Write Like a Pro: 7 Proven Strategies to Unlock Your Creative Writing Potential
Become a Writing Maverick
“I am always doing things I can’t do, that’s how I get to do them.”
– Pablo Picasso
As a new creative writer, the road ahead can be overwhelming and daunting, filled with obstacles and challenges. With the right mindset and approach, you can overcome these challenges and turn your passion for writing into something tangible.
Here are a few key factors you can put into practice to develop your creativity no matter what you try to create:
1. Emulate others — don’t copy them
There is nothing new that has been said before. To quote the French writer Andre Gide” Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again”.
Your job as creativity is to find those works of art that are worth stealing from. Feel your mind with that and formulate your unique creation. Learn to embrace influence instead of running away from it.
Stop trying to be completely original.
Austing Kleano, in his book, steals like an artist, said, “Every Idea is just a mashup or a remix of one or more previous ideas.”
