First Step to Writing Creatively: Relax, relax, relax. Remember to breathe, breathe naturally.英文創作第一招：放鬆、放鬆、再放鬆。記得呼吸、自然地呼吸。

Before we introduce the First Step to Writing Creatively, there are two things that we’d like you to bear in mind:

1. Everyone can write and can be a writer. You can be a writer as long as you feel and think.
2. Whatever ideas that come up to your mind are valuable because they represent your unique ways to look at the world which we all live in; and they reflect your inner world as well.

Now, we will tell you the first step to warm up before you start writing. Let us begin with the personal experience of one of our staff:

“When I was a child, I used to sing in the school choir. The leader of the choir would tell us to run for 10 to 15 minutes before we began our daily practice. The purpose of the run was not only to train our lungs in order to have more capacity to sing but also to relax our bodies and minds so that we could express ourselves more freely through singing.”

Warming up to writing is not much different from warming up to singing. You don’t necessarily need to run before you sit down and write, but you know you will not be able to write creatively if your hand muscles are tense or if your mind is tense. Just by reminding yourself to relax, to breathe and to breathe naturally, you will begin to loosen up and feel free to create.

Physical exercise would help, of course. Take a walk, stretch your body, and then sit down and let your writing be free. Write down any words and ideas that come to your mind. Don’t worry about grammar or logic (you can fix them later). Just write freely for a few minutes. Do not cross out or throw away anything you have written down. You will come back to them later and discover some interesting ideas that you may develop into a story or a poem.

Let us know what you think about the First Step by responding to this post, and feel free to ask questions! We will answer your questions on creative writing promptly.

在我們介紹第一招之前，有兩件事希望您記住：

1. 每個人都能寫、每個人都能成為作家，只要您能感受、能思考，您就能成為作家。
2. 每個人腦中出現的任何想法都是非常有價值的，因為這些想法代表您獨特的看世界的角度，而這個世界是我們所共同生活其中的；同時，這些想法也反應了您內心的世界。

現在，讓我們分享寫作前熱身第一招。先看看我們一位工作夥伴的個人體驗：

「小時候我是學校合唱團的團員。團長總是教我們在每日練唱前，先跑步十到十五分鐘。跑步的目的，除了增進肺活量幫助歌唱以外，同時也讓身體放鬆、心情放鬆，以利我們更加自由地從歌唱中表現自己。」

寫作熱身和歌唱熱身並沒有太大的不同。您不一定要在坐下來寫作之前跑步，可是您知道，如果手部肌肉緊繃或是心情緊繃，是沒法進行創意寫作的。只要您提醒自己放鬆、呼吸、自然地呼吸，您就會開放自我、自由地創作。

體能運動當然是有幫助的。散步走走、伸展四肢，然後坐下來自由書寫。寫下任何飛入您腦中的字詞、想法，不要擔心文法或邏輯（之後可以修改的）。就這樣自由書寫幾分鐘。別刪除或丟掉任何寫下的文字。之後回頭來看，您會發現有趣的想法是可以發展成為一個故事或一首詩的。

請回應，讓我們知道您對這第一招的想法，並請盡量問問題！我們會即刻回答您對於創意寫作的任何問題。