Writing Ability and Impact in Communication.

Oleh : Erwin Parengkuan (TALKINC Founder & Facilitator)

You can imagine how difficult writing is compared to speaking.Or maybe vice versa, for writers how challenging it is to talk.Indeed, everyone has their own challenges in communicating.My focus today is more on writing skills which will improve our speaking skills in a structured manner.Yes, everything needs to be trained intensively.Like skilled writers who have excellent skills in composing the right words, they only need to practice courage in speaking, practice it with enthusiasm as if the person they are talking to is their own friend, this will improve their speaking skills to be more expressive.

Let's focus again on those who already have the courage to speak but have not yet honed their ability to compose the right words and even have an impact.Various forms of practice on how to write, tell stories and express them on digital platforms which will help them in elaborating words into sentences.I want to invite all of you through this article to start paying attention to the order in the plot that will be conveyed.Subject, Predicate, Object etc. are important parts which can be learned and obtained easily anywhere.But my emphasis this time is that we must maximize every moment to write, especially when everyone has social media, where it is their space to convey ideas and opinions, which must be honed and utilized.Like asking yourself when you want to write:

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What benefits will I provide in my writing

What is my purpose in writing, conveying information, clarifying, inspiring and motivating?

The 3 questions above will make you have a clear purpose in writing.Based on my experience, writing skills will improve skills in creating an interesting plot.That is a big benefit that I feel now, by writing my verbal communication skills are increasing.You need to realize that everyone has their own writing style.From my experience of writing books, articles, captions, narration in podcasts, even now writing on websites is for you a place for self-exploration in composing better words.If I look back, I used to have very poor writing skills, messy word order, confusion in determining the purpose of my writing, basically everyone would go through the same process.Sometimes I focus too much on vocabulary, punctuation and even make "donkey bridges" and I always return to the first paragraph, so I wasted a very long time writing a short article.But as I continued to practice, I realized that when I write I should not evaluate the writing I have written, but rather allow it to continue flowing, allowing the contents of my head to be integrated with my fingers to continue dancing on the keyboard keys.So that there are no distractions in the mind.Only after I finish writing, I will check my writing again from the beginning and correct the punctuation, meaning, word order, etc.Finally, now, after seeing a lot of improvements over time, it is getting easier for me to express my thoughts in better and more precise sentences.

Nah, supaya anda menjadi lebih berani dalam menulis, syarat utamanya adalah berani gagal, berani menilai sendiri makna dari tulisan yang anda buat, liat lagi susunan kata, tanda baca, urutan, kosa kata, apakah sudah sesuai? benar atau tidak seperti yang anda harapkan? Dari kemampuan menulis yang dilatih terus menerus, saya akhirnya menemukan gaya tulisan saya. Ayo jangan berpikir terlalu lama, mulailah menulis di platform yang dimiliki. Semakin sering dilatih, ini akan membuat anda lebih runut dalam berbicara secara verbal. Di pikiran anda nanti akan ada sebuah pola, sebuah urutan yang tinggal diucapkan dari kerangka berpikir yang telah diasah melalui menulis. Seperti yang sering saya sampaikan bahwa kemampuan komunikasi yang baik akan membuat hidup dan karir kita lebih baik, jadi mari mulai sekarang rajin mengasahnya dalam menulis.