{"id":289,"date":"2017-06-14T16:09:41","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T09:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bbs.binus.ac.id\/ibm\/?p=289"},"modified":"2017-06-14T16:09:41","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T09:09:41","slug":"writing-an-art-or-skill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbs.binus.ac.id\/ibm\/2017\/06\/writing-an-art-or-skill\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing, an Art or Skill"},"content":{"rendered":"

Writing, an Art or Skill<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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By: Elia Oey<\/p>\n

When I was in my primary school, writing was one of my weaknesses. Coincidentally, so does Art. I didn\u2019t like writing and drawing. Most of the time, I got bad grades for them or if I was lucky just passing grades.\u00a0 So I grew up saying to everybody: writing is an art. If you don\u2019t have the finger for it, you can\u2019t do it.<\/p>\n

But as I grew up and read a lot, I run into a statement from somewhere saying \u201cin Harvard (University) they believe even wisdom can be taught\u201d. I don\u2019t remember the exact words, but something like that. With the same philosophy, so does writing. It can be sharpened through exercise. In other words: it\u2019s a skill not an art.<\/p>\n

And here are some of my own tips on how to write:<\/p>\n

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  1. Read A Lot<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    By reading a lot we have enough words in our minds. What starting as someone else\u2019s words, after some time of contemplation and combine from various sources can lead to your own thoughts.<\/p>\n

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    1. Brainstorm with yourself<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      After having several thoughts of your own, brainstorm with yourself to settle your thoughts into ideas. It\u2019s like combining your thoughts into few small topics<\/p>\n

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      1. Make contemplating time<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Next is the most crucial one: Make the time to contemplate on your ideas. Contemplating bring clarity to your ideas and how to make connection amongst your pool of ideas.<\/p>\n

        People have different ways to do this. For example, I do this by walking with my dog. Other people may have different ways, but the most important thing is to MAKE time. If you hardly have the time to \u201cstop to smell the rose\u201d, you most likely don\u2019t have the time to write. I believed you know what I mean.<\/p>\n

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        1. Make notes: whenever, whatever, whoever<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          What is also important is to make notes and collection of them. Even when it seems your ideas are too short, just jot it down. Treat them like your source of \u201cwriting seeds\u201d. Do it whenever that ideas emerged, be it during waiting for your dentist or on the train to Paris.<\/p>\n

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          1. Make a Strong Purpose<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            After getting the seeds, you need to connect them into a nice writing. To do it, it\u2019s useful if you have a strong purpose on why you need to write. The purpose can be something basic like monetary reward, or can be something unique like helping a friend or make your name appear in google\u2019s search engine.<\/p>\n

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            1. Diversified<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              In marketing jargon \u201cwriting is a highly fragmented segment\u201d. There are a lot of genre and opportunity on what writing style you can adopt. I started writing in a blog, later followed by writing something tedious as Scopus indexed journal to entertaining\u2019s case study. An expatriate friend of mine, knowing that he would be \u201cnomad\u201d from his home country for some time started a \u201cRomany way\u201d newsletter.<\/p>\n

              Different writing style give not only different trying opportunity for the author, but also creativity to capture more reader. Even in writing something scientific like thesis or journal, I believe there should be some degree of freedom to it.<\/p>\n

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              1. Just do it<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                Voila\u2026last but least just try write it down.\u00a0 Even if it turns out to be bad, remember\u2026. it\u2019s a skill. And with practice skill can be sharpened.<\/p>\n

                This is exactly how I write this article. Good luck.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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