My Daily English Practice Zone : Post 4 Last Monday, I went to a library near my place and found a book called "Writing from inside", it says that there are two ways which we could follow when we write an essay or an article or a thesis. They are 1)outline first before you write 2) write how you feel now. Well, I am Burmese. I used to write stories or novels in Burmese language using the second method when I was young. By the way, my father was a writer too and his two books was published. But, he was not famous and his book was sold a few. That's why, he became a book publisher because he was happy whenever he was with books. Anyway, his blood is always in his children and all of our siblings love to read books. Among us, my sister and I love to write short stories too. Sometimes, I wrote about my imaginary and sometimes, I wrote what just happened to me. I wrote about my father. I wrote about my father funeral. I wrote about my love. Sometimes, I also wrote poems. It made me feel happy because all were written in my native language and I was in my stories. Sometimes, I cried when I wrote. Sometimes, I was an another person in that moment. But, when I start writing English essays for some English test, it is very difficult for me. It is like I am in room where I cannot see outside. I know only a few vocabularies and I am in big trouble for grammars. I have to note down first and find similar words. Sometimes, I am afraid of writing. And then I realized that I follow the first rule "outline first before you write". Hope ,one day, I could write the stories or novels in English language like the way I wrote in Burmese language. Yes, I always want to follow my heart when I write because I think that there would not be a good writing if you did not have feeling what you were writing. PS: It would be great if you could share your technique how you write as well as correct my grammar and usage :P I really appreciate you taking the time to read this post. :) Heather 01-Sep-2017 19:50 (PDT)