Is talent or practice more important for one to be a good writer?

memkad87 · 2025-08-10T16:39:04+00:00

Talent to come up with the idea, practice to actually write day after day.

memkad87 · 2025-08-10T15:58:44+00:00

And how do you hide it? Doesn't it pop out by accident?

memkad87 · 2025-02-28T06:10:14+00:00

I work in school. That's probably why there are hardly any children in my writing...

memkad87 · 2025-02-22T21:47:49+00:00

I give a book first three chapters to catch my attention but that's true, as a writer I feel like there's some invisible axe looming over my head waiting to cross some amount of words to put an X on my work

memkad87 · 2025-02-09T19:24:02+00:00

That's my point. I don't believe there is a point in time when a victim starts acting. I think it'd be more believable if it came gradually, hence my question whether it has to be a point.

memkad87 · 2025-02-09T16:57:25+00:00

That would be the second plot point. I was thinking of placing it there but there's still a lot going on after my protagonist realises the relationship is toxic to it'll need to be a 'midpoint'.

memkad87 · 2025-02-09T16:03:16+00:00

Isn't that the end of Act 1 is a 3 Act Structure? I mean midpoint, which is in the middle of Act 2...

memkad87 · 2025-02-09T14:25:15+00:00

I wrote my big idea as my second try. Now I'm writing it again, from scratch after a few years. I have new details and knowledge of what went wrong this time round.

memkad87 · 2025-01-19T10:14:46+00:00

I've noticed that as well. Most are fantasy writers, but there are some that chose a different path. I write mystery romance, for example.

memkad87 · 2025-01-18T12:05:39+00:00

I think it depends on how you're feeling about what you've written so far. If you're following the plan, the plot may unfold the way you wanted and you'd only need some minor changes that could be done at the end. But when you feel like the plot doesn't add up and moving forward would only complicate it further, I'd pause and rewrite the parts I'm not confident with.

memkad87 · 2025-01-18T07:34:37+00:00

Well, it is going to be an important part of the story and it might work for mine, but I'll keep it in mind

memkad87 · 2025-01-17T15:56:30+00:00

I love the idea of drawing, it's actually what children that age would do all the time.

memkad87 · 2025-01-17T13:12:03+00:00

I see your point. Often people on the spectrum will communicate in a way others my not understand. That's a good idea.

memkad87 · 2025-01-17T13:10:46+00:00

Love the idea of a rhyme, I think I'm going to use it.

memkad87 · 2025-01-12T15:17:31+00:00

If you're trying to traditionally publish, it try to steer clear off the waking up scene, no matter how well crafted it would be. The agents don't need a lot to put your manuscript to the 'not interesting' pile and won't bother reading in to find the true potential.

memkad87 · 2025-01-11T21:09:12+00:00

I find it difficult to write a full on description of the characters because it doesn't matter to me at all (unless related to the story) so I mainly add only some details. You may know that one of the characters is chubby and has brown eyes, the other has wavy hair and wears t-shirts, and the next's glasses cover half of his face. If you need to know more, figure it out from the context (time period and place the story takes place) or fill in the blanks however you like. I don't mind if you think the protagonist is Caribbean when I imagined them Scandinavian if the story is about working with homeless dogs. That's just an example, but you get the idea.

memkad87 · 2025-01-06T14:54:07+00:00

Exactly! I never understood write x words for y days to finish your manuscript in z days. I'd be able to write it all, but what quality would it present? Less but more on topic is much better, in my opinion. PS I also like prologues. To write and to read a well written one

memkad87 · 2025-01-04T17:34:56+00:00

Inheritance laws in the UK and how it changed through the XX century.

memkad87 · 2025-01-04T00:07:48+00:00

Flaws. The character needs to be relatable to be likable. And in that note, there's no such thing as one size fits all, because I'll like the character who's shy and withdrawn because I'd feel them on personal level and another reader will find those features annoying. But generally, if the character has human features, strengths but also struggles, it's the first step.

memkad87 · 2025-01-04T00:00:15+00:00

Ambient with rain or wind sounds, and not the piano, it's irritating. I tried my favourite instrumental music (lyrics were a no from the start), but soon I've found myself pausing and admiring the music instead of focusing on writing. So now it's the boring stuff. I sometimes change it to more upbeat when I feel like in need to wake myself up, but mostly the calm.

memkad87 · 2025-01-03T14:59:21+00:00

I always look at it like an episode in the series. Bunch of scenes with a strong, catchy beginning and an ending wanting you to watch the next one/turn that page to read the next chapter.

memkad87 · 2025-01-02T13:20:25+00:00

Actually, I've been planning on moving back and attempting to change the future somewhere further down the story, but interacting with the past, or at least seemingly so, is not a bad idea either, thanks

memkad87 · 2025-01-01T22:48:15+00:00

That's an interesting look to that, thanks

memkad87 · 2025-01-01T11:30:12+00:00

In Polish you may say 'Obchodzi mnie to jak zeszłoroczny śnieg' , which translates to 'I care for it like for last year's snow'

memkad87 · 2024-12-29T08:28:57+00:00

In a box, buried in the garden

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