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u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5mq1q6 | i5mp0w8 | 1,650,556,600 | 1,650,556,206 | 2 | 1 | Whenever you’re reading and come across a word that you don’t know, look it up. I do this even for words I only sort of know, and not only will it help you learn new words, it will deepen your understanding of words that you already have a relationship with. | Listen to books. | 1 | 394 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5mc3xa | i5n0yx4 | 1,650,551,041 | 1,650,560,821 | 1 | 2 | Feature magazine/web articles, plays, and screenplays are additional options. :) | Reading is the *faster* way to improve your vocabulary. I drastically improved my English vocabulary with one simple trick: I read a book for at least half an hour before going to sleep. This is super easy to start: just leave the book by your bed and try going to bed everyday at the same time. Grab your book and read until you fell like sleeping. The second best thing that was useful was using Anki every day. It is a flashcard program. I created many flash cards with a sentence with a missing word and a definition. All I had to do is try to fill in the blank and see if I got it write. The program do the work of showing you the cards in spaced intervals so you can memorize it. I learned thousands of words this way. Take a look at r/Anki if you want to know more. To to exemplify: The front card looks like this: <SOME PICTURE ILLUSTRATING THE SENTENCE> Meaning: to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect). Sentence: Black and gold accents **\[...\]** the pink to create a polished, feminine look. The back of the card looks like this: <SAME ILLUSTRATION> Meaning: to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect). Sentence: Black and gold accents **juxtapose** the pink to create a polished, feminine look. | 0 | 9,780 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5n0yx4 | i5mhwuf | 1,650,560,821 | 1,650,553,402 | 2 | 1 | Reading is the *faster* way to improve your vocabulary. I drastically improved my English vocabulary with one simple trick: I read a book for at least half an hour before going to sleep. This is super easy to start: just leave the book by your bed and try going to bed everyday at the same time. Grab your book and read until you fell like sleeping. The second best thing that was useful was using Anki every day. It is a flashcard program. I created many flash cards with a sentence with a missing word and a definition. All I had to do is try to fill in the blank and see if I got it write. The program do the work of showing you the cards in spaced intervals so you can memorize it. I learned thousands of words this way. Take a look at r/Anki if you want to know more. To to exemplify: The front card looks like this: <SOME PICTURE ILLUSTRATING THE SENTENCE> Meaning: to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect). Sentence: Black and gold accents **\[...\]** the pink to create a polished, feminine look. The back of the card looks like this: <SAME ILLUSTRATION> Meaning: to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect). Sentence: Black and gold accents **juxtapose** the pink to create a polished, feminine look. | Start a list of words you don’t know. When you find a new one write it down or put it in a notes app. Later when you are sit down to write you have some new words to play around with. | 1 | 7,419 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5mp0w8 | i5n0yx4 | 1,650,556,206 | 1,650,560,821 | 1 | 2 | Listen to books. | Reading is the *faster* way to improve your vocabulary. I drastically improved my English vocabulary with one simple trick: I read a book for at least half an hour before going to sleep. This is super easy to start: just leave the book by your bed and try going to bed everyday at the same time. Grab your book and read until you fell like sleeping. The second best thing that was useful was using Anki every day. It is a flashcard program. I created many flash cards with a sentence with a missing word and a definition. All I had to do is try to fill in the blank and see if I got it write. The program do the work of showing you the cards in spaced intervals so you can memorize it. I learned thousands of words this way. Take a look at r/Anki if you want to know more. To to exemplify: The front card looks like this: <SOME PICTURE ILLUSTRATING THE SENTENCE> Meaning: to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect). Sentence: Black and gold accents **\[...\]** the pink to create a polished, feminine look. The back of the card looks like this: <SAME ILLUSTRATION> Meaning: to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect). Sentence: Black and gold accents **juxtapose** the pink to create a polished, feminine look. | 0 | 4,615 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5mc3xa | i5n5o5y | 1,650,551,041 | 1,650,562,655 | 1 | 2 | Feature magazine/web articles, plays, and screenplays are additional options. :) | Crosswords! | 0 | 11,614 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5n5o5y | i5mhwuf | 1,650,562,655 | 1,650,553,402 | 2 | 1 | Crosswords! | Start a list of words you don’t know. When you find a new one write it down or put it in a notes app. Later when you are sit down to write you have some new words to play around with. | 1 | 9,253 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5mp0w8 | i5n5o5y | 1,650,556,206 | 1,650,562,655 | 1 | 2 | Listen to books. | Crosswords! | 0 | 6,449 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5mc3xa | i5nlue9 | 1,650,551,041 | 1,650,569,013 | 1 | 2 | Feature magazine/web articles, plays, and screenplays are additional options. :) | Take some time to learn another language. English uses a lot of loanwords and draws its roots from many sources; going back to one of those sources can help you pick up lesser-used English words or even convincingly invent your own. (If you already speak another language, so much the better!) | 0 | 17,972 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5nlue9 | i5mhwuf | 1,650,569,013 | 1,650,553,402 | 2 | 1 | Take some time to learn another language. English uses a lot of loanwords and draws its roots from many sources; going back to one of those sources can help you pick up lesser-used English words or even convincingly invent your own. (If you already speak another language, so much the better!) | Start a list of words you don’t know. When you find a new one write it down or put it in a notes app. Later when you are sit down to write you have some new words to play around with. | 1 | 15,611 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5mp0w8 | i5nlue9 | 1,650,556,206 | 1,650,569,013 | 1 | 2 | Listen to books. | Take some time to learn another language. English uses a lot of loanwords and draws its roots from many sources; going back to one of those sources can help you pick up lesser-used English words or even convincingly invent your own. (If you already speak another language, so much the better!) | 0 | 12,807 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5mc3xa | i5nwai4 | 1,650,551,041 | 1,650,573,156 | 1 | 2 | Feature magazine/web articles, plays, and screenplays are additional options. :) | I have learned a lot from various films and tv shows and also music. I'm Croatian but I can easily understand different dialects and slangs of English. I wish it was the same with German 😁 | 0 | 22,115 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5nwai4 | i5mhwuf | 1,650,573,156 | 1,650,553,402 | 2 | 1 | I have learned a lot from various films and tv shows and also music. I'm Croatian but I can easily understand different dialects and slangs of English. I wish it was the same with German 😁 | Start a list of words you don’t know. When you find a new one write it down or put it in a notes app. Later when you are sit down to write you have some new words to play around with. | 1 | 19,754 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5mp0w8 | i5nwai4 | 1,650,556,206 | 1,650,573,156 | 1 | 2 | Listen to books. | I have learned a lot from various films and tv shows and also music. I'm Croatian but I can easily understand different dialects and slangs of English. I wish it was the same with German 😁 | 0 | 16,950 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5oepcu | i5mc3xa | 1,650,581,213 | 1,650,551,041 | 2 | 1 | "Fast" and "Expand" shouldn't be your goal. I think the goal should be using the right word. The right word is the one that expresses exactly what you intend. Sometimes that's a completely new word outside of your vocabulary, other times it's a matter of considering the meaning of a word, prior usage, etymology, etc. When you try to use the exact words you mean, you start using the right words for you. This habit that helps you naturally improve over time and communicate more effectively. You can have every word uttered in the whole of human existence at your disposal, but the only ones that matter are those used precisely. | Feature magazine/web articles, plays, and screenplays are additional options. :) | 1 | 30,172 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5oepcu | i5mhwuf | 1,650,581,213 | 1,650,553,402 | 2 | 1 | "Fast" and "Expand" shouldn't be your goal. I think the goal should be using the right word. The right word is the one that expresses exactly what you intend. Sometimes that's a completely new word outside of your vocabulary, other times it's a matter of considering the meaning of a word, prior usage, etymology, etc. When you try to use the exact words you mean, you start using the right words for you. This habit that helps you naturally improve over time and communicate more effectively. You can have every word uttered in the whole of human existence at your disposal, but the only ones that matter are those used precisely. | Start a list of words you don’t know. When you find a new one write it down or put it in a notes app. Later when you are sit down to write you have some new words to play around with. | 1 | 27,811 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5oepcu | i5mp0w8 | 1,650,581,213 | 1,650,556,206 | 2 | 1 | "Fast" and "Expand" shouldn't be your goal. I think the goal should be using the right word. The right word is the one that expresses exactly what you intend. Sometimes that's a completely new word outside of your vocabulary, other times it's a matter of considering the meaning of a word, prior usage, etymology, etc. When you try to use the exact words you mean, you start using the right words for you. This habit that helps you naturally improve over time and communicate more effectively. You can have every word uttered in the whole of human existence at your disposal, but the only ones that matter are those used precisely. | Listen to books. | 1 | 25,007 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5mc3xa | i5ok9va | 1,650,551,041 | 1,650,583,753 | 1 | 2 | Feature magazine/web articles, plays, and screenplays are additional options. :) | Read the dictionary. For real. I don't understand all the Greek pronunciation stuff but the definitions are bigger than you'd think even for words you use everyday and if it has any etymology with it you can find some history of words you've used all your life | 0 | 32,712 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5mhwuf | i5ok9va | 1,650,553,402 | 1,650,583,753 | 1 | 2 | Start a list of words you don’t know. When you find a new one write it down or put it in a notes app. Later when you are sit down to write you have some new words to play around with. | Read the dictionary. For real. I don't understand all the Greek pronunciation stuff but the definitions are bigger than you'd think even for words you use everyday and if it has any etymology with it you can find some history of words you've used all your life | 0 | 30,351 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5ok9va | i5mp0w8 | 1,650,583,753 | 1,650,556,206 | 2 | 1 | Read the dictionary. For real. I don't understand all the Greek pronunciation stuff but the definitions are bigger than you'd think even for words you use everyday and if it has any etymology with it you can find some history of words you've used all your life | Listen to books. | 1 | 27,547 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5on91y | i5mc3xa | 1,650,585,113 | 1,650,551,041 | 2 | 1 | Listen to people. Ask what a word means. Socialise and eventually someone will use a new word. | Feature magazine/web articles, plays, and screenplays are additional options. :) | 1 | 34,072 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5mhwuf | i5on91y | 1,650,553,402 | 1,650,585,113 | 1 | 2 | Start a list of words you don’t know. When you find a new one write it down or put it in a notes app. Later when you are sit down to write you have some new words to play around with. | Listen to people. Ask what a word means. Socialise and eventually someone will use a new word. | 0 | 31,711 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5mp0w8 | i5on91y | 1,650,556,206 | 1,650,585,113 | 1 | 2 | Listen to books. | Listen to people. Ask what a word means. Socialise and eventually someone will use a new word. | 0 | 28,907 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5p5sqo | i5mc3xa | 1,650,593,713 | 1,650,551,041 | 2 | 1 | Is this a troll post? | Feature magazine/web articles, plays, and screenplays are additional options. :) | 1 | 42,672 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5mhwuf | i5p5sqo | 1,650,553,402 | 1,650,593,713 | 1 | 2 | Start a list of words you don’t know. When you find a new one write it down or put it in a notes app. Later when you are sit down to write you have some new words to play around with. | Is this a troll post? | 0 | 40,311 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5mp0w8 | i5p5sqo | 1,650,556,206 | 1,650,593,713 | 1 | 2 | Listen to books. | Is this a troll post? | 0 | 37,507 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5pb6q6 | i5mc3xa | 1,650,596,260 | 1,650,551,041 | 2 | 1 | Set your startup browser page to a word of the day website (Merriam-Webster for example) and be sure to close it at the end of each browsing session so it reloads. Honestly though, just knowing the definition isn’t going to help your writing very much. Good luck! | Feature magazine/web articles, plays, and screenplays are additional options. :) | 1 | 45,219 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5mhwuf | i5pb6q6 | 1,650,553,402 | 1,650,596,260 | 1 | 2 | Start a list of words you don’t know. When you find a new one write it down or put it in a notes app. Later when you are sit down to write you have some new words to play around with. | Set your startup browser page to a word of the day website (Merriam-Webster for example) and be sure to close it at the end of each browsing session so it reloads. Honestly though, just knowing the definition isn’t going to help your writing very much. Good luck! | 0 | 42,858 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5pb6q6 | i5mp0w8 | 1,650,596,260 | 1,650,556,206 | 2 | 1 | Set your startup browser page to a word of the day website (Merriam-Webster for example) and be sure to close it at the end of each browsing session so it reloads. Honestly though, just knowing the definition isn’t going to help your writing very much. Good luck! | Listen to books. | 1 | 40,054 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5r50nr | i5mc3xa | 1,650,638,068 | 1,650,551,041 | 2 | 1 | Just use writerly or some other app. It actually helps so much. (This post was not sponsored by writerly™ lol) | Feature magazine/web articles, plays, and screenplays are additional options. :) | 1 | 87,027 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5r50nr | i5mhwuf | 1,650,638,068 | 1,650,553,402 | 2 | 1 | Just use writerly or some other app. It actually helps so much. (This post was not sponsored by writerly™ lol) | Start a list of words you don’t know. When you find a new one write it down or put it in a notes app. Later when you are sit down to write you have some new words to play around with. | 1 | 84,666 | 2 | ||
