |
| There's a lot to be had from the community on writing.com. Most importantly are the many selfless people who spend time to offer their own opinions on a writing. I'm so grateful for all of you who give time to us aspiring writers. As such, I dedicate this collection to you. |
| Now that I'm back and writing again, I'm becoming accustomed to the familiar feeling of not quite knowing how to write what I want to write. I dealt with this a lot before I took my break, so it's not anything I haven't experienced before. Just as back then, I still find myself returning to the same routine to prime the creative process. I think it's fair to assume like most others, sometimes the muse isn't really there. Some days it just kind of dangles like a carrot on a stick and every word put to paper seems to be a struggle. If that's the case, I feel for you all. I hate days like that, and sadly they happen more than I would like, despite how much I may plan and outline a story. Sometimes, I just need an appetizer to really get the gears turning. A creative push, so to speak, that can get my ideas flowing onto the pages. That is why I utilize flash fictions. The one here on writing.com tends to be my go-to stop when I simply can't think of what to write. If you haven't looked into it, I can't recommend it enough.
This is a terrific little daily contest that more often than not, primes me into a more creative state of mind. Just as you might stretch and limber up before exerting yourself, this to me is a warm-up into more heavy-handed writing. I don't do it every single day, as some days words just simply flow better than others. However, If I have a need to oil some rusty cogs, this is always the first stop. Of course, there are others that I use. There's prompt generators and simple photos that can strike inspiration, but in the spirit of writing.com, I always start the creative process here. The added benefit to this particular challenge, is finding ways around the limitation of 300 words. If anyone has read some of what I write, I tend to get pretty verbose pretty quick. I like words. For that I apologize because I know some of my sentences get long-winded. The constraint of 300 words keeps that in check. As I sometimes say in reviews: Less is More. It's a remarkable creative exercise to find a way to write a story in only 300 words but still have it say what you wanted to say. Sort of like finding the path of least resistance. This all gets the gears turning with an added benefit of exploring the English language to find that perfect word that gets done what originally took me 3 or 4 words to say. Because of this little exercise, days that would have wound up being a dud, creatively, become days that I pushed ahead by leaps and bounds.   |
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