While writing is an art, in order to widen the horizon of our talent, there is a lake of skills, tools, and techniques that can be thoroughly studied for this. Along with this, the positive criticism and feedback can facilitate this development all the more.

For efficient writing, four steps should be considered ---

1. By means of idioms, just in a few words, you should pre-write your notions.
   
2. From your very first observation only, put the story in writing
   
3. Well-examine your story
   
4. Prepare it for publication- Edit and modify it.

Marguerite Henry is an excellent exemplar that put the contents in writing fairly well and endows their readers with the wealth of appealing information which comes into view as out-of- ordinary. Many distinctive rewards are won by her for her aptitude of blending the creativity and research very well. This is really a splendid job done by her. Hence, one should go through her books as models for their own writing.

One should opt for the Pen pal as it is a fine way to get into the tendency of writing. We have Pen pals scheduled in the newsletter of creative writing and on the home pages of the Internet too. A pen pal is an excellent way to gain knowledge on the subject of other places, ideas, and people. Both-- the things that are analogous to your own experiences as well as things which are not, are going to add prosperity of knowledge within you. Furthermore, it will provide you a better environment for writing.

Few guidelines, when writing on fiction---To be believable, the readers of fiction yearn in excess to come across the writer's work. It is the job of the writer to fabricate a story with reference to what he or she is familiar with in the course of experience or can bring into the light through analysis. The best fiction can come

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from the outlandish imaginations of writers who are good storytellers.

Few tips, when writing short stories---It should begin with the tension and immediacy, so the first sentence of the short story should come in the readers notice with the unusual, the unexpected, an action, or a conflict. Tension is created by antagonism between the character or characters and internal or external forces or through the circumstances. By harmonizing the contrasting forces of the conflict, you make the readers to engross in the world of pages, marveling how the story will come to an end.

One should put these tips in practice as they will cast you in better writing.