How did you learn to write well?
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Re: How did you learn to write well?
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I have written 5 books and 10 short stories. And out of that i only think that one of them is good. The first story i wrote.
But i don`t write for others to read. I only write for myself. So they don`t really need to be good.
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The critters tore my baby to shreds ... one after another. Oh, there was an occasional glimmer of hope my darling could be salvaged through hard work, and correction, but overall it was a brutal massacre. My first reaction was denial (How typical? Don't we always?), I mean how could I have been so wrong? I had to take a step back.
I focused on critiquing instead of being critiqued, for a while anyway. Once I started reading other people's critiques over a book I'd just read, I started learning from them. Things I'd never caught before (or even heard of) became apparent to me. (Ah! They've used a run-on sentence here, and redundancy there.)
After a while (and I'd nursed my wounds), I went back to my story and reread the 'offensive' critiques, and I could admit the comments were not only right, but well deserved. And I could SEE my mistakes. So much repetition, overuse of he/she said, where using an action would do, filler words were sprinkled throughout, as well as phrases like- 'was walking' and 'was eating' instead of walked and ate, and so much more.
I went back in with my newly learned skills, and weeded out my many errors. Then I joined the site as a paid member because I knew I needed to learn and grow as a writer. I spent a couple of years there, and I can say it was money and time well spent. Does that mean my story's come out perfect every time? Haha! No, lol. I'm a work in progress. Good grammar does not come naturally to me. But I am a much better writer now, and when I go into editing mode, I'm prepared. I still have my work critiqued and beta read before it goes off to my editor, but I know what I'm doing now, and I'm glad to say my skin has grown (a bit) thicker.
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