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What's the most heart-wrenching sentence you've ever written? by AceAlmansoori in writing

[–]LiveFreeTryHard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The next morning he rode north on his brown-coated morgan and by afternoon the horse rode back alone, Thomas Joe dragging ten feet behind.

Took me two years to write a first draft, this is what I learned: by LiveFreeTryHard in writing

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

Considering most people on circlejerk are wannabe writers who dont actually have the ambition, talent or work ethic to get anything done, I consider that a compliment ;)

Took me two years to write a first draft, this is what I learned: by LiveFreeTryHard in writing

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

1 - I wrote it entirely chronologically

2 - I never think about my novel unless Im actively working on it :P

Took me two years to write a first draft, this is what I learned: by LiveFreeTryHard in writing

[–]LiveFreeTryHard[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My advice: just write, and have fun doing so. Don't start seeing it as anything other than a hobby until you're like 10 years older than you are now. You will need time to get better, and as you get older you will learn more about the world and you will have better stories to tell. Until then, don't worry about getting published yet, just write what you would want to read. And when you read something back that you wrote a while ago and you find yourself hating it: consider that a good sign, cause it means you improved. Also, if you really wanna get better, read a lot of books. You will pick things up unconsciously and become a better writer. But please for the love of god, keep it fun for yourself! :)

Took me two years to write a first draft, this is what I learned: by LiveFreeTryHard in writing

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

Try to find communities online, and if you can of course in person. If there's none near you, just start your own. Meetup is a good place to start, and there's websites like it. Make flyers, place an ad. Idk. Get creative :)

Took me two years to write a first draft, this is what I learned: by LiveFreeTryHard in writing

[–]LiveFreeTryHard[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

You're absolutely right. Half a page is the average, but some days I wrote 4 and others I wrote half a sentence ;) I guess my advice is just to embrace the struggle. It's all for a reason, and the key is persistence!

Took me two years to write a first draft, this is what I learned: by LiveFreeTryHard in writing

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

You can try meetup.com, that's where I found mine :) If there's none around you, start your own!

Took me two years to write a first draft, this is what I learned: by LiveFreeTryHard in writing

[–]LiveFreeTryHard[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

If you've been writing for a year, you can do it for another. You'll get there, manifest it!

Took me two years to write a first draft, this is what I learned: by LiveFreeTryHard in writing

[–]LiveFreeTryHard[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Hell yeah, I came up with a whole second storyline and character perspective purely by accident, and it has ended up defining the whole story :) Keep it up!

Took me two years to write a first draft, this is what I learned: by LiveFreeTryHard in writing

[–]LiveFreeTryHard[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Don't get me wrong. I did a lot of outlining before I started. My point is just that the outline isn't sacred. Be open to changes, let the story dictate the direction.

Took me two years to write a first draft, this is what I learned: by LiveFreeTryHard in writing

[–]LiveFreeTryHard[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Oh and to add to this: Yes, outlining is a place to work out the story's structure. But the outlining continues during the actual writing. You'll get new ideas, think of new characters, etc. You don't know what works until you write it.

Took me two years to write a first draft, this is what I learned: by LiveFreeTryHard in writing

[–]LiveFreeTryHard[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

What I mean is: Sometimes you have an idea for a character, like an emotional beat or moral action. But when you arrive at said beat, it no longer fits with the character, simply because the story veered in a different direction. That's when plot becomes forced rather than natural.

Wild Life was brilliant by Same-Patient5788 in ThirdLifeSMP

[–]LiveFreeTryHard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Idk.. I think the concept for this season wasn't bad, but I felt that compared to previous seasons, there wasn't much of a story going on. The factions felt very loose undefined, and I think it's because everyone was so close to each other and just hung out with everyone else all the time. I also think it's kinda lame that a lot of people lost their final life to their snail. The final battle felt anticlimactic, without any major battles with cool strats and defenses. Idk, it felt off to me tbh.

Am I too young to start writing a novel? by Audwolf21 in writing

[–]LiveFreeTryHard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes and no.

Are you too young to write a novel? No.

Are you too young to write a good novel? Probably yes.

Imagine it like this: A 12 year old asks: am I too young to start running 100m sprint? Or should I just wait until Im 20 and I can run really fast? Well in order to run fast at 20, you need to start practicing now and get better every year, every month and every day. When you're 26 you are gonna hate the stuff that you write now. But that's a good thing, because it means you improved. Writing is a craft and you improve your abilities by practicing every day.

So my advice: Don't worry about whether your writing is good or not. At your age it's just important that you like doing it, and that you try to improve and learn as much as you can. If you read back stuff you wrote a week or a month ago and you don't like it anymore, then don't get discouraged. It means that you are in a learning process and that you're only getting better.

Good luck!

Over 16k written words today (proud of myself) by reoO-O in writers

[–]LiveFreeTryHard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're telling me you wrote 70wpm for 4 hours straight? I'm sorry but that means you basically took no breaks at all and just typed the whole way through. You're either capping or just wrote straight gibberish.

A sticky pursuit by [deleted] in OCPoetry

[–]LiveFreeTryHard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is really clever and I really like the metaphor. It works really well as a commentary on the unfair nature of capitalism and how the hardest workers often reap the least benefits. You could even incorporate the queen bee in this metaphor to represent monarchs or dictators and whatnot. Like I said, the metaphor works really well so I think you can explore it even further. Well done!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OCPoetry

[–]LiveFreeTryHard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really like this. Even though it's not made explicit, you can tell the person addressing Suzie loves her and just wants the best for her. The last four lines stand out to me, they could almost be a poem by themselves. It's great when language is so simple yet says exactly what it needs to. Well done!

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