At one point of our lives, I am sure all of us sitting here had developed an impulse to start writing. Whether it's your own novel, or journals. You want to pick up your pens to create your own world. Today, I am going to tell you how to start writing.

First, you don't have to know what you are going to write before you start writing. It is not that material does not matter: To be clear, I am not here to tell you about your contents; instead, I am here to tell you how to make writing your unalienable habit. Being physically ready is not a key factor for being a successful writer -- many writers, like one of my favorite Dostoyevsky suffered from his poverty and always write in a poor condition. Simply pick up your pen and sit in front of your desk, and I can tell you, you are ready.

Second, you need to grow a pattern. My favorite writer Haruki Murakami gets up at 5am every morning, runs for two hours and write until noon. As students, we don't have to follow such pattern, but certainly we need to develop our own. A pattern helps you to produce works steadily, which is an important premise for quality.

Third, and this is a good advise for beginners: if it is really hard for you to think about something to write about, you can practice on a different genre of writing, or even write about characters, scenes and dialogues, which are less time and energy consuming.

Literature is one of the most direct way for us to reflect the thoughts on our mind. Through writing, we will not only get the chance to introspect, we can also develop our ability to express our ideas, which is an essential social skill in modern day society.

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First, decide what you actually want to write. Getting down the bare minimums for your piece will help you construct a bare draft for whatever it is you’re planning to end with. Either jot it off on a sticky note and put it next to your notebook, or write it on the top of your Word document.

How long is whatever you’re trying to write? What are you writing about? Are there any other requirements you have to worry about? While you might know exactly what you need before you start to write, putting it down is a good way to focus your mind on exactly what you need to accomplish.

Make sure you’re interested in what you’re writing. If you aren’t fascinated with the subject you’re writing about, it will almost certainly show in your writing. If you don’t have a choice as to what to write about, try to find some element in your subject that interests you, and focus on it. If you’re just writing to finish whatever it is you’re supposed to write, getting yourself to write it will take much longer than if you take just a little time to get yourself interested.

Outline the basics of what you’re trying to get done. The most monotonous example of this, of course, is the five-paragraph essay most high schoolers are forced to learn about. While an overly-forced rubric can lead to an unoriginal paper, some structure can only help with your quickly jotting out a draft, which is the most important part of writing. If you have five pages to fill on a paper, decide how long you will write about each different point you have to make.

Outlining also helps with creative writing: even though creativity can’t be forced, it helps immensely to have a general idea of what’s going on in your story. Just look at Harry Potter, which concluded last month: the final book had strong ties with the six before it, even though it was written a full decade after the original book. Without some sense of direction, J. K. Rowling would never have been able to create such a powerful conclusion.

Stop everything else and concentrate on writing. The draft of any piece is almost always the hardest thing to write, since you have nothing to base your writing on. While you’re writing your draft, try to concentrate on it as much as possible. Turn off your instant messenger, if you have one on. Don’t take a break to check your email. Any interruption might destroy your focus on your piece, and it is far harder to return to writing a draft than it is to write it all in one go.

If your piece is a long one, this might not be entirely possible. Still, try to set aside at least an hour at a time when you’re trying to write, so you can get into the flow of your writing.

Lower your standards. Writer’s block really originates from high standards: often, you will sit down to write but not like what you’re producing. The trick to eliminating this? Stop worrying so much over whether or not every little bit you write is a good as it can be. Either way, you are probably going to have to return to your draft several times an revise it: don’t attempt to revise every line as you write it.

If you have a section you think is of a particularly low quality, make a note of it, but keep writing. Revision is when you’ll go back and fix all the errors you’ve written. The draft is just your chance to write quickly and get the foundations of your piece over with.

Take your time before revising. You won’t be able to assess your piece immediately after you’ve written it: give yourself time before looking over your work. Read a book, talk to friends, perhaps exercise… just make sure that when you go back to read over your draft, you’re in a different mindset than you were when you were first writing. If you spend too much time looking at your work, you won’t be able to revise objectively. There’s no rush to finishing your work after you’ve begun: just take your time and you’ll be far more able to produce a quality piece of work.

