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As a kid what did you want to be when you grew up? (piefed.blahaj.zone)
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[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The few writers I know always tell me that the three things I would need for writing are:

  • Reading a lot.
  • Writing a lot.
  • Discipline.

I was told that anything extra I could do like writing workshops, etc, are nice to have but definitely not mandatory.

Iirc another common advice was writing short stories initially, then review them, analyze and piece them appart in a nice structure, then re-write them again. I think it had different versions of it, but the gist of it was that the Afghanistan of new writers are long novels and short text writing, then reviewing was the exercise necessary for improvement before trying to write the Great American Novel.

In other words, please write and share it with us ;)

[–] Rich_Benzina@feddit.it 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thank for your advice! I've never written anything so ill definitely have to try one day or another. We have to start somewhere anyways.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago

Ping me when you have it. 👍️