You Want To Write, But Do You Have Writing Talent?

New writers always worry about talent, but "talent" isnewspaper article, a novel, or a company overview,
no indication of ability to write. If you have the desire tothe next step is to find a model for it so you know
write, that's a fair indication that you have all the abilityhow that piece of writing is put together.Study the
you need.=> The desire to do something is themodel and make an outline of it, then write.=> Pay
indication that you CAN do itEverything we do startsattention: make your writing funThe more fun you
with a desire to do it, from learning to walk, to writing.have writing, the more you will write. Dean Koontz
From then on, it's just a matter of having fun, andonce said that if you want to write commercially,
practicing.When someone says "I want to write, but,"writing has to be more fun for you than anything else
the most important part of the sentence is "I want toyou could be doing.Professional writers do a lot of
write."=> Talent is the natural ability to do somethingwriting which is not intrinsically fun. I write copy for
well, but so what?I've always said that if you can writebusinesses, and writing about EDI (Electronic Data
a letter, you can write copy (write for business). This isExchange), water pumps for drainage systems and
a hundred per cent accurate. Anyone with theoccupational health is fun for me because I make it fun.
natural-born ability to write a letter can write copy.I'm determined to enjoy it, and so I do.It's easy for me
However, I can't predict whether the talented one willto convince myself that a piece of writing like a
sit down and do it, day after day after day.WHEN ITsoftware tutorial is fun, because at the very basic level
COMES TO WRITING, OR ANY CREATIVEof playing with words, it is extremely enjoyable.
PURSUIT, TALENT IS MEANINGLESS.It's doing it thatEnjoyment is a function of paying attention.Try it
counts.In one of my favourite books, "Zen Mind,yourself. The next time you're doing a task you dislike,
Beginner's Mind", Suzuki-roshi says: "All that we shouldlike cleaning the bathroom for example, start to pay
do is just do something as it comes. *Do* something!"Ifattention to it. Become deeply engrossed in spraying
you want to write, just write. Sit down with a pen andcleaner onto the bathroom mirror and wiping it off, and
paper, or in front of your computer, and put words onin scrubbing the shower stall. The more attention you
paper. Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, and every writerpay, the more you will enjoy it.=> Welcome
who has ever lived or ever will live does just that, andcritiquesWhen you write, you start out by managing
only that.Sit down and write. This is easier said thanyour inner critic. Next you need to learn how to
done. You need to know how to stop getting in yourmanage external critics, people who critique your
own way.=> Use your critical sense AFTER you havework.If you write professionally, you need to learn how
words on the pageImagine that you're an artist. You'reto deal with editors, who are your primary external
drawing a still-life, of a bowl of fruit. You take yourcritics. Editors are VITAL to writers, and a good editor
paints, mix several colours to get the precise red of ancan make you a much better writer. This is because
apple, and dab a brushstroke onto the canvas.You tiltan editor tells you what's not on the page.The only
your head onto the side. No, that's not right. You cleanway to deal with an editor is to revise your work
your brush and start again. More mixing, anotheraccording to his instructions. You may not like it, but do
brushstroke. You shake your head. Still not right. Youit anyway. Then go on to the next piece of
clean your brush ---.This process gets you nowhere.writing.Writing skill develops over time. The only way to
It's the same when you write. When you're writing, layfind out whether you have talent is to write. If you
words onto the page just as an artist paints.You can'twrite persistently for a few years, you will discover
know what the result will be until you've finished puttingthat you have talent. Your talent grew when you
words onto the page. This means that you need toweren't looking. Write.Stuck in your writing career? Get
completely ignore your critical sense while you'rea coach! Angela Booth coaches writers in copywriting
writing. Once you've finished a writing task, you use(writing for business), nonfiction, and fiction. A veteran
your inner critic.=> Pre-write, and find writingwriter, published by major publishers worldwide, Angela
modelsWriting is about models, and about structure. Ifis also an experienced writing teacher, who knows
you know what a particular piece of writing should lookhow to inspire and motivate. You CAN make a
like, you can write it.The best way to start andsuccess of your writing career. Free daily info for
continue your writing career is not to begrudge words.writers at her blog: Start your writing coaching today
Let your words flow freely. Every professional writerby contacting Angela at her site Angela offers
that I know writes constantly, and most of that writingpersonal one-on-one e-courses and mentoring for all
never makes it into print. It's pre-writing, writing to findforms of writing. Ask for a low-cost initial phone or
out what you want to write.When you've decided onemail consultation.
something you want to write, whether it's a