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Omar King
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Building a writing habit
- Writing helps you better remember what you read, even if you're just taking notes.
- When it comes to personal growth, writing helps you generate new ideas, set goals, keep a journal, or increase your ability to understand.
- It's also a main component of the mindframing method to get things done.
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David Hendricks
@david_hendricks
Creative burnout: when the creativity tap runs dry
Creative Burnout
There are many symptoms to this cause but we must understand first what creative burnout is. It is the state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion around creative working.
Symptoms of Creative Burnout
- Long-term procrastination and struggling with basic work
- Constant exhaustion and inexplicable stress
- Unhealthy comparisons and self-doubt
- Unbalanced content consumption
- Morning dread
- Harmful habits and unusual irritability
With all these, it is important to remember two things:
- There is a difference between creative block and creative burnout. The former does not share the same symptoms with the latter.
- Many of these symptoms are associated with mental health conditions so it's best to talk to a professional.
Getting Back on Your Feet After a Creative Burnout
We often find ourselves stuck in limbo whenever we try to get back up to work. Herewith, it is important to let close friends and family know that you need their support and that you should also allow yourself to take a break from working to make space for self-reflection. After all, once you've navigated through your issues on perfectionism or external pressure, start with small projects or the basics and work from there on forward.
Remember that creative burnout is a temporary state of mind.
Isabel G.
@isabelg284
How To Improve Your Writing: 5 Secrets From Hollywood - Barking Up The Wrong Tree
Make The Readers Feel Something
Honesty is the most important ingredient. You don’t have to be or have gone through something to write about it but you must have a heartfelt feeling about it so you can expose that emotion thro...
Structure And Revise
You need to have a beginning that builds to a middle and an ending, or at least an idea of where you’re going, as it is key to explore your themes and foreshadow things properly.
Another important thing is to revise your writings. Your first draft is likely to contain multiple errors, poorly phrased sections, and inconsistencies.
Surprise The Reader
To do it, you must know what your audience expects from the type of writing you’re doing and then defy it.
Without the surprise, without the twist, if you don’t pull the wool over the audience’s eyes, then it’s unlikely you’re going to be memorable. It’s precisely the fact that things are not what they seem that makes a story interesting.
Laila M.
@lailaim23
How to Explain Things Better and Make Others Understand Your Ideas Easily
The SEE-I method for explaining ideas
We often find that we understand a topic but can't explain it to anyone. A simple method you could use to better understand and clearly communicate a concept is called SEE-I.
Explaining ideas: An example of using the SEE-I method
How to use the SEE-I method to explain, for example, what learning is.
- State it: "Learning is the gaining of knowledge, understanding, or ability."
- Elaborate: "In other words, learning is the process where a person gains specific knowledge, then internalises that knowledge by using it."
- Exemplify: "For example, a child learns to ride a bike by being guided, practising, and falling before they master it."
- Illustrate: "Learning is like a sponge absorbing water, yet it does not get saturated."
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