The Writing Pages

Reading my creative writing blog, Delve Into The Mind Of A Budding Blogger, many people have questioned me about my inspiration and ideas for writing? Where do I get the ideas? How do I cultivate them?

So today I decided to share it with you!

Inspirations for writing a story, poem or any other kind of article/ write-up depends upon a writer. Different writers acquire ideas by different ways.

For me, my ambience, the things happening around are enough to provide an idea.

Often writing prompts on the web are a big help!

I prefer writing while sitting in my garden, for the lovely blooming flowers and the beautiful view outside is a good source of inspiration.

My personal journal or diary is the biggest help, Flipping through the pages gives a number of ideas that keep swarming in the head!

It just depends on a person. If you observe and notice what happens around you might get a multitude of ideas, and then all is up to you, how you present it and how you develop the story line!

As I shared my ideas and inspirations, I would love to know how you get an idea for a particular story. Please post comments telling me about your sources for writing.

Whether it be a webpage, a book, a short story or even business articles- first impressions are often made on the creativity of the titles. And as they say, first impressions are the best impressions.

Whatever you do, please understand that titles hook the reader. If surfing the net, the reader will not waste time on a title that reads Harry Potter but something that says, Harry Potter- the 8^th Part! Everyone knows that there is no further sequel so the reader will be intrigued to read on.

Thus stands the creativity of the author in writing titles. Finding a creative and suitable title is pretty much a skill in itself.

Finished with a story and still confused about a suitable heading? This is a very common problem for me. So today I decided to share some tips with you that I prefer using when trapped in such a mess.

Usually, I read my write-up at at least thrice. It acts as a good revision, and along with, some lines or a phrase may strike you as a suitable title.

Be as tangy, wild and imaginative as possible. Go out to a garden, look around…..and who knows? But if yours is a moral article, often age old phrases are best preferred.

If nothing strikes you then too, then it is better to give your brain some rest and leave it alone for a day or two. Read your story again after a day and something is sure to thump you.

It’s often better to take help from friends. They might strike on the magic word you’ve been missing.

Or better, I’ve recently found many a sites for writing prompts which provide you with suitable headings based on which you form a story. I often use Serendipitous Story Title Generator or Title-O-Matic for this purpose

I hope these help! Do share your views and ideas.

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Surfing the net has many useful results for me. Recently, I stumbled upon a very interesting website. All amateur and young writers like me, glance up and cross your hands!

Have you ever been out of ideas?? Especially for young ones like me....who suddnely loose out on what to write! But not anymore! For there is a website, ABCTEACH, which offers great and interesting writing prompt for kids and others. These prompts will certainly stimulate your brain cells and you'll come out with interesting results! For the prompts, click here.

Another site, Tooter4Kids has interesting writing prompts for us on a daily basis. You get prompts on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday……and every other day of the week, that also for every month. The prompts are such that they will compel you to churn your grey cells, if not force you to pick up the pen. To visit, click here.

So go, get a pen and sheet and put on your thinking caps…..

As the authors rightly say in their intrduction,

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One of my favorite writing blogs is ‘One Step Forward’ which is written by Legbamel an expert in this field. She rightly writes in her profile, “I blog about writing and grammar. Every so often, I throw in writing prompts, freelance job links and tips, and publishing opportunities. Less often, I actually write for money or work on my novel.”

The blog is enriched with posts on proper language usage with tips on improving your grammar. I loved to read Grammar Pet Peeves (which shows some sites for your elucidation and entertainment), I Told You Grammar Was Important (which points towards some entertaining grammar posts on other blogs), Using Commas in Your Dates (which gives some troubleshooting tips on how to punctuate the dates) etc.

Another section which interests me is none other than Writing Prompts. Posts like Writing Prompts and Exercises (look to writing exercises to loosen up those creative muscles) and Guides to Writing and Editing (look beyond grammar & spelling to get that virtual ink flowing again) are wonderful articles worth reading again and again!

How can I forget to mention about the Vocabulary posts where Legbamel not only gives tips for improving your vocabulary but also make it an interesting topic to look forward to like Beware the Wily Thesaurus (how too much thesaurus can be bad for your writing).

To sum it up, ‘One Step Forward’ is a one step blog to solve all your writing and language related queries covering various topics like grammar, vocabulary, writing tips, writing prompts, associated content, freelance writing and many other.

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