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xnopd7 | writing_train | 0.93 | what does a second draft LOOK like? curious about this, I’ve seen a bunch of advice about drafting after your manuscript is finished (let it stew, give it a read, take notes, edit) but I’m not sure what the actual editing process looks like. for example, do you read in one go (as any other reader would) without taking notes at all, THEN go back and comb through/add your notes in a separate margin or document? as far as the actual editing goes, do you… - duplicate your manuscript and start adjusting (deleting, rewriting paragraphs, adding in descriptions etc) or - brave the blank page, write new scenes and rewrite the rest - as in, literally retype anything you want from the old draft or - copy/paste whatever you like from the previous version as you go I’m sure there’s more options but those come to mind as jumping off points. any advice at all is welcome! | ipwywvr | ipwwx6o | 1,664,154,808 | 1,664,153,885 | 3 | 2 | I do the first option you listed. I copy the same document and edit it line by line. | Wait, we're doing second drafts? | 1 | 923 | 1.5 | ||
xnopd7 | writing_train | 0.93 | what does a second draft LOOK like? curious about this, I’ve seen a bunch of advice about drafting after your manuscript is finished (let it stew, give it a read, take notes, edit) but I’m not sure what the actual editing process looks like. for example, do you read in one go (as any other reader would) without taking notes at all, THEN go back and comb through/add your notes in a separate margin or document? as far as the actual editing goes, do you… - duplicate your manuscript and start adjusting (deleting, rewriting paragraphs, adding in descriptions etc) or - brave the blank page, write new scenes and rewrite the rest - as in, literally retype anything you want from the old draft or - copy/paste whatever you like from the previous version as you go I’m sure there’s more options but those come to mind as jumping off points. any advice at all is welcome! | ipwwx6o | ipxcd5v | 1,664,153,885 | 1,664,161,181 | 2 | 3 | Wait, we're doing second drafts? | My first drafts are hand-written. My second drafts are typed. There's usually some pretty heavy rewrites in the process of typing them up. My first drafts often start with only a very loose idea of where they'll end up, so later developments might contradict early plans, leaving earlier bits needing some heavy adjustment to come into line with the later bits. | 0 | 7,296 | 1.5 | ||
xnopd7 | writing_train | 0.93 | what does a second draft LOOK like? curious about this, I’ve seen a bunch of advice about drafting after your manuscript is finished (let it stew, give it a read, take notes, edit) but I’m not sure what the actual editing process looks like. for example, do you read in one go (as any other reader would) without taking notes at all, THEN go back and comb through/add your notes in a separate margin or document? as far as the actual editing goes, do you… - duplicate your manuscript and start adjusting (deleting, rewriting paragraphs, adding in descriptions etc) or - brave the blank page, write new scenes and rewrite the rest - as in, literally retype anything you want from the old draft or - copy/paste whatever you like from the previous version as you go I’m sure there’s more options but those come to mind as jumping off points. any advice at all is welcome! | ipwywvr | ipunbar | 1,664,154,808 | 1,664,120,567 | 3 | 2 | I do the first option you listed. I copy the same document and edit it line by line. | My technique is kinda of a slow grind to be honest. I take at least a minute to polish even just one sentence. And I won't move on to the next paragraph till I make sure everything's good and tight. | 1 | 34,241 | 1.5 | ||
xnopd7 | writing_train | 0.93 | what does a second draft LOOK like? curious about this, I’ve seen a bunch of advice about drafting after your manuscript is finished (let it stew, give it a read, take notes, edit) but I’m not sure what the actual editing process looks like. for example, do you read in one go (as any other reader would) without taking notes at all, THEN go back and comb through/add your notes in a separate margin or document? as far as the actual editing goes, do you… - duplicate your manuscript and start adjusting (deleting, rewriting paragraphs, adding in descriptions etc) or - brave the blank page, write new scenes and rewrite the rest - as in, literally retype anything you want from the old draft or - copy/paste whatever you like from the previous version as you go I’m sure there’s more options but those come to mind as jumping off points. any advice at all is welcome! | ipv7jt5 | ipwywvr | 1,664,128,604 | 1,664,154,808 | 2 | 3 | I duplicate it and then read it carefully to cut out any unnecessary information I find! | I do the first option you listed. I copy the same document and edit it line by line. | 0 | 26,204 | 1.5 | ||
xnopd7 | writing_train | 0.93 | what does a second draft LOOK like? curious about this, I’ve seen a bunch of advice about drafting after your manuscript is finished (let it stew, give it a read, take notes, edit) but I’m not sure what the actual editing process looks like. for example, do you read in one go (as any other reader would) without taking notes at all, THEN go back and comb through/add your notes in a separate margin or document? as far as the actual editing goes, do you… - duplicate your manuscript and start adjusting (deleting, rewriting paragraphs, adding in descriptions etc) or - brave the blank page, write new scenes and rewrite the rest - as in, literally retype anything you want from the old draft or - copy/paste whatever you like from the previous version as you go I’m sure there’s more options but those come to mind as jumping off points. any advice at all is welcome! | ipwywvr | ipvtqav | 1,664,154,808 | 1,664,136,819 | 3 | 2 | I do the first option you listed. I copy the same document and edit it line by line. | Like your first draft, but a bit more cohesive and a little less rough around the edges. | 1 | 17,989 | 1.5 | ||
xnopd7 | writing_train | 0.93 | what does a second draft LOOK like? curious about this, I’ve seen a bunch of advice about drafting after your manuscript is finished (let it stew, give it a read, take notes, edit) but I’m not sure what the actual editing process looks like. for example, do you read in one go (as any other reader would) without taking notes at all, THEN go back and comb through/add your notes in a separate margin or document? as far as the actual editing goes, do you… - duplicate your manuscript and start adjusting (deleting, rewriting paragraphs, adding in descriptions etc) or - brave the blank page, write new scenes and rewrite the rest - as in, literally retype anything you want from the old draft or - copy/paste whatever you like from the previous version as you go I’m sure there’s more options but those come to mind as jumping off points. any advice at all is welcome! | ipwywvr | ipwrf2r | 1,664,154,808 | 1,664,151,333 | 3 | 2 | I do the first option you listed. I copy the same document and edit it line by line. | I think some people straight up rewrite it from scratch, but I do a lot of line editing and then address structure and setups Do revisions chapter by chapter. | 1 | 3,475 | 1.5 | ||
xnopd7 | writing_train | 0.93 | what does a second draft LOOK like? curious about this, I’ve seen a bunch of advice about drafting after your manuscript is finished (let it stew, give it a read, take notes, edit) but I’m not sure what the actual editing process looks like. for example, do you read in one go (as any other reader would) without taking notes at all, THEN go back and comb through/add your notes in a separate margin or document? as far as the actual editing goes, do you… - duplicate your manuscript and start adjusting (deleting, rewriting paragraphs, adding in descriptions etc) or - brave the blank page, write new scenes and rewrite the rest - as in, literally retype anything you want from the old draft or - copy/paste whatever you like from the previous version as you go I’m sure there’s more options but those come to mind as jumping off points. any advice at all is welcome! | ipxcd5v | ipunbar | 1,664,161,181 | 1,664,120,567 | 3 | 2 | My first drafts are hand-written. My second drafts are typed. There's usually some pretty heavy rewrites in the process of typing them up. My first drafts often start with only a very loose idea of where they'll end up, so later developments might contradict early plans, leaving earlier bits needing some heavy adjustment to come into line with the later bits. | My technique is kinda of a slow grind to be honest. I take at least a minute to polish even just one sentence. And I won't move on to the next paragraph till I make sure everything's good and tight. | 1 | 40,614 | 1.5 | ||
xnopd7 | writing_train | 0.93 | what does a second draft LOOK like? curious about this, I’ve seen a bunch of advice about drafting after your manuscript is finished (let it stew, give it a read, take notes, edit) but I’m not sure what the actual editing process looks like. for example, do you read in one go (as any other reader would) without taking notes at all, THEN go back and comb through/add your notes in a separate margin or document? as far as the actual editing goes, do you… - duplicate your manuscript and start adjusting (deleting, rewriting paragraphs, adding in descriptions etc) or - brave the blank page, write new scenes and rewrite the rest - as in, literally retype anything you want from the old draft or - copy/paste whatever you like from the previous version as you go I’m sure there’s more options but those come to mind as jumping off points. any advice at all is welcome! | ipxcd5v | ipv7jt5 | 1,664,161,181 | 1,664,128,604 | 3 | 2 | My first drafts are hand-written. My second drafts are typed. There's usually some pretty heavy rewrites in the process of typing them up. My first drafts often start with only a very loose idea of where they'll end up, so later developments might contradict early plans, leaving earlier bits needing some heavy adjustment to come into line with the later bits. | I duplicate it and then read it carefully to cut out any unnecessary information I find! | 1 | 32,577 | 1.5 | ||
xnopd7 | writing_train | 0.93 | what does a second draft LOOK like? curious about this, I’ve seen a bunch of advice about drafting after your manuscript is finished (let it stew, give it a read, take notes, edit) but I’m not sure what the actual editing process looks like. for example, do you read in one go (as any other reader would) without taking notes at all, THEN go back and comb through/add your notes in a separate margin or document? as far as the actual editing goes, do you… - duplicate your manuscript and start adjusting (deleting, rewriting paragraphs, adding in descriptions etc) or - brave the blank page, write new scenes and rewrite the rest - as in, literally retype anything you want from the old draft or - copy/paste whatever you like from the previous version as you go I’m sure there’s more options but those come to mind as jumping off points. any advice at all is welcome! | ipvtqav | ipxcd5v | 1,664,136,819 | 1,664,161,181 | 2 | 3 | Like your first draft, but a bit more cohesive and a little less rough around the edges. | My first drafts are hand-written. My second drafts are typed. There's usually some pretty heavy rewrites in the process of typing them up. My first drafts often start with only a very loose idea of where they'll end up, so later developments might contradict early plans, leaving earlier bits needing some heavy adjustment to come into line with the later bits. | 0 | 24,362 | 1.5 | ||
xnopd7 | writing_train | 0.93 | what does a second draft LOOK like? curious about this, I’ve seen a bunch of advice about drafting after your manuscript is finished (let it stew, give it a read, take notes, edit) but I’m not sure what the actual editing process looks like. for example, do you read in one go (as any other reader would) without taking notes at all, THEN go back and comb through/add your notes in a separate margin or document? as far as the actual editing goes, do you… - duplicate your manuscript and start adjusting (deleting, rewriting paragraphs, adding in descriptions etc) or - brave the blank page, write new scenes and rewrite the rest - as in, literally retype anything you want from the old draft or - copy/paste whatever you like from the previous version as you go I’m sure there’s more options but those come to mind as jumping off points. any advice at all is welcome! | ipwrf2r | ipxcd5v | 1,664,151,333 | 1,664,161,181 | 2 | 3 | I think some people straight up rewrite it from scratch, but I do a lot of line editing and then address structure and setups Do revisions chapter by chapter. | My first drafts are hand-written. My second drafts are typed. There's usually some pretty heavy rewrites in the process of typing them up. My first drafts often start with only a very loose idea of where they'll end up, so later developments might contradict early plans, leaving earlier bits needing some heavy adjustment to come into line with the later bits. | 0 | 9,848 | 1.5 | ||
mo1eqs | writing_train | 0.85 | So, I want to write a novel but don't know where to start. I've been writing Webnovels for some time and I want to try my hand in writing an actual Fantasy Novel. The problem is I've never put that much thought in writing to the point where I don't even know how to plan for things. Webnovels are simple in a way where If I know where I wanna end, I can just add fluff in the middle and it can turn out okay. However, I want to go all out and write a fully-fledged story of my own and hopefully publish it. Any tips, or references I can follow to do so? Maybe a few books or tutorials on writing?Anything can be of help. Thank you | gu1mt8p | gu1fgkc | 1,618,064,506 | 1,618,060,109 | 5 | 4 | I mean, if you want to write fantasy, I'd start with the world building. What sort of world do your characters live in and what sort of story do you want to tell? What you said about knowing the end is true for any story, in my opinion. If you know how you want to end, and you know where you start, you just need to connect the dots. | There are a whole lot of suggestions in the wiki, including some popular books. | 1 | 4,397 | 1.25 | ||
mo1eqs | writing_train | 0.85 | So, I want to write a novel but don't know where to start. I've been writing Webnovels for some time and I want to try my hand in writing an actual Fantasy Novel. The problem is I've never put that much thought in writing to the point where I don't even know how to plan for things. Webnovels are simple in a way where If I know where I wanna end, I can just add fluff in the middle and it can turn out okay. However, I want to go all out and write a fully-fledged story of my own and hopefully publish it. Any tips, or references I can follow to do so? Maybe a few books or tutorials on writing?Anything can be of help. Thank you | gu1fgkc | gu0zuzr | 1,618,060,109 | 1,618,046,606 | 4 | 3 | There are a whole lot of suggestions in the wiki, including some popular books. | There are several books you can download or buy from amazon that will walk you through writing your novel. I bought one that basically set out characters, plot, twists, timeliness, and asked questions I had never even thought of to give my characters and book for depth. Also just look online for what writing plan. I'm currently writing a children's book and have found online that I require an obstacle to overcome, a resolution, etc etc. Maybe start with a loose time line of main events and characters. | 1 | 13,503 | 1.333333 | ||
mo1eqs | writing_train | 0.85 | So, I want to write a novel but don't know where to start. I've been writing Webnovels for some time and I want to try my hand in writing an actual Fantasy Novel. The problem is I've never put that much thought in writing to the point where I don't even know how to plan for things. Webnovels are simple in a way where If I know where I wanna end, I can just add fluff in the middle and it can turn out okay. However, I want to go all out and write a fully-fledged story of my own and hopefully publish it. Any tips, or references I can follow to do so? Maybe a few books or tutorials on writing?Anything can be of help. Thank you | gu16qcm | gu1fgkc | 1,618,053,539 | 1,618,060,109 | 3 | 4 | Just start writing. It's the only thing that will result in a finished piece of work. Sure, read books on writing in your downtime and learn from them, but that's not a substitute for actual writing. Pick a scene you've imagined, and start writing it. Don't let the nerves shove you into a cul-de-sac of "I'll definitely start writing once I know A, B, C, D, E..." because that's a trap that's hard to get out of. | There are a whole lot of suggestions in the wiki, including some popular books. | 0 | 6,570 | 1.333333 | ||
mo1eqs | writing_train | 0.85 | So, I want to write a novel but don't know where to start. I've been writing Webnovels for some time and I want to try my hand in writing an actual Fantasy Novel. The problem is I've never put that much thought in writing to the point where I don't even know how to plan for things. Webnovels are simple in a way where If I know where I wanna end, I can just add fluff in the middle and it can turn out okay. However, I want to go all out and write a fully-fledged story of my own and hopefully publish it. Any tips, or references I can follow to do so? Maybe a few books or tutorials on writing?Anything can be of help. Thank you | gu0zuzr | gu1mt8p | 1,618,046,606 | 1,618,064,506 | 3 | 5 | There are several books you can download or buy from amazon that will walk you through writing your novel. I bought one that basically set out characters, plot, twists, timeliness, and asked questions I had never even thought of to give my characters and book for depth. Also just look online for what writing plan. I'm currently writing a children's book and have found online that I require an obstacle to overcome, a resolution, etc etc. Maybe start with a loose time line of main events and characters. | I mean, if you want to write fantasy, I'd start with the world building. What sort of world do your characters live in and what sort of story do you want to tell? What you said about knowing the end is true for any story, in my opinion. If you know how you want to end, and you know where you start, you just need to connect the dots. | 0 | 17,900 | 1.666667 | ||
mo1eqs | writing_train | 0.85 | So, I want to write a novel but don't know where to start. I've been writing Webnovels for some time and I want to try my hand in writing an actual Fantasy Novel. The problem is I've never put that much thought in writing to the point where I don't even know how to plan for things. Webnovels are simple in a way where If I know where I wanna end, I can just add fluff in the middle and it can turn out okay. However, I want to go all out and write a fully-fledged story of my own and hopefully publish it. Any tips, or references I can follow to do so? Maybe a few books or tutorials on writing?Anything can be of help. Thank you | gu16qcm | gu1mt8p | 1,618,053,539 | 1,618,064,506 | 3 | 5 | Just start writing. It's the only thing that will result in a finished piece of work. Sure, read books on writing in your downtime and learn from them, but that's not a substitute for actual writing. Pick a scene you've imagined, and start writing it. Don't let the nerves shove you into a cul-de-sac of "I'll definitely start writing once I know A, B, C, D, E..." because that's a trap that's hard to get out of. | I mean, if you want to write fantasy, I'd start with the world building. What sort of world do your characters live in and what sort of story do you want to tell? What you said about knowing the end is true for any story, in my opinion. If you know how you want to end, and you know where you start, you just need to connect the dots. | 0 | 10,967 | 1.666667 | ||
mo1eqs | writing_train | 0.85 | So, I want to write a novel but don't know where to start. I've been writing Webnovels for some time and I want to try my hand in writing an actual Fantasy Novel. The problem is I've never put that much thought in writing to the point where I don't even know how to plan for things. Webnovels are simple in a way where If I know where I wanna end, I can just add fluff in the middle and it can turn out okay. However, I want to go all out and write a fully-fledged story of my own and hopefully publish it. Any tips, or references I can follow to do so? Maybe a few books or tutorials on writing?Anything can be of help. Thank you | gu269af | gu1pvuj | 1,618,074,269 | 1,618,066,149 | 3 | 2 | One fantasy writing tip I heard was: if you plan to write magic into your world, magic cannot have a bigger role than the characters telling the story. | You might want to give The 90 Day Novel a try :) | 1 | 8,120 | 1.5 | ||
zp2260 | writing_train | 0.8 | I love to write, but i don't know what to write! I love to write, it's very therapeutic to me, i love my handwriting and writing just makes me happy. But the problem is i don't know what to write. I tried journalising, keeping a diary but i don't have an interesting life and i don't want to scratch my brain trying to remember everything i did that day so i could write it down. I miss school and homework, because i used to love to put on some scary reddit story videos on YouTube and while listening to them i used to do my homework which used to be mindlessly big answers and used to love to write when the teacher used to dictate in the classroom. I don't want to write/copyright any book, I'd rather read it. I just want something stupid and meaning to copy/write while listening to something on YouTube/podcasts. Because it's like therapy for me and I'm missing it. | j0qutmc | j0qqon8 | 1,671,390,252 | 1,671,388,770 | 20 | 15 | A diary doesn't have to be about your life. Create a character and write about theirs! You could also try: Poetry Flash fiction (1k words or less) Dream journal Meditation journal Plans to take over the world Everything you remember from childhood to now What your pets are thinking Writing is full of unlimited possibilities, and I hope you find one that fits! | What do you want to read? Write that. | 1 | 1,482 | 1.333333 | ||
zp2260 | writing_train | 0.8 | I love to write, but i don't know what to write! I love to write, it's very therapeutic to me, i love my handwriting and writing just makes me happy. But the problem is i don't know what to write. I tried journalising, keeping a diary but i don't have an interesting life and i don't want to scratch my brain trying to remember everything i did that day so i could write it down. I miss school and homework, because i used to love to put on some scary reddit story videos on YouTube and while listening to them i used to do my homework which used to be mindlessly big answers and used to love to write when the teacher used to dictate in the classroom. I don't want to write/copyright any book, I'd rather read it. I just want something stupid and meaning to copy/write while listening to something on YouTube/podcasts. Because it's like therapy for me and I'm missing it. | j0qutmc | j0qau2z | 1,671,390,252 | 1,671,382,924 | 20 | 5 | A diary doesn't have to be about your life. Create a character and write about theirs! You could also try: Poetry Flash fiction (1k words or less) Dream journal Meditation journal Plans to take over the world Everything you remember from childhood to now What your pets are thinking Writing is full of unlimited possibilities, and I hope you find one that fits! | I had the same issue for a while, but I do have the solution. For me, my issue was a lack of creativity. I wasn't able to think of a plot for a story, and I was going through a bad part of my life so I felt like my ideas weren't worth coveying. What ended up helping me was doing commission work for people, and basically writing porn. It actually really helped me learn how to write at a consistent pace. When I got tired of only doing that, it was way easier to write my in progress novel. So my suggestion is that you do commissions. It makes me feel really proud whenever people say they like my work, and it also helped with building up my motivation. It also adds that sense of obligation that means you actually have to write if you want to keep the money they gave you. So I'm very grateful for all the people who pay me to write stories for them. | 1 | 7,328 | 4 | ||
