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Creative Writing Archives - Page 2 of 6 - Zahid Hussain

The Origin of Poetry

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...

That Which Separates

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...

Descriptive 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...

The Aim of a Story

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...

Love & Hate

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...

What’s Your Thinking Style? AUDITORY!

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...