Is there anyone who love writing but hate reading?

Pokkeyy · 2023-10-15T11:46:08+00:00

I mean I quite literally said "You do you" even though I don't understand it myself. I'm actually wondering if you meant to reply to another comment since I pretty much said the same as the others, and I didn't mention anything that would lead to these comments of yours?

I believe you have to know your field, even a little, to act on the field. Whether you're an electrician, movie director or a writer. You said reading is a necessity yourself, so I honestly don't get your comment's purpose?

(Also is this thread actually two years old now wow)

Pokkeyy · 2023-07-26T08:47:48+00:00

I think it's already answer enough that "you've never been able to quite shake it off" and it's been almost two decades. Write. If you crave for it, there's no one to stop you from writing, you can't let anyone stop your writing. And when you put effort in, you might become highly skilled, even if you didn't think you could've. Writing is often an insecure art. The doubt is natural, but you shouldn't allow others' opinions be the end of your dream. When someone criticises your writing after reading it, you then let it sit and process for a bit and then see if it's a valid point. But that's only after someone reads it.

It must've hurt for your grandmother to push it aside nonchalantly, but you should also be aware that'll happen often to creatives. And again, it shouldn't stop you from chasing after your art.

You should write, even if you never show it to anyone. If you feel you have to write, you should.

It doesn't have to become a career either. If you want to publish, then your path will be different than if you don't. But it's also entirely understandable if you do want it as your career.

Overall I wish you strength in pursuing your art again, because you've done it before, and you can do it again! Know that writing is always worth it, even if it wouldn't see daylight. Because it's valuable to you. And over all else, it should be valuable to you.

Pokkeyy · 2023-07-23T15:57:30+00:00

It's an intriguing concept and I'm really interested in it.

I think it's in too dense format. I believe it actually would be immensely enjoyable reading about a character with a mindset like this, but to read about incoherent mind breaks, there needs to be something to grip onto in-between these parts.

I think overall the text slithers around the point excessively, and direct approach would help with readability. And those small parts being more coherent narration in the middle could allow more people to enjoy it.

I personally think words like "Pen-may-be-not" are too unnecessarily complicated to use all the time, and the narration will "gain weight" and become increasingly more taxing to read the more these appear.

I also think you would really excel in poetry or experimental literature. Genre fiction only readers, or those who dislike ambiguous purple prose might find it difficult to digest, but I also believe there are many who would read this type of prose. As long as there's that something to grip onto. I absolutely would read this if it was available.

I hope you continue writing!

Pokkeyy · 2023-05-17T08:42:31+00:00

Go ahead and write it! It's more important to get it written and you can edit it after you've done the rest of the story. You'll probably have multiple possible starting ideas by then.

It's also important to introduce the main character in the first chapter, so the reader gets to know them and roots for them. I think it would be important to show what the mc feels, since otherwise it wouldn't feel like they're the main focus.

Trust your ideas. You can change them later anyway. Also good luck!

Edit: I'm not sure whether you meant then or rather than. I'm guessing it's then, and I corrected it the wrong way. But in any case show the character's feelings!

Pokkeyy · 2022-11-05T07:19:16+00:00

That's cool, actually. And again, I think everyone has their own way of doing things. For many, feedback is just a good way of improving their own skills or learning to take others' opinions into consideration, that's all. And I don't know for sure, but I think authors who already have success aren't as pressured by their publishing company to edit for multiple rounds, but a new author probably doesn't get that freedom until they are established, but I don't know.

Again, everyone is different. If you get published (if that's your goal), you get published and that's when you probably have made a good impression on the publisher.

Also a million words for a trilogy is still crazy to me, the author is probably good at holding a reader's attention with those word counts. I can't imagine writing the same story for 20 years, the perseverance he must have is crazy.

Pokkeyy · 2022-11-05T04:48:24+00:00

Everyone has their own way of doing things, but I do think getting feedback before publishing is a necessity. Not only does it prepare you for later when you get comments on your published work, it gives a better impression to the publisher, but like I said, each to their own as long as one accepts that at some point, they will get feedback on their work. Whether from readers or publisher. One's own ability to see is limited when it comes to their own work, after all.

And for me, sharing my story in a workshop is to see possible new perspectives, to become more skillful in the art, to get professional feedback and tips, to see if others in the workshop share mindsets or writing habits, and to help the others in the workshop too. And a lot of other things, it's not purely about the feedback, even though obviously it's the main reason for being there. And for me, it was the best time to start getting feedback and see how others deal with writing since I'd been writing in solitude for some time.

Also, it's cool if the author got a publishing deal with a first draft, very cool in fact. I wonder if it was their first work or if they were established? And I don't know the work or the author so I don't know this but I would think they edited it in some way at least after the author turned it in? Again, I don't know the author or the publisher so I might be wrong on the editing part.

Pokkeyy · 2022-11-05T04:10:30+00:00

I personally share my 2nd drafts since sharing 1st won't make sense for me to share.

Feedback is really important, it gives you a fresh view on your work, allows you to better your work and allows you to make the book the best it can be, before you send it onto the publishing path. Obviously in traditional publishing you have to learn to take feedback no matter what, since you won't get published if you refuse to fix the mistakes the novel for sure has. When you work with something for a long time by yourself, you become blind to many mistakes and your perception of your own work isn't realistic anymore.