zp2260 | writing_train | 0.8 | I love to write, but i don't know what to write! I love to write, it's very therapeutic to me, i love my handwriting and writing just makes me happy. But the problem is i don't know what to write. I tried journalising, keeping a diary but i don't have an interesting life and i don't want to scratch my brain trying to remember everything i did that day so i could write it down. I miss school and homework, because i used to love to put on some scary reddit story videos on YouTube and while listening to them i used to do my homework which used to be mindlessly big answers and used to love to write when the teacher used to dictate in the classroom. I don't want to write/copyright any book, I'd rather read it. I just want something stupid and meaning to copy/write while listening to something on YouTube/podcasts. Because it's like therapy for me and I'm missing it. | j0qutmc | j0qq5jb | 1,671,390,252 | 1,671,388,579 | 20 | 2 | A diary doesn't have to be about your life. Create a character and write about theirs! You could also try: Poetry Flash fiction (1k words or less) Dream journal Meditation journal Plans to take over the world Everything you remember from childhood to now What your pets are thinking Writing is full of unlimited possibilities, and I hope you find one that fits! | I had the same issue. I just had to find things that interested me, felt passion for, and could relate to. Now im working on a whole series | 1 | 1,673 | 10 | ||
zp2260 | writing_train | 0.8 | I love to write, but i don't know what to write! I love to write, it's very therapeutic to me, i love my handwriting and writing just makes me happy. But the problem is i don't know what to write. I tried journalising, keeping a diary but i don't have an interesting life and i don't want to scratch my brain trying to remember everything i did that day so i could write it down. I miss school and homework, because i used to love to put on some scary reddit story videos on YouTube and while listening to them i used to do my homework which used to be mindlessly big answers and used to love to write when the teacher used to dictate in the classroom. I don't want to write/copyright any book, I'd rather read it. I just want something stupid and meaning to copy/write while listening to something on YouTube/podcasts. Because it's like therapy for me and I'm missing it. | j0q8oou | j0qutmc | 1,671,382,046 | 1,671,390,252 | 1 | 20 | You could always try the various writing prompts on Twitter. I know Twitter is a mess right now, but the writing community is generally pretty cool and playing with the prompts can be fun. | A diary doesn't have to be about your life. Create a character and write about theirs! You could also try: Poetry Flash fiction (1k words or less) Dream journal Meditation journal Plans to take over the world Everything you remember from childhood to now What your pets are thinking Writing is full of unlimited possibilities, and I hope you find one that fits! | 0 | 8,206 | 20 | ||
zp2260 | writing_train | 0.8 | I love to write, but i don't know what to write! I love to write, it's very therapeutic to me, i love my handwriting and writing just makes me happy. But the problem is i don't know what to write. I tried journalising, keeping a diary but i don't have an interesting life and i don't want to scratch my brain trying to remember everything i did that day so i could write it down. I miss school and homework, because i used to love to put on some scary reddit story videos on YouTube and while listening to them i used to do my homework which used to be mindlessly big answers and used to love to write when the teacher used to dictate in the classroom. I don't want to write/copyright any book, I'd rather read it. I just want something stupid and meaning to copy/write while listening to something on YouTube/podcasts. Because it's like therapy for me and I'm missing it. | j0qau2z | j0qqon8 | 1,671,382,924 | 1,671,388,770 | 5 | 15 | I had the same issue for a while, but I do have the solution. For me, my issue was a lack of creativity. I wasn't able to think of a plot for a story, and I was going through a bad part of my life so I felt like my ideas weren't worth coveying. What ended up helping me was doing commission work for people, and basically writing porn. It actually really helped me learn how to write at a consistent pace. When I got tired of only doing that, it was way easier to write my in progress novel. So my suggestion is that you do commissions. It makes me feel really proud whenever people say they like my work, and it also helped with building up my motivation. It also adds that sense of obligation that means you actually have to write if you want to keep the money they gave you. So I'm very grateful for all the people who pay me to write stories for them. | What do you want to read? Write that. | 0 | 5,846 | 3 | ||
zp2260 | writing_train | 0.8 | I love to write, but i don't know what to write! I love to write, it's very therapeutic to me, i love my handwriting and writing just makes me happy. But the problem is i don't know what to write. I tried journalising, keeping a diary but i don't have an interesting life and i don't want to scratch my brain trying to remember everything i did that day so i could write it down. I miss school and homework, because i used to love to put on some scary reddit story videos on YouTube and while listening to them i used to do my homework which used to be mindlessly big answers and used to love to write when the teacher used to dictate in the classroom. I don't want to write/copyright any book, I'd rather read it. I just want something stupid and meaning to copy/write while listening to something on YouTube/podcasts. Because it's like therapy for me and I'm missing it. | j0qq5jb | j0qqon8 | 1,671,388,579 | 1,671,388,770 | 2 | 15 | I had the same issue. I just had to find things that interested me, felt passion for, and could relate to. Now im working on a whole series | What do you want to read? Write that. | 0 | 191 | 7.5 | ||
zp2260 | writing_train | 0.8 | I love to write, but i don't know what to write! I love to write, it's very therapeutic to me, i love my handwriting and writing just makes me happy. But the problem is i don't know what to write. I tried journalising, keeping a diary but i don't have an interesting life and i don't want to scratch my brain trying to remember everything i did that day so i could write it down. I miss school and homework, because i used to love to put on some scary reddit story videos on YouTube and while listening to them i used to do my homework which used to be mindlessly big answers and used to love to write when the teacher used to dictate in the classroom. I don't want to write/copyright any book, I'd rather read it. I just want something stupid and meaning to copy/write while listening to something on YouTube/podcasts. Because it's like therapy for me and I'm missing it. | j0q8oou | j0qqon8 | 1,671,382,046 | 1,671,388,770 | 1 | 15 | You could always try the various writing prompts on Twitter. I know Twitter is a mess right now, but the writing community is generally pretty cool and playing with the prompts can be fun. | What do you want to read? Write that. | 0 | 6,724 | 15 | ||
zp2260 | writing_train | 0.8 | I love to write, but i don't know what to write! I love to write, it's very therapeutic to me, i love my handwriting and writing just makes me happy. But the problem is i don't know what to write. I tried journalising, keeping a diary but i don't have an interesting life and i don't want to scratch my brain trying to remember everything i did that day so i could write it down. I miss school and homework, because i used to love to put on some scary reddit story videos on YouTube and while listening to them i used to do my homework which used to be mindlessly big answers and used to love to write when the teacher used to dictate in the classroom. I don't want to write/copyright any book, I'd rather read it. I just want something stupid and meaning to copy/write while listening to something on YouTube/podcasts. Because it's like therapy for me and I'm missing it. | j0q8oou | j0qau2z | 1,671,382,046 | 1,671,382,924 | 1 | 5 | You could always try the various writing prompts on Twitter. I know Twitter is a mess right now, but the writing community is generally pretty cool and playing with the prompts can be fun. | I had the same issue for a while, but I do have the solution. For me, my issue was a lack of creativity. I wasn't able to think of a plot for a story, and I was going through a bad part of my life so I felt like my ideas weren't worth coveying. What ended up helping me was doing commission work for people, and basically writing porn. It actually really helped me learn how to write at a consistent pace. When I got tired of only doing that, it was way easier to write my in progress novel. So my suggestion is that you do commissions. It makes me feel really proud whenever people say they like my work, and it also helped with building up my motivation. It also adds that sense of obligation that means you actually have to write if you want to keep the money they gave you. So I'm very grateful for all the people who pay me to write stories for them. | 0 | 878 | 5 | ||
zp2260 | writing_train | 0.8 | I love to write, but i don't know what to write! I love to write, it's very therapeutic to me, i love my handwriting and writing just makes me happy. But the problem is i don't know what to write. I tried journalising, keeping a diary but i don't have an interesting life and i don't want to scratch my brain trying to remember everything i did that day so i could write it down. I miss school and homework, because i used to love to put on some scary reddit story videos on YouTube and while listening to them i used to do my homework which used to be mindlessly big answers and used to love to write when the teacher used to dictate in the classroom. I don't want to write/copyright any book, I'd rather read it. I just want something stupid and meaning to copy/write while listening to something on YouTube/podcasts. Because it's like therapy for me and I'm missing it. | j0qq5jb | j0q8oou | 1,671,388,579 | 1,671,382,046 | 2 | 1 | I had the same issue. I just had to find things that interested me, felt passion for, and could relate to. Now im working on a whole series | You could always try the various writing prompts on Twitter. I know Twitter is a mess right now, but the writing community is generally pretty cool and playing with the prompts can be fun. | 1 | 6,533 | 2 | ||
zp2260 | writing_train | 0.8 | I love to write, but i don't know what to write! I love to write, it's very therapeutic to me, i love my handwriting and writing just makes me happy. But the problem is i don't know what to write. I tried journalising, keeping a diary but i don't have an interesting life and i don't want to scratch my brain trying to remember everything i did that day so i could write it down. I miss school and homework, because i used to love to put on some scary reddit story videos on YouTube and while listening to them i used to do my homework which used to be mindlessly big answers and used to love to write when the teacher used to dictate in the classroom. I don't want to write/copyright any book, I'd rather read it. I just want something stupid and meaning to copy/write while listening to something on YouTube/podcasts. Because it's like therapy for me and I'm missing it. | j0r5cm5 | j0q8oou | 1,671,394,333 | 1,671,382,046 | 2 | 1 | Since you mentioned that you like your handwriting . . . have you tried calligraphy? You could throw on your favorite podcasts and then draft some seriously beautiful handwriting. | You could always try the various writing prompts on Twitter. I know Twitter is a mess right now, but the writing community is generally pretty cool and playing with the prompts can be fun. | 1 | 12,287 | 2 | ||
zp2260 | writing_train | 0.8 | I love to write, but i don't know what to write! I love to write, it's very therapeutic to me, i love my handwriting and writing just makes me happy. But the problem is i don't know what to write. I tried journalising, keeping a diary but i don't have an interesting life and i don't want to scratch my brain trying to remember everything i did that day so i could write it down. I miss school and homework, because i used to love to put on some scary reddit story videos on YouTube and while listening to them i used to do my homework which used to be mindlessly big answers and used to love to write when the teacher used to dictate in the classroom. I don't want to write/copyright any book, I'd rather read it. I just want something stupid and meaning to copy/write while listening to something on YouTube/podcasts. Because it's like therapy for me and I'm missing it. | j0qyft9 | j0r5cm5 | 1,671,391,604 | 1,671,394,333 | 1 | 2 | Writing can be therapeutic and enjoyable for many people, and it's great that you have found it to be so. It can be difficult to know what to write about. One option could be to try creative writing exercises, such as writing a short story or poem. You could also try freewriting, where you simply set a timer and write whatever comes to mind without worrying about grammar or structure. This can be a great way to clear your mind and let your creativity flow. Another option could be to write about things that interest you, such as a hobby or a particular topic. You could also try writing letters to friends or loved ones, or even writing a letter to yourself. Finally, you could try listening to podcasts or YouTube videos and writing about what you hear. This can be a great way to learn new things and practice your writing skills at the same time. Overall, the most important thing is to find something that you enjoy writing about. It doesn't have to be serious or deep – it can be something silly or lighthearted. The goal is to have fun and find a form of self-expression that works for you. | Since you mentioned that you like your handwriting . . . have you tried calligraphy? You could throw on your favorite podcasts and then draft some seriously beautiful handwriting. | 0 | 2,729 | 2 | ||
zp2260 | writing_train | 0.8 | I love to write, but i don't know what to write! I love to write, it's very therapeutic to me, i love my handwriting and writing just makes me happy. But the problem is i don't know what to write. I tried journalising, keeping a diary but i don't have an interesting life and i don't want to scratch my brain trying to remember everything i did that day so i could write it down. I miss school and homework, because i used to love to put on some scary reddit story videos on YouTube and while listening to them i used to do my homework which used to be mindlessly big answers and used to love to write when the teacher used to dictate in the classroom. I don't want to write/copyright any book, I'd rather read it. I just want something stupid and meaning to copy/write while listening to something on YouTube/podcasts. Because it's like therapy for me and I'm missing it. | j0r5cm5 | j0r3zai | 1,671,394,333 | 1,671,393,803 | 2 | 1 | Since you mentioned that you like your handwriting . . . have you tried calligraphy? You could throw on your favorite podcasts and then draft some seriously beautiful handwriting. | i remember this writing exercises book called 3am something like this. idk but had neat little exercises | 1 | 530 | 2 | ||
zp2260 | writing_train | 0.8 | I love to write, but i don't know what to write! I love to write, it's very therapeutic to me, i love my handwriting and writing just makes me happy. But the problem is i don't know what to write. I tried journalising, keeping a diary but i don't have an interesting life and i don't want to scratch my brain trying to remember everything i did that day so i could write it down. I miss school and homework, because i used to love to put on some scary reddit story videos on YouTube and while listening to them i used to do my homework which used to be mindlessly big answers and used to love to write when the teacher used to dictate in the classroom. I don't want to write/copyright any book, I'd rather read it. I just want something stupid and meaning to copy/write while listening to something on YouTube/podcasts. Because it's like therapy for me and I'm missing it. | j0sdvbc | j0sxrop | 1,671,413,359 | 1,671,423,208 | 1 | 2 | "When all else fails, go where the pain is and explore there." ---I forget who said it | Sometimes writing about memories helps me | 0 | 9,849 | 2 | ||
zp2260 | writing_train | 0.8 | I love to write, but i don't know what to write! I love to write, it's very therapeutic to me, i love my handwriting and writing just makes me happy. But the problem is i don't know what to write. I tried journalising, keeping a diary but i don't have an interesting life and i don't want to scratch my brain trying to remember everything i did that day so i could write it down. I miss school and homework, because i used to love to put on some scary reddit story videos on YouTube and while listening to them i used to do my homework which used to be mindlessly big answers and used to love to write when the teacher used to dictate in the classroom. I don't want to write/copyright any book, I'd rather read it. I just want something stupid and meaning to copy/write while listening to something on YouTube/podcasts. Because it's like therapy for me and I'm missing it. | j0q8oou | j0sxrop | 1,671,382,046 | 1,671,423,208 | 1 | 2 | You could always try the various writing prompts on Twitter. I know Twitter is a mess right now, but the writing community is generally pretty cool and playing with the prompts can be fun. | Sometimes writing about memories helps me | 0 | 41,162 | 2 | ||
zp2260 | writing_train | 0.8 | I love to write, but i don't know what to write! I love to write, it's very therapeutic to me, i love my handwriting and writing just makes me happy. But the problem is i don't know what to write. I tried journalising, keeping a diary but i don't have an interesting life and i don't want to scratch my brain trying to remember everything i did that day so i could write it down. I miss school and homework, because i used to love to put on some scary reddit story videos on YouTube and while listening to them i used to do my homework which used to be mindlessly big answers and used to love to write when the teacher used to dictate in the classroom. I don't want to write/copyright any book, I'd rather read it. I just want something stupid and meaning to copy/write while listening to something on YouTube/podcasts. Because it's like therapy for me and I'm missing it. | j0sxrop | j0qyft9 | 1,671,423,208 | 1,671,391,604 | 2 | 1 | Sometimes writing about memories helps me | Writing can be therapeutic and enjoyable for many people, and it's great that you have found it to be so. It can be difficult to know what to write about. One option could be to try creative writing exercises, such as writing a short story or poem. You could also try freewriting, where you simply set a timer and write whatever comes to mind without worrying about grammar or structure. This can be a great way to clear your mind and let your creativity flow. Another option could be to write about things that interest you, such as a hobby or a particular topic. You could also try writing letters to friends or loved ones, or even writing a letter to yourself. Finally, you could try listening to podcasts or YouTube videos and writing about what you hear. This can be a great way to learn new things and practice your writing skills at the same time. Overall, the most important thing is to find something that you enjoy writing about. It doesn't have to be serious or deep – it can be something silly or lighthearted. The goal is to have fun and find a form of self-expression that works for you. | 1 | 31,604 | 2 | ||
zp2260 | writing_train | 0.8 | I love to write, but i don't know what to write! I love to write, it's very therapeutic to me, i love my handwriting and writing just makes me happy. But the problem is i don't know what to write. I tried journalising, keeping a diary but i don't have an interesting life and i don't want to scratch my brain trying to remember everything i did that day so i could write it down. I miss school and homework, because i used to love to put on some scary reddit story videos on YouTube and while listening to them i used to do my homework which used to be mindlessly big answers and used to love to write when the teacher used to dictate in the classroom. I don't want to write/copyright any book, I'd rather read it. I just want something stupid and meaning to copy/write while listening to something on YouTube/podcasts. Because it's like therapy for me and I'm missing it. | j0r3zai | j0sxrop | 1,671,393,803 | 1,671,423,208 | 1 | 2 | i remember this writing exercises book called 3am something like this. idk but had neat little exercises | Sometimes writing about memories helps me | 0 | 29,405 | 2 | ||
zp2260 | writing_train | 0.8 | I love to write, but i don't know what to write! I love to write, it's very therapeutic to me, i love my handwriting and writing just makes me happy. But the problem is i don't know what to write. I tried journalising, keeping a diary but i don't have an interesting life and i don't want to scratch my brain trying to remember everything i did that day so i could write it down. I miss school and homework, because i used to love to put on some scary reddit story videos on YouTube and while listening to them i used to do my homework which used to be mindlessly big answers and used to love to write when the teacher used to dictate in the classroom. I don't want to write/copyright any book, I'd rather read it. I just want something stupid and meaning to copy/write while listening to something on YouTube/podcasts. Because it's like therapy for me and I'm missing it. | j0sxrop | j0rcyph | 1,671,423,208 | 1,671,397,317 | 2 | 1 | Sometimes writing about memories helps me | If you love to write but don't know what to write, here are a few pieces of advice that may help:
1. Write about what you know: One of the best ways to generate ideas for writing is to draw on your own experiences, knowledge, and interests. Think about the things that you are passionate about or that you have a lot of experience with, and consider writing about those topics.