u8opwy | writing_train | 0.78 | How can i expand my vocabulary other then reading books? I'm young and still learning about many things but i really want to expand my vocabulary in a faster way. | i5mp0w8 | i5r50nr | 1,650,556,206 | 1,650,638,068 | 1 | 2 | Listen to books. | Just use writerly or some other app. It actually helps so much. (This post was not sponsored by writerly™ lol) | 0 | 81,862 | 2 | ||
julfqu | writing_train | 1 | How do i put “plot twists” in my story? I am starting to write a Full on Thriller book, but i think violence and cinematography will not really be enough to make it interesting so i tried to put some twists in it but I couldn’t think of any........ So i wanted to ask you guys, that how do i come up with genuinely shocking and mind blowing Plot twists to make my story interesting to read??? | gcdwubp | gcdx68y | 1,605,445,263 | 1,605,445,454 | 4 | 9 | Make a powerful, memorable reveal and make sure the twist doesn't invalidate the reader's investment (by making some of the stakes or plot progress pointless in retrospect). | Usually I come up with twists while thinking about another way all the things that are happening could play out. Like thing A happens and usually thing B follows, but another thing C could happen as well. And when you write like B would come, but C happens, it is a twist | 0 | 191 | 2.25 | ||
julfqu | writing_train | 1 | How do i put “plot twists” in my story? I am starting to write a Full on Thriller book, but i think violence and cinematography will not really be enough to make it interesting so i tried to put some twists in it but I couldn’t think of any........ So i wanted to ask you guys, that how do i come up with genuinely shocking and mind blowing Plot twists to make my story interesting to read??? | gcdwubp | gce34mt | 1,605,445,263 | 1,605,449,172 | 4 | 5 | Make a powerful, memorable reveal and make sure the twist doesn't invalidate the reader's investment (by making some of the stakes or plot progress pointless in retrospect). | * protagenist was his own father the whole time * everything was VR the whole time * lemon surprise * last page instructs reader to read the book backwards to find out WHO THE ACTUAL KILLER IS * the book was told from Sentient Dog Perspective the whole time * the author is standing behind you **look out** | 0 | 3,909 | 1.25 | ||
julfqu | writing_train | 1 | How do i put “plot twists” in my story? I am starting to write a Full on Thriller book, but i think violence and cinematography will not really be enough to make it interesting so i tried to put some twists in it but I couldn’t think of any........ So i wanted to ask you guys, that how do i come up with genuinely shocking and mind blowing Plot twists to make my story interesting to read??? | gcdxc7n | gce34mt | 1,605,445,548 | 1,605,449,172 | 4 | 5 | Planning, you have to make sure that the plot twist makes sense and fits into the story. I make a point to include clues so an alert reader can guess the twist before it is revealed. Of course I also include false leads to possible twists that never happen. It's like any other plot element, it needs to fit into the overall structure of the story and plot flow. Then it works. | * protagenist was his own father the whole time * everything was VR the whole time * lemon surprise * last page instructs reader to read the book backwards to find out WHO THE ACTUAL KILLER IS * the book was told from Sentient Dog Perspective the whole time * the author is standing behind you **look out** | 0 | 3,624 | 1.25 | ||
julfqu | writing_train | 1 | How do i put “plot twists” in my story? I am starting to write a Full on Thriller book, but i think violence and cinematography will not really be enough to make it interesting so i tried to put some twists in it but I couldn’t think of any........ So i wanted to ask you guys, that how do i come up with genuinely shocking and mind blowing Plot twists to make my story interesting to read??? | gcfypr4 | gcgbqr2 | 1,605,485,963 | 1,605,492,724 | 1 | 2 | There are 3 outcomes to a cliffhanger situation in a book. For this explanation, I would like to use the scene of the character (MC) being held at gunpoint by a thief. Outcome A is an aticlimactic, but realistic outcome, that though the reader would symphasize with, it's just too boring for an event in a book (the MC giving the thief his money and the thief walking away). Outcome B is something very cliché, that the reader would also be bored by, but not because it's realistic, but because it's unrealistic and the reader is unable to relate to this (the MC throwing the thief's gun away with bare hands, throwing him on the ground with pure strength and escaping). Outcome C is what you wanna go for. It's a middle ground between realistic and unrealistic (the MC throwing away just some money, only for the thief being forced to squat down to pick them up, the MC quickly knocking the gun out of his hand, snagging the money and safely escaping). You want to combine elements from outcome A and B to make a smart move, which requires some skill but mostly a plan. It's something the reader couldn't come to think of in the time it happened. | First thing, most people don't know what makes for a good plot twist, or rather, what it is and why it's effective. Not trying to be condescending, hear me out for a minute. Then absolutely debate me. I'm still trying to study this one myself. Spoilers: Luke didn't just learn that Vader was his father, he learned that his father wasn't killed by Vader. The audience didn't just learn something shocking. The information he and we knew was flipped on its head. He believed he had a secondary reason to hate Vader (the murder of Anakin). He then fell into confusion. Bruce Willis was dead all along. Wasn't just a shock for us. His and our knowledge was flipped. If he had known, it wouldn't have mattered to him. Why should it have mattered as much to us. Essentially, doing something shocking isn't what makes a great twist, but rather, having established knowledge that defies what the audience and the characters believe makes for a good twist. We are meant to be in their shoes as the realization takes place. Rey finding out her parents were nobody wasn't a shock because she never thought they were somebody. She just wanted them to come back. That was the whole point of TFA. TLJ never asked that question until Kylo brought it up out of nowhere. It surprised the audience because the trailers and other characters asked about who she was as if it had some relevance (we were effectively fooled into thinking it mattered, then blamed for reading the info given). Her views weren't disrupted. Unless, of course like everyone who thought that twist was clever, you forget that she wasn't interested (at all) in learning who they were, rather she wanted to know, where? What does one understand about the world or themselves? How bad would it be or how hard would it effect them if they realized they were wrong? Does the twist affect the reader the same way it affects the character? I'll say again, the concept of plot twists is common use, but it's difficult to really put a finger on what makes the effective ones lasting and powerful and what makes some of them obvious or just blatantly unexpected for the sake of surprising the audience. It's difficult for me to put my theory into words. Sorry. If anyone has any disagreement with my theory on what makes a good plot twist, please share your thoughts. I'm still learning and want to at some point, make some powerful plot twists myself. | 0 | 6,761 | 2 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3juxrr | h3jxlf7 | 1,625,054,740 | 1,625,056,398 | 1 | 5 | You should go for it, continue with that first draft until its perfect then try find a publisher. | Definitely do both, because they'll both make you better. | 0 | 1,658 | 5 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3kkku6 | h3lj2hh | 1,625,067,414 | 1,625,082,317 | 3 | 5 | I would definitely suggest identifying your genre- if you're writing fantasy, or science fiction, or nonfiction, etc- and then read a few different big names within that genre. Don't stick to one author- branch out and take in different styles, different types of plot, all of which interest you! Don't get caught up on being "unique". It's a pretty lie in this world. | "Should I eat or just cook?" Both. You should do both. | 0 | 14,903 | 1.666667 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3lj2hh | h3l40b6 | 1,625,082,317 | 1,625,075,755 | 5 | 3 | "Should I eat or just cook?" Both. You should do both. | If you plan on writing for yourself and for the people in your immediate circle, go ahead and keep writing if that’s what you want. It’s totally fine to just write for your own enjoyment. But if you want your work to be published, or want to reach professional standards for any reason, you will need to read and absorb how other authors write. | 1 | 6,562 | 1.666667 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3lj2hh | h3kdvul | 1,625,082,317 | 1,625,064,534 | 5 | 2 | "Should I eat or just cook?" Both. You should do both. | Do what compels you if the compulsion is healthy; but know that sooner or later you *will* have to read if you wish to write truly respectable works. Do try to get in the swing of reading, your future self will be thankful. There’s an unfathomable depth to writing. It’d be naïve to assume you can write on the same field as authors whose writings are practically crafted on the shoulders of every work before them. | 1 | 17,783 | 2.5 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3juxrr | h3lj2hh | 1,625,054,740 | 1,625,082,317 | 1 | 5 | You should go for it, continue with that first draft until its perfect then try find a publisher. | "Should I eat or just cook?" Both. You should do both. | 0 | 27,577 | 5 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3k2guq | h3lj2hh | 1,625,059,135 | 1,625,082,317 | -6 | 5 | It is definitely possible to become a good writer without reading. If you’re in a situation where you have to choose one over the other for time reasons, and you’re enjoying writing right now, I stay stick with it and finish that draft. Reading is essential in order to understand which tropes readers enjoy, genre conventions to try not to fall into, examples on pacing, etc. Mostly, things that are important when it comes down to trying to actually sell your book. If you don’t intend to publish this, or if you simply just don’t want to worry about that until it’s finished, I say keep writing. | "Should I eat or just cook?" Both. You should do both. | 0 | 23,182 | -0.833333 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3kkku6 | h3kdvul | 1,625,067,414 | 1,625,064,534 | 3 | 2 | I would definitely suggest identifying your genre- if you're writing fantasy, or science fiction, or nonfiction, etc- and then read a few different big names within that genre. Don't stick to one author- branch out and take in different styles, different types of plot, all of which interest you! Don't get caught up on being "unique". It's a pretty lie in this world. | Do what compels you if the compulsion is healthy; but know that sooner or later you *will* have to read if you wish to write truly respectable works. Do try to get in the swing of reading, your future self will be thankful. There’s an unfathomable depth to writing. It’d be naïve to assume you can write on the same field as authors whose writings are practically crafted on the shoulders of every work before them. | 1 | 2,880 | 1.5 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3juxrr | h3kkku6 | 1,625,054,740 | 1,625,067,414 | 1 | 3 | You should go for it, continue with that first draft until its perfect then try find a publisher. | I would definitely suggest identifying your genre- if you're writing fantasy, or science fiction, or nonfiction, etc- and then read a few different big names within that genre. Don't stick to one author- branch out and take in different styles, different types of plot, all of which interest you! Don't get caught up on being "unique". It's a pretty lie in this world. | 0 | 12,674 | 3 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3kkku6 | h3k2guq | 1,625,067,414 | 1,625,059,135 | 3 | -6 | I would definitely suggest identifying your genre- if you're writing fantasy, or science fiction, or nonfiction, etc- and then read a few different big names within that genre. Don't stick to one author- branch out and take in different styles, different types of plot, all of which interest you! Don't get caught up on being "unique". It's a pretty lie in this world. | It is definitely possible to become a good writer without reading. If you’re in a situation where you have to choose one over the other for time reasons, and you’re enjoying writing right now, I stay stick with it and finish that draft. Reading is essential in order to understand which tropes readers enjoy, genre conventions to try not to fall into, examples on pacing, etc. Mostly, things that are important when it comes down to trying to actually sell your book. If you don’t intend to publish this, or if you simply just don’t want to worry about that until it’s finished, I say keep writing. | 1 | 8,279 | -0.5 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3kdvul | h3l40b6 | 1,625,064,534 | 1,625,075,755 | 2 | 3 | Do what compels you if the compulsion is healthy; but know that sooner or later you *will* have to read if you wish to write truly respectable works. Do try to get in the swing of reading, your future self will be thankful. There’s an unfathomable depth to writing. It’d be naïve to assume you can write on the same field as authors whose writings are practically crafted on the shoulders of every work before them. | If you plan on writing for yourself and for the people in your immediate circle, go ahead and keep writing if that’s what you want. It’s totally fine to just write for your own enjoyment. But if you want your work to be published, or want to reach professional standards for any reason, you will need to read and absorb how other authors write. | 0 | 11,221 | 1.5 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3juxrr | h3l40b6 | 1,625,054,740 | 1,625,075,755 | 1 | 3 | You should go for it, continue with that first draft until its perfect then try find a publisher. | If you plan on writing for yourself and for the people in your immediate circle, go ahead and keep writing if that’s what you want. It’s totally fine to just write for your own enjoyment. But if you want your work to