Page 33 - Toluna Magazine EN-AE July 2022
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Organizing thoughts
Sometimes, it can happen that
our mind starts to be racing in an
endless whirlwind of thoughts. Therefore, keep a pen and paper
That can sometimes result in a with you at all limes, you might
huge amount of mental stress. never know when these
That’s when creative writing revelations show up. You can
comes into play, by channeling always gain some inspiration
and transforming the stress into through different mediums such
something more positive. The idea as: travelling, religion, hobbies,
is to just get out your thoughts on friends, overheard conversations,
a piece of paper such as in a memories, history, images,
‘stream of consciousness', letting dreams, family situations and
them all fall out. This will not only others.
relieve you, but it may surprise you
with what you came up with.
Don’t worry, you can come up
later to polish up the writing itself, Think of an unusual plot
but at the first stage is good to just When crafting a new story, it is
gather the ideas and unbend important to plot the action in a
yourself for a start. smart and original way. You can
think about these elements when
developing the plot:
T I P S F O R C R E A T I V E Reversals are used to create
W R I T I N G setbacks in the life story of a
character. For example one type
of reversal could be a catastrophe,
Inspiration which usually occurs close to the
Almost anything from this world end of the story.
can end up inspiring you into
creating a good piece of writing. Discoveries are what the
The inputs come from anywhere characters get to learn about
and everywhere, you’ll just have to themselves, about the world they
pay attention to them. live in and about the other
Many people confuse inspiration characters of the story. These
with some mysterious sparks that discoveries can be about their
creep in out of nowhere and own selves or about a central
vanish as soon as they come, but theme of the story.
in fact, inspiration is rather a
progressive process, an ongoing
series of revelations that are put
together by both your conscious
and unconscious mind.