2. Keep a journal or a list of writing prompts: You can use a journal or a list of writing prompts to help you get started when you're feeling stuck. Jot down your thoughts, observations, and ideas as they come to you, and refer to these notes when you need inspiration.
3. Experiment with different genres: Don't be afraid to try your hand at different types of writing, such as fiction, non-fiction, poetry, or screenwriting. You may find that you enjoy one genre more than others, or that you have a knack for a particular type of writing.
4. Read, read, read: Reading widely can help you to develop your writing skills and inspire new ideas. Pay attention to the way that other writers craft their stories, and consider how you might apply those techniques to your own writing.
5. Seek feedback and support: Finally, don't be afraid to seek feedback and support from other writers, whether through a writing group, a writing coach, or a writing workshop. Getting feedback from others can help you to improve your writing and stay motivated. | 1 | 25,891 | 2 | ||
zp2260 | writing_train | 0.8 | I love to write, but i don't know what to write! I love to write, it's very therapeutic to me, i love my handwriting and writing just makes me happy. But the problem is i don't know what to write. I tried journalising, keeping a diary but i don't have an interesting life and i don't want to scratch my brain trying to remember everything i did that day so i could write it down. I miss school and homework, because i used to love to put on some scary reddit story videos on YouTube and while listening to them i used to do my homework which used to be mindlessly big answers and used to love to write when the teacher used to dictate in the classroom. I don't want to write/copyright any book, I'd rather read it. I just want something stupid and meaning to copy/write while listening to something on YouTube/podcasts. Because it's like therapy for me and I'm missing it. | j0sxrop | j0sjw3s | 1,671,423,208 | 1,671,416,219 | 2 | 1 | Sometimes writing about memories helps me | Grab a writing prompt that caught you eye, go to chat.openai.com, and write "expand this plot with a proper writing structure and suggestions" and it will be enough inspiration to write | 1 | 6,989 | 2 | ||
zp2260 | writing_train | 0.8 | I love to write, but i don't know what to write! I love to write, it's very therapeutic to me, i love my handwriting and writing just makes me happy. But the problem is i don't know what to write. I tried journalising, keeping a diary but i don't have an interesting life and i don't want to scratch my brain trying to remember everything i did that day so i could write it down. I miss school and homework, because i used to love to put on some scary reddit story videos on YouTube and while listening to them i used to do my homework which used to be mindlessly big answers and used to love to write when the teacher used to dictate in the classroom. I don't want to write/copyright any book, I'd rather read it. I just want something stupid and meaning to copy/write while listening to something on YouTube/podcasts. Because it's like therapy for me and I'm missing it. | j0sm24c | j0sxrop | 1,671,417,273 | 1,671,423,208 | 1 | 2 | 1. Why not review books? professional book reviewers are a needed type of writing. Writers will give you free advanced copies if they are indie. If you also want traditionally published books, you can join NetGalley. Also, the library program Hoopla digital will give you access to audiobooks. You can also interview authors. 2. Fanfiction. 3. I mostly write to lessen my stress. Full novellas, novels, and short stories. Sometimes I publish one, but mostly, the books I write are for me. | Sometimes writing about memories helps me | 0 | 5,935 | 2 | ||
zp2260 | writing_train | 0.8 | I love to write, but i don't know what to write! I love to write, it's very therapeutic to me, i love my handwriting and writing just makes me happy. But the problem is i don't know what to write. I tried journalising, keeping a diary but i don't have an interesting life and i don't want to scratch my brain trying to remember everything i did that day so i could write it down. I miss school and homework, because i used to love to put on some scary reddit story videos on YouTube and while listening to them i used to do my homework which used to be mindlessly big answers and used to love to write when the teacher used to dictate in the classroom. I don't want to write/copyright any book, I'd rather read it. I just want something stupid and meaning to copy/write while listening to something on YouTube/podcasts. Because it's like therapy for me and I'm missing it. | j0sxrop | j0smk9b | 1,671,423,208 | 1,671,417,513 | 2 | 1 | Sometimes writing about memories helps me | Try writing essays or articles? It seems you liked the academic side of it, so why not continue that? Give yourself a prompt, like: how did Chinese empires consolidate power in rural areas in the warring states period? Then research and write. Sometimes a seemingly simple question can open a whole world. | 1 | 5,695 | 2 | ||
zp2260 | writing_train | 0.8 | I love to write, but i don't know what to write! I love to write, it's very therapeutic to me, i love my handwriting and writing just makes me happy. But the problem is i don't know what to write. I tried journalising, keeping a diary but i don't have an interesting life and i don't want to scratch my brain trying to remember everything i did that day so i could write it down. I miss school and homework, because i used to love to put on some scary reddit story videos on YouTube and while listening to them i used to do my homework which used to be mindlessly big answers and used to love to write when the teacher used to dictate in the classroom. I don't want to write/copyright any book, I'd rather read it. I just want something stupid and meaning to copy/write while listening to something on YouTube/podcasts. Because it's like therapy for me and I'm missing it. | j0sxrop | j0spttu | 1,671,423,208 | 1,671,419,142 | 2 | 1 | Sometimes writing about memories helps me | Just throwing this out there, but maybe try beta reading? I just started beta reading for people and I found it a lot of fun to read what they've written and provide feedback. I like to do it while watching tv, and people *really* appreciate it. You can check out r/BetaReaders. Otherwise, I second trying calligraphy-- I love doing that (somebody already mentioned it). If you need story ideas, feel free to message me. I could give you a list that I've made and we can brainstorm together! | 1 | 4,066 | 2 | ||
zp2260 | writing_train | 0.8 | I love to write, but i don't know what to write! I love to write, it's very therapeutic to me, i love my handwriting and writing just makes me happy. But the problem is i don't know what to write. I tried journalising, keeping a diary but i don't have an interesting life and i don't want to scratch my brain trying to remember everything i did that day so i could write it down. I miss school and homework, because i used to love to put on some scary reddit story videos on YouTube and while listening to them i used to do my homework which used to be mindlessly big answers and used to love to write when the teacher used to dictate in the classroom. I don't want to write/copyright any book, I'd rather read it. I just want something stupid and meaning to copy/write while listening to something on YouTube/podcasts. Because it's like therapy for me and I'm missing it. | j0ss1kn | j0sxrop | 1,671,420,263 | 1,671,423,208 | 1 | 2 | use writing prompts to start. Write about things you know and care about | Sometimes writing about memories helps me | 0 | 2,945 | 2 | ||
v4bi2k | writing_train | 0.76 | Writing my first fantasy novel, any tips? Hello, potential new friends or nemeses! I'm not really sure how to preface this. One day, while reading Guy Gavriel Kay's "Last Light of the Sun", and having read maybe 12 books my whole life in the fantasy genre, a random burst of inspiration hit me. What if I took my years of playing D&D and fused it with my love of honest-to-goodness mythology (good clean fun, as far as I'm concerned), and wrote a damn fantasy novel? What's the problem with that? Well, the problem is this: I've never written more than a short story. Could anyone give me tips as a new writer? I will pay you in upvotes. | ib3mp07 | ib3j686 | 1,654,304,284 | 1,654,302,250 | 10 | 7 | Same. The thing im working on now is my first book. I've found Brandon Sanderson's lectures on writing incredibly useful and they are free to watch on YouTube! | Just enjoy the process (it’s difficult) and use your creativity to its full extent. | 1 | 2,034 | 1.428571 | ||
v4bi2k | writing_train | 0.76 | Writing my first fantasy novel, any tips? Hello, potential new friends or nemeses! I'm not really sure how to preface this. One day, while reading Guy Gavriel Kay's "Last Light of the Sun", and having read maybe 12 books my whole life in the fantasy genre, a random burst of inspiration hit me. What if I took my years of playing D&D and fused it with my love of honest-to-goodness mythology (good clean fun, as far as I'm concerned), and wrote a damn fantasy novel? What's the problem with that? Well, the problem is this: I've never written more than a short story. Could anyone give me tips as a new writer? I will pay you in upvotes. | ib3d4p2 | ib3mp07 | 1,654,298,750 | 1,654,304,284 | 6 | 10 | Try to write everything through your character’s eyes, actions and thoughts. That’s all to novel writing, but at the same time, it’s extremely hard. So it’s instead of saying there’s a table in the middle of the room, say your MC sits down at the table in the middle of the room. Basically avoid describing anything in isolation. It always has something to do with your characters. When it comes to describing feelings, don’t use feeling adjectives. Don’t try to jump to conclusion or summarize things. So don’t say she struggles to go down the stairs, show us what she does that gives you the impression that she struggles. This doesn’t mean you have to give every detail. Just choose one or two specific details, and it should be good. | Same. The thing im working on now is my first book. I've found Brandon Sanderson's lectures on writing incredibly useful and they are free to watch on YouTube! | 0 | 5,534 | 1.666667 | ||
v4bi2k | writing_train | 0.76 | Writing my first fantasy novel, any tips? Hello, potential new friends or nemeses! I'm not really sure how to preface this. One day, while reading Guy Gavriel Kay's "Last Light of the Sun", and having read maybe 12 books my whole life in the fantasy genre, a random burst of inspiration hit me. What if I took my years of playing D&D and fused it with my love of honest-to-goodness mythology (good clean fun, as far as I'm concerned), and wrote a damn fantasy novel? What's the problem with that? Well, the problem is this: I've never written more than a short story. Could anyone give me tips as a new writer? I will pay you in upvotes. | ib3ktyj | ib3mp07 | 1,654,303,216 | 1,654,304,284 | 6 | 10 | Write everyday. | Same. The thing im working on now is my first book. I've found Brandon Sanderson's lectures on writing incredibly useful and they are free to watch on YouTube! | 0 | 1,068 | 1.666667 | ||
v4bi2k | writing_train | 0.76 | Writing my first fantasy novel, any tips? Hello, potential new friends or nemeses! I'm not really sure how to preface this. One day, while reading Guy Gavriel Kay's "Last Light of the Sun", and having read maybe 12 books my whole life in the fantasy genre, a random burst of inspiration hit me. What if I took my years of playing D&D and fused it with my love of honest-to-goodness mythology (good clean fun, as far as I'm concerned), and wrote a damn fantasy novel? What's the problem with that? Well, the problem is this: I've never written more than a short story. Could anyone give me tips as a new writer? I will pay you in upvotes. | ib3j686 | ib3d4p2 | 1,654,302,250 | 1,654,298,750 | 7 | 6 | Just enjoy the process (it’s difficult) and use your creativity to its full extent. | Try to write everything through your character’s eyes, actions and thoughts. That’s all to novel writing, but at the same time, it’s extremely hard. So it’s instead of saying there’s a table in the middle of the room, say your MC sits down at the table in the middle of the room. Basically avoid describing anything in isolation. It always has something to do with your characters. When it comes to describing feelings, don’t use feeling adjectives. Don’t try to jump to conclusion or summarize things. So don’t say she struggles to go down the stairs, show us what she does that gives you the impression that she struggles. This doesn’t mean you have to give every detail. Just choose one or two specific details, and it should be good. | 1 | 3,500 | 1.166667 | ||
v4bi2k | writing_train | 0.76 | Writing my first fantasy novel, any tips? Hello, potential new friends or nemeses! I'm not really sure how to preface this. One day, while reading Guy Gavriel Kay's "Last Light of the Sun", and having read maybe 12 books my whole life in the fantasy genre, a random burst of inspiration hit me. What if I took my years of playing D&D and fused it with my love of honest-to-goodness mythology (good clean fun, as far as I'm concerned), and wrote a damn fantasy novel? What's the problem with that? Well, the problem is this: I've never written more than a short story. Could anyone give me tips as a new writer? I will pay you in upvotes. | ib46g2t | ib46x3d | 1,654,316,571 | 1,654,316,916 | 3 | 6 | I would encourage you to start small and work your way up. You know the saying "your eyes are larger than your stomach"? A lot of people are like that with writing. Many people start novels without having written many stories before, and they either burn out or are disappointed that their skill can't match their ambitions and end up ragequitting (I did something extremely similar, but with music, so I can attest to how painful this is). Short stories and short fiction are an excellent way to get your feet wet and see whether writing fiction is something you can get into. They're easy to read, easy for people to critique, and they keep your motivation up because they don't take long to write. In the process you might find that you actually don't like writing fiction all that much, and that's totally fine. At least you found that out before you sank hundreds of hours into a massive unfinished project. (I should also add that not all writing needs to be epic or grand in scope. A well-written short story beats a sloppy novel any day of the week. There's no shame in doing something small or simple.) You will probably not be able to fully complete your vision for the novel anytime soon, and that's ok. Maybe take a subplot of your planned novel and just focus on that. Or create a self-contained short story with a simple premise. Just don't try to climb Mount Everest with only a water bottle and a backpack. | My biggest piece of advice would be to not let your plot run away on you. Sometimes, simple is better, especially when you're trying to create worlds and interesting characters as well as a compelling plot. | 0 | 345 | 2 | ||
v4bi2k | writing_train | 0.76 | Writing my first fantasy novel, any tips? Hello, potential new friends or nemeses! I'm not really sure how to preface this. One day, while reading Guy Gavriel Kay's "Last Light of the Sun", and having read maybe 12 books my whole life in the fantasy genre, a random burst of inspiration hit me. What if I took my years of playing D&D and fused it with my love of honest-to-goodness mythology (good clean fun, as far as I'm concerned), and wrote a damn fantasy novel? What's the problem with that? Well, the problem is this: I've never written more than a short story. Could anyone give me tips as a new writer? I will pay you in upvotes. | ib46x3d | ib44zqq | 1,654,316,916 | 1,654,315,532 | 6 | 2 | My biggest piece of advice would be to not let your plot run away on you. Sometimes, simple is better, especially when you're trying to create worlds and interesting characters as well as a compelling plot. | As some others have said, read some more, I remember a line from a movie, don't remember which one, but a writer was receiving a reward and he said, "The key to writing great literature, is reading great literature and then forgetting where you read it." That being said, don't plagiarize, but learn from example. Lots of wonderful lit out there, especially for a fellow D&Der, read some R.A. Salvatore about Drizzt, or any number of other great fantasy novels out there. I would say that since you have only written short stories, try to plan it out. Take your hero (or villain, everyone loves a good antihero) and lay out a rough storyline, and then build around it, give shape to the world you envision. Sadly I've come across a lot of books that, while starting off great, failed in the middle and I can only guess they were lost for how the Hero was supposed to go from A to B. With a little fore thought, that can easily be avoided. Writing what you love to read is an incredible joy, so bring that world to life. | 1 | 1,384 | 3 | ||
v4bi2k | writing_train | 0.76 | Writing my first fantasy novel, any tips? Hello, potential new friends or nemeses! I'm not really sure how to preface this. One day, while reading Guy Gavriel Kay's "Last Light of the Sun", and having read maybe 12 books my whole life in the fantasy genre, a random burst of inspiration hit me. What if I took my years of playing D&D and fused it with my love of honest-to-goodness mythology (good clean fun, as far as I'm concerned), and wrote a damn fantasy novel? What's the problem with that? Well, the problem is this: I've never written more than a short story. Could anyone give me tips as a new writer? I will pay you in upvotes. | ib3qswp | ib3d4p2 | 1,654,306,662 | 1,654,298,750 | 7 | 6 | begin each scene with the POV character in pursuit of a goal. end each scene on a dilemma for the POV character, a problem that *forces* the hero to make a decision and take action. never give them what they want, unless you raise another problem. the decision leads to a new goal that goes to the next scene, and a new dilemma. repeat repeat repeat. this causes each scene to link to the next logically and centered on the hero, and ideally keeps the pages turning for the reader. this advice is from a wonderful old book called Techniques of the Selling Writer, by Dwight V. Swain. it's still in print, you can get a copy cheap. | Try to write everything through your character’s eyes, actions and thoughts. That’s all to novel writing, but at the same time, it’s extremely hard. So it’s instead of saying there’s a table in the middle of the room, say your MC sits down at the table in the middle of the room. Basically avoid describing anything in isolation. It always has something to do with your characters. When it comes to describing feelings, don’t use feeling adjectives. Don’t try to jump to conclusion or summarize things. So don’t say she struggles to go down the stairs, show us what she does that gives you the impression that she struggles. This doesn’t mean you have to give every detail. Just choose one or two specific details, and it should be good. | 1 | 7,912 | 1.166667 | ||
v4bi2k | writing_train | 0.76 | Writing my first fantasy novel, any tips? Hello, potential new friends or nemeses! I'm not really sure how to preface this. One day, while reading Guy Gavriel Kay's "Last Light of the Sun", and having read maybe 12 books my whole life in the fantasy genre, a random burst of inspiration hit me. What if I took my years of playing D&D and fused it with my love of honest-to-goodness mythology (good clean fun, as far as I'm concerned), and wrote a damn fantasy novel? What's the problem with that? Well, the problem is this: I've never written more than a short story. Could anyone give me tips as a new writer? I will pay you in upvotes. | ib3qswp | ib3ktyj | 1,654,306,662 | 1,654,303,216 | 7 | 6 | begin each scene with the POV character in pursuit of a goal. end each scene on a dilemma for the POV character, a problem that *forces* the hero to make a decision and take action. never give them what they want, unless you raise another problem. the decision leads to a new goal that goes to the next scene, and a new dilemma. repeat repeat repeat. this causes each scene to link to the next logically and centered on the hero, and ideally keeps the pages turning for the reader. this advice is from a wonderful old book called Techniques of the Selling Writer, by Dwight V. Swain. it's still in print, you can get a copy cheap. | Write everyday. | 1 | 3,446 | 1.166667 | ||
