The same is true of writing. It is inevitable for beginners to encounter obstacles in writing. Being good at finding problems and solving them in time is helpful for future writing.
So, what obstacles do we often encounter in writing?
First, the problem of writing confidence
As beginners, the first problem we often encounter in writing is not the problem of writing skills, but the problem of writing confidence.
At the beginning of my writing, I also encountered such a problem, because I was not confident, I never dared to write. Until I read the book "Learning to Write from scratch", the "self-proof prophecy" mentioned in the book, once people have ideas about themselves, they will try to prove these self-concepts.
When I feel that I can't write, I will look for various viewpoints to prove myself; On the contrary, when I sincerely believe that I can write, I will look for evidence to prove it.
So I often use this method to hint to myself that I am a good writer. Slowly, I began to dare to write. In the process of writing, I regained a lot of confidence.
To build self-confidence in writing is to change from being afraid of writing to being able to write when you start writing. When we overcome self-doubt, our writing path is half successful, and the other half is how to keep writing, which needs to improve our writing ability.
Second, limit writing to the field of literature.
I used to think that only writing novels, poems, essays and plays could be called writing. Later, I learned that the literary field we know is an important field of writing, but it is not the whole of writing. Moreover, just because we can't write novels, poems, essays and plays doesn't mean we can't write.
Everyone is a unique individual in this world, and everyone can share their life experiences and knowledge in words. Therefore, writing can be applied to any field and is a basic ability that modern people should master.
Third, pay too much attention to other people's comments.
I believe that many people are afraid of bad comments in everything they do. We often choose to give up doing what we want because of outside comments.
This often happens in writing. I wanted to give up until I saw the method of "shame experience" in the book. It is mentioned in the book that a very successful lawyer once lost a lawsuit and he was very depressed. So he went and told the people in 10 about it. As a result, the five of them paid no attention to what he said and continued to talk about their own business in Kan Kan. When the other five heard the news that his case failed, they all said that the pressure was not that great.
It can be seen that most people are self-centered and don't pay so much attention to you at all. So the same is true of corresponding writing. If you really think your article is not well written, you can send your article to ten friends and see how they evaluate your article.
I believe that when you experience this humiliation, you will find that your fear of writing is actually imaginary, and others will not laugh at your article.
Therefore, if you give up trying or writing because of others' ridicule, it is typical to punish yourself with others' mistakes.
Fourth, there is nothing to say and nothing to write.
When we encounter "nothing to say, nothing to write", we need to solve two problems: First, what to write? Second, how to write these contents? The solution to these two problems is to improve the accumulation of materials and learn how to express the content accurately.
As a writer, you should learn to collect and organize materials. Without writing materials, no matter how good the writing skills are, you can't write high-quality articles.
Content is the soul of the article, and the writing content is closely related to our past experience, occupation, what we have seen and heard, vision and thinking ability.
5. What should I do if I encounter a bottleneck in writing?
After writing for a period of time, you will encounter a writing bottleneck and don't know how to write, or after writing for a period of time, you feel that you are spinning around in the same place and the article has no progress.
Every writer will go through this stage, and it is also the easiest time to give up, because at this stage, writers often have low self-evaluation and even doubt whether they have writing talent.
The best way is not to be anxious and give yourself more encouragement. You can chat with friends, watch movies, read books, or cross-border study and get in touch with different fields of study, so that when you come back to write, you will find yourself making rapid progress in writing.
Finally, I wish every writer can pick up his pen and write confidently without any difficulty. We are all creative writers and we are all good at writing.