I am going to start of as a newbie writer and I don't know my stuff around writing other than in papers or notes so I need help !!

[Ark__]

it will be great if you could share your experiences when you started writing and your expertise on it and what you would have used if you were given the chance to start off again. I would love it if you can recommend some writing software where I can get some good grammer correction bcauz I am just starting out and maybe a bit of bad grammer.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Grammarly.

 

[Mortrexo]

Change paragraph after someone stops speaking. For example:

Yasenia exclaimed, "I thought that the stars were just lights!"

Tatyana answered, "Silly girl, the stars are very big balls of burning gas! Much bigger than you could imagine."

Yasenia's eyes sparkled as she made a gesture with her arms, "Like thiiis big?"

Tatyana patted her daughter's head and chuckled, "Much, much bigger."

Then, Tatyana lay down beside Yasenia on the bed and kissed her forehead, "Sleep, little treasure. Tomorrow you have to do a lot of things."

Yasenia snuggled closer and said, "Goodnight, mom."

Tatyana smiled gently and whispered, "Goodnight, little treasure."

 

[Ark__]

Grammarly.is it better than Microsoft word ??

Change paragraph after someone stops speaking. For example:

Yasenia exclaimed, "I thought that the stars were just lights!"

Tatyana answered, "Silly girl, the stars are very big balls of burning gas! Much bigger than you could imagine."

Yasenia's eyes sparkled as she made a gesture with her arms, "Like thiiis big?"

Tatyana patted her daughter's head and chuckled, "Much, much bigger."

Then, Tatyana lay down beside Yasenia on the bed and kissed her forehead, "Sleep, little treasure. Tomorrow you have to do a lot of things."

Yasenia snuggled closer and said, "Goodnight, mom."

Tatyana smiled gently and whispered, "Goodnight, little treasure."

thnks I will keep that in mind.

Grammarly.

so u know how I can work efficiently as I have zero to no experience in working on laptop for lengthy projects.

 

[AnonUnlimited]

Don’t take criticisms too harshly, look at it as improvement opportunities.

don’t be afraid to break grammar rules if it makes the story easier to understand.

 

[ConansWitchBaby]

I'm going through the same thing myself. I can tell you what I have already figured out.

I have problems focusing so doing a basic outline has helped. It gives a skeletal structure to what you want to happen rather than going in blind and second-guessing yourself halfway through. Something basic like,

Person A does the beginner thing
Thing happens.
Blurb of setting.
Transition here? I guess? Maybe add the part about B storyplot here instead of A.
After transiton.
Walk around and info dump...
Person A meets person B. Event happens. (make sure to add Thing F here or it will get confusing for next part)
Event stuff 1.
Forgot stuff 2 again. Insert stuff 2 here.
Stuff 3.
Finish somehow. Still working on this. Probably add the duck here for comedic timing.

Then fill it out with more details. Making sure to ignore proper grammar instead of being anal about perfection. That comes after the first rough. Which here would be when you fill out the details after the chapter outline. Just write. It can and should be a mess.

Afterwards, when everything looks to be like a runover skeleton with meat pieces sticking out can you add the skin by editing. I'm on my third chapter now. I want to figure out a groove so I can know if I'll update once a week or month...

 

[Moonpearl]

Writing is like a muscle. There will be so many words a day/session that you can withstand writing, and you'll likely wish it was higher. However, you should build up your word count gradually and with patience, because pushing yourself too hard will lead to strain.
If you push yourself once, you might find you don't really have it in you to write for a day or two. If you push yourself too much too frequently, you might burn out altogether, rendering you unable to write at all.
Burn out can take months or even years to recover from. Some unlucky people never recover at all.
So, take care of yourself at all times.

Try to think critically about writing advice you receive. This can be hard when you're starting out and don't have experience of applying it directly, but the more you can do it, the better off you'll be.
There's a lot of nonsense like "Said is dead" floating around that will make your writing worse if you apply it.
When in doubt, check if the "rule" being pushed on you applies to books you've enjoyed reading. If not, disregard.

Writing (and all creative pursuits) do not have linear improvement scales. There's always going to be things you're good at and things you need more practice in, and it's normal to "fail" at all levels of writing ability.
If you try something a little experimental or that you're not used to writing much of, you might fail. If you're tired and unmotivated, you might produce something that falls far below your standards. Sometimes you'll write something, wanting it to be read one way, and a miscalcaulation makes your readers take it in a whole other.
The hardest part of all is learning to accept your failures without becoming discouraged.

Lastly, you can sometimes brute force your way out of writer's block by just writing despite the doubts eating away at you.
But sometimes writer's block is caused by external factors, like poor mental or physical health, or day-to-day worries distracting you.
Sometimes all you can do is take a break from writing to let yourself heal.

