@Ruyi Thank you for your advice. I checked my LEXILE level and surprisingly I'm only at approximately 1030. I have borrowed two books for now. 'I, Alex Cross' by James Patterson and 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' by J K Rowling. I know that's about 900, so it's currently over what you...
I thank you all for giving me advice on practically all my questions. Even the simplest ones like ‘read books’, give me a direction to head towards, instead of letting me wander around aimlessly. Your links are also quite useful. So, thanks again for your kind words.
As it turns out, writing a story isn't so hard, it's writing a good story that's hard. So before I go into the topic above and hammer down the questions I have, I will tell you a little bit about myself so you can better understand my situation.
I'm from Germany, so English is my second...