No Wonder You Hate to Write

[@onepenshow]

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[@Quatorze1516]

Thank you for your free guide! It is great, perfect.

[@onepenshow]

@@Quatorze1516 Thanks for dropping by Ludwig, I'm glad it's helpful to you.

[@Jaffar540]

I have a wonderful friend who is 65 years of age. He started writing in 1999 and his writing today looks artistically beautiful compared to twenty years ago. Do not give up...start writing now, please. Blessings from a book lover (Singapore).

[@johnnyragadoo2414]

This is great advice. The first rule of writing is have something to say.

[@StormofBytes]

“Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.” ― Mark Twain Also, I'm enjoying your video's and the guide on writing.

[@onepenshow]

Good quote, Twain as sharp as a pencil. I’m glad to hear it.

[@barryporter6993]

We as a society do not require any instruction on "how to take notes", we do not require any courses in "logic" or "debate", and we are not shown how to write reports based on information collection. Thesis writing is reserved for Masters or PhD candidates. I learned "Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan (SOAP) notes in Medical Training. This should be done in Elementary School. They do require book reports, but that is not enough. They don't even teach cursive writing anymore, but only about 85% of students have digital access.

[@peterlinfield8707]

Valuable advice. . . First you write it down, then you write it well. . . . Simples. . . Thanks Shawn.

[@onepenshow]

You’re welcome. Thanks for dropping by Peter

[@doorstepmile]

I love this guide! Great simple and to the point video! here is a trick I learnt 25 years ago whriting my PhD thesis. To avoid the procrastinating and to stop the critical voice that distracts you from writing, hit caps lock and write what is bothering you! No matter what, don’t stop putting words on paper. Flow is precious and must be maintained as long as possible !

[@onepenshow]

That’s an excellent trick. Writer’s block doesn’t exist if you maintain your flow. It is precious indeed. Thanks for chiming in.

[@bill_jennings]

This sounds like BRAIN DUMP. Excellent technique for clearing your thoughts.

[@ArifGhostwriter]

I've been trawling KZbin for content specific to being a writer/author - bookmarking various videos here & there. However - this channel - I'm finding that every single video is exactly what I'm looking for - everything from 'being' a writer, through to aspects such as fountain pens, paper types, keyboard types (I'm valuing his advice to love & enjoy using your tools, first). 👍🏽👍🏽

[@onepenshow]

Nice to finally meet you, I hoped there was someone like you out there

[@ArifGhostwriter]

@@onepenshow Oh absolutely buddy - I'm very much here & at the precipice of hopefully something similarly worthwhile (a non-fiction book) - & your content is providing the final fillip towards completing it. Your content is clearly valued incredibly by others also - I note that a fair few months ago, your devotees had deeply worried that you'd disappeared! That's what it means to have one's existence matter! So Shawn sir - please thank your past self for overcoming any hesitancies about starting this channel - & never, ever wonder if you're making a difference! Whilst this is you giving back freely - I've subbed as I want to be here to witness your following grow & hopefully make this endeavour pay for you well. You're making ripples in the oldest & deepest pond in not just the World - but in our current Age (Epoch, even) - that of written human communication. Thank you again for all the effort (& actually love, the free sharing) - it's being thoroughly appreciated by me & literally countless others! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@onepenshow]

@@ArifGhostwriter Very kind words, I appreciate your support.I hope to continue to be of value to you and many others. Best of luck with your book as well.

[@bill_jennings]

When I was at university when I was younger, I found a writing format that seemed to work each and every time I used it. I would structure my papers like this. First I would briefly explain what I was writing about. Second, I would go in to more detail with the arguments, facts, etc. Lastly, I would inform the reader very briefly just exactly what I had just explained to them. Simple, but it got me through to a degree. Comments on that technique would be appreciated.

[@ManzoorAhmed-oo1sy]

Thanks Shan,It is very nice demonstration.

[@minerva5025]

Hi John, very happy I found you , in my case I Love writing,have done it all my life, no idea if I'm any good, yet by now doesn't really matter cant stop anyway, me and writing is one package, as you can guess ,adore pencils , all different kind, different colours all of it ,quite sure I ll be following your chanel.kind regards

[@peterlinfield8707]

Thanks Shawn, this is really good stuff, I am finding it very helpful. You're an inspiration. Keep up the good work.

[@onepenshow]

Thanks Peter, I’m glad to hear it

[@archivist17]

I like the style of these videos, making a large amount of information very easy to digest.

[@onepenshow]

That’s great to hear. There are more coming up. I have a couple more things to say on the subject

[@archivist17]

@@onepenshow I'm enjoying the flow from one video to another.

