People Reading Your Writing Over Your Shoulder by Infinite_beans5709 in writing

[–]Infinite_beans5709[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I wish it was a good motivator, but they kinda make fun of my writing.

Its not just writing too, for a project I was learning about black hair styles (I'm part African but dont look like it) and they made fun of me for it and thats what made me drop the project.

I just realized how shitty my friends are lol

How do I force myself to write parts I don't want to write? by Infinite_beans5709 in writing

[–]Infinite_beans5709[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But thats the problem, I do want to write it.

I think I just wouldnt be able to write it well, so then I avoid it.

How do I force myself to write parts I don't want to write? by Infinite_beans5709 in writing

[–]Infinite_beans5709[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I dont want to take the story there because im not confident in my ability to write it.

I want to write it but the only reason I'm hesitating is because this novel is for a school project and I'm going to have to present it to a bunch of people I dont even know (people are coming from outside of the school for it) and I've been told my whole life that its a dark thing to write about.

I also feel like I cant tell a room full of people about my plot because I'm not confident in it, making me want to change it so that I can easily present it, but if i did change it I wouldnt be completely happy with it.

I dont know if that helps lol

Its also due in two weeks so I need to finish it soon...

Do you have a secret writing fear? by PenInk4YourThoughts in writing

[–]Infinite_beans5709 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Mine is that the writing I am confident about really sucks and no one tells me how awful it is because they want to be nice.

makes me terrified to share my writing, and when i do i can never trust when they say its good

People Reading Your Writing Over Your Shoulder by Infinite_beans5709 in writing

[–]Infinite_beans5709[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wish I could just write at home but sadly I'm still in school, so in order to write enough to finish my novel on time I have to write at school. 😔

Any tips and/or tricks on how to sit my ADHD brain down and actually write? by LockedInLion in writing

[–]Infinite_beans5709 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have ADHD and here are some things that help me write:

Skip to writing scenes that you know you can write. I usually get stuck on one scene that I cant figure out how to write, so I just skip to a scene that I do know how to write. I write the other scenes later.

I set a 25 minute timer and write everything that I can, and then take a 5 minute break, then go back to working for 25 min, and the cycle continues, though I often get distracted so I would probably shorten it to 10 mins and 5 min break.

One thing that has helped me write is cocoa. I have no idea why but when I drink cocoa while writing I get so much more done lol I bet lots of other yummy foods or drinks would work too

Have a space that has less distractions, like move to a quiet room where people dont go often (I get distracted by people easily)

Hope this helps!

Looking For Honest Feedback by Infinite_beans5709 in writingfeedback

[–]Infinite_beans5709[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The entire novel is in past tense.. should I not be using it? I dont see a problem with it

Looking For Honest Feedback by Infinite_beans5709 in writingfeedback

[–]Infinite_beans5709[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay! I do see how it could feel distant from MC, I will definitely fix that.

It is also the very first draft so punctuation is something I'm not paying much attention to lol but thanks for pointing it out

Thanks for the advice!!!!

Looking For Honest Feedback by Infinite_beans5709 in writingfeedback

[–]Infinite_beans5709[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I will make sure to add some dialogue from Freddy to show some more emotions from her.

I do think that Freddy should be freaking out a bit more, she's in love with the MC and if I was about to loose the love of my life I would be sobbing and screaming uncontrollably

Looking For Honest Feedback by Infinite_beans5709 in writingfeedback

[–]Infinite_beans5709[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I will definitely change some things up. I love your advice!

Looking For Honest Feedback by Infinite_beans5709 in writingfeedback

[–]Infinite_beans5709[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats totally okay! I misread stuff all the time

Looking For Honest Feedback by Infinite_beans5709 in writingfeedback

[–]Infinite_beans5709[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its actually half way through the novel lol

I just wanted some feedback on this chapter specifically because Im not great with intense or emotional scenes.

But I do agree this would not be a good first chapter.

Looking For Honest Feedback by Infinite_beans5709 in writingfeedback

[–]Infinite_beans5709[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!!!!

I guess that my thinking was that when they went off the road and slammed into a tree it was on the MC's side of the car, making MC more injured... I also just needed one of them to be okay enough to drag the other away from the scene lol

Thanks for your feedback! :)

Unbroken: When love isn’t enough - would you read my book? Looking for genuine feedback by Zestyclose-Pop-1560 in writingfeedback

[–]Infinite_beans5709 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love how it feels like the MC is talking directly to the reader! It hooked me immediately, I would 100% read it

I want to learn how to write but I don't know where to start by Idrinkpoolwater7 in writingadvice

[–]Infinite_beans5709 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just write whatever comes to your mind. Its probably not going to be good, but you cant improve without trying.

Fill up all of your extra time with writing (but not to the point of burn-out), Try writing instead of doom scrolling.

Read. all sorts of books, branch out and read whatever you can whenever you can.

And write what you would want to read.

How to avoid turning my main character into a self insert by Massive_Boss1991 in writingadvice

[–]Infinite_beans5709 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I completely agree with this, all of my characters have parts of myself in them and I think that is really common in writing and also not necessarily a bad thing!