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I have an idea for cyberpunk-ish short story, I even started writing it. Any tips for someone who never really had written anything longer than 1-3 A4 pages? I plan to finish at around 5, up to 10 pages.

Dont ever set a page limit. Write until you feel the story is told, with all the detail you want to include, then format and see what length you end up with.

>>3047 I like to write weird fiction into my daily life experiences and make that into various short stories and a couple of novels. For example: Regular day walking around town, spot an altercation taking place on board a bus between a small group of hoodlums and the driver. Recast the driver as a windigo like reality warper whose prime domain is the interior of his bus. Leave hoodlums as is. Supernatural Horror story follows naturally.

A good dose of caffeine and some background music can help. And never listen to the inner critic or the outer critic. The critic is only happy when it silences the artist. The critic is not the audience, the critic is the enemy who stands between you and the audience, trying to replace the audience's opinion with his own, trying to stop them experiencing your art, hearing your voice. And they will try to destroy your art, and they will try to silence you, despite their dependence on art. They are parasites, that destroy the host. Never give a critic one erg of your thought.

>>3055 I started writing while in bus, on my phone with psytrance playing. My friends I drink too much coffee haha also not gonna listen to critics, and won't even let anyone take a look until I'll finish

>>3047 Way too broad. There's a gazillion of writing tips online. Give us a specific issue you're having.

>>3047 Lots of writers use adderall to help them work but you probably don't want to go for that. I wouldn't recommend it but it does help quite a bit. Besides that I'd recommend writing down all your ideas even if they seem insignificant, try and get your brain into idea generating mode. Contrary to popular belief most of it doesn't just come to you. Try and consume a lot of good media, a completely original work doesn't exist, take inspiration but not just from media take from your daily life or childhood too maybe even your own conceptions of history and politics. Finishing what you're working on is preferable, even if you think it's complete soykaf at least you got a learning experience out of it and you can figure out what you wanna do differently next time.

>>3063 I take inspirations for stuff I watch,read,even listen to (title is homage to Clock DVA). Worst thing is when I have ideas, but can't get them on paper or something. Maybe it's my fault that I want to write it on my phone.

>>3064 Writing on your phone usually isn't the best. That's fine for short note taking but for long form writing a word document is much better. Best of luck to you with your writing lainon.

>>3065 That's why I want to switch to paper, can't have my PC everywhere with me sadly

>>3066 Don't let perfect be the enemy of good. It's less important how you save an idea, just get it down somehow. I've got a sticky note app on one of my cell homescreens. I've also got OmniNotes, which can handle text and images. Additionally I've got Audio Recorder, so notes via voice is simple.

Watch things like Casablanca, Blade Runner, Brazil, ghost in the shell, and of course, our titular series. I also recommend When Gravity Fails. Focus on the world. Focus on immersing the reader and making the world beliviable, but also on technology

>>3082 I watched GITS, SEL, Blade Runner (will watch it again this weekend), will watch Brazil and some other scifi movies, will make a maraton tommorow.

>>3047 At it's core you think of what information, concept/idea, or story you want to convey, and then focus on how you will reach that point using novel and effective techniques in style, narrative - or whatever else you can come up with, no one makes the rules. I could ramble on about that, but I feel as if it's more of a sense you get than something easily transferred from one mind to another. So, I have some practical advice on something that helped my written work improve vastly over a year or two. Write journals. If you can't think to write much, even do it a little every night, consistently. If you drop it for a night you'll break the chain. It would be as if you're trying to convey your exact experience of your day and the feelings it gave you (and as a bonus you can examine your conscience regularly and coherently, which is simply useful in general). It will be easy, because the material to work with is already exists and was personally experienced by you. With that to use, journals over a long period will improve your writing and your attitude to writing. >>3063 Lain has it all here. Write down everything you think of, even if you only ever use a little slice of each.