Magic to transform into a Pro Writer! How to improve and even fell in love with WRITING!!! 🖋 📃

From my introduction in my About Me, I am certain that you probably could guessed that I am some one who loves writing stories. Eversince my study in high school, one of the common frustrations I heard from my peers is their hatred towards writing. Writing an essay for all language classes always seems to be a big problem to them and they hated the idea of forcing words out of their minds. The most common reasons I heard from them are the difficulties to come out an interesting story, inability to use proper grammars, shortage in vocabularies and lack of interest in writing itself.

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However, I am the weird one who do not feel any discomfort, but even to the extent that love writing very much. This is probably why I score As for all my language subjects in SPM. And here, I am willing to share you my 3 "magic tricks" that help me not only advance in writing, but also fell in love with it! Let's move right into it!

1. READ MORE! 📕📘📗

I know you will probably call me a nerd for this, but I am not here to state the obvious. I am not here to force you to read all those thick journals and bored your time out. In fact, I am the type who also hated those boring thick books which are complicated and inhuman to read. What I am trying to say here is you should find a favourite genre that suit your interest, and slowly grow your interest through the process.

No matter it is a japanese manga, or even articles from the internet, it is important to have a input of stories in your daily life. Books are not only source to improve your vocalbularies and grammar, it also serve as important source of inspirations. It enchance our ability to imagine, which is crucial for you when you are buliding your own world in your writing. Without reading, you will lack the "blocks" needed to manifest your writing, which result in the lacking of beauitiful vocabularies and imagination in your stories.

Photo of me in high school with one of my favourite local author who wrote fantasy novels.

Speaking from experiences, I would recommend reading books or stories containing wild fantasies or just something far from your life such as crime stories. It is always good to open your eyes with the field you never experienced as it will fill your writing with surprises. As for myself, my first book is a novel of a boy's experience travelling to China, which was something new to my mind in primary school. As for now, I am still a crazy lover for crime and fantasy stories. Input through reading is important. So don't limit yourself, pick a book up now!

2. Try New Things in Life! 👣

The next important thing you should do to enchance your writing is gaining new life experiences! Stop keeping yourself in that small room and start trying new things and activities in your life! If you are a student, attending cocuricular activities would be a great start. Even if your are already a working adult, there are still exciting activities such as swimming lessons or hiking for you to try.

I always enjoy immersing myself in activities no matter in high school or universities. They may not particularly help me in my academic performances, but will eventually give me more stories to tell when I face difficulties or growth in the process.

Photo of me during the Student Newscaster Camp organised by local TV station 8TV and NTV7.

Joining new activities not only let you escape yourself from the boring life cycles, it will also expand your view of the world! It is primary for you to be able to show more perspectives in your writing. Besides, you will eventually gain the desire to express your experience by writing, which decrease your boredom when you are just doing it for great marks and grades only. Try it and I assure you will feel the differences when you pick up your pen or keyboard!

3. Practice and Share It with Others! 🖋👨‍👧‍👦

Last but not least, the greatest way for you is to write more and share it with others! Practice definitely makes prefect, what even better is when you share it with those who cares. Through writing more, you will not only discover your common errors, but even discover your style of writing, which will become a pleasure as you gain the confidence in the process. That is the reason why I like to write news article and show it my friends in the Student Reporter Team in high school!

Me and my friends in the Sin Chew Student Reporter Team who always write and share together.

Besides, when you share your writing with others, they can detect the errors and even give constructive comments for you to improve. What's more important is that you can show your stories to them and enjoy the happiness when more people get to know you better through your writing. It will encourange you to write more in the future!

Even if you are shy, you can just try writing a blog just like what I am doing here! However, avoid yourself from showing your writing to those who only wants to give toxic comments or did not even bother. They will discourage your interests and even grow your fear towards writing. Start to write more and show it to your love ones now!

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In conclusion, these are the three tips I think are relevant to improve and even gain you interest in writing. Writing is never hard when you just think of it as a way to express your life. Trying to practice it in your life and I think you will eventually grow your love towards writing. Enjoying you journey with words starting today!