I’d like to write more but I don’t tend to like my writing for longer than ten minutes after I’ve written it. I’ve gone through the process of putting in my 10k hours in music and gone through the motions of attempting to build a professional music career, so I generally understand that the sucking phase lasts a long time. I also know a lot of it is jumping into the routine of writing every day. Just curious to see what people have to say.

  • FourteenEyes [he/him]
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    11 months ago

    First draft is supposed to be dogshit. Sometimes stories never get good, save them anyways and mine them for ideas later on. Slam things together, twist them around. Play to your strengths when creating stories. If you're good at conveying emotion, lean into that. If you're a good visualizer, build on that. Write things you don't plan on finishing. Set a very modest writing goal to start; Terry Pratchett set a goal of just 200 words a day. He frequently wrote a lot more than that, but 200 words is better than 0.