be published, or want to reach professional standards for any reason, you will need to read and absorb how other authors write. | 0 | 21,015 | 3 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3l40b6 | h3k2guq | 1,625,075,755 | 1,625,059,135 | 3 | -6 | If you plan on writing for yourself and for the people in your immediate circle, go ahead and keep writing if that’s what you want. It’s totally fine to just write for your own enjoyment. But if you want your work to be published, or want to reach professional standards for any reason, you will need to read and absorb how other authors write. | It is definitely possible to become a good writer without reading. If you’re in a situation where you have to choose one over the other for time reasons, and you’re enjoying writing right now, I stay stick with it and finish that draft. Reading is essential in order to understand which tropes readers enjoy, genre conventions to try not to fall into, examples on pacing, etc. Mostly, things that are important when it comes down to trying to actually sell your book. If you don’t intend to publish this, or if you simply just don’t want to worry about that until it’s finished, I say keep writing. | 1 | 16,620 | -0.5 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3ltxce | h3kdvul | 1,625,086,981 | 1,625,064,534 | 3 | 2 | No matter what your family tells you, your writing will never really be good unless you read a lot of fiction. Writing is not an inward skill or a trait someone is born with. You learn to write by reading and writing. | Do what compels you if the compulsion is healthy; but know that sooner or later you *will* have to read if you wish to write truly respectable works. Do try to get in the swing of reading, your future self will be thankful. There’s an unfathomable depth to writing. It’d be naïve to assume you can write on the same field as authors whose writings are practically crafted on the shoulders of every work before them. | 1 | 22,447 | 1.5 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3juxrr | h3ltxce | 1,625,054,740 | 1,625,086,981 | 1 | 3 | You should go for it, continue with that first draft until its perfect then try find a publisher. | No matter what your family tells you, your writing will never really be good unless you read a lot of fiction. Writing is not an inward skill or a trait someone is born with. You learn to write by reading and writing. | 0 | 32,241 | 3 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3k2guq | h3ltxce | 1,625,059,135 | 1,625,086,981 | -6 | 3 | It is definitely possible to become a good writer without reading. If you’re in a situation where you have to choose one over the other for time reasons, and you’re enjoying writing right now, I stay stick with it and finish that draft. Reading is essential in order to understand which tropes readers enjoy, genre conventions to try not to fall into, examples on pacing, etc. Mostly, things that are important when it comes down to trying to actually sell your book. If you don’t intend to publish this, or if you simply just don’t want to worry about that until it’s finished, I say keep writing. | No matter what your family tells you, your writing will never really be good unless you read a lot of fiction. Writing is not an inward skill or a trait someone is born with. You learn to write by reading and writing. | 0 | 27,846 | -0.5 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3kdvul | h3m2p0x | 1,625,064,534 | 1,625,091,052 | 2 | 3 | Do what compels you if the compulsion is healthy; but know that sooner or later you *will* have to read if you wish to write truly respectable works. Do try to get in the swing of reading, your future self will be thankful. There’s an unfathomable depth to writing. It’d be naïve to assume you can write on the same field as authors whose writings are practically crafted on the shoulders of every work before them. | Think of it this way too if you're not yet convinced. When you're cooking, you look at the recipes for some time. Then when you've cooked many times and become familiar with the elements, you can start to experiement with new stuff. A new cook with no recipes to look up to... What do you think their food is going to taste like? | 0 | 26,518 | 1.5 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3m2p0x | h3m250t | 1,625,091,052 | 1,625,090,785 | 3 | 2 | Think of it this way too if you're not yet convinced. When you're cooking, you look at the recipes for some time. Then when you've cooked many times and become familiar with the elements, you can start to experiement with new stuff. A new cook with no recipes to look up to... What do you think their food is going to taste like? | I've seen you ask what books to read. My favourite series is mistborn. Its very nice, at least to listen to. Then a good book is name of the wind. If you don't mind a teenage character say bosom a few times... Believe me, its still good. | 1 | 267 | 1.5 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3m2p0x | h3juxrr | 1,625,091,052 | 1,625,054,740 | 3 | 1 | Think of it this way too if you're not yet convinced. When you're cooking, you look at the recipes for some time. Then when you've cooked many times and become familiar with the elements, you can start to experiement with new stuff. A new cook with no recipes to look up to... What do you think their food is going to taste like? | You should go for it, continue with that first draft until its perfect then try find a publisher. | 1 | 36,312 | 3 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3k2guq | h3m2p0x | 1,625,059,135 | 1,625,091,052 | -6 | 3 | It is definitely possible to become a good writer without reading. If you’re in a situation where you have to choose one over the other for time reasons, and you’re enjoying writing right now, I stay stick with it and finish that draft. Reading is essential in order to understand which tropes readers enjoy, genre conventions to try not to fall into, examples on pacing, etc. Mostly, things that are important when it comes down to trying to actually sell your book. If you don’t intend to publish this, or if you simply just don’t want to worry about that until it’s finished, I say keep writing. | Think of it this way too if you're not yet convinced. When you're cooking, you look at the recipes for some time. Then when you've cooked many times and become familiar with the elements, you can start to experiement with new stuff. A new cook with no recipes to look up to... What do you think their food is going to taste like? | 0 | 31,917 | -0.5 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3kdvul | h3juxrr | 1,625,064,534 | 1,625,054,740 | 2 | 1 | Do what compels you if the compulsion is healthy; but know that sooner or later you *will* have to read if you wish to write truly respectable works. Do try to get in the swing of reading, your future self will be thankful. There’s an unfathomable depth to writing. It’d be naïve to assume you can write on the same field as authors whose writings are practically crafted on the shoulders of every work before them. | You should go for it, continue with that first draft until its perfect then try find a publisher. | 1 | 9,794 | 2 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3k2guq | h3kdvul | 1,625,059,135 | 1,625,064,534 | -6 | 2 | It is definitely possible to become a good writer without reading. If you’re in a situation where you have to choose one over the other for time reasons, and you’re enjoying writing right now, I stay stick with it and finish that draft. Reading is essential in order to understand which tropes readers enjoy, genre conventions to try not to fall into, examples on pacing, etc. Mostly, things that are important when it comes down to trying to actually sell your book. If you don’t intend to publish this, or if you simply just don’t want to worry about that until it’s finished, I say keep writing. | Do what compels you if the compulsion is healthy; but know that sooner or later you *will* have to read if you wish to write truly respectable works. Do try to get in the swing of reading, your future self will be thankful. There’s an unfathomable depth to writing. It’d be naïve to assume you can write on the same field as authors whose writings are practically crafted on the shoulders of every work before them. | 0 | 5,399 | -0.333333 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3m250t | h3juxrr | 1,625,090,785 | 1,625,054,740 | 2 | 1 | I've seen you ask what books to read. My favourite series is mistborn. Its very nice, at least to listen to. Then a good book is name of the wind. If you don't mind a teenage character say bosom a few times... Believe me, its still good. | You should go for it, continue with that first draft until its perfect then try find a publisher. | 1 | 36,045 | 2 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3k2guq | h3m250t | 1,625,059,135 | 1,625,090,785 | -6 | 2 | It is definitely possible to become a good writer without reading. If you’re in a situation where you have to choose one over the other for time reasons, and you’re enjoying writing right now, I stay stick with it and finish that draft. Reading is essential in order to understand which tropes readers enjoy, genre conventions to try not to fall into, examples on pacing, etc. Mostly, things that are important when it comes down to trying to actually sell your book. If you don’t intend to publish this, or if you simply just don’t want to worry about that until it’s finished, I say keep writing. | I've seen you ask what books to read. My favourite series is mistborn. Its very nice, at least to listen to. Then a good book is name of the wind. If you don't mind a teenage character say bosom a few times... Believe me, its still good. | 0 | 31,650 | -0.333333 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3m6bhg | h3juxrr | 1,625,092,807 | 1,625,054,740 | 2 | 1 | Try doing both. Let your mind wander, too. Just advice from someone who writes creatively on Wattpad. | You should go for it, continue with that first draft until its perfect then try find a publisher. | 1 | 38,067 | 2 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3k2guq | h3m6bhg | 1,625,059,135 | 1,625,092,807 | -6 | 2 | It is definitely possible to become a good writer without reading. If you’re in a situation where you have to choose one over the other for time reasons, and you’re enjoying writing right now, I stay stick with it and finish that draft. Reading is essential in order to understand which tropes readers enjoy, genre conventions to try not to fall into, examples on pacing, etc. Mostly, things that are important when it comes down to trying to actually sell your book. If you don’t intend to publish this, or if you simply just don’t want to worry about that until it’s finished, I say keep writing. | Try doing both. Let your mind wander, too. Just advice from someone who writes creatively on Wattpad. | 0 | 33,672 | -0.333333 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3juxrr | h3mpqck | 1,625,054,740 | 1,625,102,657 | 1 | 2 | You should go for it, continue with that first draft until its perfect then try find a publisher. | Finish the first draft. Read up. Then write the second draft. If you get it stuck in your head you need to read more before you write you'll never finish anything. | 0 | 47,917 | 2 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3mpqck | h3k2guq | 1,625,102,657 | 1,625,059,135 | 2 | -6 | Finish the first draft. Read up. Then write the second draft. If you get it stuck in your head you need to read more before you write you'll never finish anything. | It is definitely possible to become a good writer without reading. If you’re in a situation where you have to choose one over the other for time reasons, and you’re enjoying writing right now, I stay stick with it and finish that draft. Reading is essential in order to understand which tropes readers enjoy, genre conventions to try not to fall into, examples on pacing, etc. Mostly, things that are important when it comes down to trying to actually sell your book. If you don’t intend to publish this, or if you simply just don’t want to worry about that until it’s finished, I say keep writing. | 1 | 43,522 | -0.333333 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3mwdzt | h3juxrr | 1,625,105,985 | 1,625,054,740 | 2 | 1 | Depends... If you have an artistic mind, what you write is coming from your imagination and past experiences. If you don't feel like going through books, maybe listen to some Creepypastas on YouTube from a channel like Mr. Creeps.... Great writing AND narration - you'll feel like you experience the writing and it'll allow you to subversively pick up on different techniques. | You should go for it, continue with that first draft until its perfect then try find a publisher. | 1 | 51,245 | 2 | ||
oavpe8 | writing_train | 0.81 | Should i read or just write my novel? I've never written anything except for school assignments, so this is the first time I write anything serious. I'm currently at page 89 of my first draft. But the problem is that I've not really read any books, but I like writing. I basically just started writing without any directions except for my story. Some family members read it and they said it's pretty good. One of them reads alot and I know she and my other family members are totally honest about it. What do you suggest? Should i continue with what I'm doing? Or read some books first? | h3k2guq | h3mwdzt | 1,625,059,135 | 1,625,105,985 | -6 | 2 | It is definitely possible to become a good writer without reading. If you’re in a situation where you have to choose one over the other for time reasons, and you’re enjoying writing right now, I stay stick with it and finish that draft. Reading is essential in order to understand which tropes readers enjoy, genre conventions to try not to fall into, examples on pacing, etc. Mostly, things that are important when it comes down to trying to actually sell your book. If you don’t intend to publish this, or if you simply just don’t want to worry about that until it’s finished, I say keep writing. | Depends... If you have an artistic mind, what you write is coming from your imagination and past experiences. If you don't feel like going through books, maybe listen to some Creepypastas on YouTube from a channel like Mr. Creeps.... Great writing AND narration - you'll feel like you experience the writing and it'll allow you to subversively pick up on different techniques. | 0 | 46,850 | -0.333333 | ||
