Writing your own stories

Do any lainons write do not worry, I know some of you do? How about some tips or just some intro on how to get started, as I am interested in writing myself. I am sure I could just jump off immediately and write what is on my mind, but it might not be great or worth my time. Anyway, I need to get started somewhere so I propose this: writing about someone you saw today, like giving then some random backstory and an interesting future.

Write every day. It's about quantity, not quality. Keep a journal and write. Write about everything. Get a couple stories out and keep writing. At somepoint there will be an idea for a novel. You wont finish that one, you'll get half way then start day-drinking. Thats as far as I've gotten so I can't help past that point. Try to listen to as many stories as possible. My best work is not stories I've invented but stories I've been told, or were a part of. People can smell fiction from miles away. Stay true to yourself. Pic related.

>>70 You'll want to find an "editor", someone to tell you whats soykaf and whats not. They CANNOT be another writer. Writers don't get along if they talk about writing.

>>69 Sup Dopie OP. The advice given here contains a good suggestion. It is good to write quantity not quality. How about we do a >post anything you've written (if you consider it "writing") itt?

>>76 I'll post something I write itt tomorrow. I just need to write it. (I'll go for fiction, I tend to get technical on non-fiction)

I started writing a couple of times, but I get stuck after only a few pages every time. I don't have any idea where to go with my plot, that's the main problem. Does anyone have any tips on creating the overarching plot?

I mostly write poetry, but I've dabbled in short stories as well. I think any beginning writer would benefit from the following advice. Read and write a whole lot. If you want to get good at anything, you've got to put the work in. Our attitude toward writing is a little strange because we've been using language our entire lives, and we feel it shouldn't be that much harder than what we've already been doing. Don't fall into that mindset. Writing is intensely difficult, and it will require of you a lot of learning and practice. Study grammar, study style manuals, study the great writers of the past, and then put this new knowledge to work. There's a quote floating around that goes something like this: beginning writers have some number of soykaf words inside themselves that must be written before the good ones can emerge. I don't know what the number is—it could be a hundred thousand, or a million. Whatever the count, it's likely to be a lot higher than what you'd expect. So don't worry about quality too much, as other lainons have said already. Just get those words out of you. (And make sure to get critique, too.) Another common piece of advice is to "kill your darlings," meaning one should get rid of and replace those words/sentences they are most proud of. This seems confusing at first. Why would one get rid of the best bits of their writing? It becomes more obvious once you've had the time to mature and reflect on your past work. To be blunt, the beginning writer does not yet know what works and what does not, or what makes one thing powerful and another melodramatic. The bits that stand out as wonderful to you are probably overwrought, or else will be quickly picked apart by the experienced reader. Every time I have critiqued the work of a beginner, I have found that their most prized sentences and passages were also the most distracting, whereas the rest (which they did not spend as much time refining and fawning over) flowed more smoothly. So yes, kill your darlings. Finally, make sure to leave some time between drafting and editing. It is easy to view a work as perfect when it has just been completed; you're still running on the rush of creation. That's a wonderful feeling, but it makes for a poor editor. One must be brutal and cold when editing. I will often start another project while I leave the previous to "cool off." Then, once my excitement has moved to the newer project, I am in a better state of mind to perceive the flaws in the older. Now, get to work. You've got a lot of practice ahead of you.

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not really sure of this is fitting for the thread, but I recently started https://f.0x52.eu/blog I do writeups of my projects there, but plan on writing general articles too. Any feedback on the content and/or site layout? I'm quite new to writing.

Hiphop lyrics introduced me to poetry. I always liked writing in general, the practice and discipline of it, but never tried poetry. Had some short stories and prose-doodles hanging around, and hiphop got me into writing (or at least try) poetry. Here is an extract of a song i like. Its called "land of the seen" Shine Blast through Shine blast through Eye lids Symmetric outfit Crooked smiles Hypocrites My ragged clothes Sunlit, submit Walking slowly in a made up land Filled with bastard dream dwellers Moke up man Emotion standing Forever lasting Wave of hands Understand these beings arent real Dreamhouse made of paper Not steel Surreal, surreal

tfw dyslexic and writing long stories is impossible

My tip would be to try writing stream of consciousness if you haven't. Then go back and pepper the story with foreshadowing and asides. This is the most fun style for me to write stories. also you can easily self-publish on amazon. ---- I mostly write technology articles and post them on websites like medium anymore but I try to write fiction. Maybe a little different than stories, but it's cool to write and receive feedback or spur other people to write about your topic. I never realized how influential it can be.

