My experience with creative writing so far:
Creative writing is one of my hobbies I picked up over lockdown. It has been an incredible source of creativity and imagination as I sat down to write many different things. I bought a few Udemy courses in this area to grasp how to write creatively. One of which is called the complete creative writing course.
This course covers all four genres of creative writing including fiction, poetry, drama and creative non-fiction. So far, I have completed this course’s fiction and poetry sections and am currently going through the drama section. I have really enjoyed this course so far.
The most challenging aspect of creative writing has been trying to form a book out of my fiction writing because this process takes a long time. And I’ve noticed the more I write, the more ideas flow. However, if you write but don’t read back what you’ve read it is quite confusing to know what to write next because what has been written already in the story can be easily forgotten.
So, I’ve decided to do another course to help me write a book. So far very in-depth and good but looks to be very time-consuming. So, I am taking it slow and focusing on the complete creative writing course first before this novel course.
I remember going to a course, an in-person writing course based on creative writing and realised that I really enjoyed the process of writing and realised I’m very good at it as well. As a result, I decided to pick it up and start the first draft of a novel called John’s Ascension. However, it wasn’t until several thousand words in that I decided what the word Ascension meant.
Hopefully, it will be published or self-published in the future at some point however undertaking writing a book is a huge task, so I am unsure of the result of this process. Hopefully, I am successful in this process and will have published a book very soon.
The positives of creative writing:
I’ve also noticed that keeping a blog or journal is very useful to keep track of what you are going through in life, and it can be a way of therapy and a way to process hard and difficult emotions that happen during life.
Another thing is that creative writing is also considered a creative hobby. Like drawing, painting, or sculpting it uses and activates your creative muscles which is a good way to experiment and to get use out of that side of your brain.
Another aspect of creative writing I really enjoy is being able to use your imagination. This is because when you write Fiction then you can take your story wherever you want it to go. Here only your imagination is your limit if you can imagine something you’re able to write it down in the story.
Another positive is that I am a language enthusiast who enjoys learning languages. The process of language learning especially at the intermediate and advanced stages involves using a language more than learning it through textbook study. Creative writing in my opinion is one of the best ways to use a language you studied in a creative writing sense.
As a result, I’ve decided to write a new book/story for each new language I learn to that level so that I can have ample writing practice per language I’ve learnt. So far, I’ve been successful in this approach writing several pages per language I’ve learnt to that level. So far so good I can say!
The negatives of creative writing:
I don’t feel that there are many negatives to this process of writing. However, there appears to be a lot to learn in this process of learning how to write and so it can be a bit overwhelming as there are many possible sources to learn creative writing from.
Also, in the process of starting the book I am writing, I didn’t really plot it out beforehand. As such I found that in the middle of the book of finding it hard to remember what I’ve written or to think of ideas that I should write.
As a result, I’m attempting to do a novel course on how to write a novel to better understand how best to approach writing this novel. All in all, though; I think that writing a novel is very satisfying and is very good for your creativity.
Also, because writing is a very active process using your hand it can be hard and can aggravate repetitive strain injury and as such, I rely on a voice input software.
Overall, though, I think that there are no real negatives to getting into creative writing.
Conclusion:
Overall writing and creative writing are very good hobbies to have of which I very much enjoy. What about you? Let me know in the comments below.
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