eozdvt | writing_train | 0.8 | I obsessively read back in my stories to refresh myself as I write...but just end up revising the earlier parts of the story repeatedly. I wrote scripts in school, later became a copy writer, and now am writing short stories. One day maybe something longer if I can ever resolve my issues with ...process? I’m not even sure what to call it. Background: I find that I usually have only short chunks to work in, and am a generally frazzled and forgetful person. I often take notes on my phone during my commute and sometimes even write on the train, before compiling everything on the weekends or at night. The issue: When writing a story I find myself constantly (obsessively) reading back to remember things, (to see if I used a certain word or phrase for example,) and instead of finding what I was looking for I always end up getting distracted by some other little error or a weirdly flowing sentence ...and I end up editing THAT instead. This will happen a few times, and suddenly I’ll have jumped around so much that I can’t remember what I deleted, or what I moved where, or what I was originally even looking for. I will have to start reading from the beginning of the story to catch myself up (which...almost always leads to a little more editing, not gonna lie.) Is it the short chunks of time failing me? The frazzled brain? Should I just resist making small edits to finished paragraphs? IE Finish the whole story then make notes on what to change, then rewrite all at once? Am I even doing anything wrong or is this normal? I was thinking about typewriters today and how I could literally never use one, because I revise everything 300 times before getting to the end. | feg3qfj | feg5p4r | 1,579,075,573 | 1,579,078,131 | 6 | 13 | there is NO POINT editing something that will be deleted later. STOP only when your first draft is done do you know whats gonna be retained. and even THEN you can be wrong. i've just had to delete 2 scenes in draft 2 despite outlining very carefully before draft 1 this is why you dont correct grammar until you've fixed your plot issues. this is also why you dont need fully developed characters, or even setting, in draft 1. see where the story takes you. then make everything else make sense. THEN polish it | I used to do edit and reread and it's why it took me 8 years to finish my first draft. You need to stop rereading and editing and just plow forward. Your first draft is just that. A draft. It will be crap, it will be filled with place-holder words until you figure out the best way to word things, your structure will change and whole chapters will be ripped out, and you need to make yourself okay with that. Make a pact with yourself to stop rereading, only reread the last paragraph or two if you need to remind yourself of where you are or the most recent thing that's happened and just word vomit onto the page the story you have in your head. Your first draft is allowed to be crap. That's the whole point. You just need to get it done! Once I stopped editing I finished my first draft within six months and I'm so pissed at myself for wasting all that time making the beginning perfect because it wasn't. Now I'm in editing phase it still isn't perfect and I've changed entire chapters! | 0 | 2,558 | 2.166667 | ||
w2ybue | writing_train | 0.94 | Lack of imagination keeping me from writing I've had a couple fantasy and sci-fi story ideas I've been wanting to write about, but when it comes to worldbuilding, or coming up with character designs, or alien designs, or spaceship and weapon designs, I literally can't think of anything. I just see placeholders from other media standing in for my characters and aliens and spaceships. Like I try to imagine a space battle and all I see are star destroyers or the Enterprise, or I see Legolas or Link standing in for elf characters in my fantasy story. I find this really frustrating and I'm sure it's a bad sign if I can't even imagine what the characters look like and what the places they travel to look like. As a result, I haven't written very much. | igt1rok | igt6ffr | 1,658,253,082 | 1,658,254,809 | 3 | 7 | I'm in a similar place. I'm going to be starting a DnD campaign for the first time and seen as that is a group storytelling event I'm hoping that will spark something for me. | You seem hung up on what things will "look" like to a reader. What you see when you write and what someone sees when they read that writing don't have to match 100% in order for the story to be good and worth telling. You may also be a person who does not have much visual imagination—Google "aphantasia" and see if that matches what you're experiencing. Characters are much more than what they look like, same with settings. I hope you get to outline your stories without wasting any more time fretting over the appearance of things. | 0 | 1,727 | 2.333333 | ||
w2ybue | writing_train | 0.94 | Lack of imagination keeping me from writing I've had a couple fantasy and sci-fi story ideas I've been wanting to write about, but when it comes to worldbuilding, or coming up with character designs, or alien designs, or spaceship and weapon designs, I literally can't think of anything. I just see placeholders from other media standing in for my characters and aliens and spaceships. Like I try to imagine a space battle and all I see are star destroyers or the Enterprise, or I see Legolas or Link standing in for elf characters in my fantasy story. I find this really frustrating and I'm sure it's a bad sign if I can't even imagine what the characters look like and what the places they travel to look like. As a result, I haven't written very much. | igt82c4 | igt1rok | 1,658,255,411 | 1,658,253,082 | 5 | 3 | >when it comes to worldbuilding, or coming up with character designs, or alien designs, or spaceship and weapon designs, I literally can't think of anything None of that stuff matters in prose, not as much as you'd think. Are you good at fan-fiction? Keep writing those stories, and just change the names whenever you want to transform those stories into OC | I'm in a similar place. I'm going to be starting a DnD campaign for the first time and seen as that is a group storytelling event I'm hoping that will spark something for me. | 1 | 2,329 | 1.666667 | ||
w2ybue | writing_train | 0.94 | Lack of imagination keeping me from writing I've had a couple fantasy and sci-fi story ideas I've been wanting to write about, but when it comes to worldbuilding, or coming up with character designs, or alien designs, or spaceship and weapon designs, I literally can't think of anything. I just see placeholders from other media standing in for my characters and aliens and spaceships. Like I try to imagine a space battle and all I see are star destroyers or the Enterprise, or I see Legolas or Link standing in for elf characters in my fantasy story. I find this really frustrating and I'm sure it's a bad sign if I can't even imagine what the characters look like and what the places they travel to look like. As a result, I haven't written very much. | igtllui | igtukg4 | 1,658,260,516 | 1,658,263,842 | -1 | 3 | Can you tell a story about a stone being a stone? | The way i world-build is by asking myself what environmental challenges my characters are facing and how they overcome them. I consider my settings as characters in and of themselves. So, for a real life example: there are some Pacific Islanders--whose identities i can't recall, unfortunately--who were photographed wearing puffer-fish helmets and wielding swords made from the serrated beaks of sawfish. Because they were on islands with low/no supplies of workable metal, but still had the need to defend themselves and go to war, they used the resources they could most easily acquire. Challenge: no/low supplies of metal, wood Need: Defense, war Question: What is durable and vicious enough to kill an animal or another human? Solution: Use a big bone knife from a populous species that can be regularly harvested. Another example, this one from a creative standpoint, would be the first Dinotopia. The question the author/artist asked: how would an enormous sauropod rest if they were intelligent and could use tools? The answer: a bench. A very large bench where the dinosaur could rest its enormous belly and take a load off of its legs. So look at your characters' contexts, historically and socially and physically, and ask how they're going to solve the problems those environments create. What i will do sometimes is read about different cultures around the world and ask myself what inspired their dress, weaponry, religion, foods, social codes, and so on. There's always an answer. Sometimes multiple answers. Then i ask those same questions about my own characters and settings. So right now your space ships look like star destroyers, but the more you ask about the physical needs of a starship and its crew, the difference between existing in space and existing on a planet with an atmosphere, the purposes of different ships, and so on, the more your ships will change in your own mind. Just give yourself the time and grace to work on it. You'll figure it out. | 0 | 3,326 | -3 | ||
w2ybue | writing_train | 0.94 | Lack of imagination keeping me from writing I've had a couple fantasy and sci-fi story ideas I've been wanting to write about, but when it comes to worldbuilding, or coming up with character designs, or alien designs, or spaceship and weapon designs, I literally can't think of anything. I just see placeholders from other media standing in for my characters and aliens and spaceships. Like I try to imagine a space battle and all I see are star destroyers or the Enterprise, or I see Legolas or Link standing in for elf characters in my fantasy story. I find this really frustrating and I'm sure it's a bad sign if I can't even imagine what the characters look like and what the places they travel to look like. As a result, I haven't written very much. | igtllui | igtvzj2 | 1,658,260,516 | 1,658,264,378 | -1 | 3 | Can you tell a story about a stone being a stone? | For the characters it could help to go on art breeder and play around until you have a portrait that fits your characters and then use that to describe them :) | 0 | 3,862 | -3 | ||
w2ybue | writing_train | 0.94 | Lack of imagination keeping me from writing I've had a couple fantasy and sci-fi story ideas I've been wanting to write about, but when it comes to worldbuilding, or coming up with character designs, or alien designs, or spaceship and weapon designs, I literally can't think of anything. I just see placeholders from other media standing in for my characters and aliens and spaceships. Like I try to imagine a space battle and all I see are star destroyers or the Enterprise, or I see Legolas or Link standing in for elf characters in my fantasy story. I find this really frustrating and I'm sure it's a bad sign if I can't even imagine what the characters look like and what the places they travel to look like. As a result, I haven't written very much. | igvdfwj | iguu1ic | 1,658,287,432 | 1,658,278,564 | 3 | 2 | "I try to imagine a space battle and all I see are star destroyers or the Enterprise, or I see Legolas or Link standing in for elf characters in my fantasy story." This is a great place to start! Now think to yourself, "What's something that could have been different?" Maybe the spaceships are shaped different. They all have a ring like a planet, it's part of the hyperdrive. Describe that ring. The rest of it can be exactly like the media, don't spend time describing that bit. Same for elves. Just pick one characteristic and change it. Maybe the ears aren't pointy, they're shaped like perfect hexagons. Literally just pick any trait and change it. Describe the bit you changed first, anything else later or never. Congrats, it's yours now. That's the way with writers; they'll steal anything, file off the serial numbers, and claim it for their own" | Have you tried discovery writing? I have to write to get into the zone where I can create original stuff and bring it to life. Just thinking about it, or even writing out a plan, isn't enough. I have to be in the story. It's like different parts of my brain activate then. | 1 | 8,868 | 1.5 | ||
w2ybue | writing_train | 0.94 | Lack of imagination keeping me from writing I've had a couple fantasy and sci-fi story ideas I've been wanting to write about, but when it comes to worldbuilding, or coming up with character designs, or alien designs, or spaceship and weapon designs, I literally can't think of anything. I just see placeholders from other media standing in for my characters and aliens and spaceships. Like I try to imagine a space battle and all I see are star destroyers or the Enterprise, or I see Legolas or Link standing in for elf characters in my fantasy story. I find this really frustrating and I'm sure it's a bad sign if I can't even imagine what the characters look like and what the places they travel to look like. As a result, I haven't written very much. | igvdfwj | igu6mej | 1,658,287,432 | 1,658,268,527 | 3 | 1 | "I try to imagine a space battle and all I see are star destroyers or the Enterprise, or I see Legolas or Link standing in for elf characters in my fantasy story." This is a great place to start! Now think to yourself, "What's something that could have been different?" Maybe the spaceships are shaped different. They all have a ring like a planet, it's part of the hyperdrive. Describe that ring. The rest of it can be exactly like the media, don't spend time describing that bit. Same for elves. Just pick one characteristic and change it. Maybe the ears aren't pointy, they're shaped like perfect hexagons. Literally just pick any trait and change it. Describe the bit you changed first, anything else later or never. Congrats, it's yours now. That's the way with writers; they'll steal anything, file off the serial numbers, and claim it for their own" | Let your reader imagine it. You could even strip it down to pure dialogue like a play and give nothing. All is possible in writing. I myself am annoyed af when a writer feels the need to give me every detail. | 1 | 18,905 | 3 | ||
w2ybue | writing_train | 0.94 | Lack of imagination keeping me from writing I've had a couple fantasy and sci-fi story ideas I've been wanting to write about, but when it comes to worldbuilding, or coming up with character designs, or alien designs, or spaceship and weapon designs, I literally can't think of anything. I just see placeholders from other media standing in for my characters and aliens and spaceships. Like I try to imagine a space battle and all I see are star destroyers or the Enterprise, or I see Legolas or Link standing in for elf characters in my fantasy story. I find this really frustrating and I'm sure it's a bad sign if I can't even imagine what the characters look like and what the places they travel to look like. As a result, I haven't written very much. | iguerdt | igvdfwj | 1,658,271,908 | 1,658,287,432 | 1 | 3 | You can look at different images of different characters and settings and draw them. If they become part of your visual library you will have an easier time creating an original aesthetic Aesthetics effect mood and atmosphere so they're important And not all spaceships have to be drab gray and white everywhere | "I try to imagine a space battle and all I see are star destroyers or the Enterprise, or I see Legolas or Link standing in for elf characters in my fantasy story." This is a great place to start! Now think to yourself, "What's something that could have been different?" Maybe the spaceships are shaped different. They all have a ring like a planet, it's part of the hyperdrive. Describe that ring. The rest of it can be exactly like the media, don't spend time describing that bit. Same for elves. Just pick one characteristic and change it. Maybe the ears aren't pointy, they're shaped like perfect hexagons. Literally just pick any trait and change it. Describe the bit you changed first, anything else later or never. Congrats, it's yours now. That's the way with writers; they'll steal anything, file off the serial numbers, and claim it for their own" | 0 | 15,524 | 3 | ||