[@onepenshow]

@@archivist17 I'm try to be quite intentional with it so I'm glad you've noticed (and enjoy it)

[@chrissaltmarsh6777]

A large part of my professional work (I am now a retired physicist) was writing. But writing computer code. Which must START with understanding, or at least a decent guess, of what you want to say. The computer ain't going to deal with the buzzwords. As a sort of by-product, I read. Physics, novels, Ozymandias, cornflake packets, anything at all. Interesting vid. Thanks.

[@onepenshow]

Well said Chris, there’s so much to read and write I’m surprised we learn so little at school. Interesting relation between writing and physics/code.

[@chrissaltmarsh6777]

@@onepenshow Oddly, quite a lot of computer people have a fascination with the business of writing - I mean pen on paper, not finger on keyboard. But a physicist must write - you have your theses and papers to get out - and that starts with 'what do I want to say, and in what order'. So the coding - a tool of the trade - has to follow that path. Ain't language fun!

[@onepenshow]

​@@chrissaltmarsh6777 Much the same here, I enjoy stepping away from the keyboard now and then. Necessity is perhaps the best teacher - or frustration.

[@talosthoren5409]

I was very fortunate to have consistently strong writing instruction throughout my public and higher level education. I am part of the generation juuust before everyone started complaining about how "they don't teach cursive no more!" because they still taught us cursive. I never really used cursive and gave up on writing, a daily activity for me, in my early twenties when I developed writing pain. I started digitizing all of my writing, but note taking never worked the same again. When a colleague of mine recommended fountain pens to me two years ago, I dove all in and became an expert on the subject; building a sizeable collection and learning to write in cursive again. My handwriting still needs improving, but it improves every day. I still often finalize writing digitally at the keyboard, but all rough drafts begin by hand these days. No more writing discomfort and I can write all day! Today I use the full bullet journal system without any flair, and it really has improved my ability to plan effectively. Your instruction is excellent in this video, thank you!

[@onepenshow]

Hi Talos, I can relate. Excellent observations, thanks for chiming in

[@bill_jennings]

Cursive handwriting is a lost art. I still do it at my job. It might as well be secret code to people around me because they have no idea how to read it. I always get a good laugh!!

[@talosthoren5409]

​@@bill_jennings That's fascinating. We have totally opposite experiences. I feel like neat, flowing cursive is pretty common in my day-to-day encounters with handwriting in office environments. I was usually the outlier that did not default to cursive writing in most of my office positions. I found print far more common in kitchen environments where ballpoint pens were often needed if you expected to scratch out anything legible on any of those writing surfaces/paper products. Most of my peers in those environments could at least read cursive easily enough. I wonder if the difference is regional; perhaps this is why I've always been confused by the complaint that cursive is lost because in my community it seems to be alive and well.

[@JoKeR93007]

This has been both interesting and helpful. I did get a lot of this information in school, having completed high school before home and school computers were used/commonplace. However, over the years the lack of needing to write often has dulled my memory and this is a great refresher. I may have to write myself random essays on subjects that interest me so I can get mental "muscle memory" for the process. Thank you again for another great video. Good luck and best wishes.

[@onepenshow]

In my time we did get reading lessons but no real structured writing lessons I’m afraid.

[@bill_jennings]

If I'm not intruding, you might consider daily journaling. Just write about what's on your mind, or how you feel about something that's going on in your life. You don't need structure, because it's just for you. I think you'll find more and more things to write about. And remember, just because you have more writing space ahead of you, you don't have to fill it all in, unless you really want to.

[@JoKeR93007]

@@bill_jennings Thanks, Bill. I do have a rhodia pad that I write random things just for the sake of writing. It isn't daily. I don't know if I would call it a journal. But I enjoy it. I don't know if I will ever be able to kick the random note habit. Usually they are for processes in games, to do lists, a few phone numbers ( I write them down before I put them into my devices.). Most of the things I note, others tend to put in devices, but to me there is just something about the look of ink on paper in a persons handwriting that the most carefully designed font on a screen cannot compare to.

[@bs-qu1vq]

I will always love to write; but when one gets tired, you know the rest

[@onepenshow]

Netflix?

[@channelsixtynine069]

Most of my writing requiring a pencil or a pen, is mathematics and physics formulae. Apart from KZbin, I don't communicate very much.

[@onepenshow]

I can imagine the same principles apply or am I wrong?

[@channelsixtynine069]

@@onepenshow Hello and thank you for replying. I'm not a mathematician or physicist. I was a student but due to chronic ill health, I had to stop going to uni. I just work from my text books, so it's a case of writing out the problem and solving it. The problem I have, is my reverse slanted writing works OK for prose, but not for maths or physics, so writing with my mechanical pencils is the only option. My newly purchased Lamy Vista will only be used for prose or doodling. Trouble is, I have nothing of any use to say. I want to write, purely to change the style of my cursive writing and I need to learn the intuitive muscle memory for the new lettering style, to write freely. I'll probably use prose out my text books for that.

[@jerrygonzalez7308]

🤗 *promosm*