Persistence is the key, try again and again until you see changes.Catreeves16 wrote: ↑20 Apr 2020, 12:49 I have had my nose stuck in a book since about 4 years of age. There is no doubt that I love to read. But does that mean I HAVE to be a writer, too? I have tried to write stories, blogs, journals, etc. for the last several years, but cannot ever seem to stick with it. I feel like I can't flesh out story ideas, or what I do write sounds ridiculous. Is it okay to stick with reading and reviewing? Do you read only or write only?
Reading vs. Writing - Are they always hand-in-hand?
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Your explanation summed up everything. I agree with you.Koltrast wrote: ↑15 May 2020, 12:07I wholly agree with this. You can like photos without wanting (or having) to be a photographer. You can enjoy music without having to be a composer, you can like paintings without needing to be a painter. In the same way, you can love reading books without ever wanting to write a single word, professionally or otherwise.Folcro wrote: ↑26 Apr 2020, 00:39 People who love movies don't necessarily have to be directors, but with writing being such an accessible enterprise (all you need is pen and paper), it can be tempting to at least try it, but don't surrender to cognitive dissonance if you find you're not interested enough.
On the subject of "rediculous," one advantage I've had was that I started at an early age, (11) an age where I was oblivious to how rediculous what I was writing was (and it was rediculous); the point of this is that the most important thing you can do as a budding writer (if you are so inclined) is to just write. If you have the passion, the rest will take care of itself. Either way, keep reading.
As for the other way around, I believe it's helpful for writers to also read a lot. I am tempted to go so far as to say it's even vital.
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In primary school, I liked writing random poems too and thinking up stories to write. There's this time when I made up a new world with characters and names and creatures and I really wanted to turn it into a novel. I tried it writing the story when I was in 6th grade. I was maybe a third of the plot but then I graduated and then in highschool I stopped writing that specific story. I still wrote but it was more on editorial and feature pieces for the school paper.
Right now, I sometimes write fanfiction but I never post it anywhere.
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