w2ybue | writing_train | 0.94 | Lack of imagination keeping me from writing I've had a couple fantasy and sci-fi story ideas I've been wanting to write about, but when it comes to worldbuilding, or coming up with character designs, or alien designs, or spaceship and weapon designs, I literally can't think of anything. I just see placeholders from other media standing in for my characters and aliens and spaceships. Like I try to imagine a space battle and all I see are star destroyers or the Enterprise, or I see Legolas or Link standing in for elf characters in my fantasy story. I find this really frustrating and I'm sure it's a bad sign if I can't even imagine what the characters look like and what the places they travel to look like. As a result, I haven't written very much. | igvdfwj | igvbybm | 1,658,287,432 | 1,658,286,707 | 3 | 1 | "I try to imagine a space battle and all I see are star destroyers or the Enterprise, or I see Legolas or Link standing in for elf characters in my fantasy story." This is a great place to start! Now think to yourself, "What's something that could have been different?" Maybe the spaceships are shaped different. They all have a ring like a planet, it's part of the hyperdrive. Describe that ring. The rest of it can be exactly like the media, don't spend time describing that bit. Same for elves. Just pick one characteristic and change it. Maybe the ears aren't pointy, they're shaped like perfect hexagons. Literally just pick any trait and change it. Describe the bit you changed first, anything else later or never. Congrats, it's yours now. That's the way with writers; they'll steal anything, file off the serial numbers, and claim it for their own" | Maybe watch less TV. Purposefully make your mind go to different places, even if that place is the mere opposite of what you were thinking of. Like, if you think of Legolas, think instead of a fat, clumsy elf. Or if you think of the Enterprise, think instead of a ship of idiots, or maybe they're on a starship where all the people walk on the outside of the ship instead of the inside. None of those ideas are particularly good, but thinking that way will force your brain to be creative. | 1 | 725 | 3 | ||
w2ybue | writing_train | 0.94 | Lack of imagination keeping me from writing I've had a couple fantasy and sci-fi story ideas I've been wanting to write about, but when it comes to worldbuilding, or coming up with character designs, or alien designs, or spaceship and weapon designs, I literally can't think of anything. I just see placeholders from other media standing in for my characters and aliens and spaceships. Like I try to imagine a space battle and all I see are star destroyers or the Enterprise, or I see Legolas or Link standing in for elf characters in my fantasy story. I find this really frustrating and I'm sure it's a bad sign if I can't even imagine what the characters look like and what the places they travel to look like. As a result, I haven't written very much. | igvdfwj | igtllui | 1,658,287,432 | 1,658,260,516 | 3 | -1 | "I try to imagine a space battle and all I see are star destroyers or the Enterprise, or I see Legolas or Link standing in for elf characters in my fantasy story." This is a great place to start! Now think to yourself, "What's something that could have been different?" Maybe the spaceships are shaped different. They all have a ring like a planet, it's part of the hyperdrive. Describe that ring. The rest of it can be exactly like the media, don't spend time describing that bit. Same for elves. Just pick one characteristic and change it. Maybe the ears aren't pointy, they're shaped like perfect hexagons. Literally just pick any trait and change it. Describe the bit you changed first, anything else later or never. Congrats, it's yours now. That's the way with writers; they'll steal anything, file off the serial numbers, and claim it for their own" | Can you tell a story about a stone being a stone? | 1 | 26,916 | -3 | ||
w2ybue | writing_train | 0.94 | Lack of imagination keeping me from writing I've had a couple fantasy and sci-fi story ideas I've been wanting to write about, but when it comes to worldbuilding, or coming up with character designs, or alien designs, or spaceship and weapon designs, I literally can't think of anything. I just see placeholders from other media standing in for my characters and aliens and spaceships. Like I try to imagine a space battle and all I see are star destroyers or the Enterprise, or I see Legolas or Link standing in for elf characters in my fantasy story. I find this really frustrating and I'm sure it's a bad sign if I can't even imagine what the characters look like and what the places they travel to look like. As a result, I haven't written very much. | igu6mej | iguu1ic | 1,658,268,527 | 1,658,278,564 | 1 | 2 | Let your reader imagine it. You could even strip it down to pure dialogue like a play and give nothing. All is possible in writing. I myself am annoyed af when a writer feels the need to give me every detail. | Have you tried discovery writing? I have to write to get into the zone where I can create original stuff and bring it to life. Just thinking about it, or even writing out a plan, isn't enough. I have to be in the story. It's like different parts of my brain activate then. | 0 | 10,037 | 2 | ||
w2ybue | writing_train | 0.94 | Lack of imagination keeping me from writing I've had a couple fantasy and sci-fi story ideas I've been wanting to write about, but when it comes to worldbuilding, or coming up with character designs, or alien designs, or spaceship and weapon designs, I literally can't think of anything. I just see placeholders from other media standing in for my characters and aliens and spaceships. Like I try to imagine a space battle and all I see are star destroyers or the Enterprise, or I see Legolas or Link standing in for elf characters in my fantasy story. I find this really frustrating and I'm sure it's a bad sign if I can't even imagine what the characters look like and what the places they travel to look like. As a result, I haven't written very much. | iguu1ic | iguerdt | 1,658,278,564 | 1,658,271,908 | 2 | 1 | Have you tried discovery writing? I have to write to get into the zone where I can create original stuff and bring it to life. Just thinking about it, or even writing out a plan, isn't enough. I have to be in the story. It's like different parts of my brain activate then. | You can look at different images of different characters and settings and draw them. If they become part of your visual library you will have an easier time creating an original aesthetic Aesthetics effect mood and atmosphere so they're important And not all spaceships have to be drab gray and white everywhere | 1 | 6,656 | 2 | ||
w2ybue | writing_train | 0.94 | Lack of imagination keeping me from writing I've had a couple fantasy and sci-fi story ideas I've been wanting to write about, but when it comes to worldbuilding, or coming up with character designs, or alien designs, or spaceship and weapon designs, I literally can't think of anything. I just see placeholders from other media standing in for my characters and aliens and spaceships. Like I try to imagine a space battle and all I see are star destroyers or the Enterprise, or I see Legolas or Link standing in for elf characters in my fantasy story. I find this really frustrating and I'm sure it's a bad sign if I can't even imagine what the characters look like and what the places they travel to look like. As a result, I haven't written very much. | igtllui | iguu1ic | 1,658,260,516 | 1,658,278,564 | -1 | 2 | Can you tell a story about a stone being a stone? | Have you tried discovery writing? I have to write to get into the zone where I can create original stuff and bring it to life. Just thinking about it, or even writing out a plan, isn't enough. I have to be in the story. It's like different parts of my brain activate then. | 0 | 18,048 | -2 | ||
w2ybue | writing_train | 0.94 | Lack of imagination keeping me from writing I've had a couple fantasy and sci-fi story ideas I've been wanting to write about, but when it comes to worldbuilding, or coming up with character designs, or alien designs, or spaceship and weapon designs, I literally can't think of anything. I just see placeholders from other media standing in for my characters and aliens and spaceships. Like I try to imagine a space battle and all I see are star destroyers or the Enterprise, or I see Legolas or Link standing in for elf characters in my fantasy story. I find this really frustrating and I'm sure it's a bad sign if I can't even imagine what the characters look like and what the places they travel to look like. As a result, I haven't written very much. | igu6mej | igtllui | 1,658,268,527 | 1,658,260,516 | 1 | -1 | Let your reader imagine it. You could even strip it down to pure dialogue like a play and give nothing. All is possible in writing. I myself am annoyed af when a writer feels the need to give me every detail. | Can you tell a story about a stone being a stone? | 1 | 8,011 | -1 | ||
w2ybue | writing_train | 0.94 | Lack of imagination keeping me from writing I've had a couple fantasy and sci-fi story ideas I've been wanting to write about, but when it comes to worldbuilding, or coming up with character designs, or alien designs, or spaceship and weapon designs, I literally can't think of anything. I just see placeholders from other media standing in for my characters and aliens and spaceships. Like I try to imagine a space battle and all I see are star destroyers or the Enterprise, or I see Legolas or Link standing in for elf characters in my fantasy story. I find this really frustrating and I'm sure it's a bad sign if I can't even imagine what the characters look like and what the places they travel to look like. As a result, I haven't written very much. | igtllui | iguerdt | 1,658,260,516 | 1,658,271,908 | -1 | 1 | Can you tell a story about a stone being a stone? | You can look at different images of different characters and settings and draw them. If they become part of your visual library you will have an easier time creating an original aesthetic Aesthetics effect mood and atmosphere so they're important And not all spaceships have to be drab gray and white everywhere | 0 | 11,392 | -1 | ||
w2ybue | writing_train | 0.94 | Lack of imagination keeping me from writing I've had a couple fantasy and sci-fi story ideas I've been wanting to write about, but when it comes to worldbuilding, or coming up with character designs, or alien designs, or spaceship and weapon designs, I literally can't think of anything. I just see placeholders from other media standing in for my characters and aliens and spaceships. Like I try to imagine a space battle and all I see are star destroyers or the Enterprise, or I see Legolas or Link standing in for elf characters in my fantasy story. I find this really frustrating and I'm sure it's a bad sign if I can't even imagine what the characters look like and what the places they travel to look like. As a result, I haven't written very much. | igtllui | igvbybm | 1,658,260,516 | 1,658,286,707 | -1 | 1 | Can you tell a story about a stone being a stone? | Maybe watch less TV. Purposefully make your mind go to different places, even if that place is the mere opposite of what you were thinking of. Like, if you think of Legolas, think instead of a fat, clumsy elf. Or if you think of the Enterprise, think instead of a ship of idiots, or maybe they're on a starship where all the people walk on the outside of the ship instead of the inside. None of those ideas are particularly good, but thinking that way will force your brain to be creative. | 0 | 26,191 | -1 | ||
w2ybue | writing_train | 0.94 | Lack of imagination keeping me from writing I've had a couple fantasy and sci-fi story ideas I've been wanting to write about, but when it comes to worldbuilding, or coming up with character designs, or alien designs, or spaceship and weapon designs, I literally can't think of anything. I just see placeholders from other media standing in for my characters and aliens and spaceships. Like I try to imagine a space battle and all I see are star destroyers or the Enterprise, or I see Legolas or Link standing in for elf characters in my fantasy story. I find this really frustrating and I'm sure it's a bad sign if I can't even imagine what the characters look like and what the places they travel to look like. As a result, I haven't written very much. | igtllui | igwabu9 | 1,658,260,516 | 1,658,309,981 | -1 | 0 | Can you tell a story about a stone being a stone? | Maybe writing isn't your thing. It's ok to just enjoy reading other people's writing. Not everyone is meant to be a writer, just like I'm not meant to be an offensive lineman for the LA Rams. | 0 | 49,465 | 0 | ||
tdh2lo | writing_train | 0.82 | I want to write, but I'm so self conscious and lack confidence in my abilities. I would appreciate any advice, please. I would really like to write seriously. I have started writing things, but then I stop and start, stop and start, and my writing is inconsistent. I also suffer from dyslexia, so education wasn't easy for me. English was my stronger subject, along with art, design, and music. Although, I definitely wouldn't say I am great at English, sometimes my grammar and punctuation is lacking. I have tried hard to improve myself and my abilities. I never went to university or higher education, but my interest in story telling has always been there since a kid. I loved imagining scenarios and worlds. Fantasy has always been my favourite genre, along with Sci-Fi. I have been writing a story, but I do get frustrated that It doesn't come to me easier than I would like. Does anyone else feel frustrated by their abilities? Have you struggled with not believing in yourself when it comes to writing? I'd be intrigued to know how you got over it. | i0jmfjb | i0jjfkb | 1,647,209,723 | 1,647,208,442 | 33 | 12 | Ugg Ugg from prehistoric times told stories around the campfire. Ugg Ugg didn't know what a denouement was. Writing had not been invented yet. Their vocabulary was much smaller than ours. Ugg Ugg didn't care. Only the excited faces squirming in anticipation mattered. The listeners wanted to know what happened to the hunter facing the big cat. They waited on edge for every word and gesture. Ugg Ugg was a storyteller because they told stories. If Ugg Ugg can be a storyteller, you can too. | Just bang it out. Wanting to write is half the battle. No one is reading it unless you want them to so why feel self conscious about it? Just start typing and there’s a good chance you’ll feel much better about it after a chapter or two | 1 | 1,281 | 2.75 | ||