v4bi2k | writing_train | 0.76 | Writing my first fantasy novel, any tips? Hello, potential new friends or nemeses! I'm not really sure how to preface this. One day, while reading Guy Gavriel Kay's "Last Light of the Sun", and having read maybe 12 books my whole life in the fantasy genre, a random burst of inspiration hit me. What if I took my years of playing D&D and fused it with my love of honest-to-goodness mythology (good clean fun, as far as I'm concerned), and wrote a damn fantasy novel? What's the problem with that? Well, the problem is this: I've never written more than a short story. Could anyone give me tips as a new writer? I will pay you in upvotes. | ib46g2t | ib44zqq | 1,654,316,571 | 1,654,315,532 | 3 | 2 | I would encourage you to start small and work your way up. You know the saying "your eyes are larger than your stomach"? A lot of people are like that with writing. Many people start novels without having written many stories before, and they either burn out or are disappointed that their skill can't match their ambitions and end up ragequitting (I did something extremely similar, but with music, so I can attest to how painful this is). Short stories and short fiction are an excellent way to get your feet wet and see whether writing fiction is something you can get into. They're easy to read, easy for people to critique, and they keep your motivation up because they don't take long to write. In the process you might find that you actually don't like writing fiction all that much, and that's totally fine. At least you found that out before you sank hundreds of hours into a massive unfinished project. (I should also add that not all writing needs to be epic or grand in scope. A well-written short story beats a sloppy novel any day of the week. There's no shame in doing something small or simple.) You will probably not be able to fully complete your vision for the novel anytime soon, and that's ok. Maybe take a subplot of your planned novel and just focus on that. Or create a self-contained short story with a simple premise. Just don't try to climb Mount Everest with only a water bottle and a backpack. | As some others have said, read some more, I remember a line from a movie, don't remember which one, but a writer was receiving a reward and he said, "The key to writing great literature, is reading great literature and then forgetting where you read it." That being said, don't plagiarize, but learn from example. Lots of wonderful lit out there, especially for a fellow D&Der, read some R.A. Salvatore about Drizzt, or any number of other great fantasy novels out there. I would say that since you have only written short stories, try to plan it out. Take your hero (or villain, everyone loves a good antihero) and lay out a rough storyline, and then build around it, give shape to the world you envision. Sadly I've come across a lot of books that, while starting off great, failed in the middle and I can only guess they were lost for how the Hero was supposed to go from A to B. With a little fore thought, that can easily be avoided. Writing what you love to read is an incredible joy, so bring that world to life. | 1 | 1,039 | 1.5 | ||
v4bi2k | writing_train | 0.76 | Writing my first fantasy novel, any tips? Hello, potential new friends or nemeses! I'm not really sure how to preface this. One day, while reading Guy Gavriel Kay's "Last Light of the Sun", and having read maybe 12 books my whole life in the fantasy genre, a random burst of inspiration hit me. What if I took my years of playing D&D and fused it with my love of honest-to-goodness mythology (good clean fun, as far as I'm concerned), and wrote a damn fantasy novel? What's the problem with that? Well, the problem is this: I've never written more than a short story. Could anyone give me tips as a new writer? I will pay you in upvotes. | ib44zqq | ib47twt | 1,654,315,532 | 1,654,317,585 | 2 | 3 | As some others have said, read some more, I remember a line from a movie, don't remember which one, but a writer was receiving a reward and he said, "The key to writing great literature, is reading great literature and then forgetting where you read it." That being said, don't plagiarize, but learn from example. Lots of wonderful lit out there, especially for a fellow D&Der, read some R.A. Salvatore about Drizzt, or any number of other great fantasy novels out there. I would say that since you have only written short stories, try to plan it out. Take your hero (or villain, everyone loves a good antihero) and lay out a rough storyline, and then build around it, give shape to the world you envision. Sadly I've come across a lot of books that, while starting off great, failed in the middle and I can only guess they were lost for how the Hero was supposed to go from A to B. With a little fore thought, that can easily be avoided. Writing what you love to read is an incredible joy, so bring that world to life. | Incorporate the details you witness every day in your life. Feather reality in to your research to make your fantasy real. | 0 | 2,053 | 1.5 | ||
v4bi2k | writing_train | 0.76 | Writing my first fantasy novel, any tips? Hello, potential new friends or nemeses! I'm not really sure how to preface this. One day, while reading Guy Gavriel Kay's "Last Light of the Sun", and having read maybe 12 books my whole life in the fantasy genre, a random burst of inspiration hit me. What if I took my years of playing D&D and fused it with my love of honest-to-goodness mythology (good clean fun, as far as I'm concerned), and wrote a damn fantasy novel? What's the problem with that? Well, the problem is this: I've never written more than a short story. Could anyone give me tips as a new writer? I will pay you in upvotes. | ib44zqq | ib4eh60 | 1,654,315,532 | 1,654,322,961 | 2 | 3 | As some others have said, read some more, I remember a line from a movie, don't remember which one, but a writer was receiving a reward and he said, "The key to writing great literature, is reading great literature and then forgetting where you read it." That being said, don't plagiarize, but learn from example. Lots of wonderful lit out there, especially for a fellow D&Der, read some R.A. Salvatore about Drizzt, or any number of other great fantasy novels out there. I would say that since you have only written short stories, try to plan it out. Take your hero (or villain, everyone loves a good antihero) and lay out a rough storyline, and then build around it, give shape to the world you envision. Sadly I've come across a lot of books that, while starting off great, failed in the middle and I can only guess they were lost for how the Hero was supposed to go from A to B. With a little fore thought, that can easily be avoided. Writing what you love to read is an incredible joy, so bring that world to life. | I made this same decision about 2 years ago, and I've been researching and reading and planning ever since (and loving it!). I think you need to ask yourself what approach you want to take: 1. You can just sit down and just start writing with what you have in your brain right now, and your first book will be really awful, and the one after that too, but you'll learn a little bit each book you write. Then after writing about 10 books, you might be good. This is the Brandon Sanderson approach. 2. The other way is to learn how to write before you write your first novel. That's the approach I am taking, because I just don't think I could bear wasting 10 books worth of awesome ideas, and several years, on books that are rubbish (I guess you could recycle the ideas from the rubbish books, but then you'll be writing the same scenes over and over... anyway). For me personally, I think it makes more sense to learn how to write before I dive in, because that's how we do everything else, like painting, music, archery, swimming, etc. We always learn first, practice in tiny chunks over and over again, then produce the masterpiece/perform a concert/enter a competition, *after* we are proficient. To learn how to write, you can read up on things like characterisation, plot, descriptive writing, writing dialogue, themes, worldbuilding, prose, etc etc. You can read the best fantasy out there to get an idea of what you are aiming for. You can even learn from the great writers by copying out chunks of their work. Then practice by writing your own sentences, paragraphs, and short stories, and compare them to the greats. My theory is, if you do all this before you start your first novel, it will be way better than if you just dive in - you'll have a massive head-start. I've seen so many people on reddit posting the first chapter of the complete trilogy they've written, and it's nearly unreadable. It just breaks my heart that people went ahead and spent three years writing a whole trilogy without really knowing how to write. It seems like such a waste of time. But then again, Brandon Sanderson wrote heaps of novels before he wrote a good one, so that's definitely a way that you can go. I guess it comes down to what sort of learning you prefer - tonnes of writing vs more reading and thinking. In the end, we probably have to do both, so it's a question of what order we do it in, and how much of each. In the end it's up to you - happy writing! | 0 | 7,429 | 1.5 | ||
v4bi2k | writing_train | 0.76 | Writing my first fantasy novel, any tips? Hello, potential new friends or nemeses! I'm not really sure how to preface this. One day, while reading Guy Gavriel Kay's "Last Light of the Sun", and having read maybe 12 books my whole life in the fantasy genre, a random burst of inspiration hit me. What if I took my years of playing D&D and fused it with my love of honest-to-goodness mythology (good clean fun, as far as I'm concerned), and wrote a damn fantasy novel? What's the problem with that? Well, the problem is this: I've never written more than a short story. Could anyone give me tips as a new writer? I will pay you in upvotes. | ib4eh60 | ib48sap | 1,654,322,961 | 1,654,318,296 | 3 | 1 | I made this same decision about 2 years ago, and I've been researching and reading and planning ever since (and loving it!). I think you need to ask yourself what approach you want to take: 1. You can just sit down and just start writing with what you have in your brain right now, and your first book will be really awful, and the one after that too, but you'll learn a little bit each book you write. Then after writing about 10 books, you might be good. This is the Brandon Sanderson approach. 2. The other way is to learn how to write before you write your first novel. That's the approach I am taking, because I just don't think I could bear wasting 10 books worth of awesome ideas, and several years, on books that are rubbish (I guess you could recycle the ideas from the rubbish books, but then you'll be writing the same scenes over and over... anyway). For me personally, I think it makes more sense to learn how to write before I dive in, because that's how we do everything else, like painting, music, archery, swimming, etc. We always learn first, practice in tiny chunks over and over again, then produce the masterpiece/perform a concert/enter a competition, *after* we are proficient. To learn how to write, you can read up on things like characterisation, plot, descriptive writing, writing dialogue, themes, worldbuilding, prose, etc etc. You can read the best fantasy out there to get an idea of what you are aiming for. You can even learn from the great writers by copying out chunks of their work. Then practice by writing your own sentences, paragraphs, and short stories, and compare them to the greats. My theory is, if you do all this before you start your first novel, it will be way better than if you just dive in - you'll have a massive head-start. I've seen so many people on reddit posting the first chapter of the complete trilogy they've written, and it's nearly unreadable. It just breaks my heart that people went ahead and spent three years writing a whole trilogy without really knowing how to write. It seems like such a waste of time. But then again, Brandon Sanderson wrote heaps of novels before he wrote a good one, so that's definitely a way that you can go. I guess it comes down to what sort of learning you prefer - tonnes of writing vs more reading and thinking. In the end, we probably have to do both, so it's a question of what order we do it in, and how much of each. In the end it's up to you - happy writing! | Go in with zero expectations. Just rough it out and play around with ideas. Your world and what not can all be straightened out as you go especially with future drafts. First draft can and should be just for fun in this situation. You can play around with style and ideas then start fine tuning. | 1 | 4,665 | 3 | ||
v4bi2k | writing_train | 0.76 | Writing my first fantasy novel, any tips? Hello, potential new friends or nemeses! I'm not really sure how to preface this. One day, while reading Guy Gavriel Kay's "Last Light of the Sun", and having read maybe 12 books my whole life in the fantasy genre, a random burst of inspiration hit me. What if I took my years of playing D&D and fused it with my love of honest-to-goodness mythology (good clean fun, as far as I'm concerned), and wrote a damn fantasy novel? What's the problem with that? Well, the problem is this: I've never written more than a short story. Could anyone give me tips as a new writer? I will pay you in upvotes. | ib4nf2o | ib44zqq | 1,654,331,667 | 1,654,315,532 | 3 | 2 | Learn about plot structure, POV, appropriate dialogue formatting, and pretty much everything else you can about writing. I recommend Brandon Sander's university videos and the Writing Excuses Podcasts to start. The Film Courage YouTube channel is filled with film creators who often talk about story structure as well, and I've found that valuable, too. | As some others have said, read some more, I remember a line from a movie, don't remember which one, but a writer was receiving a reward and he said, "The key to writing great literature, is reading great literature and then forgetting where you read it." That being said, don't plagiarize, but learn from example. Lots of wonderful lit out there, especially for a fellow D&Der, read some R.A. Salvatore about Drizzt, or any number of other great fantasy novels out there. I would say that since you have only written short stories, try to plan it out. Take your hero (or villain, everyone loves a good antihero) and lay out a rough storyline, and then build around it, give shape to the world you envision. Sadly I've come across a lot of books that, while starting off great, failed in the middle and I can only guess they were lost for how the Hero was supposed to go from A to B. With a little fore thought, that can easily be avoided. Writing what you love to read is an incredible joy, so bring that world to life. | 1 | 16,135 | 1.5 | ||
v4bi2k | writing_train | 0.76 | Writing my first fantasy novel, any tips? Hello, potential new friends or nemeses! I'm not really sure how to preface this. One day, while reading Guy Gavriel Kay's "Last Light of the Sun", and having read maybe 12 books my whole life in the fantasy genre, a random burst of inspiration hit me. What if I took my years of playing D&D and fused it with my love of honest-to-goodness mythology (good clean fun, as far as I'm concerned), and wrote a damn fantasy novel? What's the problem with that? Well, the problem is this: I've never written more than a short story. Could anyone give me tips as a new writer? I will pay you in upvotes. | ib48sap | ib4nf2o | 1,654,318,296 | 1,654,331,667 | 1 | 3 | Go in with zero expectations. Just rough it out and play around with ideas. Your world and what not can all be straightened out as you go especially with future drafts. First draft can and should be just for fun in this situation. You can play around with style and ideas then start fine tuning. | Learn about plot structure, POV, appropriate dialogue formatting, and pretty much everything else you can about writing. I recommend Brandon Sander's university videos and the Writing Excuses Podcasts to start. The Film Courage YouTube channel is filled with film creators who often talk about story structure as well, and I've found that valuable, too. | 0 | 13,371 | 3 | ||
v4bi2k | writing_train | 0.76 | Writing my first fantasy novel, any tips? Hello, potential new friends or nemeses! I'm not really sure how to preface this. One day, while reading Guy Gavriel Kay's "Last Light of the Sun", and having read maybe 12 books my whole life in the fantasy genre, a random burst of inspiration hit me. What if I took my years of playing D&D and fused it with my love of honest-to-goodness mythology (good clean fun, as far as I'm concerned), and wrote a damn fantasy novel? What's the problem with that? Well, the problem is this: I've never written more than a short story. Could anyone give me tips as a new writer? I will pay you in upvotes. | ib4nf2o | ib4khgo | 1,654,331,667 | 1,654,328,645 | 3 | -3 | Learn about plot structure, POV, appropriate dialogue formatting, and pretty much everything else you can about writing. I recommend Brandon Sander's university videos and the Writing Excuses Podcasts to start. The Film Courage YouTube channel is filled with film creators who often talk about story structure as well, and I've found that valuable, too. | First tip is spend some time writing some fantasy short stories before plunging into a novel. That’s like saying you want to run a marathon but you’ve never even ran 100m before. | 1 | 3,022 | -1 | ||
v4bi2k | writing_train | 0.76 | Writing my first fantasy novel, any tips? Hello, potential new friends or nemeses! I'm not really sure how to preface this. One day, while reading Guy Gavriel Kay's "Last Light of the Sun", and having read maybe 12 books my whole life in the fantasy genre, a random burst of inspiration hit me. What if I took my years of playing D&D and fused it with my love of honest-to-goodness mythology (good clean fun, as far as I'm concerned), and wrote a damn fantasy novel? What's the problem with that? Well, the problem is this: I've never written more than a short story. Could anyone give me tips as a new writer? I will pay you in upvotes. | ib4v9qh | ib44zqq | 1,654,339,681 | 1,654,315,532 | 3 | 2 | 1.) Read books from your genre!! 2.) Don’t get stuck researching or planning. Some people are more in love with their ideas than writing. GET TO WRITING!! 3.) Do not edit while you write!! It’s hard, it’s tempting. I know. But do not! Your words might not match the vision in your head—that’s okay!! It’s a rough draft. When you’re done you can edit as much as you like. 4.) Understand whether you’re a pantser (write as you go) or an architect (plan ahead). For some pantsers, extensive outlining can dull your process. 5.) Look up the appropriate word count and estimated number of chapters for your genre. This will give you a goal to work towards. 6.) It won’t happen overnight but the more you write each day the faster you’ll have that rough draft. 7.) Hangout in this subreddit for tips. But don’t let negatives discourage you. Keep writing. | As some others have said, read some more, I remember a line from a movie, don't remember which one, but a writer was receiving a reward and he said, "The key to writing great literature, is reading great literature and then forgetting where you read it." That being said, don't plagiarize, but learn from example. Lots of wonderful lit out there, especially for a fellow D&Der, read some R.A. Salvatore about Drizzt, or any number of other great fantasy novels out there. I would say that since you have only written short stories, try to plan it out. Take your hero (or villain, everyone loves a good antihero) and lay out a rough storyline, and then build around it, give shape to the world you envision. Sadly I've come across a lot of books that, while starting off great, failed in the middle and I can only guess they were lost for how the Hero was supposed to go from A to B. With a little fore thought, that can easily be avoided. Writing what you love to read is an incredible joy, so bring that world to life. | 1 | 24,149 | 1.5 | ||
