Wanna Write? Just Write! And Keep Writing

Writing is quite hard for many people, including me. Sometimes I feel that I cannot write well. It seems that I have no ideas to write on paper or to compose a good article. Unfortunately, when we are all in school or at work, we need to improve our writing ability.

Just look around you, when you were in elementary school, you were assigned to make a free writing about your experiences. Then, coming to middle school, you were assigned to make some writings with different genre such as descriptive, narrative, argumentative, and many more.

Society makes writing a must have skill. One thing that I do believe, which makes me write until these days: A writer is not born, a writer is shaped. Yes, you have to practice your writing to improve your writing ability. There are actually some things you can try to help you develop your writing. Let us explore more:

First thing is first, determine your theme. Theme or topic is very essential before you start writing. Once you have got your theme or topic about what to write, you can focus your ideas on particular area only. This will help you to narrow down your ideas.

 

Secondly, you can make a mind mapping about what you want to write. Just make a list about things related to your theme or topic. You can use ‘spider web’ method to list your general ideas about the topic. You can use some questions related to the theme or topic to help you find some general ideas. If you need more ideas, you can browse in the internet.

Thirdly, begin to develop your list into some main ideas for your first, second, until the last paragraph for your writing. You need not to include every idea in your writing, just choose the ones that may be easy to develop using logical flow.

The next step is developing your paragraph. Now, it is the time to elaborate your main idea into a paragraph with good cohesion and connection. Do not worry about grammar and stuff; just write according to your main ideas and list of your mind mapping. You can write using simple sentences, which only have one subject and one verb without any connectors. Try to use some conjunctions to show that one sentence is connected to the other.

After you write your whole idea, it comes for you to read your writing. This time, you can check your grammar and ensure that your elaboration is good and flow smoothly in logical way. Sometimes, you will have new ideas when you re-read your writing. You can polish your sentences or maybe connect some of them into one sentence.

Then, you can ask for other people to read your writing too. Maybe, they can give some ideas to elaborate your writing. The most important thing is enjoying the whole process. That is how you make writing is enjoyable. Try to write about things that you like or about your memorable experiences as a starter.

Now, you have come to the last point, which is keep practicing your writing. As the aforementioned, you need to practice even more to make your writing better.