New to Writing, Help needed

[FrenzyWanderer]

I am new to writing, I started writing a story. Which is in the fantasy genre. I started writing as a hobby but still catching up on most of the skills. I decided to do that while writing the story.

I'm currently writing the story forward while revising the previous chapters, Hoping these "Revisions" would make my skills sharper

So can anyone give their feedback on this chapter specifically, It's a random chapter (In the 'second draft' I'm revising my first draft, so this is the most recent one I looked at')
And whether I'm doing the things right? I mean the plan

Also how can I improve on my writing, Any advices?

I've already about to finish the story in first draft. It's still messy but the story looks promising to me. That's why I just transitioned from writing as a hobby to getting into this seriously

 

[Xcalibur_Xc]

Post in the story feedback thread. Like, why would anyone read Ch 18 and give you feedback without knowing anything about the story in the first place? It's just stupid. And it's a pdf file. Post your story, link your story, and ask in the feedback thread. It's simple.

 

[Fairemont]

So, first thing I will say is this is decidedly average in quality. This is not bad, it means that if you put your writing up against most of what you find on sites like ScribbleHub it will blend right in.

I think it has an interesting ongoing premise. There's some neat content in it. Your technical skills are relatively good but could use a little polish. That's a practice and time thing, though.

The one thing I didn't like was all of the clipped dialogue sentences where people seemed to be disappearing. It just felt a little awkward, and I'd have preferred full sentences or at least a longer bit that is then clipped off rather than a short fragment that doesn't give any real content other than 'look, they were grabbed while talking'.

Anyway, you're doing quite well for a new writer so I'd just keep going with what you've got and how you're doing it and you'll do just fine!

 

[FrenzyWanderer]

@Fairemont Thank you so much for your help.

So I have almost completed my story in it's "first draft" But it is messy. I haven't uploaded anything yet, To any website
I revised some earlier chapters, revised all together about 36 chapters, All similar to this level

Would you think, Is it better to start uploading this story now or Revise whole story once and upload it?

And did you get help from editors before uploading your stories?

Would be a great help
@Xcalibur_Xc
I'm extremely sorry for your inconvienience


I still haven't uploaded the story into a website, or as a WN. Just wondering whether to start uploading

 

[Fairemont]

I'm my own editor so I can't speak about that inquiry.

However, I can say that doing, at minimum, a single pass over your draft for catching errors, fixing up little things, and doing general proofreading stuff will be a huge boon. If you feel pretty good about it at that point then you can start uploading it.

If you're not confident, then you'd probably seek out an editor or perhaps a beta reader to give their thoughts on it.

 

[FrenzyWanderer]

@Fairemont Thank you

 

[xizl]

@Fairemont Thank you

I recommend avoiding AI llm stuff. As a personal thing, I believe it sands down the personality of the writer. Try for beta readers instead, read some books in a style similar to what you wanna write and try to emulate it. Eventually, you'll find stuff that sticks with you as YOUR writing style. There's no shame in trying out things those who came before you did.

It's going to take a lot of practice to find yourself in your writing. Just have fun, don't burn yourself out, and most importantly, don't let the opinions of people sway the story you want to write. Taking beta readers into account for grammar and general vibes is important, but don't let them run the story for you.

Sticking to what you believe your readers want is a good way to end up with a story that's never finished.

 

[FrenzyWanderer]

@xizl Thank you for your advice

And for finding a beta reader, how can I do that?
I have seen few ways in the internet.. Uploading in Reddit, etc.

Should I upload from chapter 01 onwards all the way until this point?

Sorry If I'm being annoying, But I'm new here... So can you help me please?

 

[xizl]

it’s ok! You’re not being annoying. For beta readers, you’re more likely to find general impressions and advice from people on writing discords. I will say - there will be criticism. There always is. Be prepared to understand that it isn’t an attack on your story or youpeople will point out flaws you didn’t even notice.

Thats ok. Youre new, there will be grammar mistakes, yes, but also logical inconsistencies that pop up as you write, unless you tightly outline and stick to it.

have fun with it.

 

[DismaiNaim]

I am new to writing, I started writing a story. Which is in the fantasy genre. I started writing as a hobby but still catching up on most of the skills. I decided to do that while writing the story.

I'm currently writing the story forward while revising the previous chapters, Hoping these "Revisions" would make my skills sharper

So can anyone give their feedback on this chapter specifically, It's a random chapter (In the 'second draft' I'm revising my first draft, so this is the most recent one I looked at')
And whether I'm doing the things right? I mean the plan

Also how can I improve on my writing, Any advices?

I've already about to finish the story in first draft. It's still messy but the story looks promising to me. That's why I just transitioned from writing as a hobby to getting into this seriously

As you learn and grow, you will come across a lot of terms like expository, info-dump, rising action, tension, moment-response, repetitive phrasing, and yadda yadda yadda.

TBH the best thing you can do is beta-read for other writers. It's one thing to name these things, but to see them in action and see why they work/don't work, see how info-dump can take the reader out of the narrative. That will teach you to write better more than anything IMHO