What would you say you struggle to write most?

[A_veil_of_red_ink]

Pacing. My stories take there sweet ass time to get through a day. I have too many characters.

Bigger thing is that you can write too many chapters. I don’t even remember how many times I have stopped my story after the first chapter.

 

[BearlyAlive]

Letters, as in vowels and consonants, not the thing you send by post. Like, I spend hours fleshing out the setting and characters, but then I'm too lazy to write them down...

 

[Worthy39]

Letters, as in vowels and consonants, not the thing you send by post. Like, I spend hours fleshing out the setting and characters, but then I'm too lazy to write them down...

I feel that one.

 

[Kurayami]

I am a terrible examiner of myself. Things that I said I was worse at, readers liked a lot. If I had to say, my worse part is exposition. I cut out so much unnecessary information from my natural prose. I can lose a lot of readers who want more exposition, but I don't intend to change this facet. I like the way I write currently. There are some things I need to shore up, such as repetitive actions like shrugging or nodding that someone mentioned before.

 

[georgelee5786]

Characters...actions...location descriptions...emotions...

I think I just struggle with writing

 

[Eldoria]

Narrating an epic war scene on a battlefield involving hundreds of thousands of troops attacking each other. The situation is utterly chaotic. The atmosphere is utterly dark and brutal. Narrating this scene without distracting, confused, or losing the reader's focus is a complex challenge.

 

[Sylver]

Smut scenes. My asexual ass don't know what to be doing besides cut to black. That's actually why half my characters are underage. So I can write romance without the expectation of that. Or if people do expect that I can just tell them "ew she's 15"

If you need some guidance with writing smut, I'm your girl so long as it's of age, of course.

 

[Snakes_Emperor]

I'd say it would be: Being generally concise in what I write... i have a bad habit of adding a bit too much word to put the emphasis on things, but it can be too much sometimes =_="
And i KNOW of it, i know! But... when i cut on it, it doesn't feel like my writing é_è.

And summaries, my Beta Reader bashed over my head how long i make those ( SHORT texts... ). Never knew how to do these... T.T )

 

[Makimaam]

Plotting the plot

 

[expentio]

Appearance details and details of the environment. I really struggle with stuff concerning looks and forget to describe a lot of the stuff that makes up scenery.

 

[Akaichi]

For me, it's probably casual movement, like shrugging or leaning back. I can only think of so many, and after a while it starts to feel repetitive, I've been trying to think of more, but it's tough to think of ones people would actually do.

This can easily solved by using secondary actions. Let your character do something else while talking. Smoking, playing with a phone or doing their nails. It can add depth to your novel while also reveal some subtle things.

 

[ElijahRyne]

For me, it's probably casual movement, like shrugging or leaning back. I can only think of so many, and after a while it starts to feel repetitive, I've been trying to think of more, but it's tough to think of ones people would actually do.

Anything after the 9-10k word mark is mindbendingly difficult. Before that everything feels easy, granted I would say I am bad at exposition and my dialogue often sounds like someone talking to themselves.

On casual movement, most people have a, or a few, stim they repeat for me it would be tapping my fingers/foot and hand movement similar to a conductor when talking, or while listening to music.

 

[Worthy39]

This can easily solved by using secondary actions. Let your character do something else while talking. Smoking, playing with a phone or doing their nails. It can add depth to your novel while also reveal some subtle things.

They usually are, I just struggle to think of things that aren't repetitive. Like, maybe six different actions per chapter is about the best I can manage because I just struggle to think of things they could do in that specific situation.

 

[Amateur_Artist2008]

Action, and naming people and places. I have names that are pretty good, but they took a long time to think of.

 

[thegingernut]

"She's legal in some countries!!!" -Your readers, probably.

I have yet to see someone complain about the lack of smut scenes in my literally advertised as school life webnovel. Its a preempted defense not something anyone's been weird enough to test.

 

[TheNonexistentOne]

I think... Comedy...

 

[melchi]

For me it is torture. I can't bring myself to write a scene with it

 

[Worthy39]

For me it is torture. I can't bring myself to write a scene with it

Well, as long as you're not writing a story with torture, it's not a necessary skill to have.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Consistency.

 

[Snakes_Emperor]

For me it is torture. I can't bring myself to write a scene with it

The day i tried writting torture, i’ve been labeled a psychopath...
Looks like i’ve been too... vivid with it ._.