v4bi2k | writing_train | 0.76 | Writing my first fantasy novel, any tips? Hello, potential new friends or nemeses! I'm not really sure how to preface this. One day, while reading Guy Gavriel Kay's "Last Light of the Sun", and having read maybe 12 books my whole life in the fantasy genre, a random burst of inspiration hit me. What if I took my years of playing D&D and fused it with my love of honest-to-goodness mythology (good clean fun, as far as I'm concerned), and wrote a damn fantasy novel? What's the problem with that? Well, the problem is this: I've never written more than a short story. Could anyone give me tips as a new writer? I will pay you in upvotes. | ib4rjio | ib4v9qh | 1,654,335,992 | 1,654,339,681 | 2 | 3 | Fantasy stories tend to be big, so you best prepare yourself for a long journey. Don't prioritize worldbuilding over characters and plot, let the latter reveal the former slowly. And try to really think outside the boundaries set by Tolkien and D&D: create new creatures, mix genres, be wild and crazy. Fantasy isn't goblins, elves and orcs, it's a whole ocean compared to that tiny lake. | 1.) Read books from your genre!! 2.) Don’t get stuck researching or planning. Some people are more in love with their ideas than writing. GET TO WRITING!! 3.) Do not edit while you write!! It’s hard, it’s tempting. I know. But do not! Your words might not match the vision in your head—that’s okay!! It’s a rough draft. When you’re done you can edit as much as you like. 4.) Understand whether you’re a pantser (write as you go) or an architect (plan ahead). For some pantsers, extensive outlining can dull your process. 5.) Look up the appropriate word count and estimated number of chapters for your genre. This will give you a goal to work towards. 6.) It won’t happen overnight but the more you write each day the faster you’ll have that rough draft. 7.) Hangout in this subreddit for tips. But don’t let negatives discourage you. Keep writing. | 0 | 3,689 | 1.5 | ||
v4bi2k | writing_train | 0.76 | Writing my first fantasy novel, any tips? Hello, potential new friends or nemeses! I'm not really sure how to preface this. One day, while reading Guy Gavriel Kay's "Last Light of the Sun", and having read maybe 12 books my whole life in the fantasy genre, a random burst of inspiration hit me. What if I took my years of playing D&D and fused it with my love of honest-to-goodness mythology (good clean fun, as far as I'm concerned), and wrote a damn fantasy novel? What's the problem with that? Well, the problem is this: I've never written more than a short story. Could anyone give me tips as a new writer? I will pay you in upvotes. | ib48sap | ib4v9qh | 1,654,318,296 | 1,654,339,681 | 1 | 3 | Go in with zero expectations. Just rough it out and play around with ideas. Your world and what not can all be straightened out as you go especially with future drafts. First draft can and should be just for fun in this situation. You can play around with style and ideas then start fine tuning. | 1.) Read books from your genre!! 2.) Don’t get stuck researching or planning. Some people are more in love with their ideas than writing. GET TO WRITING!! 3.) Do not edit while you write!! It’s hard, it’s tempting. I know. But do not! Your words might not match the vision in your head—that’s okay!! It’s a rough draft. When you’re done you can edit as much as you like. 4.) Understand whether you’re a pantser (write as you go) or an architect (plan ahead). For some pantsers, extensive outlining can dull your process. 5.) Look up the appropriate word count and estimated number of chapters for your genre. This will give you a goal to work towards. 6.) It won’t happen overnight but the more you write each day the faster you’ll have that rough draft. 7.) Hangout in this subreddit for tips. But don’t let negatives discourage you. Keep writing. | 0 | 21,385 | 3 | ||
v4bi2k | writing_train | 0.76 | Writing my first fantasy novel, any tips? Hello, potential new friends or nemeses! I'm not really sure how to preface this. One day, while reading Guy Gavriel Kay's "Last Light of the Sun", and having read maybe 12 books my whole life in the fantasy genre, a random burst of inspiration hit me. What if I took my years of playing D&D and fused it with my love of honest-to-goodness mythology (good clean fun, as far as I'm concerned), and wrote a damn fantasy novel? What's the problem with that? Well, the problem is this: I've never written more than a short story. Could anyone give me tips as a new writer? I will pay you in upvotes. | ib4v9qh | ib4khgo | 1,654,339,681 | 1,654,328,645 | 3 | -3 | 1.) Read books from your genre!! 2.) Don’t get stuck researching or planning. Some people are more in love with their ideas than writing. GET TO WRITING!! 3.) Do not edit while you write!! It’s hard, it’s tempting. I know. But do not! Your words might not match the vision in your head—that’s okay!! It’s a rough draft. When you’re done you can edit as much as you like. 4.) Understand whether you’re a pantser (write as you go) or an architect (plan ahead). For some pantsers, extensive outlining can dull your process. 5.) Look up the appropriate word count and estimated number of chapters for your genre. This will give you a goal to work towards. 6.) It won’t happen overnight but the more you write each day the faster you’ll have that rough draft. 7.) Hangout in this subreddit for tips. But don’t let negatives discourage you. Keep writing. | First tip is spend some time writing some fantasy short stories before plunging into a novel. That’s like saying you want to run a marathon but you’ve never even ran 100m before. | 1 | 11,036 | -1 | ||
v4bi2k | writing_train | 0.76 | Writing my first fantasy novel, any tips? Hello, potential new friends or nemeses! I'm not really sure how to preface this. One day, while reading Guy Gavriel Kay's "Last Light of the Sun", and having read maybe 12 books my whole life in the fantasy genre, a random burst of inspiration hit me. What if I took my years of playing D&D and fused it with my love of honest-to-goodness mythology (good clean fun, as far as I'm concerned), and wrote a damn fantasy novel? What's the problem with that? Well, the problem is this: I've never written more than a short story. Could anyone give me tips as a new writer? I will pay you in upvotes. | ib48sap | ib4rjio | 1,654,318,296 | 1,654,335,992 | 1 | 2 | Go in with zero expectations. Just rough it out and play around with ideas. Your world and what not can all be straightened out as you go especially with future drafts. First draft can and should be just for fun in this situation. You can play around with style and ideas then start fine tuning. | Fantasy stories tend to be big, so you best prepare yourself for a long journey. Don't prioritize worldbuilding over characters and plot, let the latter reveal the former slowly. And try to really think outside the boundaries set by Tolkien and D&D: create new creatures, mix genres, be wild and crazy. Fantasy isn't goblins, elves and orcs, it's a whole ocean compared to that tiny lake. | 0 | 17,696 | 2 | ||
v4bi2k | writing_train | 0.76 | Writing my first fantasy novel, any tips? Hello, potential new friends or nemeses! I'm not really sure how to preface this. One day, while reading Guy Gavriel Kay's "Last Light of the Sun", and having read maybe 12 books my whole life in the fantasy genre, a random burst of inspiration hit me. What if I took my years of playing D&D and fused it with my love of honest-to-goodness mythology (good clean fun, as far as I'm concerned), and wrote a damn fantasy novel? What's the problem with that? Well, the problem is this: I've never written more than a short story. Could anyone give me tips as a new writer? I will pay you in upvotes. | ib4khgo | ib4rjio | 1,654,328,645 | 1,654,335,992 | -3 | 2 | First tip is spend some time writing some fantasy short stories before plunging into a novel. That’s like saying you want to run a marathon but you’ve never even ran 100m before. | Fantasy stories tend to be big, so you best prepare yourself for a long journey. Don't prioritize worldbuilding over characters and plot, let the latter reveal the former slowly. And try to really think outside the boundaries set by Tolkien and D&D: create new creatures, mix genres, be wild and crazy. Fantasy isn't goblins, elves and orcs, it's a whole ocean compared to that tiny lake. | 0 | 7,347 | -0.666667 | ||
v4bi2k | writing_train | 0.76 | Writing my first fantasy novel, any tips? Hello, potential new friends or nemeses! I'm not really sure how to preface this. One day, while reading Guy Gavriel Kay's "Last Light of the Sun", and having read maybe 12 books my whole life in the fantasy genre, a random burst of inspiration hit me. What if I took my years of playing D&D and fused it with my love of honest-to-goodness mythology (good clean fun, as far as I'm concerned), and wrote a damn fantasy novel? What's the problem with that? Well, the problem is this: I've never written more than a short story. Could anyone give me tips as a new writer? I will pay you in upvotes. | ib48sap | ib4vnod | 1,654,318,296 | 1,654,340,038 | 1 | 2 | Go in with zero expectations. Just rough it out and play around with ideas. Your world and what not can all be straightened out as you go especially with future drafts. First draft can and should be just for fun in this situation. You can play around with style and ideas then start fine tuning. | The same way I know I'm really hungry. | 0 | 21,742 | 2 | ||
v4bi2k | writing_train | 0.76 | Writing my first fantasy novel, any tips? Hello, potential new friends or nemeses! I'm not really sure how to preface this. One day, while reading Guy Gavriel Kay's "Last Light of the Sun", and having read maybe 12 books my whole life in the fantasy genre, a random burst of inspiration hit me. What if I took my years of playing D&D and fused it with my love of honest-to-goodness mythology (good clean fun, as far as I'm concerned), and wrote a damn fantasy novel? What's the problem with that? Well, the problem is this: I've never written more than a short story. Could anyone give me tips as a new writer? I will pay you in upvotes. | ib4vnod | ib4khgo | 1,654,340,038 | 1,654,328,645 | 2 | -3 | The same way I know I'm really hungry. | First tip is spend some time writing some fantasy short stories before plunging into a novel. That’s like saying you want to run a marathon but you’ve never even ran 100m before. | 1 | 11,393 | -0.666667 | ||
v4bi2k | writing_train | 0.76 | Writing my first fantasy novel, any tips? Hello, potential new friends or nemeses! I'm not really sure how to preface this. One day, while reading Guy Gavriel Kay's "Last Light of the Sun", and having read maybe 12 books my whole life in the fantasy genre, a random burst of inspiration hit me. What if I took my years of playing D&D and fused it with my love of honest-to-goodness mythology (good clean fun, as far as I'm concerned), and wrote a damn fantasy novel? What's the problem with that? Well, the problem is this: I've never written more than a short story. Could anyone give me tips as a new writer? I will pay you in upvotes. | ib5axru | ib4khgo | 1,654,351,351 | 1,654,328,645 | 1 | -3 | Ask friends to read aloud the names of your characters to see how readers will pronounce them. | First tip is spend some time writing some fantasy short stories before plunging into a novel. That’s like saying you want to run a marathon but you’ve never even ran 100m before. | 1 | 22,706 | -0.333333 | ||
v4bi2k | writing_train | 0.76 | Writing my first fantasy novel, any tips? Hello, potential new friends or nemeses! I'm not really sure how to preface this. One day, while reading Guy Gavriel Kay's "Last Light of the Sun", and having read maybe 12 books my whole life in the fantasy genre, a random burst of inspiration hit me. What if I took my years of playing D&D and fused it with my love of honest-to-goodness mythology (good clean fun, as far as I'm concerned), and wrote a damn fantasy novel? What's the problem with that? Well, the problem is this: I've never written more than a short story. Could anyone give me tips as a new writer? I will pay you in upvotes. | ib64r6m | ib4khgo | 1,654,367,451 | 1,654,328,645 | 1 | -3 | Start by creating more goals and conflicts for characters within a short story. | First tip is spend some time writing some fantasy short stories before plunging into a novel. That’s like saying you want to run a marathon but you’ve never even ran 100m before. | 1 | 38,806 | -0.333333 | ||
v4bi2k | writing_train | 0.76 | Writing my first fantasy novel, any tips? Hello, potential new friends or nemeses! I'm not really sure how to preface this. One day, while reading Guy Gavriel Kay's "Last Light of the Sun", and having read maybe 12 books my whole life in the fantasy genre, a random burst of inspiration hit me. What if I took my years of playing D&D and fused it with my love of honest-to-goodness mythology (good clean fun, as far as I'm concerned), and wrote a damn fantasy novel? What's the problem with that? Well, the problem is this: I've never written more than a short story. Could anyone give me tips as a new writer? I will pay you in upvotes. | ib4khgo | ib6j4xk | 1,654,328,645 | 1,654,375,297 | -3 | 1 | First tip is spend some time writing some fantasy short stories before plunging into a novel. That’s like saying you want to run a marathon but you’ve never even ran 100m before. | When starting, I would establish world building. Introduce your reader to characters a power system or setting to invest your reader. Next introduce subtle hints about your villain. Of course I have no clue about fantasy but those could be of some use | 0 | 46,652 | -0.333333 | ||
v4bi2k | writing_train | 0.76 | Writing my first fantasy novel, any tips? Hello, potential new friends or nemeses! I'm not really sure how to preface this. One day, while reading Guy Gavriel Kay's "Last Light of the Sun", and having read maybe 12 books my whole life in the fantasy genre, a random burst of inspiration hit me. What if I took my years of playing D&D and fused it with my love of honest-to-goodness mythology (good clean fun, as far as I'm concerned), and wrote a damn fantasy novel? What's the problem with that? Well, the problem is this: I've never written more than a short story. Could anyone give me tips as a new writer? I will pay you in upvotes. | ib7o7y1 | ib4khgo | 1,654,397,879 | 1,654,328,645 | 1 | -3 | ★Take every single piece of advice you're given with a grain of salt and do what your heart tells you to. ★Read books you enjoy and while reading take notes of the things you enjoy about the book and the things you dislike about it (I don't know about you but it helps me figure out what I like about a book and how I want to write my book, like for example, I don't like to put many gerunds (-ing) in my story 'cause I feel like they slow it down. And I wouldn't have figured that out if I hadn't read books I like and bad books that make me wanna cringe😬 and barf🤮) ★I'll assume that you have scene ideas in mind by now; write them down because they'll help you later on when you're in a slump and you're all out of ideas, you can go back to your first ever badly written scenes and rewrite them. That's what I do now. | First tip is spend some time writing some fantasy short stories before plunging into a novel. That’s like saying you want to run a marathon but you’ve never even ran 100m before. | 1 | 69,234 | -0.333333 | ||
xyxb8b | writing_train | 0.67 | I want to start writing but don't know how Hello everyone I 20(F) used to be an avid reader since my childhood and was a decent writer I could write on any topic without any issue. Fast forward my last two years of highschool, due to some reasons that I won't mention, my reading habit broke and I couldn't write. Now, It's as if I've forgotten how I did it, the way I used figurative language and other stuff. So I want really really basic level writing advice as absolute beginner. Apart from reading should I study figurative language again. I am especially interested in writing flash fiction, short stories etc...sooo should I write random essays to practice it? I have ideas, my stories are complete in my imagination I just don't know how to write em in a way that the reader would enjoy. I cannot even write two fiction sentences together. Any advice/encouragement would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!! | irj4mzv | irj4t9m | 1,665,247,483 | 1,665,247,566 | -3 | 4 | It's your morass. climb out of it. | I think everybody has this problem, at least everybody who isn't thoroughly skilled in this. I find that when I'm having a problem writing I try not to look at the big picture. Consider a small scene, write a small part of it. Find a short term goal toward which you can bring a character(s) to. Somewhere between the beginning and the end it'd be nice if there was a conflict. Don't expect perfection, learn to love the process. | 0 | 83 | -1.333333 | ||
xyxb8b | writing_train | 0.67 | I want to start writing but don't know how Hello everyone I 20(F) used to be an avid reader since my childhood and was a decent writer I could write on any topic without any issue. Fast forward my last two years of highschool, due to some reasons that I won't mention, my reading habit broke and I couldn't write. Now, It's as if I've forgotten how I did it, the way I used figurative language and other stuff. So I want really really basic level writing advice as absolute beginner. Apart from reading should I study figurative language again. I am especially interested in writing flash fiction, short stories etc...sooo should I write random essays to practice it? I have ideas, my stories are complete in my imagination I just don't know how to write em in a way that the reader would enjoy. I cannot even write two fiction sentences together. Any advice/encouragement would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!! | irj4mzv | irj59m6 | 1,665,247,483 | 1,665,247,779 | -3 | 3 | It's your morass. climb out of it. | In terms of practical advice, there are a number of podcasts that can walk you through the basic building blocks of plot, dialogue, structure, characterization, etc. I don’t have one in particular to recommend but just would say to go on Spotify (or your preferred platform) and search for writing podcasts. There are quite a few out there for different types of writing and levels of experience. | 0 | 296 | -1 | ||
xyxb8b | writing_train | 0.67 | I want to start writing but don't know how Hello everyone I 20(F) used to be an avid reader since my childhood and was a decent writer I could write on any topic without any issue. Fast forward my last two years of highschool, due to some reasons that I won't mention, my reading habit broke and I couldn't write. Now, It's as if I've forgotten how I did it, the way I used figurative language and other stuff. So I want really really basic level writing advice as absolute beginner. Apart from reading should I study figurative language again. I am especially interested in writing flash fiction, short stories etc...sooo should I write random essays to practice it? I have ideas, my stories are complete in my imagination I just don't know how to write em in a way that the reader would enjoy. I cannot even write two fiction sentences together. Any advice/encouragement would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!! | irj7284 | irj4mzv | 1,665,248,607 | 1,665,247,483 | 3 | -3 | You could hop into any of the sub reddits that have writing prompts. The stories don't have to be great or even very long. Just follow the broadest strokes of the prompts. I've found that even if I don't agree with what's originally prompted I can still write something vaguely interesting. Heck I've even been told to write more after a few stories that I thought where stupid and probably pointless. My personal favorite is r/humansarespaceorcs. Though I've just recently found out about r/humansarespacebards. Which terrifys me after all of the dnd memes. | It's your morass. climb out of it. | 1 | 1,124 | -1 | ||
xyxb8b | writing_train | 0.67 | I want to start writing but don't know how Hello everyone I 20(F) used to be an avid reader since my childhood and was a decent writer I could write on any topic without any issue. Fast forward my last two years of highschool, due to some reasons that I won't mention, my reading habit broke and I couldn't write. Now, It's as if I've forgotten how I did it, the way I used figurative language and other stuff. So I want really really basic level writing advice as absolute beginner. Apart from reading should I study figurative language again. I am especially interested in writing flash fiction, short stories etc...sooo should I write random essays to practice it? I have ideas, my stories are complete in my imagination I just don't know how to write em in a way that the reader would enjoy. I cannot even write two fiction sentences together. Any advice/encouragement would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!! | irj4mzv | irj9wk8 | 1,665,247,483 | 1,665,249,945 | -3 | 2 | It's your morass. climb out of it. | Try this book https://www.amazon.com/dp/1910198277/ref=tsm_1_fb_lk The Burglar Caught by a Skeleton I used to use it as writing prompts for students. It's just very brief overviews of strange victorian stories that you can choose from, then flesh out/transform, modernise etc. They're all pretty interesting. | 0 | 2,462 | -0.666667 | ||