tdh2lo | writing_train | 0.82 | I want to write, but I'm so self conscious and lack confidence in my abilities. I would appreciate any advice, please. I would really like to write seriously. I have started writing things, but then I stop and start, stop and start, and my writing is inconsistent. I also suffer from dyslexia, so education wasn't easy for me. English was my stronger subject, along with art, design, and music. Although, I definitely wouldn't say I am great at English, sometimes my grammar and punctuation is lacking. I have tried hard to improve myself and my abilities. I never went to university or higher education, but my interest in story telling has always been there since a kid. I loved imagining scenarios and worlds. Fantasy has always been my favourite genre, along with Sci-Fi. I have been writing a story, but I do get frustrated that It doesn't come to me easier than I would like. Does anyone else feel frustrated by their abilities? Have you struggled with not believing in yourself when it comes to writing? I'd be intrigued to know how you got over it. | i0jmfjb | i0jgnn4 | 1,647,209,723 | 1,647,207,256 | 33 | 1 | Ugg Ugg from prehistoric times told stories around the campfire. Ugg Ugg didn't know what a denouement was. Writing had not been invented yet. Their vocabulary was much smaller than ours. Ugg Ugg didn't care. Only the excited faces squirming in anticipation mattered. The listeners wanted to know what happened to the hunter facing the big cat. They waited on edge for every word and gesture. Ugg Ugg was a storyteller because they told stories. If Ugg Ugg can be a storyteller, you can too. | I feel ya. I’m writing some manuscripts. I have my days I don’t write and just doubt myself too. But just keep at it. It might seem inconsistent but just re read the last bit you wrote and go from there… that’s what editing is for. Get it all down on paper, no matter how long it takes, and worry about the inconsistencies during the editing phase. You got this 💜 | 1 | 2,467 | 33 | ||
tdh2lo | writing_train | 0.82 | I want to write, but I'm so self conscious and lack confidence in my abilities. I would appreciate any advice, please. I would really like to write seriously. I have started writing things, but then I stop and start, stop and start, and my writing is inconsistent. I also suffer from dyslexia, so education wasn't easy for me. English was my stronger subject, along with art, design, and music. Although, I definitely wouldn't say I am great at English, sometimes my grammar and punctuation is lacking. I have tried hard to improve myself and my abilities. I never went to university or higher education, but my interest in story telling has always been there since a kid. I loved imagining scenarios and worlds. Fantasy has always been my favourite genre, along with Sci-Fi. I have been writing a story, but I do get frustrated that It doesn't come to me easier than I would like. Does anyone else feel frustrated by their abilities? Have you struggled with not believing in yourself when it comes to writing? I'd be intrigued to know how you got over it. | i0jltjo | i0jmfjb | 1,647,209,460 | 1,647,209,723 | 1 | 33 | I have a couple of suggestions. There are a couple of fonts for people who have dyslexia. You could write your early drafts using one of these fonts if you find it helps. Then before you send it off to an editor, be sure to convert the manuscript to courier or times. My other thought is why not consider writing a graphic novel? You get to lean on your art ability and you have less text to worry about. Also the font I mentioned above makes a very good comic font. | Ugg Ugg from prehistoric times told stories around the campfire. Ugg Ugg didn't know what a denouement was. Writing had not been invented yet. Their vocabulary was much smaller than ours. Ugg Ugg didn't care. Only the excited faces squirming in anticipation mattered. The listeners wanted to know what happened to the hunter facing the big cat. They waited on edge for every word and gesture. Ugg Ugg was a storyteller because they told stories. If Ugg Ugg can be a storyteller, you can too. | 0 | 263 | 33 | ||
tdh2lo | writing_train | 0.82 | I want to write, but I'm so self conscious and lack confidence in my abilities. I would appreciate any advice, please. I would really like to write seriously. I have started writing things, but then I stop and start, stop and start, and my writing is inconsistent. I also suffer from dyslexia, so education wasn't easy for me. English was my stronger subject, along with art, design, and music. Although, I definitely wouldn't say I am great at English, sometimes my grammar and punctuation is lacking. I have tried hard to improve myself and my abilities. I never went to university or higher education, but my interest in story telling has always been there since a kid. I loved imagining scenarios and worlds. Fantasy has always been my favourite genre, along with Sci-Fi. I have been writing a story, but I do get frustrated that It doesn't come to me easier than I would like. Does anyone else feel frustrated by their abilities? Have you struggled with not believing in yourself when it comes to writing? I'd be intrigued to know how you got over it. | i0jmfjb | i0jiis3 | 1,647,209,723 | 1,647,208,058 | 33 | 1 | Ugg Ugg from prehistoric times told stories around the campfire. Ugg Ugg didn't know what a denouement was. Writing had not been invented yet. Their vocabulary was much smaller than ours. Ugg Ugg didn't care. Only the excited faces squirming in anticipation mattered. The listeners wanted to know what happened to the hunter facing the big cat. They waited on edge for every word and gesture. Ugg Ugg was a storyteller because they told stories. If Ugg Ugg can be a storyteller, you can too. | Don't worry about grammar, use a program to catch the small stuff and hire an editor when you are done who can catch the big stuff. Google Docs has spell check built-in or you can download Grammarly. https://www.grammarly.com The creative stuff and sticking to 1 story is something you have to work out yourself. Nobody can help you because it's all mental. Self-control or discipline or something along those lines. You have to tell yourself to stay in that seat and figure out the story even if your mind goes blank and you want to flip the table. | 1 | 1,665 | 33 | ||
tdh2lo | writing_train | 0.82 | I want to write, but I'm so self conscious and lack confidence in my abilities. I would appreciate any advice, please. I would really like to write seriously. I have started writing things, but then I stop and start, stop and start, and my writing is inconsistent. I also suffer from dyslexia, so education wasn't easy for me. English was my stronger subject, along with art, design, and music. Although, I definitely wouldn't say I am great at English, sometimes my grammar and punctuation is lacking. I have tried hard to improve myself and my abilities. I never went to university or higher education, but my interest in story telling has always been there since a kid. I loved imagining scenarios and worlds. Fantasy has always been my favourite genre, along with Sci-Fi. I have been writing a story, but I do get frustrated that It doesn't come to me easier than I would like. Does anyone else feel frustrated by their abilities? Have you struggled with not believing in yourself when it comes to writing? I'd be intrigued to know how you got over it. | i0jjfkb | i0jgnn4 | 1,647,208,442 | 1,647,207,256 | 12 | 1 | Just bang it out. Wanting to write is half the battle. No one is reading it unless you want them to so why feel self conscious about it? Just start typing and there’s a good chance you’ll feel much better about it after a chapter or two | I feel ya. I’m writing some manuscripts. I have my days I don’t write and just doubt myself too. But just keep at it. It might seem inconsistent but just re read the last bit you wrote and go from there… that’s what editing is for. Get it all down on paper, no matter how long it takes, and worry about the inconsistencies during the editing phase. You got this 💜 | 1 | 1,186 | 12 | ||
tdh2lo | writing_train | 0.82 | I want to write, but I'm so self conscious and lack confidence in my abilities. I would appreciate any advice, please. I would really like to write seriously. I have started writing things, but then I stop and start, stop and start, and my writing is inconsistent. I also suffer from dyslexia, so education wasn't easy for me. English was my stronger subject, along with art, design, and music. Although, I definitely wouldn't say I am great at English, sometimes my grammar and punctuation is lacking. I have tried hard to improve myself and my abilities. I never went to university or higher education, but my interest in story telling has always been there since a kid. I loved imagining scenarios and worlds. Fantasy has always been my favourite genre, along with Sci-Fi. I have been writing a story, but I do get frustrated that It doesn't come to me easier than I would like. Does anyone else feel frustrated by their abilities? Have you struggled with not believing in yourself when it comes to writing? I'd be intrigued to know how you got over it. | i0jjfkb | i0jiis3 | 1,647,208,442 | 1,647,208,058 | 12 | 1 | Just bang it out. Wanting to write is half the battle. No one is reading it unless you want them to so why feel self conscious about it? Just start typing and there’s a good chance you’ll feel much better about it after a chapter or two | Don't worry about grammar, use a program to catch the small stuff and hire an editor when you are done who can catch the big stuff. Google Docs has spell check built-in or you can download Grammarly. https://www.grammarly.com The creative stuff and sticking to 1 story is something you have to work out yourself. Nobody can help you because it's all mental. Self-control or discipline or something along those lines. You have to tell yourself to stay in that seat and figure out the story even if your mind goes blank and you want to flip the table. | 1 | 384 | 12 | ||
tdh2lo | writing_train | 0.82 | I want to write, but I'm so self conscious and lack confidence in my abilities. I would appreciate any advice, please. I would really like to write seriously. I have started writing things, but then I stop and start, stop and start, and my writing is inconsistent. I also suffer from dyslexia, so education wasn't easy for me. English was my stronger subject, along with art, design, and music. Although, I definitely wouldn't say I am great at English, sometimes my grammar and punctuation is lacking. I have tried hard to improve myself and my abilities. I never went to university or higher education, but my interest in story telling has always been there since a kid. I loved imagining scenarios and worlds. Fantasy has always been my favourite genre, along with Sci-Fi. I have been writing a story, but I do get frustrated that It doesn't come to me easier than I would like. Does anyone else feel frustrated by their abilities? Have you struggled with not believing in yourself when it comes to writing? I'd be intrigued to know how you got over it. | i0jgnn4 | i0jpn8p | 1,647,207,256 | 1,647,211,096 | 1 | 6 | I feel ya. I’m writing some manuscripts. I have my days I don’t write and just doubt myself too. But just keep at it. It might seem inconsistent but just re read the last bit you wrote and go from there… that’s what editing is for. Get it all down on paper, no matter how long it takes, and worry about the inconsistencies during the editing phase. You got this 💜 | You become better at writing by reading and writing. I have mild dyslexia myself. Audiobooks help me keep up with the reading. Public libraries have audiobooks you can checkout on your phone. You should pay attention to how ideas are conveyed, how word choices convey mood and emotion, and how to tell a good story. Read for enjoyment, but then study how the author did it. Don't worry about grammar and spelling in your first drafts, just write. Tell the best story you can. Pick up a book (or Audiobook) on the craft of writing to learn formal rules of telling a better story. If handwriting and typing are difficult, there are dictation options where you can speak and the computer (or phone) will convert to text. Word and Google Docs both have Text-to-Speech. Keep notes of ideas, conversations, interesting turns of phrase. Remember that every artist is self-conscious, but that inner voice telling you to give up or you'll never be good enough is a liar. Write every day. Good luck and keep writing. | 0 | 3,840 | 6 | ||
tdh2lo | writing_train | 0.82 | I want to write, but I'm so self conscious and lack confidence in my abilities. I would appreciate any advice, please. I would really like to write seriously. I have started writing things, but then I stop and start, stop and start, and my writing is inconsistent. I also suffer from dyslexia, so education wasn't easy for me. English was my stronger subject, along with art, design, and music. Although, I definitely wouldn't say I am great at English, sometimes my grammar and punctuation is lacking. I have tried hard to improve myself and my abilities. I never went to university or higher education, but my interest in story telling has always been there since a kid. I loved imagining scenarios and worlds. Fantasy has always been my favourite genre, along with Sci-Fi. I have been writing a story, but I do get frustrated that It doesn't come to me easier than I would like. Does anyone else feel frustrated by their abilities? Have you struggled with not believing in yourself when it comes to writing? I'd be intrigued to know how you got over it. | i0jltjo | i0jpn8p | 1,647,209,460 | 1,647,211,096 | 1 | 6 | I have a couple of suggestions. There are a couple of fonts for people who have dyslexia. You could write your early drafts using one of these fonts if you find it helps. Then before you send it off to an editor, be sure to convert the manuscript to courier or times. My other thought is why not consider writing a graphic novel? You get to lean on your art ability and you have less text to worry about. Also the font I mentioned above makes a very good comic font. | You become better at writing by reading and writing. I have mild dyslexia myself. Audiobooks help me keep up with the reading. Public libraries have audiobooks you can checkout on your phone. You should pay attention to how ideas are conveyed, how word choices convey mood and emotion, and how to tell a good story. Read for enjoyment, but then study how the author did it. Don't worry about grammar and spelling in your first drafts, just write. Tell the best story you can. Pick up a book (or Audiobook) on the craft of writing to learn formal rules of telling a better story. If handwriting and typing are difficult, there are dictation options where you can speak and the computer (or phone) will convert to text. Word and Google Docs both have Text-to-Speech. Keep notes of ideas, conversations, interesting turns of phrase. Remember that every artist is self-conscious, but that inner voice telling you to give up or you'll never be good enough is a liar. Write every day. Good luck and keep writing. | 0 | 1,636 | 6 | ||
