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cisthoughtcrime · 2 years ago

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I know this is probably not anything profound and maybe people have already said the same thing... But in regards to you talking about your creative writing struggles, just write it. Yeah maybe it sounds stiff and shitty. Doesn't matter. Just write it. Speaking from experience, if you always let that get in the way you'll never actually write and get better.

So just write it, even if it sucks. That's what editing is for.

This is my weird attempt of encouragement but seriously I really hope you can reach a point where the creativity is flowing freely and you enjoy it :)

thanks for this 💖😄 genuinely encouraging

#really im usually a very confident writer. im very comfortable in my world of essays chapters and theses.#but this time it's not argumentative writing and i keep writing it like im trying to persuade my audience #it's coming across as so unnecessarily defensive of the story even before it's fully introduced #from a mechanical standpoint i know it's solid. but it reads as alternately soulless and insecure. distractingly so.#I'm still determined to finish it and i know it won't be a long piece #but it's hard not to feel like im presenting the story like data points in an evidence arc rather than plot points in a narrative arc #and yes yes I'll edit #but it's less about style and more about composition and scale #im so used to 'make your assertion; provide evidence; analyse your case study to demonstrate your assertion'#that even when the sentences are well formed and individual bits sound ok it still feels like...#idk what it feels like. sparknotes? or a powerpoint presentation of the plot like a pitch meeting?#again ill still write it #i like the idea and im determined to get it down #im not about to give up because im not instantly amazing at something i havent even seriously attempted since i was 14 #in all likelihood if i get it to a place i like I'll probably submit it somewhere anonymously or under a pseudonym #and wash my hands of it content that i got it out of my head #asks #anon

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