 

[Deleted member 57675]

it will be great if you could share your experiences when you started writing and your expertise on it and what you would have used if you were given the chance to start off again. I would love it if you can recommend some writing software where I can get some good grammer correction bcauz I am just starting out and maybe a bit of bad grammer.

Jot out your ideas somewhere that you can easily look back into. Be it a book, folder, dtc. Make it organized so you won't have trouble finding it later on...

Put a date to each thought or story you come up with so its much easier when one day you need find out when you first started coming up that story.

Write. Start something simple, but will still interest you. Then move on to bit longer stories until it gets more complex.

When you have time and lack motivation, join the writing challenges. Contest deadlines help push you to must finish this so you'll do it. It spurs the sadist in you who wouldn't otherwise start lifting the pen to write again.

 

[Ark__]

Jot out your ideas somewhere that you can easily look back into. Be it a book, folder, dtc. Make it organized so you won't have trouble finding it later on...

Put a date to each thought or story you come up with so its much easier when one day you need find out when you first started coming up that story.

Write. Start something simple, but will still interest you. Then move on to bit longer stories until it gets more complex.

When you have time and lack motivation, join the writing challenges. Contest deadlines help push you to must finish this so you'll do it. It spurs the sadist in you who wouldn't otherwise start lifting the pen to write again.

oooh so like using procastation as motivation...i think I get it thnx...

Writing is like a muscle. There will be so many words a day/session that you can withstand writing, and you'll likely wish it was higher. However, you should build up your word count gradually and with patience, because pushing yourself too hard will lead to strain.
If you push yourself once, you might find you don't really have it in you to write for a day or two. If you push yourself too much too frequently, you might burn out altogether, rendering you unable to write at all.
Burn out can take months or even years to recover from. Some unlucky people never recover at all.
So, take care of yourself at all times.

Try to think critically about writing advice you receive. This can be hard when you're starting out and don't have experience of applying it directly, but the more you can do it, the better off you'll be.
There's a lot of nonsense like "Said is dead" floating around that will make your writing worse if you apply it.
When in doubt, check if the "rule" being pushed on you applies to books you've enjoyed reading. If not, disregard.

Writing (and all creative pursuits) do not have linear improvement scales. There's always going to be things you're good at and things you need more practice in, and it's normal to "fail" at all levels of writing ability.
If you try something a little experimental or that you're not used to writing much of, you might fail. If you're tired and unmotivated, you might produce something that falls far below your standards. Sometimes you'll write something, wanting it to be read one way, and a miscalcaulation makes your readers take it in a whole other.
The hardest part of all is learning to accept your failures without becoming discouraged.

Lastly, you can sometimes brute force your way out of writer's block by just writing despite the doubts eating away at you.
But sometimes writer's block is caused by external factors, like poor mental or physical health, or day-to-day worries distracting you.
Sometimes all you can do is take a break from writing to let yourself heal.

thanks for your wonderful advice i will keep that in mind..and well as i am a newbie so i am not starting off by writing the story that actually planned to write because it may because it was too good for me to write without exp . so iam starting off by writing another story that i came up on the spot and has a much deeper but shorter plot.

I'm going through the same thing myself. I can tell you what I have already figured out.

I have problems focusing so doing a basic outline has helped. It gives a skeletal structure to what you want to happen rather than going in blind and second-guessing yourself halfway through. Something basic like,

Person A does the beginner thing
Thing happens.
Blurb of setting.
Transition here? I guess? Maybe add the part about B storyplot here instead of A.
After transiton.
Walk around and info dump...
Person A meets person B. Event happens. (make sure to add Thing F here or it will get confusing for next part)
Event stuff 1.
Forgot stuff 2 again. Insert stuff 2 here.
Stuff 3.
Finish somehow. Still working on this. Probably add the duck here for comedic timing.

Then fill it out with more details. Making sure to ignore proper grammar instead of being anal about perfection. That comes after the first rough. Which here would be when you fill out the details after the chapter outline. Just write. It can and should be a mess.

Afterwards, when everything looks to be like a runover skeleton with meat pieces sticking out can you add the skin by editing. I'm on my third chapter now. I want to figure out a groove so I can know if I'll update once a week or month...

i too am done preparing the entire plot structure and mc' personality and stuff .I am already prepared with materials to push forward if i can fill them enough content and spice it can push forward to atleast 40 chaps to 50 chaps.
( if i can add that much plot related stuff )but iam still lacking in what to fill the content with i have like prepared the glow for the arcs but every arcs needs to be filled with things that will push through the story because i can't just write story as iam writing history homework!! "•••"

Don’t take criticisms too harshly, look at it as improvement opportunities.

don’t be afraid to break grammar rules if it makes the story easier to understand.

well I don't care about stuff i had already face d like a million times and it really helped me to push me through. well i will mess up in grammer anyway i am only going to focus on tense that flows just like was were and stuff anything more grammerly can handle it.