tdh2lo | writing_train | 0.82 | I want to write, but I'm so self conscious and lack confidence in my abilities. I would appreciate any advice, please. I would really like to write seriously. I have started writing things, but then I stop and start, stop and start, and my writing is inconsistent. I also suffer from dyslexia, so education wasn't easy for me. English was my stronger subject, along with art, design, and music. Although, I definitely wouldn't say I am great at English, sometimes my grammar and punctuation is lacking. I have tried hard to improve myself and my abilities. I never went to university or higher education, but my interest in story telling has always been there since a kid. I loved imagining scenarios and worlds. Fantasy has always been my favourite genre, along with Sci-Fi. I have been writing a story, but I do get frustrated that It doesn't come to me easier than I would like. Does anyone else feel frustrated by their abilities? Have you struggled with not believing in yourself when it comes to writing? I'd be intrigued to know how you got over it. | i0jpn8p | i0jiis3 | 1,647,211,096 | 1,647,208,058 | 6 | 1 | You become better at writing by reading and writing. I have mild dyslexia myself. Audiobooks help me keep up with the reading. Public libraries have audiobooks you can checkout on your phone. You should pay attention to how ideas are conveyed, how word choices convey mood and emotion, and how to tell a good story. Read for enjoyment, but then study how the author did it. Don't worry about grammar and spelling in your first drafts, just write. Tell the best story you can. Pick up a book (or Audiobook) on the craft of writing to learn formal rules of telling a better story. If handwriting and typing are difficult, there are dictation options where you can speak and the computer (or phone) will convert to text. Word and Google Docs both have Text-to-Speech. Keep notes of ideas, conversations, interesting turns of phrase. Remember that every artist is self-conscious, but that inner voice telling you to give up or you'll never be good enough is a liar. Write every day. Good luck and keep writing. | Don't worry about grammar, use a program to catch the small stuff and hire an editor when you are done who can catch the big stuff. Google Docs has spell check built-in or you can download Grammarly. https://www.grammarly.com The creative stuff and sticking to 1 story is something you have to work out yourself. Nobody can help you because it's all mental. Self-control or discipline or something along those lines. You have to tell yourself to stay in that seat and figure out the story even if your mind goes blank and you want to flip the table. | 1 | 3,038 | 6 | ||
tdh2lo | writing_train | 0.82 | I want to write, but I'm so self conscious and lack confidence in my abilities. I would appreciate any advice, please. I would really like to write seriously. I have started writing things, but then I stop and start, stop and start, and my writing is inconsistent. I also suffer from dyslexia, so education wasn't easy for me. English was my stronger subject, along with art, design, and music. Although, I definitely wouldn't say I am great at English, sometimes my grammar and punctuation is lacking. I have tried hard to improve myself and my abilities. I never went to university or higher education, but my interest in story telling has always been there since a kid. I loved imagining scenarios and worlds. Fantasy has always been my favourite genre, along with Sci-Fi. I have been writing a story, but I do get frustrated that It doesn't come to me easier than I would like. Does anyone else feel frustrated by their abilities? Have you struggled with not believing in yourself when it comes to writing? I'd be intrigued to know how you got over it. | i0jgnn4 | i0jrv9n | 1,647,207,256 | 1,647,212,066 | 1 | 2 | I feel ya. I’m writing some manuscripts. I have my days I don’t write and just doubt myself too. But just keep at it. It might seem inconsistent but just re read the last bit you wrote and go from there… that’s what editing is for. Get it all down on paper, no matter how long it takes, and worry about the inconsistencies during the editing phase. You got this 💜 | Join a writing group or some open mics on Zoom (or in person). If you join a community of writers (shut up and write is a good one to get started), you'll more likely find more writing groups which will come with deadlines, feedback, and creative support. | 0 | 4,810 | 2 | ||
tdh2lo | writing_train | 0.82 | I want to write, but I'm so self conscious and lack confidence in my abilities. I would appreciate any advice, please. I would really like to write seriously. I have started writing things, but then I stop and start, stop and start, and my writing is inconsistent. I also suffer from dyslexia, so education wasn't easy for me. English was my stronger subject, along with art, design, and music. Although, I definitely wouldn't say I am great at English, sometimes my grammar and punctuation is lacking. I have tried hard to improve myself and my abilities. I never went to university or higher education, but my interest in story telling has always been there since a kid. I loved imagining scenarios and worlds. Fantasy has always been my favourite genre, along with Sci-Fi. I have been writing a story, but I do get frustrated that It doesn't come to me easier than I would like. Does anyone else feel frustrated by their abilities? Have you struggled with not believing in yourself when it comes to writing? I'd be intrigued to know how you got over it. | i0jrv9n | i0jltjo | 1,647,212,066 | 1,647,209,460 | 2 | 1 | Join a writing group or some open mics on Zoom (or in person). If you join a community of writers (shut up and write is a good one to get started), you'll more likely find more writing groups which will come with deadlines, feedback, and creative support. | I have a couple of suggestions. There are a couple of fonts for people who have dyslexia. You could write your early drafts using one of these fonts if you find it helps. Then before you send it off to an editor, be sure to convert the manuscript to courier or times. My other thought is why not consider writing a graphic novel? You get to lean on your art ability and you have less text to worry about. Also the font I mentioned above makes a very good comic font. | 1 | 2,606 | 2 | ||
tdh2lo | writing_train | 0.82 | I want to write, but I'm so self conscious and lack confidence in my abilities. I would appreciate any advice, please. I would really like to write seriously. I have started writing things, but then I stop and start, stop and start, and my writing is inconsistent. I also suffer from dyslexia, so education wasn't easy for me. English was my stronger subject, along with art, design, and music. Although, I definitely wouldn't say I am great at English, sometimes my grammar and punctuation is lacking. I have tried hard to improve myself and my abilities. I never went to university or higher education, but my interest in story telling has always been there since a kid. I loved imagining scenarios and worlds. Fantasy has always been my favourite genre, along with Sci-Fi. I have been writing a story, but I do get frustrated that It doesn't come to me easier than I would like. Does anyone else feel frustrated by their abilities? Have you struggled with not believing in yourself when it comes to writing? I'd be intrigued to know how you got over it. | i0jrv9n | i0jiis3 | 1,647,212,066 | 1,647,208,058 | 2 | 1 | Join a writing group or some open mics on Zoom (or in person). If you join a community of writers (shut up and write is a good one to get started), you'll more likely find more writing groups which will come with deadlines, feedback, and creative support. | Don't worry about grammar, use a program to catch the small stuff and hire an editor when you are done who can catch the big stuff. Google Docs has spell check built-in or you can download Grammarly. https://www.grammarly.com The creative stuff and sticking to 1 story is something you have to work out yourself. Nobody can help you because it's all mental. Self-control or discipline or something along those lines. You have to tell yourself to stay in that seat and figure out the story even if your mind goes blank and you want to flip the table. | 1 | 4,008 | 2 | ||
tdh2lo | writing_train | 0.82 | I want to write, but I'm so self conscious and lack confidence in my abilities. I would appreciate any advice, please. I would really like to write seriously. I have started writing things, but then I stop and start, stop and start, and my writing is inconsistent. I also suffer from dyslexia, so education wasn't easy for me. English was my stronger subject, along with art, design, and music. Although, I definitely wouldn't say I am great at English, sometimes my grammar and punctuation is lacking. I have tried hard to improve myself and my abilities. I never went to university or higher education, but my interest in story telling has always been there since a kid. I loved imagining scenarios and worlds. Fantasy has always been my favourite genre, along with Sci-Fi. I have been writing a story, but I do get frustrated that It doesn't come to me easier than I would like. Does anyone else feel frustrated by their abilities? Have you struggled with not believing in yourself when it comes to writing? I'd be intrigued to know how you got over it. | i0k3zdx | i0jgnn4 | 1,647,217,651 | 1,647,207,256 | 2 | 1 | Perhaps start with miniatures? Write some haiku or lymerics with a beginning, middle, end. With a character and/or setting and some kind of motion. Feel free to be silly. Pick out one or two you like. Expend those to a one page story -- however far it might be from your goal of writing sci-fi. In this, you would be just working on the mechanics of telling a story, any story. Think about how concisely you can do it. How you don't need many details at all to tell a vivid story - just a carefully picked right few details. Notice how your story has enough ambiguities that different people will fill in the missing details differently. Your job as a writer isn't to take that away from them by telling them every little detail in \*your\* head. Then read lots the very best sci-fi but don't just read it. Pay attention to the difference between the rich detail you as a reader are getting -- and how little of that detail is really there in the text. My impression from r/writing and all the times people say they can imagine some sci-fi or fantasy world in great detail and really just want to "world build" endlessly -- is that people think their favorite stories explicitly laid out all the rich detail they remember. Their favorite stories didn't. They did that as readers. Your job as a writer is to give readers some structure on which to creatively read as you no doubt have yourself -- not to find some clever way to lay out a billion details to make your fiction world complete. So start small. And see what you can do within the constraint of "use not enough words to say much but still, somehow, make a story that readers can imagine a world around". | I feel ya. I’m writing some manuscripts. I have my days I don’t write and just doubt myself too. But just keep at it. It might seem inconsistent but just re read the last bit you wrote and go from there… that’s what editing is for. Get it all down on paper, no matter how long it takes, and worry about the inconsistencies during the editing phase. You got this 💜 | 1 | 10,395 | 2 | ||
tdh2lo | writing_train | 0.82 | I want to write, but I'm so self conscious and lack confidence in my abilities. I would appreciate any advice, please. I would really like to write seriously. I have started writing things, but then I stop and start, stop and start, and my writing is inconsistent. I also suffer from dyslexia, so education wasn't easy for me. English was my stronger subject, along with art, design, and music. Although, I definitely wouldn't say I am great at English, sometimes my grammar and punctuation is lacking. I have tried hard to improve myself and my abilities. I never went to university or higher education, but my interest in story telling has always been there since a kid. I loved imagining scenarios and worlds. Fantasy has always been my favourite genre, along with Sci-Fi. I have been writing a story, but I do get frustrated that It doesn't come to me easier than I would like. Does anyone else feel frustrated by their abilities? Have you struggled with not believing in yourself when it comes to writing? I'd be intrigued to know how you got over it. | i0k3zdx | i0jltjo | 1,647,217,651 | 1,647,209,460 | 2 | 1 | Perhaps start with miniatures? Write some haiku or lymerics with a beginning, middle, end. With a character and/or setting and some kind of motion. Feel free to be silly. Pick out one or two you like. Expend those to a one page story -- however far it might be from your goal of writing sci-fi. In this, you would be just working on the mechanics of telling a story, any story. Think about how concisely you can do it. How you don't need many details at all to tell a vivid story - just a carefully picked right few details. Notice how your story has enough ambiguities that different people will fill in the missing details differently. Your job as a writer isn't to take that away from them by telling them every little detail in \*your\* head. Then read lots the very best sci-fi but don't just read it. Pay attention to the difference between the rich detail you as a reader are getting -- and how little of that detail is really there in the text. My impression from r/writing and all the times people say they can imagine some sci-fi or fantasy world in great detail and really just want to "world build" endlessly -- is that people think their favorite stories explicitly laid out all the rich detail they remember. Their favorite stories didn't. They did that as readers. Your job as a writer is to give readers some structure on which to creatively read as you no doubt have yourself -- not to find some clever way to lay out a billion details to make your fiction world complete. So start small. And see what you can do within the constraint of "use not enough words to say much but still, somehow, make a story that readers can imagine a world around". | I have a couple of suggestions. There are a couple of fonts for people who have dyslexia. You could write your early drafts using one of these fonts if you find it helps. Then before you send it off to an editor, be sure to convert the manuscript to courier or times. My other thought is why not consider writing a graphic novel? You get to lean on your art ability and you have less text to worry about. Also the font I mentioned above makes a very good comic font. | 1 | 8,191 | 2 | ||
