Writing tip and advice that didn't work.

[HungrySheep]

Not for stories, but for essays: the stupid ass hamburger template that was pushed CONSTANTLY throughout all years of formative education. Absolute waste of time in my opinion.

 

[ConansWitchBaby]

The tip didn't work. I just felt violated.

Spoiler: Pics

You sick bastard. Why would you click. Also, outlining.

 

[Pixytokisaki14]

Don't write too much in one chapter unless you want to run out of content really quickly.

I learned that the hard way sniff

 

[Sylver]

Some user once said that after you write past 50 chapters, the readers will start taking interest in your story and your audience will find you.

That person lied!

 

[l8rose]

I was told that I should look at what's popular and write based on that. You can imagine how well that went. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[ElijahRyne]

No reflection on the advice, could be a good one, could be a bad one, but for you it just didnt stick.

What some writing advice you got, that just didnt work out for you personally?

Well, growing up my handwriting and spelling has always been terrible, to the point where I failed my multiple classes, up until I graduated, because no teacher could read my handwriting. Typing was a bit easier, but only in the way that not having to worry about others being able to read it. I have never been able to type properly, despite 3 years of consistent typing class. Never gotten my typing speed over 25-30 words a minute, and all that Jazz. Practically every day I was told to practice my handwriting/typing and spelling by teachers, family, etc. While spelling as gotten a bit easier as time has passed none of the others did.

So lesson of the story, if this feels similar to your own experiences, or the experiences of someone you know, you might have undiagnosed dysgraphia. It wasn’t until 4 months ago I realized it was even a thing, despite my family’s history of dislexia.

 

[overclockedw]

I've never been capable of summarizing my sentences, or work. When I write, I imagine my story like I'm watching an anime or TV show. Essentially I write to make the reader see the vivid mental image I'm having.

Because I write that way I've NEVER been good at the whole 'keep it simple' style that many people vouch for. It's just never worked for me, even though I've been told so many times that it's best to keep your writing as succinct as possible.

 

[Sagacious_Punk]

I've never been capable of summarizing my sentences, or work. When I write, I imagine my story like I'm watching an anime or TV show. Essentially I write to make the reader see the vivid mental image I'm having.

Because I write that way I've NEVER been good at the whole 'keep it simple' style that many people vouch for. It's just never worked for me, even though I've been told so many times that it's best to keep your writing as succinct as possible.

Same problem here, honestly. I see the story in full audio-visual detail, not as an abstract chain of words or semantic constructs. It's one of the reasons I don't like reading books with not enough visual descriptors and regularly-applied "pattern tags".

That said, when I write, I try to "compress" the imagery in my mind down to as few sentences/details as possible, kinda like a video codec does for actual video. I compensate by using obscure (but precise) vocabulary, cultural & fictional shortcuts, expression constructs I've read by better writers than me, and a few other tricks applied all the way from macro-story level down to sentence level.

The downsides to my approach are that a) I write slowly, compared to most other writers, b) if readers aren't at least somewhat familiar with the narrative techniques that I apply, they might as well not even be there for them in the first place.