I recently attended a short course at the Ghana Institute of Journalism on ‘Effective Writing Skills’. I felt any pointers that will make me a better writer was welcome. I enjoyed in particular Mr. Quashigah’s classes.
His approach to teaching was very different and he really wanted to instill in us the love of writing. Everyone definitely finished the course with a new perspective of writing. One thing he said that stuck with me was to write a persuasive introduction that immediately grabs the reader. He said winning pieces almost always began uncommonly. They sometimes defied orthography and grammar rules and they are sometimes an indicator to how good the piece will be.
I have now been on the lookout for beautiful writing starters and today I stumbled upon one. The thesartorialist.com had a competition running for commentaries to untitled pictures. One of the winning commentaries was beautiful and got me hooked from start.
She just started by a simple ‘I know this man’. Wow I had to double check to see if I had read correctly. Such a short and bold statement takes guts. You can read the rest of the entry here. Is funny how once you get alerted to something, you begin to notice it around you. Here is to great starters! Happy writing.
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