On creative writing
a reminder for myself to write more
I’m trying to get back into creative writing. I feel like I have so many thoughts and ideas which lie and dance in between my consciousness and subconscious, but I don't quite know how to put them into words. Ultimately, I want to move these thoughts into my focal awareness.
I think about all the conversations I could have if I just knew how to articulate myself better. I think about the plenty of missed opportunities to bridge other’s ideas with my own but I just lacked the right arrangement of words. It's really amazing how just by simply stringing them the right way, you could increase the fidelity of your ideas.
I think my culprit here is my prose. I’m not happy with it.
One, two, three hours pass by and I’m still stuck on the same sentence. I barely even notice the sun is out. But it doesn’t feel like suffering. It doesn’t even feel like three hours have passed.
I think I worry too much about using flowery language. I mean why complicate things when simple does the trick?
You can still strike the same chords using simple english!
Writing tip: when you’re stuck on a sentence Hemingway says just “write one true sentence” and then go from there. My own advice: not every sentence has to be perfect the first time you write it have a separate writing and editing time to edit in that spicy language and make your writing flow more. You don’t want to stop the flow of ideas while writing is the point of the dedicated writing time. This is anecdotal advice so take it with a grain of salt. I’m looking forward to your pieces in the future I’ve always seen you as talented with words and there’s no reason for that not to translate into paper and so far with this substack you have been proving that.