Another phenomenal and heartening lecture by Ray Bradbury. His words of wisdom transcended people’s mind; making them want to dream again. The lectures and readings itself didn’t only inspire me, as a student to be more engaged and exhilarated by their work, but it also changed their perspective and endowed them with ideas on what it truly means to live.
The lecture/reading provoked and motivated a vast variety of passionate writers; as they seek guidance from Bradbury’s words. In the opening introduction of his speech, he mentioned to the audience that before you embarked on your novel, you must have excellent hygiene of writing. He touched this topic, the hygiene of writing, to let the writers know the implications of writing a novel and a generalization on when they are ready to tackle it. Several people have attempted in creating a novel and spent countless of time and effort into their books, that it often leads them into…
The final result of that outcome, is what the author dreaded the most; having their book not turning out as they imagined. Bradbury addressed this situation in the beginning of his lecture and explained that it’s because “they havent learned how to write yet.” This experience can lead authors thinking that they have bad hygiene of writing. What it means to have good hygiene, is that writers has to have several experience exploring and writing different topics, until you find that one genre suits them. They also must be able to compact things and learn to look for ideas; being able to engulf themselves with creativity. Being courageous enough to express their true selves on a piece of paper. Bradbury’s suggested “that the best hygiene for budding authors is to do a hell of alot of stories. It doesn’t matter about the quality that you are producing but at least it gives you practice. Write a short story every week.” The more writing the author practices, the better they’ll be…
