Life is like a rollercoaster. Sometimes, some things can bog us down. While there are so many things that can brighten us up and make us feel positive, one of the things you should attempt is writing a digital book. For instance, writing down good things may help you to look forward and tide through difficult times. Similarly writing about your worries can help you to calm down and focus.
How can writing a digital book improve your life?
Visuals
When writing an electronic book, it is a good idea to search for images. Looking at images stimulates your imagination and helps you in generating more ideas for you book. You also feel happy to see beautiful images of places or people around you. This feel-good factor makes you feel happy.
Search
In the midst of your writing process, you can search for quotes in Google or any other search engine. You can also do this on Kindle. Searching and skimming through quotations can be a cathartic process and may help you to de-stress. There are many inspirational quotes out there in the web world. You may include them in your book.
Lesser baggage
Traditionally books were hard bound; today you have the option of writing an electronic book. So when you write, you no longer have to carry a notebook. You just have to carry your pen drive along with your lightweight laptop or tab; or just upload on Google drive. So that is lesser baggage in your life! This may make you feel good about yourself!
Shareability
Sharing is easier now. You can easily share your favorite quotes or books or actors on Facebook or Twitter or Maptia. You can even send or share your half-written scripts to your pals using GoodReads, a social site for book lovers. When you share your thoughts with the world, you feel happy and positive about yourself. This will aid you in composing and bracing yourself in life.
Availability
You can store and carry your thoughts along with you anywhere, on your laptop, iPad or phone. Carrying your thoughts or writing anywhere can help you to stay focused on your writing. It will also help you in diverting your attention away from whatever is bothering you in your life.
Connectedness
The more you feel connected with the world, the better will you feel about yourself. So when you write an electronic book and share it with others, it infuses a whole new rigor in your life. You can also leverage the power of social media tools like Storify, Tumblr or Instagram to connect with your readers or friends.
Communicate in real life
Writing down your story or thoughts helps you to communicate better in real life with people around you. The process of writing opens up vistas of thoughts that you can share with others. You may experience a “new” you as you end up writing! The same can be instantly communicated too today unlike in the past!
Learning
Writing a digital book can be a learning experience. You may be using Google, online dictionaries or other resources to expand your story. This is a learning experience as you may enrich your vocabulary. Good vocabulary helps you to communicate better in real life.
So when you are spoilt for choices today to cheer yourself, consider writing a digital book. It may help you to develop a new outlook toward your life.
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I’m Smitha Abraham. I love traveling in my flights of imagination and use these flights to craft short stories and poetry. I am a budding writer from India. My passions are reading, creative writing, listening to music, learning new languages, meeting new people, getting acquainted with different cultures and traveling. Authors like Isabel Allende, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, genres like magic realism, historical romance, and writing styles that are imaginative and flow effortlessly fascinate me. I love to unwind with a book curled up on a sofa or by gazing at the stars by the sea shore. I am a nature lover and spending time admiring the sunset and sunrise is relaxing for me.