Becoming The Best Creative Writer You Can Be

Being a creative writer is not quite as technical as it may sound, of course you must have a basic grasp of language and grammar, but I know English Majors who will put you fast to see with their writing.
Ironically enough, sometimes the most simple people become the best creative writers. When I say “simple” I don’t infer stupid or slow witted, I’m referring to their uncanny ability to look at a hectic, crowded scene and sense the calm within.
They are normally very perceptive and observant people, with deep emotions which they are not afraid to feel or express. They stop and smell the roses. How so you question.
For instance, you are charged with writing a children’s book about a squirrel and the wolf that’s been chasing it. The wolf has laid a trap for the squirrel by hiding in the underbrush near a gulley.
The wolf spied the brush and investigating it realized there was a gulley he could lay in while looking through the sticks and twigs. He would be totally hidden and when that squirrel came bounding along through the nearby clearing he’d pounce on the surprised varmint and end his awful hunger.
The wolf was accustomed to hunger, food was scarce in this part of the forest, but the terrible gnawing in his stomach was unlike he’d ever experienced before. He knew he had to find food soon or it could be too late, his strength had been noticeably failing the last two days.
The gnarled brush hid the shallow gulley where he could seek refuge, out of sight, even of the hawk that soared effortlessly on the forest updraft, directly above him.
He positioned himself, hind paws pressed against the oak sapling, from which he could thrust himself forward towards the prey. His dull yellow eyes peered through the tangled wad of limbs and leaves, which had been swept from the hill above during a torrid spring storm which turned the shallow gulley into a wild torrent of raging water.
These two descriptions of the same character and situation are worlds apart, but only because the second writer saw and felt more than the first, and even that may not be necessarily true. It’s possible the first writer saw and heard everything the second writer did, but didn’t take the time or energy to express it to the reader. The writer, especially a creative writer must never assume the reader sees and feels what he/she does. The reader only knows what the writer tells them. It’s a good thing for the reader to use their imagination to enhance the story, but give the reader everything you can, then let them enhance on those vivid visions and feelings. You’re success as a writer will be greatly enhanced.