xyxb8b | writing_train | 0.67 | I want to start writing but don't know how Hello everyone I 20(F) used to be an avid reader since my childhood and was a decent writer I could write on any topic without any issue. Fast forward my last two years of highschool, due to some reasons that I won't mention, my reading habit broke and I couldn't write. Now, It's as if I've forgotten how I did it, the way I used figurative language and other stuff. So I want really really basic level writing advice as absolute beginner. Apart from reading should I study figurative language again. I am especially interested in writing flash fiction, short stories etc...sooo should I write random essays to practice it? I have ideas, my stories are complete in my imagination I just don't know how to write em in a way that the reader would enjoy. I cannot even write two fiction sentences together. Any advice/encouragement would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!! | irj4mzv | irv1co8 | 1,665,247,483 | 1,665,471,003 | -3 | 2 | It's your morass. climb out of it. | Read! Look into some writing prompts, perhaps also some free online cw workshops. Also, when you write, start with a moment that moved you, that made you feel alive. Use all of your senses to describe it...there, you are writing. | 0 | 223,520 | -0.666667 | ||
zimkj4 | writing_train | 0.9 | How do I not copy my special interests as an autistic person? If you’re autistic or even some other kind of neurodivergent like me then you obviously know the world of special interests and hyperfixiations. Most of mine are media based, partially fuelled by my other special interest in writing / character making / world building. HOWEVER. My whole life I’ve always fought with these things when it came time for me to be original. I always struggle to not just rip straight from the source material of my special interests, since they essentially consume all my waking thoughts and everything reminds me of them. Any other neurodivergent writers who have also dealt with this interest-originality battle got any tips on how to avoid this and / or make the best of it? | izrqyon | izrrnru | 1,670,753,952 | 1,670,754,560 | 27 | 181 | Have you tried writing fanfiction? That's the one place where it's not only okay but encouraged to lean heavily into the source medium. Plus it's much easier to get readers, because fellow fans of the source are often automatically interested. And no, you don't need to write ships or erotica to get readers with fanfic. There's lots of fanfic without ships that does well. | One of my hyperfixations is cooking. Almost all of my characters cook to some degree. I've got scenes where they lovingly prepare meals for a thousand words, I scratch my itch, generally make myself hungry, and then I nearly cut out the scene leave a sentence or two where it was and transfer it to a special document with all my hyper scenes. I still write them and incorporate them into my characters where they naturally occur but I don't keep them in the finished drafts :) Write what makes you happy | 0 | 608 | 6.703704 | ||
zimkj4 | writing_train | 0.9 | How do I not copy my special interests as an autistic person? If you’re autistic or even some other kind of neurodivergent like me then you obviously know the world of special interests and hyperfixiations. Most of mine are media based, partially fuelled by my other special interest in writing / character making / world building. HOWEVER. My whole life I’ve always fought with these things when it came time for me to be original. I always struggle to not just rip straight from the source material of my special interests, since they essentially consume all my waking thoughts and everything reminds me of them. Any other neurodivergent writers who have also dealt with this interest-originality battle got any tips on how to avoid this and / or make the best of it? | izrqyon | izrt5wk | 1,670,753,952 | 1,670,755,876 | 27 | 57 | Have you tried writing fanfiction? That's the one place where it's not only okay but encouraged to lean heavily into the source medium. Plus it's much easier to get readers, because fellow fans of the source are often automatically interested. And no, you don't need to write ships or erotica to get readers with fanfic. There's lots of fanfic without ships that does well. | Hyperfixation is a superpower when it comes to writing, so it would be a shame to waste it. If you don't want to reference media directly, use your knowledge to find a cool premise that hasn't been used yet. There's always some gem to be found. Otherwise, branch out and find something non-fiction that catches your interest in the same way as your favourite media. Like how Michael Crichton managed to turn his special interest into successful speculative fiction. | 0 | 1,924 | 2.111111 | ||
zimkj4 | writing_train | 0.9 | How do I not copy my special interests as an autistic person? If you’re autistic or even some other kind of neurodivergent like me then you obviously know the world of special interests and hyperfixiations. Most of mine are media based, partially fuelled by my other special interest in writing / character making / world building. HOWEVER. My whole life I’ve always fought with these things when it came time for me to be original. I always struggle to not just rip straight from the source material of my special interests, since they essentially consume all my waking thoughts and everything reminds me of them. Any other neurodivergent writers who have also dealt with this interest-originality battle got any tips on how to avoid this and / or make the best of it? | izrs527 | izrt5wk | 1,670,754,982 | 1,670,755,876 | 20 | 57 | Obsess over public domain literarute lol | Hyperfixation is a superpower when it comes to writing, so it would be a shame to waste it. If you don't want to reference media directly, use your knowledge to find a cool premise that hasn't been used yet. There's always some gem to be found. Otherwise, branch out and find something non-fiction that catches your interest in the same way as your favourite media. Like how Michael Crichton managed to turn his special interest into successful speculative fiction. | 0 | 894 | 2.85 | ||
zimkj4 | writing_train | 0.9 | How do I not copy my special interests as an autistic person? If you’re autistic or even some other kind of neurodivergent like me then you obviously know the world of special interests and hyperfixiations. Most of mine are media based, partially fuelled by my other special interest in writing / character making / world building. HOWEVER. My whole life I’ve always fought with these things when it came time for me to be original. I always struggle to not just rip straight from the source material of my special interests, since they essentially consume all my waking thoughts and everything reminds me of them. Any other neurodivergent writers who have also dealt with this interest-originality battle got any tips on how to avoid this and / or make the best of it? | izs5quy | izrutjx | 1,670,764,890 | 1,670,757,292 | 12 | 10 | My process is to blatantly copy with different names and motivations, then tweak this and that until it blossoms into its own thing. A recent story of mine is Definitely inspired by playing through Mass Effect 1 again, but it's a fantasy world. And the villain is the Queen, not the secret agent. In fact, the Nihlus character in mine (named Captain Jerrik) lives through the betrayal and helps you. Over time, I'll change enough things that it'll be tough to spot what my inspiration was to begin with. What you like is what you think is good, and thus what you should be making. Then you just do some adjusting as you make it. | Honestly from one autistic to another, just write fanfiction. Seriously, some of the best novels we have out there are fanfiction. Hell even the twilight novels are! What I'm working on now stemmed from a small fanfic/roleplay I did with my BF, and I have a whole series planned based around it! Though sadly, I'll have to change names for copy right, but don't let that stop you! | 1 | 7,598 | 1.2 | ||
zimkj4 | writing_train | 0.9 | How do I not copy my special interests as an autistic person? If you’re autistic or even some other kind of neurodivergent like me then you obviously know the world of special interests and hyperfixiations. Most of mine are media based, partially fuelled by my other special interest in writing / character making / world building. HOWEVER. My whole life I’ve always fought with these things when it came time for me to be original. I always struggle to not just rip straight from the source material of my special interests, since they essentially consume all my waking thoughts and everything reminds me of them. Any other neurodivergent writers who have also dealt with this interest-originality battle got any tips on how to avoid this and / or make the best of it? | izrv0uq | izs5quy | 1,670,757,464 | 1,670,764,890 | 5 | 12 | Do it really. It's okay to do this. Ripping off is okay, copying is not. If you can walk that line, it's fine. | My process is to blatantly copy with different names and motivations, then tweak this and that until it blossoms into its own thing. A recent story of mine is Definitely inspired by playing through Mass Effect 1 again, but it's a fantasy world. And the villain is the Queen, not the secret agent. In fact, the Nihlus character in mine (named Captain Jerrik) lives through the betrayal and helps you. Over time, I'll change enough things that it'll be tough to spot what my inspiration was to begin with. What you like is what you think is good, and thus what you should be making. Then you just do some adjusting as you make it. | 0 | 7,426 | 2.4 | ||
zimkj4 | writing_train | 0.9 | How do I not copy my special interests as an autistic person? If you’re autistic or even some other kind of neurodivergent like me then you obviously know the world of special interests and hyperfixiations. Most of mine are media based, partially fuelled by my other special interest in writing / character making / world building. HOWEVER. My whole life I’ve always fought with these things when it came time for me to be original. I always struggle to not just rip straight from the source material of my special interests, since they essentially consume all my waking thoughts and everything reminds me of them. Any other neurodivergent writers who have also dealt with this interest-originality battle got any tips on how to avoid this and / or make the best of it? | izs1kij | izs5quy | 1,670,762,404 | 1,670,764,890 | 2 | 12 | What if you write a story where characters are pulled into many different worlds and must travel through them to get back home, and every single one of these worlds is a rip off of something? This way your story would have many references. Just don't dwell too much on the worlds your characters visit, show enough so that people get the reference but still focus on the characters' quest and how they develop individualy in this quest. You could have them falling in love with characters from these worlds or taking the spot of the protagonist, completely disrupting the original plot of the story they are visiting and making it more difficult for them to leave it, and at the same time giving you the chance to write a what-if scenario of a story you really like. Like, imagine if one of the protags got into the world of Harry Potter and suddenly became the center of attention, turning Harry Potter a sad and lonely loser. Another one goes into Lord of The Rings and turns out he's a better archer than Legolas. It could even be that they opened a magic book in a library and got sucked into the many stories in the library. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance has a plot that is kind of like that, look it up if you're interested. In short, the main characters are all troubled kids, outcasts who are bullied and with broken down families. They become friends and gather to read an old book. They love the story, and then each one goes home to sleep. When they wake up, they have all been transported into the world of the book. Then the protagonist goes on a quest to find his friends and bring everyone back - only to find out they all seem much happier with this world than the other. Just a suggestion, though. | My process is to blatantly copy with different names and motivations, then tweak this and that until it blossoms into its own thing. A recent story of mine is Definitely inspired by playing through Mass Effect 1 again, but it's a fantasy world. And the villain is the Queen, not the secret agent. In fact, the Nihlus character in mine (named Captain Jerrik) lives through the betrayal and helps you. Over time, I'll change enough things that it'll be tough to spot what my inspiration was to begin with. What you like is what you think is good, and thus what you should be making. Then you just do some adjusting as you make it. | 0 | 2,486 | 6 | ||
zimkj4 | writing_train | 0.9 | How do I not copy my special interests as an autistic person? If you’re autistic or even some other kind of neurodivergent like me then you obviously know the world of special interests and hyperfixiations. Most of mine are media based, partially fuelled by my other special interest in writing / character making / world building. HOWEVER. My whole life I’ve always fought with these things when it came time for me to be original. I always struggle to not just rip straight from the source material of my special interests, since they essentially consume all my waking thoughts and everything reminds me of them. Any other neurodivergent writers who have also dealt with this interest-originality battle got any tips on how to avoid this and / or make the best of it? | izs5quy | izs1q9v | 1,670,764,890 | 1,670,762,508 | 12 | 2 | My process is to blatantly copy with different names and motivations, then tweak this and that until it blossoms into its own thing. A recent story of mine is Definitely inspired by playing through Mass Effect 1 again, but it's a fantasy world. And the villain is the Queen, not the secret agent. In fact, the Nihlus character in mine (named Captain Jerrik) lives through the betrayal and helps you. Over time, I'll change enough things that it'll be tough to spot what my inspiration was to begin with. What you like is what you think is good, and thus what you should be making. Then you just do some adjusting as you make it. | I just go with it, honestly. One of my hyper fixations is tv shows, but since I'm writing fantasy set in 1901 that's a bit hard. So instead I made all my characters bookworms (another hyperfixation is reading, particularly pjo). If you're writing modern fiction, yeah, just use your own interests for your characters. Maybe even make one of them neurodivergent and give them the same hyperfixations as you. | 1 | 2,382 | 6 | ||
zimkj4 | writing_train | 0.9 | How do I not copy my special interests as an autistic person? If you’re autistic or even some other kind of neurodivergent like me then you obviously know the world of special interests and hyperfixiations. Most of mine are media based, partially fuelled by my other special interest in writing / character making / world building. HOWEVER. My whole life I’ve always fought with these things when it came time for me to be original. I always struggle to not just rip straight from the source material of my special interests, since they essentially consume all my waking thoughts and everything reminds me of them. Any other neurodivergent writers who have also dealt with this interest-originality battle got any tips on how to avoid this and / or make the best of it? | izrutjx | izs61xp | 1,670,757,292 | 1,670,765,063 | 10 | 11 | Honestly from one autistic to another, just write fanfiction. Seriously, some of the best novels we have out there are fanfiction. Hell even the twilight novels are! What I'm working on now stemmed from a small fanfic/roleplay I did with my BF, and I have a whole series planned based around it! Though sadly, I'll have to change names for copy right, but don't let that stop you! | I always found that leaning into my special interests allowed it to turn into one hell of a gift, letting me pump out content way faster than I normally would. The biggest thing to remember is that originality isn’t about coming up with new ideas, it’s about remixing what’s already in the world with a fresh twist. The vast majority of stories fall into certain story arcs. Most characters can be compared almost exactly to other ones, eg. Luke skywalker and Harry Potter have shockingly similar stories but nobody thinks of them the same way. The force is just fancy telekinesis and Jedi are just wizards with swords. Omni-man and homelander are both wildly powerful supremacist nutjobs with an unpredictability factor who dominate their show as the main cause of contention and intrigue. Dune is just a Lawrence of Arabia style chosen one story. Basically what I’m saying is that if you’re worried about originality you likely think that you’re writing too close to the thing you’re interested in. Feel free to make things similar so long as you pick elements to change up which if you can blend special interests together you can likely make some really interesting and deep combinations. The depth of your knowledge on those topics is a gift you just gotta start throwing shit together like a mad alchemist until you somehow make gold. I mean even Sauron and Vader take up similar roles. Dark lords who massively influence our main hero, Luke or Frodo, exposing the inner darkness this innocent country boy has which he must now confront in order to not be lured over to the dark lords side. (cough dark side cough) Don’t worry about it too much and use the better parts of yourself to their best ability. I mean what I’m currently writing is such a clusterfuck of inspiration from both the real world and media that I love that it’s a wonder how this abomination is even legible and yet somehow it works! | 0 | 7,771 | 1.1 | ||
zimkj4 | writing_train | 0.9 | How do I not copy my special interests as an autistic person? If you’re autistic or even some other kind of neurodivergent like me then you obviously know the world of special interests and hyperfixiations. Most of mine are media based, partially fuelled by my other special interest in writing / character making / world building. HOWEVER. My whole life I’ve always fought with these things when it came time for me to be original. I always struggle to not just rip straight from the source material of my special interests, since they essentially consume all my waking thoughts and everything reminds me of them. Any other neurodivergent writers who have also dealt with this interest-originality battle got any tips on how to avoid this and / or make the best of it? | izrv0uq | izs61xp | 1,670,757,464 | 1,670,765,063 | 5 | 11 | Do it really. It's okay to do this. Ripping off is okay, copying is not. If you can walk that line, it's fine. | I always found that leaning into my special interests allowed it to turn into one hell of a gift, letting me pump out content way faster than I normally would. The biggest thing to remember is that originality isn’t about coming up with new ideas, it’s about remixing what’s already in the world with a fresh twist. The vast majority of stories fall into certain story arcs. Most characters can be compared almost exactly to other ones, eg. Luke skywalker and Harry Potter have shockingly similar stories but nobody thinks of them the same way. The force is just fancy telekinesis and Jedi are just wizards with swords. Omni-man and homelander are both wildly powerful supremacist nutjobs with an unpredictability factor who dominate their show as the main cause of contention and intrigue. Dune is just a Lawrence of Arabia style chosen one story. Basically what I’m saying is that if you’re worried about originality you likely think that you’re writing too close to the thing you’re interested in. Feel free to make things similar so long as you pick elements to change up which if you can blend special interests together you can likely make some really interesting and deep combinations. The depth of your knowledge on those topics is a gift you just gotta start throwing shit together like a mad alchemist until you somehow make gold. I mean even Sauron and Vader take up similar roles. Dark lords who massively influence our main hero, Luke or Frodo, exposing the inner darkness this innocent country boy has which he must now confront in order to not be lured over to the dark lords side. (cough dark side cough) Don’t worry about it too much and use the better parts of yourself to their best ability. I mean what I’m currently writing is such a clusterfuck of inspiration from both the real world and media that I love that it’s a wonder how this abomination is even legible and yet somehow it works! | 0 | 7,599 | 2.2 | ||
