Yo! Just wanted to let you know I posted chapter 1 of my fanfic. Also heard about your writing getting deleted. Sorry that happened. I'm gonna be working on chapter 2 here soon. Also I was wondering if you could give me some advice on to make my writing better. ^_^
Sorry that I took forever on replying to this, I got swamped with a few things.
The only real good advice I have is practice and practice. I have a bunch of things that are just “scribbles”. Random musings are great practice even if it is for one character (canon or OC) no need to post them if you don’t want to it’s just for you to get into the flow of writing.
When the mood strikes you to write don’t let location bother you always have something to write with. Smart phones have a ton of apps that allow you to write on them I use Evernote personally as it syncs with your computer/tablet easily and you can draw on it as well, audio and many other things. Or even just carrying around a notebook and pen everywhere I have a small notepad in my purse and a notebook in the trunk of my car and pens all over the place. I’ve even been desperate and wrote with a lipstick that I didn’t like. (Hell be damned if I used one of my favorite colors)
Some people like having other read over their work to edit it, it’s not my favorite way of doing it as when they come back with corrections it makes me feel small and bad. It hits my self esteem and anxiety and doesn’t work well for me. Small blurbs that I send to people to “tease” them with what I have never really bother me as it’s a small piece so they don’t know the context of it all.
I find editing as I go the best for me instead of doing at the of the piece because generally I am tired and just want to post it or delete it. So I say “fuck it we are doing it live” and post it.
Also never worry about going to someone for help if something isn’t making sense! Find someone you are comfortable talking with and ask them about the situation you are stuck in I bounce ideas often around with people it helps. I also have several people that come to me to bounce ideas around and it helps me in spots because I get to learn what other people view the characters as so it gives me more of a idea what people want to see or how they view things. It can sometimes slow my personal writing down because it throws me off my game but I like helping people and a people pleaser so I can’t help myself there.
And if you can even if it is in a chat or with just one other person doing roleplay helps with writing too because you are closely dealing with another writing style and need to morph your style with theirs to create a good story. So it constantly challenges your story. It helps a lot! And it is a lot of fun. (I really want to get back into it but my plate is really full at the moment and I don’t want to burn myself out on all I’m doing and have a break down and fall into bad habits again.) There are quite a few blogs here on tumblr that does rp and there are quite a few users that do it via chat if you want to do it that way.
Always have a dictionary with you and a thesaurus, they are on the net for free so save money and don’t buy one. Try not to repeat the same word in a sentence over unless you have to, if you can try to find a similar word for it. (Go to that thesaurus!) Write out the number instead of: 2 people went that way, write: two people went that way. It may be quicker to type and fine in texting but for writing it is sloppy and doesn’t flow well. But that is personal preference like I can’t stand writing s/o for headcanons and such it burns my very soul to do it. I think it’s lazy but I was told it sounds more intimate (I still don’t understand the reasoning someone please explain why it is more intimate) I rather write out significant other because it spends more time on the actual word. More meaning and care put behind it.
Never stray from using descriptors what shade of green is that grass? Hell it might be dead brown and not luscious green, tell us! We aren’t in your head where you are seeing it! We are sitting in our pjs curled up in bed reading it or on the bus scrolling through the feed on the phone. Immerse us in the atmosphere. I don’t mean detail everything to the last breath but always go with colors, shapes, textures and random small details just to add to the experience. Think of your readers as blind and need detail to see what is going on.
Also uncomfortable about writing something? Smut? Write just a little piece about it! Write a blow job it’s short and simple doesn’t take that long to write out but it is a bit of a challenge on the descriptors so you get practice in there and it is something that doesn’t take forever to do so when you feel flustered/shy/embarrassed about writing it - the thing is over before you know it. (almost like real life, lol) Then eventually you can write more stuff as you eased yourself into then it will be easy to handle.
-That is pretty much all I can say.-
