Method for writing, method for tackling life issues
I have recently come across this very useful article explaining how to write fast and well.
The writers of this article all work for weekly magazine publisher and share their tips on writing and editing. If writing fast and well is a quality most desired by any occupation it must be those weekly magazine writers, always going after news after news and writing with speed in a manner readers will never be bored.
The article was explaining the following method for achieve it.
They are:
① To begin with there is a story about “now”,
② Introduce the current situation of the person of subject,
③ Go back to their childhoods,
④ Touch up on the episode that leads to “now”,
⑤ Return to the “latest” story again.
The article described this flow of ①-⑤ is most seen in successful TV programs such as documentaries and non-fictions focusing on certain people and their achievements.
When watching a program we don't quite notice the pattern but when explained the steps as above it makes a good sense and realize how well the structure flows. It indeed covers the entire subject very effectively.
Come to think of it, I just remembered I used to write my thesis in the same manner in my university days. I would take on a subject how it is currently presented or considered first. Then I'll go deep into a research to reach the source of the concept or thinking to find reasons behind the subject is so as now exploring the relation with past and current. Having thoroughly reviewed I'd return to the current condition and I would conclude the logic with analysis of the current and suggestions for the future.
I also noticed that it is quite similar to how most of the stories in literature are told as well. At the beginning protagonist is on one's own with issues or problems with him or herself or with the environment. Then he or she goes on a journey to find the reasons or sources of the problems and find also the inner self. One would come home after that. The protagonist is back at where the quest began but only wiser with knowledge and richer with experiences. He or she is now in a position to move forward into the future and most of the time, that is the outcome of the quest.
Then I came to realize it is the same with how we would tackle with any issues or problems in our daily lives. Observe and find out what is the current situation right now we're struggling with. Go to the background, history, source of the issues. Came with solutions what can be done utilizing the findings of the quest to make better the current for the future.
It's a method works very well may the outcome you seek be writing or life problems.
Worth a try!
The writers of this article all work for weekly magazine publisher and share their tips on writing and editing. If writing fast and well is a quality most desired by any occupation it must be those weekly magazine writers, always going after news after news and writing with speed in a manner readers will never be bored.
The article was explaining the following method for achieve it.
They are:
① To begin with there is a story about “now”,
② Introduce the current situation of the person of subject,
③ Go back to their childhoods,
④ Touch up on the episode that leads to “now”,
⑤ Return to the “latest” story again.
The article described this flow of ①-⑤ is most seen in successful TV programs such as documentaries and non-fictions focusing on certain people and their achievements.
When watching a program we don't quite notice the pattern but when explained the steps as above it makes a good sense and realize how well the structure flows. It indeed covers the entire subject very effectively.
Come to think of it, I just remembered I used to write my thesis in the same manner in my university days. I would take on a subject how it is currently presented or considered first. Then I'll go deep into a research to reach the source of the concept or thinking to find reasons behind the subject is so as now exploring the relation with past and current. Having thoroughly reviewed I'd return to the current condition and I would conclude the logic with analysis of the current and suggestions for the future.
I also noticed that it is quite similar to how most of the stories in literature are told as well. At the beginning protagonist is on one's own with issues or problems with him or herself or with the environment. Then he or she goes on a journey to find the reasons or sources of the problems and find also the inner self. One would come home after that. The protagonist is back at where the quest began but only wiser with knowledge and richer with experiences. He or she is now in a position to move forward into the future and most of the time, that is the outcome of the quest.
Then I came to realize it is the same with how we would tackle with any issues or problems in our daily lives. Observe and find out what is the current situation right now we're struggling with. Go to the background, history, source of the issues. Came with solutions what can be done utilizing the findings of the quest to make better the current for the future.
It's a method works very well may the outcome you seek be writing or life problems.
Worth a try!