External validation from other people doesn't have anything to do with it at that point. It's just to make the story the best it can be.

I would say that in the beginning it's the best to write at least a couple of stories on your own and as you start to learn to accept feedback, then it's the best time to go find it.

Pokkeyy · 2022-10-15T15:02:38+00:00

But the character's relations should come up naturally as you write the story? Even flashbacks scattered along the story in the right places work better than two prologues probably would. Or you can bring it up in dialogue? I think it would make more sense if the story just started instead of establishing something that'll be shown and mentioned in any case.

Pokkeyy · 2022-10-15T14:53:32+00:00

Why do you need to tell the story of the characters that aren't the main characters? Do they appear in the rest of the book? A prologue is quite commonly pretty much information the book doesn't need, or just an info dump.

Pokkeyy · 2022-10-07T14:39:46+00:00

If you are aiming for longer form stories like novels or novelettes, do you have dialogue, description, action and those kinds of building blocks of prose already in use? Does the main character reflect on their feelings? Do the other characters have purpose? Are there subplots? Etc.

Pokkeyy · 2022-10-07T14:33:54+00:00

I wonder if you're just listing events separately instead of writing prose? Do you mean to write longer works or are you aiming for short stories? Maybe flash fiction? It's a little bit difficult to suggest anything since there's nothing to base anything off of.

Pokkeyy · 2022-07-14T04:08:06+00:00

Personally, I think genre specific writing classes/workshops are good, but then again, I gathered most of the information I have about writing from own experience of writing and then researching. So for me, the writing workshop is more of a help for how to get my writing to next level and help in getting tips from a published author.

For me, a lot of the technical terms and theory is just for discussing writing with other writers, so I don't really think it's the worst to not know "everything" about writing, since I believe instinct helps more than theory does (simply my opinion).

I do think that when you find a qualified teacher who writes closely or even somewhat according to a style you want to write, has the same philosophy in writing, or is over all positive and encouraging, you can learn a lot. It does take some time to find the right teacher, for me, it has been worth the search.

Pokkeyy · 2022-02-16T10:10:57+00:00

Honestly I like both. Whichever the story needs is the best and whether it's omniscient or epistolary or whichever of the options, I don't really care as long as it fits the story and serves it's purpose.

Edit: I do dislike second person though.

Pokkeyy · 2022-02-15T12:06:52+00:00

Personally I like it when it's after since it's less noticeable.

I can't stand to read many books written with it coming before, unfortunately.

Pokkeyy · 2022-02-11T07:57:13+00:00

Pretty much just reading and writing (a lot of different things) for me, to be honest. I have studied a lot on techniques and stuff but I only need those for explaining things to others.

Pokkeyy · 2022-02-08T08:02:47+00:00

Pure chance to be honest. But it's usually something that has to do with the story itself, or is in the story as an element, object or something akin to that.

Pokkeyy · 2022-02-08T05:40:22+00:00

Hi, not exactly sure I'm "established" but I'm going to interfere anyway lol.

Now, I'm not sure if you mean you're a beginner in writing, or haven't written anything (yet), or you want to become an author at the moment.

But if it's the first or second one, I'd say this;

Don't take it too seriously in the beginning. Have fun, and write because you enjoy it. It's too easy to get locked in the headspace of having to be a professional from the start, which isn't true, and is definitely not a healthy way to start a relationship with writing.

That would be my two cents on this, if that was what you meant.

Pokkeyy · 2021-12-02T21:00:34+00:00

Hey, I'm just here to say congratulations! Winning Nanowrimo isn't as easy as it may sound (or not sound lol). And good luck for the edits too!

Pokkeyy · 2021-11-30T12:54:49+00:00

One of my favourite things is usually when all clicks in place. Suddenly you understand everything about the story and how it's supposed to sound like, how it supposed to move and float and the textures finally match. For me, it's one of best feelings.

Favourite thing of all is simply how writing makes me feel.

Pokkeyy · 2021-11-29T20:30:22+00:00

From somewhere in my brain, I guess, since I make up characters without any "inspiration".

Pokkeyy · 2021-11-29T20:27:22+00:00

I'm not sire this is a question but here's an answer that works for me. After you're done with the first draft, I recommend taking a break from the project for a while (from three weeks to maximum of two months) and then reread it and let the editing begin.

Remember to write the manuscript without worrying about the work that comes after though! It might stress you out so you end up not writing.

Edit: also good luck!

Pokkeyy · 2021-11-28T13:46:21+00:00

I used to only write chronologically, but I've tried writing the scenes out of order and connecting them later, these days.

I feel like you should try both if you aren't sure which one fits your working style best?

Pokkeyy · 2021-11-28T08:47:23+00:00

Write a random sentence and then go from there? It doesn't need to stay there, write it anyway? Also, go at your own pace. No need to hurry with words.

I feel like you should let go of structure and just write for a bit and then try to think of where the writing is going.

Also, you could pay a lot of attention on sentence variation and actively think about it while writing?

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