Lucid Writing Advice

To the writer, this is a good thing, to your eyes it’s not. Sitting to close to a glowing object can damage or hurt your eyes, and can create headaches that you try to ignore.

You shouldn’t ignore them, nor should you let them arise. Trying typing for a few minutes or even an hour, then rest. Have a snack, go out for a walk, but stay clear of things that’ll get you distracted from your writing. Although your fingers are away from the keyboard, you’ll continue to type the manuscript in your mind.

When you do type, you can have either the choice of a completely quiet house or music in the background, like I prefer. Chose music wisely however, it’ll be best to go with something soft. Either Classical or Romantic.

Once you’ve set the mood, headaches are devoured by your creative mind.

If you believe that statement is true, then you can’t really call yourself a determined writer. To writers, writing is rapture. Enjoyment.

It is you who creates the mood. If you write about something happy, you’ll catch yourself smiling at the monitor. Creating something sad can make you linger, and when it is an important character, that you have decided is no longer useful, killing them can you make you stammer in the act.

You have the profound freedom to travel as you please, without lifting from the seat. When creating your own unique worlds, you can go where no one has ever visited. You have the privileges of Darwin. You have the liberty to set examples. In writing, you are literally the God. It is you, no matter how unmerciful and just the cause, to create problems for your characters.

Don’t be intimidated when its a bright and sunny day out, and you are torn between typing and having fun. Open the windows, the doors, whatever, so that you can have that day come to you. Sit at your keyboard and type. In this case you have the best of both worlds.

And the most unforgiving thing you can do as a writer is not find the time. You must have time if you want to write. A page a day keeps ill writing away. If you do it everyday, or at least twice or thrice a week, you keep yourself in check.

The true sickness directly related to writing is Writer’s Block. It comes to us all. A wolf from the shadows of creation, arriving when we have written ourselves into a corner surrounded by wet paint.

Writer’s Block can make you do bad things. To me, it stopped me from writing for a least a month and a half. If your writing a novel, like myself, Writer’s Block comes more than once. Take these three steps to avoid it:

When having writer’s block, it is highly prescribed that you keep away from anything that reminds you of writing.

Stay your mind from imagining your characters. Rest at night. Read a book. Whatever you do, don’t type.

Eat healthy. Exercise. Don’t write until your ready.

That last is a must. Writing in Writer’s Block is extremely unhealthy. It will severely frustrate you. You may even believe you can no longer write. Write when you are ready.

In every writers life, you must come to understand that others beside you will want to read your work. Be weary. Giving writing to friends will almost always result in " Oh, that was wonderful." When it was truly a disaster.

Those who hate you will say it’s terrible, when it could be your best.

Give writing to those you fill comfortable with, and tell them to judge it without mercy. State your flaws. Ask how you can make it even better.