Nature writing is a
very natural process.

You can think of nature writing in a couple of different ways. The more obscure way is as a natural process that is unique and separate from nature itself. Writing what you know is a natural form of writing. It is innate and potentially easier for writers to do because they can write from experience rather than have to go out and find a muse or a topic with a new, different spin on it.

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After all, writing should be a natural process. Especially to those people who love to write. Your writing should flow from you and become a simple, seamless process that you can do without prior thought or guidance. If you need a bit more help making the writing process a more natural one for you, think of nature writing in its more obvious form: writing about the nature around you.

A common misconception that many people have about nature is that it is relegated to the summertime. The breeze working its way through the trees and the flowers - of all different colors - proudly planted alongside the vegetable gardens is only one way to view nature.

Writing nature stories or nature poetry is much more than just what you see in the summertime. The clouds up above and the stars in the sky can be viewed year-round. Many people believe that the clouds have different shapes and images that can be seen in them. What images and shapes do you see in the clouds? Which stars are shining brighter than others? Can you find the Big Dipper? What other constellations are visible? All of these questions, and many more, are potential keys to unlocking the nature writing process.

The sun may form shadows on the ground. J.M. Barrie may never have come up with the grand idea to have Peter Pan lose his shadow had he not had the pleasure of being acquainted with nature. Had Peter never lost his shadow, he may have never met Wendy, and the subsequent adventure to Neverland may have never occurred.

All of the seasons provide great fodder for nature writing. If you live in a location that does not change seasons because of its proximity to the equator or some other such reason, your best bet will be to read books and look up information about how the changing of the seasons brings different temperatures, different kinds of plants, and other such differences.

The whiteness of snow in the winter may beckon children outdoors to create snow angels and snowmen. The lyrics to "Frosty the Snowman" are chock full of the wonders of winter, and how the creation of a snowman with a corn-cob pipe, a button nose, and two eyes made out of coal can come to life and find himself engrossed in the splendors of a season like winter.

Fall, or autumn as many like to call it, provides even more ample writing ideas. The colors of the leaves on the trees, the crunch of the leaves beneath your feet, or even the chillier weather creating a slight amount of frost on the grass in the morning are all reasons why nature writing comes easily to those with fall on their minds.

Spring is a great season as well. Writing nature stories about spring can incorporate sensory details aplenty, much like the other seasons if you find proper ways to share your takes on them. With spring comes the smell of freshly cut grass, the blooming of flowers, and the budding of all new forms of life, as birds return home from their winter flight, and bunnies return to hopping about outside.

What you see, hear, touch, smell, and taste can guide your writing of the seasons, and by extension, your nature writing. Nature is natural, so there is no better way than to understand what is natural to you than to use these sensory details to enjoy your surroundings and learn a bit from them to guide your writing along the right path.

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