RULE ONE: PRACTICE—it makes Perfect.

RULE ONE

PRACTICE—it makes Perfect.

Perfection is an illusion that man will ever strive to catch up with, but like mirage, it keeps shifting grounds with approach, yet we chase: it is this never-ending pursuit that brings about the learning of the ropes of any field of endeavour. Viewed positively, to that end, we must strive. “No one is perfect” is the out loud thoughts of the indolent minds, said to justify their excuses for failures, which invariably promote flaws. “Noah was found perfect in the art of justness—uprightness,”¹ and “Abraham, in the art of righteousness—faith perfectionist;”² meanwhile, these assessments are God’s. In the same vein, you too can be found perfect, in this art—writing; therefore, practice…. The duo—Noah and Abraham aforementioned hereinbefore, was caught in the line of duty! I urge you to do as I do: practice is the act I engage to fire my writing prowess to this high notch in quality; hence, I pep you up to do the same to get your writing skill better.

The rotation of a motor is known as revs, which translates to the speed of an engine. When revved up, a vehicle runs faster: that is what practice does for a writer—it boosts the capacity to do more, and in excellence. The ability to become a fine writer does not come overnight—it is practice that leads to mastery. Of course, the path of inactivity leads nowhere. I tell you what, my writing was once best compared to the hiccupping of a rickety contraption—breaking and quenching, till my penning sense got fine-tuned with intentional efforts that qualified me to now write well. Fluency in writing feels like driving a brand new, state-of-the-art car, which has the driver—a writer and the passengers—his or her readers, riding undulated roads with no stress—reading composition laden with intrigues without tension; because of the vehicle’s plied proper suspensions—the written article’s or book’s perfection. From my perception—knowledge base, uninhibited words are flowing right now as I drop these lines joyfully, but they are not coming cheaply: it took dedicated years of hard work—practice, to pay the price of excellence. You too should invest your time wisely in this regard, to get better. The sole intent of arming you with this almighty rule is to have you write right, and make remarkable impact in your chosen profession or hobby.

You may possess just the desire to write, but without a writing skill: that should not deter you. You can pile up words on that plain sheet of paper before you, like a sculptor would cut out a huge chunk of wood or stone, and then whittle away the unwanted areas of his piece till the desired artwork is created; begin to prune the excess of your word mound, to reduce verbosity and attain clarity—write compositions; then, edit them to remove words in sentences that waters down the essence of the creation. The left will certainly be elements that give your writing, right power. Before setting out to write a book, first try your hands on writing articles—write many of them; as the more you write, the better they will become.

Consistency of writing practice will gradually, but surely grow your thought processes; then over time—long or short, right words will begin to come to you with ease: this is when what is meant is what is laid down, without a reader misconstruing the thing, written. “The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean to say.”³ A writer must find proper words to fitly express thought compositions, and this height can be attained with persevering practice. The practice of concise writing over time will doubtless produce articulate literary works. It is at this point that unique styles are developed, to distinguish even the aspiring writer from his or her peers. Practice this writing craft faithfully…. And soon, life will be breathed upon your amazing manuscripts: you will soon be bold and decisive in your delivery, as a professional writer was once an amateur who did not quit. Practice, practice, and practice; for I have seen that, to be lain pavements on the pathway to writing success, and one antidote for writers’ blocks.Get image with pavings, and drop “Writing Success.” at the end of it.

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Hope you can live up to expectation with keeping this rule: “PRACTICE—it makes Perfect”? It sure will bring your pennings to the point where they will defy all odds, to be appreciated by almost, if not all readers. With this know-how, you will be able to write fluently—expressing your intention flawlessly, and making the supposed impact when you do.

You can break this rule, by ignoring the set limit of your various practicing durations—adding more time to them, in order that you can hit the mark of perfection, before you know it.

 Rule two will be coming before you know it…. Keep watch!

In my next Newsletter hitting your inbox soon—in two days to be precise, you will understand how to use the words you need, to say what you mean. This will come your way as the second of our TEN RULES governing writing…. And it is titled: WORDS—Use them with Eloquence. Be expectant; for the expectation of the faithful will not be cut off.

Take charge, my colleague.

Malik Obynna.

References:

1. Gen. 6:9 (Bible).
2. Rom. 4:8–9 (Bible).
3. Robert Louis Stevenson

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