How to give your writing a spark

People’s writing often lacks creativity and imaginativeness. And it’s not talent they are missing, even though they might think so.

might offend some people saying this.

But often writing by new and inexperienced writers is dull and lacks originality.One might even argue a lot of today’s writing lacks imagination and vision.

But I think its quite easy to fix that.

I want to show you one simple thing that you can either do alone or with other people to maximize your linguistic ability and give you that extra spark for your writing.

Firstly I want to share the quote that inspired me:

Don’t Tell Me the Moon Is Shining; Show Me the Glint of Light on Broken Glass -Anton Chekhov

This is such a clever and unique use of language that it stirred me up to challenge myself!

I immediately wrote down five dull sentences and imposed myself to write rewrite these five sentences in a way that they are actually somewhat interesting.

I will share my my 5 sentences with now.

But I want you to take the time and rewrite them for yourself in a way that they become the opposite of dull. They should become inspirations and examples of impressing use of language that can take the reader into a different world.

I will share my results as well as the results of my wife further below to give you an idea of how many good, creative ways of writing about the same thing there are.

Five dull sentences

• The chair was standing in the corner.
• The beer was making him drunk
• The car was making loud noises.
• The dog was nervous.
• My wife was nauseous.

I hope i didnt promise too much. They are dull. Now off the the results:

The chair was standing in the corner.

The chair was implanted where no one excpected it — in the dark, webby edge of the room.

The beer was making him drunk

The world was getting dizzy and euphoric around him, caused only by a small dose of malted barley.

The car was making loud noises.

The motor roared furiously like a pouncing tiger that was launching into a feud for life and death.

The dog was nervous.

The tail wagging stopped, a hush, shaky expression came across the dogs face. He was nervous.

My wife was naseous.

My wifes face turned first into a green tomato- then into a squeamish, rocky expression of a startled cat. A sudden gulp revealed the unpleasant surprise from coming her belly.

And my Wife’s results:

The chair was standing in the corner

Unoccupied, like his mind, is the leather chair he carefully chose from an antique store. At the end of this uneasy day, the four sturdy wood legs give him some warm comfort.

The beer was making him drunk

Now after a toast to himself, he is feeling tipsy. The liquid has some kind of magic to wash away his uneasiness.

The car was making loud noises.

He starts off the animal. buuuupuuu — — the familar welcoming sound. He should have changed this old chap a long time ago, but somehow he has become fond of it. He likes the eyeballs this draws although most of them are despising. That gave him some weird sense of satisfaction because only this made him feel like he had the whole world’s attention.

The dog was nervous.

The best friend of human beings, is not acting so friendly now.

My wife was naseous.

Her face looks painful. She complains that the whole ceiling is twirling.

A simple exercise can show you the power of creativity and the beauty of language. Use this exercise daily to make yourself a better writer and if you find it not yet good enough try again until you succeed.

Feel free to share your own results in the comments.