tdh2lo | writing_train | 0.82 | I want to write, but I'm so self conscious and lack confidence in my abilities. I would appreciate any advice, please. I would really like to write seriously. I have started writing things, but then I stop and start, stop and start, and my writing is inconsistent. I also suffer from dyslexia, so education wasn't easy for me. English was my stronger subject, along with art, design, and music. Although, I definitely wouldn't say I am great at English, sometimes my grammar and punctuation is lacking. I have tried hard to improve myself and my abilities. I never went to university or higher education, but my interest in story telling has always been there since a kid. I loved imagining scenarios and worlds. Fantasy has always been my favourite genre, along with Sci-Fi. I have been writing a story, but I do get frustrated that It doesn't come to me easier than I would like. Does anyone else feel frustrated by their abilities? Have you struggled with not believing in yourself when it comes to writing? I'd be intrigued to know how you got over it. | i0jiis3 | i0k3zdx | 1,647,208,058 | 1,647,217,651 | 1 | 2 | Don't worry about grammar, use a program to catch the small stuff and hire an editor when you are done who can catch the big stuff. Google Docs has spell check built-in or you can download Grammarly. https://www.grammarly.com The creative stuff and sticking to 1 story is something you have to work out yourself. Nobody can help you because it's all mental. Self-control or discipline or something along those lines. You have to tell yourself to stay in that seat and figure out the story even if your mind goes blank and you want to flip the table. | Perhaps start with miniatures? Write some haiku or lymerics with a beginning, middle, end. With a character and/or setting and some kind of motion. Feel free to be silly. Pick out one or two you like. Expend those to a one page story -- however far it might be from your goal of writing sci-fi. In this, you would be just working on the mechanics of telling a story, any story. Think about how concisely you can do it. How you don't need many details at all to tell a vivid story - just a carefully picked right few details. Notice how your story has enough ambiguities that different people will fill in the missing details differently. Your job as a writer isn't to take that away from them by telling them every little detail in \*your\* head. Then read lots the very best sci-fi but don't just read it. Pay attention to the difference between the rich detail you as a reader are getting -- and how little of that detail is really there in the text. My impression from r/writing and all the times people say they can imagine some sci-fi or fantasy world in great detail and really just want to "world build" endlessly -- is that people think their favorite stories explicitly laid out all the rich detail they remember. Their favorite stories didn't. They did that as readers. Your job as a writer is to give readers some structure on which to creatively read as you no doubt have yourself -- not to find some clever way to lay out a billion details to make your fiction world complete. So start small. And see what you can do within the constraint of "use not enough words to say much but still, somehow, make a story that readers can imagine a world around". | 0 | 9,593 | 2 | ||
tdh2lo | writing_train | 0.82 | I want to write, but I'm so self conscious and lack confidence in my abilities. I would appreciate any advice, please. I would really like to write seriously. I have started writing things, but then I stop and start, stop and start, and my writing is inconsistent. I also suffer from dyslexia, so education wasn't easy for me. English was my stronger subject, along with art, design, and music. Although, I definitely wouldn't say I am great at English, sometimes my grammar and punctuation is lacking. I have tried hard to improve myself and my abilities. I never went to university or higher education, but my interest in story telling has always been there since a kid. I loved imagining scenarios and worlds. Fantasy has always been my favourite genre, along with Sci-Fi. I have been writing a story, but I do get frustrated that It doesn't come to me easier than I would like. Does anyone else feel frustrated by their abilities? Have you struggled with not believing in yourself when it comes to writing? I'd be intrigued to know how you got over it. | i0ku390 | i0ks9nj | 1,647,230,831 | 1,647,229,796 | 1 | 0 | Here's an empirical fact that I will debate into the dirt if anyone dares cross me: no writer really, in their heart, believes in themselves. There are many things that might set you apart from other writers, but your self doubt isn't one of them. We've all been there. Except for very rare, very fleeting moments, we're all probably there right now. There is no getting over it. You just gotta compartmentalize and train yourself to write through it. I've never read your writing, so I don't know if it's brilliant or terrible or somewhere in between. But that really doesn't matter. If you love to make stories, make stories. Don't pressure yourself just with aspirations of fame and fortune. Just write, and tell yourself, "This is never going to leave my desktop." Maybe that'll be true, and maybe you'll get to the end and decide you might actually want to share it. But if your self-doubt is crippling, don't let fear of public exposure even enter into your process. Write for you. Deciding whether or not to share can be an afterthought. Also-- find a community if you haven't already. Do nanowrimo or spend more time here or find a discord channel or something. Surround yourself with other creative people struggling to create. Trading work with them will help you become a better writer, but engaging with that community will also help you shrug off the feeling that writing somehow comes easier to everyone else than it comes to you. Anyways, this post reads way preachier than I intended. I'm sorry. But I do hope it helps. | Just do it! Give yourself permission to be imperfect. Know that your first efforts won't be your best, but you'll improve as you go. Writing is like exercising - you need to do it regularly to see any benefit. And you can always burn your first efforts later; nobody needs to know! | 1 | 1,035 | 1,000 | ||
tdh2lo | writing_train | 0.82 | I want to write, but I'm so self conscious and lack confidence in my abilities. I would appreciate any advice, please. I would really like to write seriously. I have started writing things, but then I stop and start, stop and start, and my writing is inconsistent. I also suffer from dyslexia, so education wasn't easy for me. English was my stronger subject, along with art, design, and music. Although, I definitely wouldn't say I am great at English, sometimes my grammar and punctuation is lacking. I have tried hard to improve myself and my abilities. I never went to university or higher education, but my interest in story telling has always been there since a kid. I loved imagining scenarios and worlds. Fantasy has always been my favourite genre, along with Sci-Fi. I have been writing a story, but I do get frustrated that It doesn't come to me easier than I would like. Does anyone else feel frustrated by their abilities? Have you struggled with not believing in yourself when it comes to writing? I'd be intrigued to know how you got over it. | i0ks9nj | i0pju8g | 1,647,229,796 | 1,647,317,140 | 0 | 1 | Just do it! Give yourself permission to be imperfect. Know that your first efforts won't be your best, but you'll improve as you go. Writing is like exercising - you need to do it regularly to see any benefit. And you can always burn your first efforts later; nobody needs to know! | The writing advice I've heard is from Stephen King: “Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open. Your stuff starts out being just for you, in other words, but then it goes out. Once you know what the story is and get it right — as right as you can, anyway — it belongs to anyone who wants to read it. Or criticize it.” Don't bother with what other people will think about it, just write it for you. You can choose to share or not later down the line. I write incredibly inconsistently, frequently without an outline. I'm working on that, but I can go weeks without any progress then be up until four because inspiration struck (not the way to go). I don't think anyone can just sit down and write perfectly, unless maybe they've been honing their craft continuously for a couple decades and even then. I look back on my writing projects and think they're bad, but that just means I've gottne a lot better at writing and craft since then. I have a writing partner who's a perfectionist and he wrote a wonderful unfinished NaNoWriMo portion that he referred to as "hot garbage" that I would have paid to get a copy of the full book of. As for the dyslexia, I know it can be a struggle but one of my favorite English profs is dyslexic - I believe in you! Also, like any other art form the artist tends to be disappointed in the artwork because it might not live up to their vision. Nobody else is comparing it to that preconceived idea, they only see the wonder in it as it is now. Whenever I'm being overly self-critical I remind myself to be as nice to myself as I would be to others, and that helps. | 0 | 87,344 | 1,000 | ||
tdh2lo | writing_train | 0.82 | I want to write, but I'm so self conscious and lack confidence in my abilities. I would appreciate any advice, please. I would really like to write seriously. I have started writing things, but then I stop and start, stop and start, and my writing is inconsistent. I also suffer from dyslexia, so education wasn't easy for me. English was my stronger subject, along with art, design, and music. Although, I definitely wouldn't say I am great at English, sometimes my grammar and punctuation is lacking. I have tried hard to improve myself and my abilities. I never went to university or higher education, but my interest in story telling has always been there since a kid. I loved imagining scenarios and worlds. Fantasy has always been my favourite genre, along with Sci-Fi. I have been writing a story, but I do get frustrated that It doesn't come to me easier than I would like. Does anyone else feel frustrated by their abilities? Have you struggled with not believing in yourself when it comes to writing? I'd be intrigued to know how you got over it. | i0kv9lk | i0pju8g | 1,647,231,522 | 1,647,317,140 | 0 | 1 | I'm actually developing an app that might help with your problem. Well, not entirely sure, but feel free to DM me and I can send you the beta. | The writing advice I've heard is from Stephen King: “Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open. Your stuff starts out being just for you, in other words, but then it goes out. Once you know what the story is and get it right — as right as you can, anyway — it belongs to anyone who wants to read it. Or criticize it.” Don't bother with what other people will think about it, just write it for you. You can choose to share or not later down the line. I write incredibly inconsistently, frequently without an outline. I'm working on that, but I can go weeks without any progress then be up until four because inspiration struck (not the way to go). I don't think anyone can just sit down and write perfectly, unless maybe they've been honing their craft continuously for a couple decades and even then. I look back on my writing projects and think they're bad, but that just means I've gottne a lot better at writing and craft since then. I have a writing partner who's a perfectionist and he wrote a wonderful unfinished NaNoWriMo portion that he referred to as "hot garbage" that I would have paid to get a copy of the full book of. As for the dyslexia, I know it can be a struggle but one of my favorite English profs is dyslexic - I believe in you! Also, like any other art form the artist tends to be disappointed in the artwork because it might not live up to their vision. Nobody else is comparing it to that preconceived idea, they only see the wonder in it as it is now. Whenever I'm being overly self-critical I remind myself to be as nice to myself as I would be to others, and that helps. | 0 | 85,618 | 1,000 | ||
tdh2lo | writing_train | 0.82 | I want to write, but I'm so self conscious and lack confidence in my abilities. I would appreciate any advice, please. I would really like to write seriously. I have started writing things, but then I stop and start, stop and start, and my writing is inconsistent. I also suffer from dyslexia, so education wasn't easy for me. English was my stronger subject, along with art, design, and music. Although, I definitely wouldn't say I am great at English, sometimes my grammar and punctuation is lacking. I have tried hard to improve myself and my abilities. I never went to university or higher education, but my interest in story telling has always been there since a kid. I loved imagining scenarios and worlds. Fantasy has always been my favourite genre, along with Sci-Fi. I have been writing a story, but I do get frustrated that It doesn't come to me easier than I would like. Does anyone else feel frustrated by their abilities? Have you struggled with not believing in yourself when it comes to writing? I'd be intrigued to know how you got over it. | i0pju8g | i0kzbnb | 1,647,317,140 | 1,647,234,021 | 1 | 0 | The writing advice I've heard is from Stephen King: “Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open. Your stuff starts out being just for you, in other words, but then it goes out. Once you know what the story is and get it right — as right as you can, anyway — it belongs to anyone who wants to read it. Or criticize it.” Don't bother with what other people will think about it, just write it for you. You can choose to share or not later down the line. I write incredibly inconsistently, frequently without an outline. I'm working on that, but I can go weeks without any progress then be up until four because inspiration struck (not the way to go). I don't think anyone can just sit down and write perfectly, unless maybe they've been honing their craft continuously for a couple decades and even then. I look back on my writing projects and think they're bad, but that just means I've gottne a lot better at writing and craft since then. I have a writing partner who's a perfectionist and he wrote a wonderful unfinished NaNoWriMo portion that he referred to as "hot garbage" that I would have paid to get a copy of the full book of. As for the dyslexia, I know it can be a struggle but one of my favorite English profs is dyslexic - I believe in you! Also, like any other art form the artist tends to be disappointed in the artwork because it might not live up to their vision. Nobody else is comparing it to that preconceived idea, they only see the wonder in it as it is now. Whenever I'm being overly self-critical I remind myself to be as nice to myself as I would be to others, and that helps. | The best advice I ever got was "When you started to learn math did you start with division? No, you started with numbers." Writing is just like that. Don't worry about the big parts ie the finished work, but each step of the way. It's all just words. Little words, big words, funny sounding words, funny looking words. WORDS. Stories are ideas put into words. Who cares if anybody reads them. Who cares if you misspelled something. Who cares if the 1st, 2nd, 3rd drafts were bad. Who cares if the story changes direction. This is ALL part of the process. I could give you a list of things I do to stay in task & get it done, but I will start with rule number one. THE rule you must do no matter what. Write, every, single, day. No excuses no bailing out, write. Now what and how much is negotiable, it could be a page, or just a sentence. But write it. Everyday. Everyone has doubts about their abilities. Be they doctors, lawyers, or astronauts. Artists are no different. Doubt shouldn't stand in the way of your art. If you want to call yourself a writer you must write. Leave the doubt for after you write it down. If your brains says "well this will be dumb" say "well I won't know until I read it" then write that dumb stuff. Good luck and happy journey fellow writer | 1 | 83,119 | 1,000 |
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