>>69 >Do any lainons write I don't write that much, but sometimes I do get a good kick out of it. I'm a natural writer but I don't really practice it, so I'm not as good as a lot of others. I'm just not as interested as any singular formula for writing, I find it too rigid and fake to write that way. I don't think that natural writing is something you can practice by necessarily writing a lot (though I did do that a lot for catharsis in the past, and I mean a LOT). I think that to improve natural writing, you have to just think about stuff a lot. For example, whenever I'm riding on a bus or otherwise not preoccupied, I naturally daydream. I do it a lot, in fact, I create lots of vast stories and universes in my head sometimes. Sometimes I get so wrapped up in these daydreams (often supplemented by music) that I genuinely start to feel shaky, excited, and happy. All about a story going on in my head. Likewise, I can make myself feel incredibly sad just by daydreaming a story. I think that daydreaming is key to natural writing, daydreamers make good writers. I don't actually think I'm really a good writer, I won a lot of competitions as a kid for writing but I don't really know how much competition I had. I prefer to think that I'm not that good and that my competition was just lacking. I did place 5th in the state of Texas though, but that was for expository writing. I've written a few short stories, but I tend to keep my stories small. I like to build a world, an event, or a character, more than I like to flesh out and tell an entire story. Usually with some underlying theme pertaining to my own mental state, some detail of an issue I grapple with projected onto my writing. It's cathartic, but it makes me sad to think of all the things I daydream about and never end up writing. Anyways, I haven't written in a few months and I don't know if I will again. I'm content with not sharing my stories, when I write I never share them anyways. I'm just not feeling it anymore, I guess.

I write alot, and in many genres. Nothing published but its a process for me to enjoy my reading. Let me explain. I enjoy a few very expansive universes. Kurtherian Gambit, Wheel Of Time, and such. So by reading large expansive works that have well fleshed out universes I start writing down ideas. Whether it's scifi, litrpg, or Fantasy/Paranormal. Infact alot of the military scifi works have started me on working on a generative space faring game with realistic physics. As for tooling I would recommend stream of consciousness. There are editors and apps that allow you to write and penalize you for stopping. Generally they work by setting a timer, and you must keep typing unless you lose your work. It takes a while to get accustomed, however, after setting it to something like twenty minutes, you eventually start getting into the 'zone'. Remember that perfection isn't the point. You can always edit later. The point is to arrive at a point where you continuously explore your ideas. No matter the quality, keep writing. Then keep reading. Then keep folding your experiences into your writing. You only fail when you stop.

>>69 The best advice is writing because you want to and write a lot. You'll learn tricks eventually, I suppose.

I'm about to finish my creative writing degree and let me tell you, don't go to school for writing. It has already been said here many times, but it's all about quantity over quality. You could spend a year writing one story that you think is good and it turns out other people hate it, or you could have spent that same year writing 100 stories you thought were bad but maybe one of them ends up being something that everyone loves. If you can find a way to create a deadline for your writing (aka a writing contest or something along those lines) do it. Deadlines are that good soykaf, they force you to make up ideas even if you don't want to. And even though this is the hardest part, share your work with people. There's nothing better you can do for your own writing than to show it to another writer and get their feedback. Workshops are a gift from God, and you should used them if and when you can.

Protip: Before you write your own story, learn to write your own destiny. I never had a problem writing. Instead of taking a cue from persons or events in reality, I like to take concepts and forces (gods, if you will), and have them battle it out behind the scenes to create the universe upon which to tell my tales. These hidden powers and unseen forces in conflict can then drive the world events and ultimately form the story. This gives a backdrop against which the action of the plot can resonate or create dissonance; A fundamental field of juxtaposition for your allegorical meanings to BECOME known therein. Writing was considered witchcraft once upon a time. The ability to transfer knowledge via symbols and invoke creations described thereof is indeed a powerful magic. Writers are all wizards or witches, whether they know it or not. You learned the "spells" of words in school, no? Sorcery of language is primary to the rule and maintenance one's sphere of influence. Therefore, know it is essential that writers take care not to burst the bubble one lives within. Unfortunately, all incredibly famous authors must then be in the elite sorcery club. For instance: J.K. Rowling's middle name doesn't start with a K, but this 11th letter was adopted in her pen name when she lent herself to be the frontwoman of a group of wizardly writers who further the goal of making witchcraft more mainstream. If you're not in such a group furthering certain goals -- well, you'll barely survive as a writer, if at all. Don't quit your day job. All the great stories of today reinforce an enchantment spell the masses are charmed by. These tales are all recasted from ancient molds. If you want to make it big, you'll have to join a secret society. If you do, you'll learn to tap into the legendary roots of our world and bring back to the fore long forgotten plots that wrote the foundations of our existence. For these themes resonate with the subconscious memory of the culture and bolster this world's spells. Manipulating their re-application is the source of all power. These are dire times for this planet. The common folk are under a deep protective bewitching that can be easily dispelled. Therefore, do not be deceived into thinking your raw profane works, unblessed by the powers that be, have a chance at elevation purely based on merit. There is more at work in the world than governing the petty existence the everyman encounters. The stakes have never been higher. Either reinforce the web we weave, or get caught in it. A reckless untrained wizard's work won't be welcomed. The stars themselves hang in the balance.

>>2193 You sound a lot like me. My daydreams evolved into having a permanent imaginary friend and at night when I was in bed I made up elaborate stories about us. I started writing them as blog posts, like they were happening in real time the way you write about anything on a blog the day after it happened. Only a handful of people saw it but they were really into it.