creative writing skills

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Creative Writing Skills Do You Have Them All?
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• Silly question, I know. But do you know that
  there are a certain set of skills which you need
  to master if you want to be an expert in it?
• And the questions that comes out of this are
  what are these skills? And are they important?
• Read on for the first question. As for the
  second, of course you already know that the
  answer is going to be
• Of course!
• To get what creative writing skills actually
  mean for your writing lets get the big picture
  first (the definition of creative writing
  skills).

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• Creative writing skills are simply things which
  you need to know, things which you need to learn
  to have in your personality. If you dont have
  these skills, I wont say that you dont have a
  chance of succeeding, but of course it becomes a
  lot harder.
• Some people can get away with not having these
  creative writing skills and still being
  successful enough. But exceptions only prove the
  rule if you want to be a pro creative writer,
  you need to have them, my friend.
• The good news for those of us who do want to
  learn them is that theyre easy to master.
  Theyre easy to grasp. And theyre even easy to
  remember for a long time.

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The skills which you need to master

• Talent  What, you dont have talent? I dont
  think so. Everyone has talent, whether they
  realize it or not. After all, what is talent if
  not passion for ones craft? Is talent in-born or
  is it something we have to learn? I believe both.
  Let me tell you my own story I was lucky enough
  to be born with talent. What does this mean?
  Means I was lucky enough to already have a
  passion for writing. But that doesnt mean that I
  didnt have to work hard to improve my writing. I
  did. Everyone has to. If you dont believe that
  you have in-born talent, just keep writing.
  Everyone, even a terrible writer (means all of
  us) can improve their writing easily.

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• Persistence  The old debate skills vs.
  talent comes to mind. Which is essential? Both
  again. So what does skills mean? Persistence.
  Determination. Desire to succeed. A creative
  writer must have persistence. Success is, after
  all, merely the absence of failure. If it doesnt
  work the first time, no matter. Second time, no
  matter. Third time, no matter. Fourth time, no
  matter
• Patience  Theres no place for
  get-rich-quick-seekers in this world, and
  likewise, if you have a mentality for
  get-published-quick or get-success-quick it
  wont work. Period. One has to be patient in
  writing, goes without saying.

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• Ability to face criticism  I know, criticism
  isnt great to hear. Its so nice to hear praise,
  but when you hear criticism instead, you get all
  hot and afraid at the same time. But criticism is
  good. Its actually great for writers, especially
  if it gives constructive advice. But once in a
  while, trolls arrive and harsh criticism is
  thrown on you. Instead of hitting back, the best
  thing to do is to face it. So you must have the
  ability to face criticism.
• Imagination  Imagination is so helpful in
  writing that even I would sing its praises for
  days, they still wouldnt help. Have trouble
  conjuring ideas? You need to have a bright
  imagination. You need to imagine you need to
  ignore the naysayers. The well known advice is to
  think outside the box. Just apply it.

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• Technical ability  Of all the six creative
  writing skills, this is quite the easiest. I know
  what youre thinking whats technical ability
  doing in a post about creative writing skills?
  Because you need to have some basic ability if
  you want to write. Pen and paper may continue to
  work well but its good to also learn the basics
  of typing (touch typing), web publishing and
  more.

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Creative Writing classes Dubai

• Witty Learning Institute
• Unit 206, Goldcrest Executive Tower,
• Cluster C - Dubai