This is what Kim M. Kimselius wrote writing
with joy:
"Writing with joy is the name of
my notebook, but it's not the one I 'm going to talk about today.
It's the joy of writing I want to
tell you about. For me there is almost nothing better than to write, but it's
not for everyone, that I know of all the letters and emails I get.
So how do you find the joy to write?
To me it's obvious to write to
myself, if something I like, something I'm passionate about, something I want
to convey to others.
This is not obvious to everyone. Many
people write because they have a dream of becoming a writer, because they think
that you have to write in a particular way, expressing oneself as a writer,
using a special language, write a particular genre (mostly detective novels),
or write so an editor will enjoy the story.
It's usually then it freezes. Because
if you've decided to write a book, like a detective story, just because it is
popular and can make you rich, but you do not have a that kind of story inside
you, then it becomes all wrong.
If you are not good at finding the
intrigue around a murder, or know how the murderer will be found, then there
will be no good book because it forces you to write something you are really
passionate about.
You should write about what you do
best, whatever that is popular reading at the moment. You might have a romantic
comedy within you, or a real harlequin story, with lots of love and sex. You
might want to write something dramatic and sad, to tell you about something
that has happened to you or someone in your vicinity.
It is only when you open up your
thoughts and feelings and unleashes words you have within you that there will
be joy in the writing.
Try to find your voice, your
specialty and not lock yourself by rules and musts. Write on and feel how fun
it is to let your fingers run up over the keys, or how the pen fills the papers
with words.
Be glad for all the words you put on
paper, instead of being sad and think that you have not posted enough. If it
only gets a single sentence written during the day, you have at least posted
something that you felt joy about when you wrote it.
As I write this text, I feel joy,
because I am passionate about inspiring others to write and learn to find joy
in writing. At the same time I'm filled with longing to write in my book, for
it is so that the more you write, the easier it becomes. So it is with
everything, the more you practice the better you get.
Sometimes when I'm lecturing in
primary school, they usually get to write short stories based on a color. I
urge them to write from the first color they see within themselves.
It tends to be magical stories. Like
the little boy who saw black and then wrote a sad story about divorce and a lost
dog. Someone else saw yellow and wrote on a lovely summer vacation in the countryside
with his grandparents.
What kind of color do you see within
you? Begin typing from that and then build on your story. Make sure to have fun
and let the smile spread from your mouth through your body, feel joy when you
write.
Good Luck!
Please look into Kimselius writing
tips, http://kim-m-kimselius.blogspot.se/p/kimselius-skrivtips.html
You can also find more tips on how to
write with joy in my book To write with joy, which can be borrowed at the
library, both as a regular book and e-book.
Hugs Kim M. Kimselius"
Are you up for the challenge? Write
from your heart and enjoy the words that are coming from within you!
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Sharon Elbaz
Härligt inlägg! Tack :-)
SvaraRaderaKram Kim