Short Version Presidential Speech

Ladies and gentlemen, today, I am running for the president of the United States as an independent candidate. 

After we all see, both the Democrats and Republican candidates have reveal their weaknesses: Donald Trump is not only accused for being unprofessional as a politician, and a being sexist and racist as well; on the other hand, Hillary Clinton, who has been called a “liar”, is surrounded by conspiracies and the email incident. Considering from every angle, both of the candidates representing the major parties are not good enough as the president of the United States. So I ask you to consider an option: vote for me, an independent candidate, to be your president.

Immigration is one of the key factors that keeps our country alive. It was the generations and generations of immigrants to the New World that made America a great country, and I promise you it still will be. Unlike the other candidates who restrict the immigrants shutting our financial and intellectual resources, I will encourage immigration. I will encourage our people to apply the "new manifest destiny," to explore the undiscovered land in our economy. To do this, we need the help from immigrants.

America is a great country, a country that everyone looks up upon. It is also undoubted that we have serious problems. But, no matter how difficult it is, I will help us get through it. Please, vote for me, so everyone will always be looking upon us. Thank you.

Independent Candidate Speach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jxr-y-tc2E&feature=youtu.be

Speech as Independent Presidential Candidate

Ladies and gentlemen, today, I am running for the president of the United States as an independent candidate. 

After the viewing the three presidential debates, both the Democrats and Republican candidates have reveal their weaknesses: Donald Trump is not only accused for being unprofessional as a politician, and a being sexist and racist as well; on the other hand, Hillary Clinton, who has been called a “liar”, is surrounded by conspiracies and the email incident. Considering from every angle, both of the candidates representing the major parties are not good enough as the president of the United States. As a result, I ask you to consider an option that has not ever being considered in the history of United States — I ask you to vote for me, an independent candidate, to be your president.

I believe you already know that, in order to attract votes, it is a common strategies for go to extremes on political opinions. However, that is not the option. I, unlike them, choose to adopt the pragmatic means.

The bad economic situation has already brought enough pressure to our middle class families, and overtaxation only made it worse. I am gonna change that. However, instead of dropping the taxation by an outrageous proportion, I will change the structure of taxation. I will take the burden from the poor, and put the tax on the business tycoons. I will encourage small businesses by subsiding them, which will boost our economy and keep it active.

America has the one of the strongest military power in the world thank to the massive amount of military funds. I will keep it this way. However, the great military power did not give us positive feedback in the hands of former government. ISIS is still thriving, and the Middle East is still uneasy. This does not deserve the effort we put in and the countless American soldiers lives. I will go in and destroy terrorist to ashes. Upon that, I will help the people build a government they want.

America is a great country, a country that everyone looks up upon. It is also undoubted that we have serious problems. But, no matter how difficult it is, I will help us get through it. Please, vote for me, so everyone will always be looking upon us. Thank you.

Comments on the third presidential debate

- Trump called Clinton "a nasty woman," which is unbearable because this is simply not respectful.
- Trump refused to accept the election's outcome, which is one way to admit that he is loosing.
- Trump said unwise things like "Putin would rather dealing with me," and Clinton attacked immediately "because he want a puppet as the president of USA."
- Trump almost lost his temper. This is a disaster in a debate.

Early in their careers, whilst Bob Dylan’s roots were deeply folk, John Lennon and The Beatles were ingrained in pop/rock n roll.
While Dylan’s expertise was lyrics (as it always has been) Lennon and McCartney were very much focused on catchy tunes.
As they moved into the 1970’s, in some respects a lot changed. John Lennon had a completely new way of life away from The Beatles, with such albums as Plastic Ono Band and Imagine he seemed to prove his superiority over his ex-song writing pal Paul McCartney. Lennon had progressed past his youth; his songs were more meaningful with more significant lyrics.
After Lennon was shot, Dylan entered the 1980’s not being able to maintain lyrics and melody and proved to be a 10 year long writer’s block, certainly the opinion of most. Infact it is only now, after minimal work in the 1990’s, he seems to be back on top.
more prolific and consistent than Bob Dylan

quantity does not mean anything.
nobel peace prize
weird?