 

[gaylolis]

I feel the best thing that worked for me is to write stuff that would also benefit myself in real life.

Before I'm an Author, I'm myself. No matter how much I love writing, my own life is always more important. My writing is one of the means to enrich it and make my life much better.

One thing that I like to do is taking my time. I don't like to rush chapters and instead I will wait until I find the right moment before I started writing. If people try to rush me, they're not my readers and they can just go read someone else's.

It's also always okay to stop writing when you don't feel like it. Never be obliged to write every single day. Instead, you can try finding something that naturally makes you want to write. For example, if you want to be conscious of what you're doing and trying to describe it with your own words, which might bring you to change things a bit and creating a new story, for example. From the simple figment of daily life, you can transform it into an immersive grand adventure spanning across infinite multiverses.

...but yea, if I were to start out again, what I'm going to tell to myself is to forget about popularity and appreciation. Just write what you want and love, instead of pandering to others. for me, being able to write my own voice, independent of others, is one of the best joys in my life.

 

[Deleted member 57675]

oooh so like using procastation as motivation...i think I get it thnx...

Not really. You stay organized so you can find your stories again. You join challenges not to procrastinate but to push you to do something, now that you have a fixed deadline.

 

[TheEldritchGod]

Change paragraph after someone stops speaking. For example:

I hate that. I only do that for text and when it is a rapid back and forth. Or first person.

 

[HappyVainGlory]

it will be great if you could share your experiences when you started writing and your expertise on it and what you would have used if you were given the chance to start off again. I would love it if you can recommend some writing software where I can get some good grammer correction bcauz I am just starting out and maybe a bit of bad grammer.

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Cheers.

 

[Shard]

Personally, I started writing after many years of excessive reading, so I fall back on my memory of things I've read for examples of what to do or not to do. A few things I can recommend -- try to avoid repeatedly using the same word or phrase. As an example, if people are speaking, use a combination of said, responded, replied, remarked, interjected, exclaimed, and other similar words. If you just always use the word said, it gets very repetitive and less interesting.

On a similar note, I prefer writing from the third person perspective 'attached' to a character, so you only get their thoughts, and what they consider important. They might not notice the bugs on the foliage because they are focused on following the trail and looking at the sky, so you would describe the path and the way the sky looks. This helps keep you attached to the character you are writing at the time, as well as helping you control how to describe everything.

I'd also recommend trying to put yourself into the position of your characters mentally, and consider what they would think or do with their personality. Just assuming everyone acts similarly will lead to boring characters, in my experience, as many people have different motivations, likes, dislikes, talents, etc. Similarly, if two people travel through the same area, they might focus on different things, allowing you to swap viewpoints and describe places in more detail on different visits to them, while still feeling natural.

I would also like to recommend looking at writing prompts and trying to write short stories just to test your creativity and expand your views. I've got a large collection I picked up over the years, and sometimes I just look at one and try to create a world where that situation exists and see how it works out. I haven't posted any of those however, but some of them make great ideas to spin off into their own story to share.

 

[CZ2]

it will be great if you could share your experiences when you started writing and your expertise on it and what you would have used if you were given the chance to start off again. I would love it if you can recommend some writing software where I can get some good grammer correction bcauz I am just starting out and maybe a bit of bad grammer.

don't think, just write and write.

Literally. You'll improve yourself overtime on your own.

I started off writing fanfics, and they were horrible. And when I read over them a month later, I cringed so hard. I saw what made me cringe, and fixed it.

Of course, I didn't just go blindly in, I took reference with some people by reading other fanfics and fictions, and created my own style of writing slowly over time.

There's no simple solution, it's always write, see what you did wrong, and fix it. Then write, see what you did wrong, and then fix.

Poor grammar? You'll learn. Shitty structure? You'll fix it. Bad characterisation? It'll get better. All in due time. There's no need to rush this process.

Be happy with what you're writing, don't think about what you're doing. Just write. You'll steady yourself on your own. And in time, you'll have created your own style of writing.

Just write.

 

[Maze_Runner]

it will be great if you could share your experiences when you started writing and your expertise on it and what you would have used if you were given the chance to start off again. I would love it if you can recommend some writing software where I can get some good grammer correction bcauz I am just starting out and maybe a bit of bad grammer.

My friend Littlewing would always be willing to help for free. Just search their profile and message them. They would look over your work and send it back with the grammar corrections.