
Proficient Writing 4 U
Attention
Part 1 - Grab your audience attention explained
Part 2- Think about the human factor
Part 3- Writing proficiently
Interest
A lesson about how to create interest for your readers.
Support for all types of writing, especially blog writing.
See the Daffodil poem in resources
After this lesson you will have some ideas about the writing process.
Proficient Writing 4 U
5 short videos that help you step by step with writing an article, blog or creatively. Each video introduces the 4 stages of: AIDA
ATTENTION
INTEREST
DESIRE
ACTION
What is creative writing?
Even if you are a beginner and have not written anything for a long time, an idea you jot down today could be the basis of a best-selling novel. There are no rules for creative writing, only guidelines. The main types of creative writing are:
A short story
Poetry
Writing for children
Writing for stage and screen
How do you start?
There is no secret to success, other than that you have to start somewhere. I once spoke to an award winning author who told me that it was a hobby she did day and night. I did not believe her, until I started writing blogs and doing academic writing. Writing is a journey of discovery by trial and error. All you really need to do this is a pen and paper.
What are your chances of success?
Everyone can succeed at creative writing. This is a personal journey where you are the main audience. I have taught women in prison who had never written anything until I encouraged them to put their ideas down on paper. Success to them was just to make a start. There are many types of writing not just story-telling. Guide books, humour, how-to advice.
Poetry:
Poetry is one of the most expressive forms of creative writing and the easiest to do. You don’t even need to have read a lot of it to understand the basics.