Pen is Mightier than the Sword
The words that we write using our pen have more power than the edge of the sword. To add power to your words, you need to have a good writing skill. To improve my writing skills, I decided to take the Blogchatter Creative writing e-course. In this post, I shall share the things that I have learnt from this course.
I did my schooling at a reputed school in Kolkata, till class XII. The school was affiliated to CBSE, New Delhi. In my school days, my main focus was on Mathematics and Science, because I wanted to pursue Science in Class XII. I used to study English, the night before my exam.
If you want to become an Engineer then, the English language is the last thing that you would like to learn, isn’t it? I got 85+ in English, in class X and XII board exams. I used to lose out marks because of silly grammatical errors. I didn’t pay any heed to it until I started blogging. After following a few blogs, I realised the importance of writing grammatically correct sentences.
Highlights:
Aditya Sinha
- Non-fiction should be based on facts. Internet is a vast source of information to write non-fiction.
- You should collect data from credible sources only. You can get a lot of data from Government websites.
- To keep your readers’ interest intact, you can plan your non-fiction write-up in a non-chronological manner.
- If you want a touch of creativity to your non-fiction write-ups then, you can go can faction. In Faction, you can write a creative story using real-life characters.
Samarpita Sen
- The Author should do the first round of editing before submitting the manuscript to the editor. One must run a spell check, grammar check and a structural check on their own. This saves time and cost. Do not skip final proofreading.
- To edit non-fiction, you must approach an editor who has knowledge about the subject.
- Length of fiction write-ups shouldn’t cross more than 60,000 (sixty thousand) words.
Kiran Manral
- Build your presence on Social Media. Don’t make your followers feel bored. Create engaging content and engage with your followers.
- Build your own network or join a network of writers.