zimkj4 | writing_train | 0.9 | How do I not copy my special interests as an autistic person? If you’re autistic or even some other kind of neurodivergent like me then you obviously know the world of special interests and hyperfixiations. Most of mine are media based, partially fuelled by my other special interest in writing / character making / world building. HOWEVER. My whole life I’ve always fought with these things when it came time for me to be original. I always struggle to not just rip straight from the source material of my special interests, since they essentially consume all my waking thoughts and everything reminds me of them. Any other neurodivergent writers who have also dealt with this interest-originality battle got any tips on how to avoid this and / or make the best of it? | izs61xp | izs1kij | 1,670,765,063 | 1,670,762,404 | 11 | 2 | I always found that leaning into my special interests allowed it to turn into one hell of a gift, letting me pump out content way faster than I normally would. The biggest thing to remember is that originality isn’t about coming up with new ideas, it’s about remixing what’s already in the world with a fresh twist. The vast majority of stories fall into certain story arcs. Most characters can be compared almost exactly to other ones, eg. Luke skywalker and Harry Potter have shockingly similar stories but nobody thinks of them the same way. The force is just fancy telekinesis and Jedi are just wizards with swords. Omni-man and homelander are both wildly powerful supremacist nutjobs with an unpredictability factor who dominate their show as the main cause of contention and intrigue. Dune is just a Lawrence of Arabia style chosen one story. Basically what I’m saying is that if you’re worried about originality you likely think that you’re writing too close to the thing you’re interested in. Feel free to make things similar so long as you pick elements to change up which if you can blend special interests together you can likely make some really interesting and deep combinations. The depth of your knowledge on those topics is a gift you just gotta start throwing shit together like a mad alchemist until you somehow make gold. I mean even Sauron and Vader take up similar roles. Dark lords who massively influence our main hero, Luke or Frodo, exposing the inner darkness this innocent country boy has which he must now confront in order to not be lured over to the dark lords side. (cough dark side cough) Don’t worry about it too much and use the better parts of yourself to their best ability. I mean what I’m currently writing is such a clusterfuck of inspiration from both the real world and media that I love that it’s a wonder how this abomination is even legible and yet somehow it works! | What if you write a story where characters are pulled into many different worlds and must travel through them to get back home, and every single one of these worlds is a rip off of something? This way your story would have many references. Just don't dwell too much on the worlds your characters visit, show enough so that people get the reference but still focus on the characters' quest and how they develop individualy in this quest. You could have them falling in love with characters from these worlds or taking the spot of the protagonist, completely disrupting the original plot of the story they are visiting and making it more difficult for them to leave it, and at the same time giving you the chance to write a what-if scenario of a story you really like. Like, imagine if one of the protags got into the world of Harry Potter and suddenly became the center of attention, turning Harry Potter a sad and lonely loser. Another one goes into Lord of The Rings and turns out he's a better archer than Legolas. It could even be that they opened a magic book in a library and got sucked into the many stories in the library. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance has a plot that is kind of like that, look it up if you're interested. In short, the main characters are all troubled kids, outcasts who are bullied and with broken down families. They become friends and gather to read an old book. They love the story, and then each one goes home to sleep. When they wake up, they have all been transported into the world of the book. Then the protagonist goes on a quest to find his friends and bring everyone back - only to find out they all seem much happier with this world than the other. Just a suggestion, though. | 1 | 2,659 | 5.5 | ||
zimkj4 | writing_train | 0.9 | How do I not copy my special interests as an autistic person? If you’re autistic or even some other kind of neurodivergent like me then you obviously know the world of special interests and hyperfixiations. Most of mine are media based, partially fuelled by my other special interest in writing / character making / world building. HOWEVER. My whole life I’ve always fought with these things when it came time for me to be original. I always struggle to not just rip straight from the source material of my special interests, since they essentially consume all my waking thoughts and everything reminds me of them. Any other neurodivergent writers who have also dealt with this interest-originality battle got any tips on how to avoid this and / or make the best of it? | izs1q9v | izs61xp | 1,670,762,508 | 1,670,765,063 | 2 | 11 | I just go with it, honestly. One of my hyper fixations is tv shows, but since I'm writing fantasy set in 1901 that's a bit hard. So instead I made all my characters bookworms (another hyperfixation is reading, particularly pjo). If you're writing modern fiction, yeah, just use your own interests for your characters. Maybe even make one of them neurodivergent and give them the same hyperfixations as you. | I always found that leaning into my special interests allowed it to turn into one hell of a gift, letting me pump out content way faster than I normally would. The biggest thing to remember is that originality isn’t about coming up with new ideas, it’s about remixing what’s already in the world with a fresh twist. The vast majority of stories fall into certain story arcs. Most characters can be compared almost exactly to other ones, eg. Luke skywalker and Harry Potter have shockingly similar stories but nobody thinks of them the same way. The force is just fancy telekinesis and Jedi are just wizards with swords. Omni-man and homelander are both wildly powerful supremacist nutjobs with an unpredictability factor who dominate their show as the main cause of contention and intrigue. Dune is just a Lawrence of Arabia style chosen one story. Basically what I’m saying is that if you’re worried about originality you likely think that you’re writing too close to the thing you’re interested in. Feel free to make things similar so long as you pick elements to change up which if you can blend special interests together you can likely make some really interesting and deep combinations. The depth of your knowledge on those topics is a gift you just gotta start throwing shit together like a mad alchemist until you somehow make gold. I mean even Sauron and Vader take up similar roles. Dark lords who massively influence our main hero, Luke or Frodo, exposing the inner darkness this innocent country boy has which he must now confront in order to not be lured over to the dark lords side. (cough dark side cough) Don’t worry about it too much and use the better parts of yourself to their best ability. I mean what I’m currently writing is such a clusterfuck of inspiration from both the real world and media that I love that it’s a wonder how this abomination is even legible and yet somehow it works! | 0 | 2,555 | 5.5 | ||
zimkj4 | writing_train | 0.9 | How do I not copy my special interests as an autistic person? If you’re autistic or even some other kind of neurodivergent like me then you obviously know the world of special interests and hyperfixiations. Most of mine are media based, partially fuelled by my other special interest in writing / character making / world building. HOWEVER. My whole life I’ve always fought with these things when it came time for me to be original. I always struggle to not just rip straight from the source material of my special interests, since they essentially consume all my waking thoughts and everything reminds me of them. Any other neurodivergent writers who have also dealt with this interest-originality battle got any tips on how to avoid this and / or make the best of it? | izsak2g | iztgj6z | 1,670,767,414 | 1,670,784,963 | 3 | 4 | Don't worry about it. In fact lean into it, say that this story is inspired by the thing. Why? Because you'll get the audience of that thing on your side a lot of the time. And the fact is every creative uses their loves and passions in their creations. George Lucas loved pulp sci fi stories and basically made one in Star Wars, and he was pretty successful. | Great advice throughout this thread! For more in depth insight on this topic, I also recommend reading "How to Steal Like an Artist" by Austin Kleon | 0 | 17,549 | 1.333333 | ||
zimkj4 | writing_train | 0.9 | How do I not copy my special interests as an autistic person? If you’re autistic or even some other kind of neurodivergent like me then you obviously know the world of special interests and hyperfixiations. Most of mine are media based, partially fuelled by my other special interest in writing / character making / world building. HOWEVER. My whole life I’ve always fought with these things when it came time for me to be original. I always struggle to not just rip straight from the source material of my special interests, since they essentially consume all my waking thoughts and everything reminds me of them. Any other neurodivergent writers who have also dealt with this interest-originality battle got any tips on how to avoid this and / or make the best of it? | iztgj6z | izslx1n | 1,670,784,963 | 1,670,772,566 | 4 | 3 | Great advice throughout this thread! For more in depth insight on this topic, I also recommend reading "How to Steal Like an Artist" by Austin Kleon | My special interest is historical european martial arts and fighting, so my action sequences are crazily detail fueled. | 1 | 12,397 | 1.333333 | ||
zimkj4 | writing_train | 0.9 | How do I not copy my special interests as an autistic person? If you’re autistic or even some other kind of neurodivergent like me then you obviously know the world of special interests and hyperfixiations. Most of mine are media based, partially fuelled by my other special interest in writing / character making / world building. HOWEVER. My whole life I’ve always fought with these things when it came time for me to be original. I always struggle to not just rip straight from the source material of my special interests, since they essentially consume all my waking thoughts and everything reminds me of them. Any other neurodivergent writers who have also dealt with this interest-originality battle got any tips on how to avoid this and / or make the best of it? | iztgj6z | izs1kij | 1,670,784,963 | 1,670,762,404 | 4 | 2 | Great advice throughout this thread! For more in depth insight on this topic, I also recommend reading "How to Steal Like an Artist" by Austin Kleon | What if you write a story where characters are pulled into many different worlds and must travel through them to get back home, and every single one of these worlds is a rip off of something? This way your story would have many references. Just don't dwell too much on the worlds your characters visit, show enough so that people get the reference but still focus on the characters' quest and how they develop individualy in this quest. You could have them falling in love with characters from these worlds or taking the spot of the protagonist, completely disrupting the original plot of the story they are visiting and making it more difficult for them to leave it, and at the same time giving you the chance to write a what-if scenario of a story you really like. Like, imagine if one of the protags got into the world of Harry Potter and suddenly became the center of attention, turning Harry Potter a sad and lonely loser. Another one goes into Lord of The Rings and turns out he's a better archer than Legolas. It could even be that they opened a magic book in a library and got sucked into the many stories in the library. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance has a plot that is kind of like that, look it up if you're interested. In short, the main characters are all troubled kids, outcasts who are bullied and with broken down families. They become friends and gather to read an old book. They love the story, and then each one goes home to sleep. When they wake up, they have all been transported into the world of the book. Then the protagonist goes on a quest to find his friends and bring everyone back - only to find out they all seem much happier with this world than the other. Just a suggestion, though. | 1 | 22,559 | 2 | ||
zimkj4 | writing_train | 0.9 | How do I not copy my special interests as an autistic person? If you’re autistic or even some other kind of neurodivergent like me then you obviously know the world of special interests and hyperfixiations. Most of mine are media based, partially fuelled by my other special interest in writing / character making / world building. HOWEVER. My whole life I’ve always fought with these things when it came time for me to be original. I always struggle to not just rip straight from the source material of my special interests, since they essentially consume all my waking thoughts and everything reminds me of them. Any other neurodivergent writers who have also dealt with this interest-originality battle got any tips on how to avoid this and / or make the best of it? | iztgj6z | izs1q9v | 1,670,784,963 | 1,670,762,508 | 4 | 2 | Great advice throughout this thread! For more in depth insight on this topic, I also recommend reading "How to Steal Like an Artist" by Austin Kleon | I just go with it, honestly. One of my hyper fixations is tv shows, but since I'm writing fantasy set in 1901 that's a bit hard. So instead I made all my characters bookworms (another hyperfixation is reading, particularly pjo). If you're writing modern fiction, yeah, just use your own interests for your characters. Maybe even make one of them neurodivergent and give them the same hyperfixations as you. | 1 | 22,455 | 2 | ||
zimkj4 | writing_train | 0.9 | How do I not copy my special interests as an autistic person? If you’re autistic or even some other kind of neurodivergent like me then you obviously know the world of special interests and hyperfixiations. Most of mine are media based, partially fuelled by my other special interest in writing / character making / world building. HOWEVER. My whole life I’ve always fought with these things when it came time for me to be original. I always struggle to not just rip straight from the source material of my special interests, since they essentially consume all my waking thoughts and everything reminds me of them. Any other neurodivergent writers who have also dealt with this interest-originality battle got any tips on how to avoid this and / or make the best of it? | izsqzgy | iztgj6z | 1,670,774,707 | 1,670,784,963 | 2 | 4 | I am not neurodivergent, but I have a few thoughts about this. First of all, I think the most important storytelling mantra is "write the story you want to read." This is what creates unique, quirky stories that truly capture interest. I would rather read the story YOU think is the coolest most insano wild story in the history of storytelling than you think others would like. Even from the business side it seems like a bad idea to write what others want to read because the market has tons of it. Secondly, I think you could offer an interesting take on storytelling by embracing your neurodivergency. Thirdly, and I don't intend to discourage you, your book might not take off quite like you hope for it to. If it doesn't, would you feel more fulfilled if you wrote a book you thought other would like, or would you feel more fulfilled if you wrote the story ypu truly wanted to write all along? | Great advice throughout this thread! For more in depth insight on this topic, I also recommend reading "How to Steal Like an Artist" by Austin Kleon | 0 | 10,256 | 2 | ||
zimkj4 | writing_train | 0.9 | How do I not copy my special interests as an autistic person? If you’re autistic or even some other kind of neurodivergent like me then you obviously know the world of special interests and hyperfixiations. Most of mine are media based, partially fuelled by my other special interest in writing / character making / world building. HOWEVER. My whole life I’ve always fought with these things when it came time for me to be original. I always struggle to not just rip straight from the source material of my special interests, since they essentially consume all my waking thoughts and everything reminds me of them. Any other neurodivergent writers who have also dealt with this interest-originality battle got any tips on how to avoid this and / or make the best of it? | iztgj6z | izt0ken | 1,670,784,963 | 1,670,778,725 | 4 | 2 | Great advice throughout this thread! For more in depth insight on this topic, I also recommend reading "How to Steal Like an Artist" by Austin Kleon | Just find other interests for your various characters by developing even a cursory knowledge about these fields. Who knows? Finding interests for various characters might even expand your own horizons and interests, too. Just keep it believable. Even fantasy needs some measure of believability. | 1 | 6,238 | 2 | ||
zimkj4 | writing_train | 0.9 | How do I not copy my special interests as an autistic person? If you’re autistic or even some other kind of neurodivergent like me then you obviously know the world of special interests and hyperfixiations. Most of mine are media based, partially fuelled by my other special interest in writing / character making / world building. HOWEVER. My whole life I’ve always fought with these things when it came time for me to be original. I always struggle to not just rip straight from the source material of my special interests, since they essentially consume all my waking thoughts and everything reminds me of them. Any other neurodivergent writers who have also dealt with this interest-originality battle got any tips on how to avoid this and / or make the best of it? | iztctzh | iztgj6z | 1,670,783,556 | 1,670,784,963 | 2 | 4 | I analyze the things I love about my fixations and what parts I love about them and see if I can incorporate them I to my story as well. Also I somehow managed to fit several Zelda game titles into my prose and I’ll do it again 😌 | Great advice throughout this thread! For more in depth insight on this topic, I also recommend reading "How to Steal Like an Artist" by Austin Kleon | 0 | 1,407 | 2 | ||
