by Zahid Hussain | May 31, 2009 | Creative Writing
Poetry is potent.The rhythmic gush of a poet’s mellifluous syllables stir the embers of our frail hearts. In human history, poetry’s invisible beat has spurred us into action and we have discovered the far and distant shores of enduring self-revelation.But...
by Zahid Hussain | May 26, 2009 | Creative Writing, Inspiration
I have often found that two things separate would-be writers from taking wing into the sky of words that they dream of.They read little.They write little.Yet they expect an instant masterpiece to appear out of the nib of their favourite fountain pen.I encounter such...
by Zahid Hussain | May 11, 2009 | Creative Writing
How do you describe an object, an animal or person and using the alchemy of word transform it into something utterly real in the mind of another?Use the precise word.Use the apt word.Use the senses: visual, auditory, kinaesthetic, olfactory…Use verbs of motion...
by Zahid Hussain | Mar 9, 2009 | Creative Writing
ALL writers must create what John Gardner termed the ‘uninterrupted fictional dream’.What does this mean?When you pen a story you must aim to ensnare the reader in a waking dream so evocative that the reader cannot even break their gaze for a single...
by Zahid Hussain | Jan 24, 2009 | Creative Writing
To make any story come alive you need characters that breathe, make you smile, irritate you, who throw their fists in the air and rant and rave.So how do you do it, how do you make a character come alive?There are so many methods, but one of the techniques I teach is...
by Zahid Hussain | Dec 5, 2008 | Creative Writing
For those of you who think in sounds or words the problems you will face are vastly different from writers who are visual.Now there are pros and cons to being an auditory thinker. Classically, most writers ARE auditory, but there are many successful writers who are...