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Topic: How do I get better at writing?

Anonymous A started this discussion 5 years ago #100,063

I want to write short stories. I've written a few but they're always awkward and disjointed.

I have ideas for the plot, characters, and character progression, it's just my writing skills that suck.

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tteh !MemesToDNA joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 8 minutes later[^] [v] #1,128,530

Read.

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 24 minutes later, 33 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,128,533

Maybe you could make a visual novel instead? Showing something can be a lot easier.

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 6 minutes later, 40 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,128,536

You must write, write, and write again.

16bitch !/nxYguuEzA joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 2 hours later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,128,601

Unfortunately, I am having the same troubles, so I cannot give much advice. However, my one recommendation is to not be too apprehensive about deleting large chunks of your work because it's shit. Although I may do this a little too much, it is not a bad thing to get rid of and completely rewrite multiple paragraphs because they suck, and you may have to go through this multiple times, even for a short story.

Apocalypse Indy™ !bYobIzYIFE joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 37 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,128,622

Read. Read the classics.

Meta !Sober//iZs joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 1 hour later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,128,649

@previous (Apocalypse Indy™ !bYobIzYIFE)
It doesn't seem to have helped your novel much ?

Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 7 hours later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,128,798

@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
This lol
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