The Right to Write! Do You Know Your 7 Rights?

Let me familiarize you with your seven “rights.”

1) You have the right to use creativity while writing fiction.

2) You have the right to exercise your imagination while writing fiction.

3) You have the right to utilize a dictionary and/or a thesaurus whenever you write, fiction or nonfiction.

4) You have the right to research a topic to learn more about it before, after, and during your writing.

5) You have the right to delete whatever you write, if you don’t like what you’ve written.

6) You have the right to ask questions of others about writing, and to learn from their experiences.

7) You have the right to take the writing advice of others or not; whatever you prefer to do is up to you.

Feel free to add to these rights.

Dispersing the Fog of Writer’s Block

Most authors of fictional works are familiar with “blank.” It’s where the writer is lost in a fog, and it’s not a comfortable place to be in. The technical term is “writer’s block.” It’s a vanilla-like world where your thought processes want to be creative, but nothing comes to the forefront of your mind. No characters are chosen. No plots are hatched. No beginning, middle, nor an ending is in sight. Nothing tempts your imagination nor engages your creativity to write. Well, motivate yourself. Go for a walk in your neighborhood, on the beach, on a university campus. Get inside your car and drive, or take a bus ride and look at the world around you. Look over there! What’s going on behind the closed doors of that creepy-looking house on the corner? What’s happening inside that busy building with people going in-and-out? What is being said between that angry-looking couple seated on a park bench?

Use your imagination and engage it. Perhaps listen to some music and allow your thoughts to drift to the land of creativity. Plunge deep into the well of your thoughts and pour out your interests; pull on the string of your experiences and unravel your past. Search out your talent. Blow off the dust and cobwebs, and then put them to use. Go for it! Start your first sentence in the first paragraph. And if the sentence changes over time, no big deal. Changes are akin to the writing process.

Get started! 🙂