zimkj4 | writing_train | 0.9 | How do I not copy my special interests as an autistic person? If you’re autistic or even some other kind of neurodivergent like me then you obviously know the world of special interests and hyperfixiations. Most of mine are media based, partially fuelled by my other special interest in writing / character making / world building. HOWEVER. My whole life I’ve always fought with these things when it came time for me to be original. I always struggle to not just rip straight from the source material of my special interests, since they essentially consume all my waking thoughts and everything reminds me of them. Any other neurodivergent writers who have also dealt with this interest-originality battle got any tips on how to avoid this and / or make the best of it? | izsak2g | izs1kij | 1,670,767,414 | 1,670,762,404 | 3 | 2 | Don't worry about it. In fact lean into it, say that this story is inspired by the thing. Why? Because you'll get the audience of that thing on your side a lot of the time. And the fact is every creative uses their loves and passions in their creations. George Lucas loved pulp sci fi stories and basically made one in Star Wars, and he was pretty successful. | What if you write a story where characters are pulled into many different worlds and must travel through them to get back home, and every single one of these worlds is a rip off of something? This way your story would have many references. Just don't dwell too much on the worlds your characters visit, show enough so that people get the reference but still focus on the characters' quest and how they develop individualy in this quest. You could have them falling in love with characters from these worlds or taking the spot of the protagonist, completely disrupting the original plot of the story they are visiting and making it more difficult for them to leave it, and at the same time giving you the chance to write a what-if scenario of a story you really like. Like, imagine if one of the protags got into the world of Harry Potter and suddenly became the center of attention, turning Harry Potter a sad and lonely loser. Another one goes into Lord of The Rings and turns out he's a better archer than Legolas. It could even be that they opened a magic book in a library and got sucked into the many stories in the library. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance has a plot that is kind of like that, look it up if you're interested. In short, the main characters are all troubled kids, outcasts who are bullied and with broken down families. They become friends and gather to read an old book. They love the story, and then each one goes home to sleep. When they wake up, they have all been transported into the world of the book. Then the protagonist goes on a quest to find his friends and bring everyone back - only to find out they all seem much happier with this world than the other. Just a suggestion, though. | 1 | 5,010 | 1.5 | ||
zimkj4 | writing_train | 0.9 | How do I not copy my special interests as an autistic person? If you’re autistic or even some other kind of neurodivergent like me then you obviously know the world of special interests and hyperfixiations. Most of mine are media based, partially fuelled by my other special interest in writing / character making / world building. HOWEVER. My whole life I’ve always fought with these things when it came time for me to be original. I always struggle to not just rip straight from the source material of my special interests, since they essentially consume all my waking thoughts and everything reminds me of them. Any other neurodivergent writers who have also dealt with this interest-originality battle got any tips on how to avoid this and / or make the best of it? | izs1q9v | izsak2g | 1,670,762,508 | 1,670,767,414 | 2 | 3 | I just go with it, honestly. One of my hyper fixations is tv shows, but since I'm writing fantasy set in 1901 that's a bit hard. So instead I made all my characters bookworms (another hyperfixation is reading, particularly pjo). If you're writing modern fiction, yeah, just use your own interests for your characters. Maybe even make one of them neurodivergent and give them the same hyperfixations as you. | Don't worry about it. In fact lean into it, say that this story is inspired by the thing. Why? Because you'll get the audience of that thing on your side a lot of the time. And the fact is every creative uses their loves and passions in their creations. George Lucas loved pulp sci fi stories and basically made one in Star Wars, and he was pretty successful. | 0 | 4,906 | 1.5 | ||
zimkj4 | writing_train | 0.9 | How do I not copy my special interests as an autistic person? If you’re autistic or even some other kind of neurodivergent like me then you obviously know the world of special interests and hyperfixiations. Most of mine are media based, partially fuelled by my other special interest in writing / character making / world building. HOWEVER. My whole life I’ve always fought with these things when it came time for me to be original. I always struggle to not just rip straight from the source material of my special interests, since they essentially consume all my waking thoughts and everything reminds me of them. Any other neurodivergent writers who have also dealt with this interest-originality battle got any tips on how to avoid this and / or make the best of it? | izs1kij | izslx1n | 1,670,762,404 | 1,670,772,566 | 2 | 3 | What if you write a story where characters are pulled into many different worlds and must travel through them to get back home, and every single one of these worlds is a rip off of something? This way your story would have many references. Just don't dwell too much on the worlds your characters visit, show enough so that people get the reference but still focus on the characters' quest and how they develop individualy in this quest. You could have them falling in love with characters from these worlds or taking the spot of the protagonist, completely disrupting the original plot of the story they are visiting and making it more difficult for them to leave it, and at the same time giving you the chance to write a what-if scenario of a story you really like. Like, imagine if one of the protags got into the world of Harry Potter and suddenly became the center of attention, turning Harry Potter a sad and lonely loser. Another one goes into Lord of The Rings and turns out he's a better archer than Legolas. It could even be that they opened a magic book in a library and got sucked into the many stories in the library. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance has a plot that is kind of like that, look it up if you're interested. In short, the main characters are all troubled kids, outcasts who are bullied and with broken down families. They become friends and gather to read an old book. They love the story, and then each one goes home to sleep. When they wake up, they have all been transported into the world of the book. Then the protagonist goes on a quest to find his friends and bring everyone back - only to find out they all seem much happier with this world than the other. Just a suggestion, though. | My special interest is historical european martial arts and fighting, so my action sequences are crazily detail fueled. | 0 | 10,162 | 1.5 | ||
zimkj4 | writing_train | 0.9 | How do I not copy my special interests as an autistic person? If you’re autistic or even some other kind of neurodivergent like me then you obviously know the world of special interests and hyperfixiations. Most of mine are media based, partially fuelled by my other special interest in writing / character making / world building. HOWEVER. My whole life I’ve always fought with these things when it came time for me to be original. I always struggle to not just rip straight from the source material of my special interests, since they essentially consume all my waking thoughts and everything reminds me of them. Any other neurodivergent writers who have also dealt with this interest-originality battle got any tips on how to avoid this and / or make the best of it? | izs1q9v | izslx1n | 1,670,762,508 | 1,670,772,566 | 2 | 3 | I just go with it, honestly. One of my hyper fixations is tv shows, but since I'm writing fantasy set in 1901 that's a bit hard. So instead I made all my characters bookworms (another hyperfixation is reading, particularly pjo). If you're writing modern fiction, yeah, just use your own interests for your characters. Maybe even make one of them neurodivergent and give them the same hyperfixations as you. | My special interest is historical european martial arts and fighting, so my action sequences are crazily detail fueled. | 0 | 10,058 | 1.5 | ||
z9036a | writing_train | 0.73 | How to fight depression from not writing enough So not making this into a you know what post, but I'm depressed and embarrassed at how little I wrote this month. I'm really starting to doubt my abilities, especially when I see so many other writers crushing it around me. It doesn't help that I read about writers - especially indie writers - talking about how they're able to consistently crank out thousands of words a day. On a good day this month I was hitting maybe 500. Does anyone else feel this way this time of year? If so, any advice for cutting yourself some slack? | iyfgl7f | iyev5cd | 1,669,853,695 | 1,669,844,368 | 3 | 2 | Small goals are the best goals!! I'd say 500 is a good start per day. The more the better but anything written is good. I suggest finding someone who can encourage you to write and hold you accountable. Sometimes you can't always stay motivated, so you might need a little push. I understand the depression because it played a huge part in my life while trying to write. Then I'll get depressed easily when my story sounds like garbage. Just remember, it's not a race. You need to write at your own pace. Everyone wants the same goal, but not everyone is walking the same path. | Set up a time of day to write, and do it every day. Once it becomes part of your schedule, it will become a habit, and you'll start looking forward to it and miss it if you're unable for some reason. | 1 | 9,327 | 1.5 | ||
z9036a | writing_train | 0.73 | How to fight depression from not writing enough So not making this into a you know what post, but I'm depressed and embarrassed at how little I wrote this month. I'm really starting to doubt my abilities, especially when I see so many other writers crushing it around me. It doesn't help that I read about writers - especially indie writers - talking about how they're able to consistently crank out thousands of words a day. On a good day this month I was hitting maybe 500. Does anyone else feel this way this time of year? If so, any advice for cutting yourself some slack? | iyfgl7f | iyewwhr | 1,669,853,695 | 1,669,845,077 | 3 | 2 | Small goals are the best goals!! I'd say 500 is a good start per day. The more the better but anything written is good. I suggest finding someone who can encourage you to write and hold you accountable. Sometimes you can't always stay motivated, so you might need a little push. I understand the depression because it played a huge part in my life while trying to write. Then I'll get depressed easily when my story sounds like garbage. Just remember, it's not a race. You need to write at your own pace. Everyone wants the same goal, but not everyone is walking the same path. | First, I'm sorry you're dealing with that. There were times when I was younger when I thought I was depressed because I wasn't writing much. I later realized I wasn't writing much because I was depressed. Is it possible there's something bothering you in your life that is preventing you from being at your best in general, creatively and otherwise? | 1 | 8,618 | 1.5 | ||
z9036a | writing_train | 0.73 | How to fight depression from not writing enough So not making this into a you know what post, but I'm depressed and embarrassed at how little I wrote this month. I'm really starting to doubt my abilities, especially when I see so many other writers crushing it around me. It doesn't help that I read about writers - especially indie writers - talking about how they're able to consistently crank out thousands of words a day. On a good day this month I was hitting maybe 500. Does anyone else feel this way this time of year? If so, any advice for cutting yourself some slack? | iyf0mo1 | iyfgl7f | 1,669,846,620 | 1,669,853,695 | 2 | 3 | The holidays suck for me, as well. Especially around Thanksgiving. We seemed to lose everyone right before or right after that holiday. I call it seasonal depression. If you live in a place with daylight savings time? That actually makes it worse. Christmas my even be worse for me because I lost custody of my kids a long time ago. So tell me, are you depressed that you're not writing enough, or are you writing to try to alleviate that depression? That might be the real question. This time of year, I often need a drink or two, just to relax my mind enough to do some decent writing. If you're a kid or you've had issues with drinking in the past that might not be the best advice to follow. But it's what I do. I self-medicate a bit. Now, onto my patented writing advice. Kidding. The bronze standard that most writers should try to achieve is a page a day. Especially if you have to deal with that constant Interruption to your writing in that thing we call life. Or a job. Or taking care of your grandmother or whatever. That's about 300 words per page if there's a minimum amount of dialogue. If there's a lot of dialogue, 300 words can span more pages. If you're at 500 Words a day. That's in the Silver standard arena. That's not shoddy at all. If you want to try to achieve more, my tried and true method is to first read. Go back one to three pages. No further. Read what you've written. I usually say that this achieves three things. Satiating the need to edit, gets the creative juices flowing and gets you back into your story like you never stopped writing the night before. And in my case, it would also allow my mind to stop racing, if that's what your experiencing, and silences whatever emotions that you might be feeling as you try to start writing again. Because you're in the world that you're creating, not in yours. At least for a while. Never compare yourself to others. When people are talking about how they can write thousands of words a day, and I'm sure there are people that do that, but they probably live a drastically different life than you do. Or they're exaggerating. Good luck out there. | Small goals are the best goals!! I'd say 500 is a good start per day. The more the better but anything written is good. I suggest finding someone who can encourage you to write and hold you accountable. Sometimes you can't always stay motivated, so you might need a little push. I understand the depression because it played a huge part in my life while trying to write. Then I'll get depressed easily when my story sounds like garbage. Just remember, it's not a race. You need to write at your own pace. Everyone wants the same goal, but not everyone is walking the same path. | 0 | 7,075 | 1.5 | ||
z9036a | writing_train | 0.73 | How to fight depression from not writing enough So not making this into a you know what post, but I'm depressed and embarrassed at how little I wrote this month. I'm really starting to doubt my abilities, especially when I see so many other writers crushing it around me. It doesn't help that I read about writers - especially indie writers - talking about how they're able to consistently crank out thousands of words a day. On a good day this month I was hitting maybe 500. Does anyone else feel this way this time of year? If so, any advice for cutting yourself some slack? | iyf9unb | iyfgl7f | 1,669,850,594 | 1,669,853,695 | 2 | 3 | 500 words a day is actually a high total, it means you’re writing (to first draft) a 75000 word novel in 5 to 6 months And if you’re writing as a hobby, like most of us are, don’t put unreasonable demands on yourself | Small goals are the best goals!! I'd say 500 is a good start per day. The more the better but anything written is good. I suggest finding someone who can encourage you to write and hold you accountable. Sometimes you can't always stay motivated, so you might need a little push. I understand the depression because it played a huge part in my life while trying to write. Then I'll get depressed easily when my story sounds like garbage. Just remember, it's not a race. You need to write at your own pace. Everyone wants the same goal, but not everyone is walking the same path. | 0 | 3,101 | 1.5 | ||
zllwcc | writing_train | 0.71 | How do I start a story? Hi! I'm a complete newbie to writing, but I have finally decided to put my Ideas onto paper. My question is: How do I start? I know wich scene I want to play out in the beginning. But I don't know if I should start with a description (surroundings or feelings) or with an action. What do you tend to start with? I feel like a description is too boring but an action might be too confusing. | j06gk4w | j061xp1 | 1,671,020,932 | 1,671,009,565 | 8 | 6 | Just start it. If you're serious about this thing, you're gonna end up rewriting/editing it anyways, so you may as well just get something on the paper instead of being caught by analysis paralysis. Accept that your first draft of the first thing you've ever written will be pretty bad, smile, and get to work. To actually answer your question, tho, I'd say start with action. | I once read someone saying "never start a story talking about the weather". It's both good and bad advice IMO. Weather is not often interesting and you should make your first sentenxe evocative, but weather -can- be evocative or interesting. Personally when I'm starting a short story, I start with a short statement about mindset of a character: "John has to wonder how the hell he keeps getting himself in these situations..." "Jenny was never one to believe in second chances..." "Rainy nights have a way of getting Geoffrey into a deep melancholy..." This sorta clues the reader into the tone very early on | 1 | 11,367 | 1.333333 | ||
zllwcc | writing_train | 0.71 | How do I start a story? Hi! I'm a complete newbie to writing, but I have finally decided to put my Ideas onto paper. My question is: How do I start? I know wich scene I want to play out in the beginning. But I don't know if I should start with a description (surroundings or feelings) or with an action. What do you tend to start with? I feel like a description is too boring but an action might be too confusing. | j061zfq | j06gk4w | 1,671,009,607 | 1,671,020,932 | 3 | 8 | How do your favourite books start? | Just start it. If you're serious about this thing, you're gonna end up rewriting/editing it anyways, so you may as well just get something on the paper instead of being caught by analysis paralysis. Accept that your first draft of the first thing you've ever written will be pretty bad, smile, and get to work. To actually answer your question, tho, I'd say start with action. | 0 | 11,325 | 2.666667 | ||
zllwcc | writing_train | 0.71 | How do I start a story? Hi! I'm a complete newbie to writing, but I have finally decided to put my Ideas onto paper. My question is: How do I start? I know wich scene I want to play out in the beginning. But I don't know if I should start with a description (surroundings or feelings) or with an action. What do you tend to start with? I feel like a description is too boring but an action might be too confusing. | j06gk4w | j060e08 | 1,671,020,932 | 1,671,008,245 | 8 | 2 | Just start it. If you're serious about this thing, you're gonna end up rewriting/editing it anyways, so you may as well just get something on the paper instead of being caught by analysis paralysis. Accept that your first draft of the first thing you've ever written will be pretty bad, smile, and get to work. To actually answer your question, tho, I'd say start with action. | Description can put the reader into the story, so if you want to suck them in, do that first, then an action scene to really hook them. | 1 | 12,687 | 4 | ||
zllwcc | writing_train | 0.71 | How do I start a story? Hi! I'm a complete newbie to writing, but I have finally decided to put my Ideas onto paper. My question is: How do I start? I know wich scene I want to play out in the beginning. But I don't know if I should start with a description (surroundings or feelings) or with an action. What do you tend to start with? I feel like a description is too boring but an action might be too confusing. | j06gk4w | j061gx4 | 1,671,020,932 | 1,671,009,163 | 8 | 0 | Just start it. If you're serious about this thing, you're gonna end up rewriting/editing it anyways, so you may as well just get something on the paper instead of being caught by analysis paralysis. Accept that your first draft of the first thing you've ever written will be pretty bad, smile, and get to work. To actually answer your question, tho, I'd say start with action. | I’m personally more of a “save action for later” type of guy. Even if I’m writing an action story, I don’t start the book with straight up action. But hey, that’s just me | 1 | 11,769 | 8,000 |
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