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“I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was, too. But better far write twaddle or anything, anything, than nothing at all.”
― Katherine Mansfield
― Katherine Mansfield
You may have an idea for a piece of writing: maybe a memoir based upon a significant time in your life, or recounting an adventure you had, perhaps a year-long sea journey, a near death experience whilst lost in the jungle, something life-changing.
Maybe you were on the bus the other day, listening in on the conversation behind you. Two people were discussing an unsolved murder, the perpetrator never caught ... you're thinking, 'That's a great idea for a murder mystery thriller.'
Whatever the idea is, grab it and run with it - see if it will fly. The only way to know if it will is to start writing it.
If you don't have an idea yet and you want to write, make a list of things that interest you, subjects you'd like to consider writing about, things about which you have knowledge or insight that you can share. You can start with the stories or ideas you know about - or you can write down those things you would like to know about. Writing isn't always 'writing what you know'.
And as Katherine Mansfield says, it may be 'twaddle' but at least it's something, which is better than nothing at all.
Maybe you were on the bus the other day, listening in on the conversation behind you. Two people were discussing an unsolved murder, the perpetrator never caught ... you're thinking, 'That's a great idea for a murder mystery thriller.'
Whatever the idea is, grab it and run with it - see if it will fly. The only way to know if it will is to start writing it.
If you don't have an idea yet and you want to write, make a list of things that interest you, subjects you'd like to consider writing about, things about which you have knowledge or insight that you can share. You can start with the stories or ideas you know about - or you can write down those things you would like to know about. Writing isn't always 'writing what you know'.
And as Katherine Mansfield says, it may be 'twaddle' but at least it's something, which is better than nothing at all.