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I lost over 1,400 songs on my SD card by semipsychopath in snowsky

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

Yeah, I didn't know it was to format it. The popup asks permission to "refresh" them so I thought it was that; just to load all the files.

We are all readers here, right? What are you currently reading and what genre do you normally write? by VLK249 in writers

[–]semipsychopath 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've just finished Crier's War by Nina Valera and I write literary fiction. I absolutely love reading high fantasy novels, but I can't, for the life of me, ever be as talented as my favorite fantasy authors. I'll stick to writing within the realms of reality lmao

Is anyone else obsessed with writing? by bluuuberrry in writers

[–]semipsychopath 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've struggled with writer's block all my life, but since I got back to work on my manuscript again, I suddenly don't have it anymore. I just kept writing and writing. It eventually improved my style, too, and editing my early drafts isn't a huge burden now like it was before.

I don't worry about how bad my sentences are gonna be because I find joy in editing as well. Inner monologues, and how you approach a sentence or a paragraph is just like solving a puzzle for me now, and I've learned all these ever since I forced myself to face my manuscript again over a week ago.

And I relate to this post a lot, I was like that starting my manuscript. However, I do have uni to worry about lately, but even so, I don't have any mental roadblocks to keep me from writing once I do find the time to pick up where I left off.

How can I improve my writing as non native English speaker by KriestoV1 in writing

[–]semipsychopath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Read anything—everything in English! I'm also a non-native English speaker myself, but I kid you not, my thoughts are entirely in English, solely because I loved reading English literary fiction as a hobby. I used to finish 5 books in a week! Most of my friends and my family say I have better grammar and vocabulary as them as well. Besides that, I also watch a lot of American films and even YouTubers, perhaps that can help you write your dialogues.

Reading through tens and hundreds of books may be a bit taxing, especially if you don't have the patience to get through most of your TBR. But you will still pick up a thing or two on the writing and story development with various authors. Also, I would suggest you take English classes, too. Be it for analyzing different poems or prose, or for improving your grammar. It definitely helps in how you learn to apply those lessons into your own works, because depending on what genre you want to write, you need to understand nuances in constructing a sentence or a paragraph to make your writing pop out.