AboutSusan Rand Expertise Questions about writing in general, creativity (how to make your writing totally YOU - unique as you are); how to make it stand out from the competition; how to spark your creative juices; how to make it flow; how to make your characters seem like real people; how to control emotion in the reader and much more! Please no homework questions.
Experience I have been writing and teaching writing for several decades. I have written 5 books and several short stories. Over the years I have read and studied many books on "how to write." I can correct spelling and usage mistakes, and I know punctuation.
Education/Credentials BA in the Humanities, with an emphasis on Written Communication, 1982
Expert: Susan Rand Date: 12/11/2006 Subject: poetry
Question Because of being a amateur writer, I myself, fall into the lethargic and placid world of cliche writing. What are the fundamentals of taking mediocre writing and burgeoning it into something that outshines the rest?
Answer Hello Ryan:
First you must get yourself out of the world of cliche writing. Here's the way to do it.
The first 4-5 things you think of are bound to be cliches. So go on to six or even nine, until you come upon a combination of words that are not familiar to you. Those will be original to you.
There is a lot more to it than that, but if you will ask me instead of the expert who sent this question to the Question Pool, I will try to help you.
