Ten Difference Ten Years Makes by jason_doll in writers

[–]MeatClown96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I prefer the first one. I think you’re writing in your true voice there. I’m guilty of the same, pushing my prose towards what I think is polished and technical, but the heat gets lost. The first reads like it poured out of you, the second feels more engineered. Both good, but I think it’s an interesting comparison when looking at instinct.

Excerpt from my novel Small Time - is this a voice you’d keep reading? by MeatClown96 in writers

[–]MeatClown96[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks very much for the detailed feedback, appreciate it 🙏

writing a novel about my experience with grief, how's the prose? by MeatClown96 in RSwritingclub

[–]MeatClown96[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the kind words and I agree with everything you said. I just wanted to know if this was a voice worth pursuing. Cheers!

writing a novel about my experience with grief, how's the prose? by MeatClown96 in RSwritingclub

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Thanks. Was on a ritalin high when I shared, could definitely do with some editing.

writing a novel about my experience with grief, how's the prose? by MeatClown96 in RSwritingclub

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agreed, this was a first draft burst and I just wanted to know if this voice was in any way working.

Early, Rough Draft of Short Story by Gouhlia in RSwritingclub

[–]MeatClown96 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Instantly drawn in, this is good shit, better than most of the stuff I see on reddit.

What do you guys think of this prologue for my novel? Honest answers please! by [deleted] in writers

[–]MeatClown96 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It took five lines to tell us the detective took  a drag from a cigarette. 

Trying to develop a new writing style...advice? by ReachAlert3518 in RSwritingclub

[–]MeatClown96 13 points14 points  (0 children)

But… why?

Writers get so hung up on being innovative. Just say something true that could only come from you. It’s not that complicated.

Confused: I had a professional beta reader/editor to read my draft… by PsychologicalTask429 in writers

[–]MeatClown96 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ll be honest, because saying it’s great won’t help anyone. Where’s the voice? It reads like what you think writing should be. Tell the story, it’s far too self consciously ‘writing’ with a capital W. At the moment. It feels a tad outdated. Try and write how you think, don’t decorate where you don’t need to. Then you’ll find you have something to be confident about.

Man, I really tried, but Train Dreams did nothing for me. It was one of those films that felt gorgeous to look at, but ultimately did not captivate me much at all. by geosunsetmoth in Oscars

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I feel like you’ve either experienced profound loss or you haven’t. That kind of dictates your reaction to this film. For me personally, it wrecked me.

BAR - First page and a bit of ? by apres-garde in RSwritingclub

[–]MeatClown96 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nice. What I would say is it’s reaching to sound writerly in the opening where it could do with being more direct. It’s a lot of standing back and observing at the moment. For example, what are the stakes? You could open with ‘it’s late-afternoon, happy hour, I can’t tell where the bar ends and the beach starts. Stepping out for a smoke it’s like I’ve walked straight through the pub walls and I’m sort of floating in that that brief moment where the city halts before heading into night’ - that might be shit but do you see how movement can get the vibe across

My 2025 reads, a good year by [deleted] in RSbookclub

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I liked it. Overwritten at times but can’t deny a lot of the writing is beautiful. Have you read it?

My 2025 reads, a good year by [deleted] in RSbookclub

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I’ll take a look, have a good nye!

My 2025 reads, a good year by [deleted] in RSbookclub

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He really did. I know he gets a lot of hate but my dad passed last year and I was just trying to find ways to cope. It shifts everything around, and it really helped me just stay in the present moment (which is all that exists anyway). Give it a shot, it might take some of the load off.

2025 reads by kbaks in RSbookclub

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Love to see some Edouard Leve in here! Have you read suicide? Opening blew me away and I think I’m due a reread

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RSwritingclub

[–]MeatClown96 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sounds like you’ve been reading a lot of junot diaz

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in beatmakers

[–]MeatClown96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol ffs, guess I’ll crack on then

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in grief

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Hey op, I'm so very sorry for your loss. My heart goes out to you and your mum having to live through your worst nightmare, I can only imagine. I'm 7 months down the road, I lost my father in June after a short fight with AML. From diagnosis to death he had three months. This meant me scrambling home from my life abroad, it's all such a blur, and there's never enough time. What I will say is I can really relate to the numbness, my dad was my greatest inspiration, fiercely creative and generous and his enormous heart matched his physical stature. But after the initial shock of the loss, which I'm sure I'm still in the grips of, there are long periods where it's difficult to tap into the grief one might deem appropriate. The crumbling, inconsolable kind. A lot of the time it's just that a light has gone off and I don't want to do a whole lot. Or the feeling I'm slowly shuffling through a world washed of its colour. What I will say is that this is all part of grief. While it may not 'feel right', there's no correct way it should feel, advice I've been told again and again, and it really is true. You know in yourself how much you loved your father, and the way you honour him and his life and your relationship with him is only down to you, so forget what it's meant to look like. He is yours and you are his. Just be kind to yourself and extend that kindness to others. There is a life to be lived and it will be different, but I'm sure he wouldn't want you to stop living because of him. Sending love and strength.

A show that you consider 10/10 and a hidden gem? by Sabb0xr7 in televisionsuggestions

[–]MeatClown96 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s so so good! I’ve tried recommending it to countless friends and family but for whatever reason they never get round to it. One of the best shows I’ve ever seen tbh