mind gypsie asked:
I’m a 21 year old male, i have never have had good grammar. I’m looking into writing as a hobby, i was thinking of doing a writing activity every day or every other day. I was wondering what are some good exercises, as far as working with metaphors and allegories, i was also thinking writing short creative paragraphs on a variety of topics. Any suggestions?
I’m a 21 year old male, i have never have had good grammar. I’m looking into writing as a hobby, i was thinking of doing a writing activity every day or every other day. I was wondering what are some good exercises, as far as working with metaphors and allegories, i was also thinking writing short creative paragraphs on a variety of topics. Any suggestions?
PS- how will writing benefit me in my everyday life
Thank you, i look forward to reading the post
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Unless your trying to be an english major or something… that sounds like a waste of time. Find a better hobby. Play video games or watch tv. Or just hang out with friends. Writing poems and *** sh1t like that sucks
Playing video games doesn’t necessarily help your intellectual capacity. This, I believe, is the benefit of writing: to enhance your intellect and form you into a more creative individual. I get complimented often on my writing skills, and I love the fantasies, the metaphors, the extreme descriptiveness I can create with words. It is actually an art, but you can learn to do it by reading, by writing, and by talking with people who talk about interesting things which may inspire your writing. Write travel reviews or critique movies. Those are good ways to get started. Or find some issue in society which confounds you or inspires you and write your opinion on it. Good luck. America needs more good writers.
A good way to get started as a writer is to keep a journal. Don’t just write what happened during the day, but concentrate on how you FELT about whatever happened to you. Try to make a story of your day; when you say I felt like.. you’re using a simile. As far as allegories are concerned, turn your day into an allegory and write it as fiction. Soon, writing will become second nature. As far as a life benefit, by writing you’ll learn to express yourself clearly and without wasting words, which will help you at work, school, and in your relationships with other people.
Your grammar is not so poor. You need to locate the shift key is all. I had terrible grades in school. Not dumb, just bored. Do what Elaine says. Get a stack of legal pads and start taking notes. I used to go to the courthouse and take notes during trials. Not verbatim dialog. I wrote down my own ideas on what was and wasn’t fair. I always volunteered to write or take notes for clubs and organization I belonged to. I went out of my way to understand things. It takes time. I’m 51 now. People tell me that my efforst have paid off. We will see.
Hi-
I am a writer for and other venues. Writing is a great hobby, good for getting feelings out, communicating ideas, and may lead to a career.
I have written a few articles on writing that might lead you to some good sources. I hope they will help:
Teach Writing Without Handwriting
Ideas for Teaching Writing with No Penmanship Needed
Writer Synonyms for the Word Said
Write Better with Lots of Ways to Say Said in Fiction Dialog
Getting Kids Writing Published
Tips for Getting Children’s Creative Written Work in Print or Online
Easy Games to Teach Writing Skills
Tips for Teaching Kids Creative Composition Without Handwriting
New Year’s Writing Drama Ideas
New Year Ideas Games for Teaching School Homeschool Writers
also check out this writing page:
and this creative writing page:
on my homeschooling web site. I think these sources will help even though I wrote them with younger writers in mind. You have to start somewhere!
Keep working on it and when you worry about grammar, just try to write like you talk. If you pause, add a comma there g.
Best of luck!
JJ