Why we make mistakes
What’s Wrong With Your Writing?
I have just read many of your comments on problems that you have in writing, and most of you cite “writer’s block” or a stopping that you can’t control when you are in the midst of a story or essay.
After a generation of writing in most genres, I think the clue to and end to your problems
is two-fold: First, set a goal of, say, a thousand words a week. And DO it!
Second, relax, assume that you have in your mind all you need to successfully complete your idea, and hit that keyboard.
There are a few suggestions within each type or kind of writing:
FICTION
Get your entire story completely located in your mind, jotting down sequences until you mentally have the whole affair clear. Then with that outline by you, get into the story on your computer, adding depth and mystery and whatever you wish to use to embellish until you have finished the story. Review it. Correct it. When you feel an exultant satisfaction that it is DONE, print it out and read and recheck the paper copy. This routine applies to short pieces and longer novels as well.
IN-DEPTH SERIOUS ARTICLES
Example: Why do our government representatives betray us?
In this type of writing, the great pitfall is allowing our emotions to surpass fact. We MUST research every statement we make, and not let our heated opinions destroy what might be an helpful essay. The best way to attain that is to remember the old newspaperman rules as told in journalism school: WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, and HOW, and in that order.
SCIENTIFIC WRITING (Including how-to manuals)
Here your rule of research MUST be strictly adhered to..not only must your sources be excellent and approved and accepted by the agencies you are addressing, but your figures and facts should be rechecked several times. Here you may also call upon experts in your picked field to check out your writing.
WRITING FOR TV NEWS AND NEWSPAPERS
ALL of the above apply here and at the same time, you must enter into the bugaboo of brevity. Papers and TV stations are limited greatly in what they offer you as space. And that TV anchorman or commentator who reads your words may need a more dramatic approach to your story that the newspaper’s dry presentation.
WRITING POETRY AND MUSIC SCORES
Poetry is not really written if it is to be REAL poetry. It is INSPIRED, and comes to the brain and hopefully is translated into a MUST of your own words. It cannot be defined as a skill except to always remember that alliteration is important, the SOUNDS of your words are doubly important, and SPARSE adjectival use is essential.
MUSIC, that is the words that accompany music, is probably the most difficult kind of poetry, for it must not only BE poetry, it must align itself with the already created musical presence.
In some cases, the reverse is true and the poetry can inspire the musician to make the music.
Best of all, of course, is the creative person who does both, the words and the music.
OTHER WRITING
There are other specializations in writing but the above apply very well to them…religious writing, metaphysical essays, descriptions of other arts, sales persuasions, etc.
But mistakes in writing can be almost totally avoided by developing a writing pattern from the above, that learned not only in journalism school but also in many many years of writing for newspapers, novels, movies, and best of all, occasional visits from the poetic muse.
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