24/7 Bebenta Sa'yo

10 Things I’ve Learned in Writing

1. Write when you feel like it. Don’t force your fingers to continually type on the keyboard, or scribble on a piece of paper if the the words do not spontaneously flow out of your tongue, or mind.
2. Don’t be afraid you express yourself thoroughly. Do not care what others might assume from what they read read, because you do not write to satisfy them. You don’t write to make them believe you. You write for yourself. Curse when you need to, sound hopeless of you want to, and most of all, let the writings reflect you; what you’re thinking and how you’re feeling at the moment.
3. Don’t write for the sake of compliments for others, because it will get you nowhere. Writing for the sake of recognition or acknowledgement seldom gets you anywhere.
4. Learn from critism. Do not get mad at others just because they give you pointers on how to write, instead, analyze their statements and understand how you can incorporate them in a your own writing style
5. Let your imagination run wild. Don’t set restrictions on your writings. Let yourself create a world that you can be proud of.
    
6. Learn to appreciate your creations. Don’t bring yourself down because you think your story/poem/essay is not good enough. Just remember that you have a piece of you in that composition, and it’s a fragment of the mirror in which you see your self in, and it will make all the difference.
7. Being able to use deep words doesn’t automatically mean you’ve got yourself a good composition. Sometimes the words are just used to amaze people with their depth.
8. There is no such thing as vagueness or clarity when it comes to a composition. You know what it all means if it’s your masterpiece, because no matter how much you hide the from others in your metaphors and idioms, you cannot hide the truth from yourself.
9. Be original. Write in a way that would mark the composition as your own. Do not be afraid to experiment on different writing styles until you find one that satisfies you.
10. And lastly, always remember to never compare yourself to other writers. Solely because you are your own Shakespeare, and you inspire people in ways you cannot even fathom.

(Source: theambivalenceofella)

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