The artist is the full-blown artistic version of themselves at the moment the idea enters into their mind and they begin to engage with the idea. This is the exciting part for me, and many others, I’m sure. On the other hand, it feels as though the artist is the least themselves the further they…
Month: September 2021
Avoid clichés.
Avoid clichés at all costs. Avoid clichés like the plague. A cliché is something that some other writer has already written. The only real point of writing or creating anything is to write or create it yourself. Becoming a better creative writer means embracing originality and pushing boundaries. You create to contribute something new. I’m…
Realistic dialogue shouldn’t sound too real.
Writers are great observers. We pay attention to people’s mannerisms and listen to conversations in cafes and train stations. Something we all know is that real-life conversation is not realistic dialogue. More than other writers, this is something I need to be reminded of because I love realism. I attempt to write my dialogue as…