Can I become a writer when this is the quality of my writing? Please be honest.

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Can I become a writer when this is the quality of my writing? Please be honest. - Lemmy.World

Chapter 1: The Realization I wake up to my usual gooning session first thing on the morning, looking at my saved posts that i saved for that exact occasion, when i came to a sudden realization. I forgot to save the post of my treasured, since the day i saw it, fanart! With my gooning session ruined, i have a hole in my chest that i have yet to fill. Begging to the heavens so that my once and still so close to my heart fan art, finds its way to my hands once more. But god, contrary to its various depictions, it’s not fair. Or maybe it was fate itself the one behind these circumstances. Whatever supreme existence is behind those happenings, are truly evil and devoid of any empathy for the human condition and all of its intricacies. As an atheist that thought assaulted me, deprived me of all rational thoughts that i would otherwise have, due to all the pain the situation brought. Pain, shapes a man. It truly does. And then, a thought comes to my mind. A thought so frivolous, so trivial and so minor that if i had not given a little more attention to my introspection, it would go past me. Catching the passing thought and analysing it, i came to a conclusion. it was truly a blasphemous thought. The thought was… “Should i goon to another art?”. What a horrible, sad, and absolutely horrendous thought. Devoid of any redeeming quality, that thought came to mind nonchalantly, as unaware of its disgusting nature. No art would ever have such an effect on me again. That art was… Special. One of its kind. A masterpiece made by God itself. Enough to make any edging streak end as soon that one placed its eyes upon it, even with the faintest attention. Truly a divine work of art. Having lost my favorite art, I lost the entirety of my being. How do i can ever proceed with life when i know now the art is just over there, somewhere in this big world, waiting to be found? That is what my guts tell me. No, something deeper in the realm of existence, more hidden in this physical world of ours, more unknown and unnatural than the beings that exist therein, tells me that. Chapter 2: The End Of The Journey My eyes, tired of the intermittent and unforgiving exposure to the light of the computer, and all the repeated little movements. Not understanding none of the reasons for its punishment, begged for mercy, that being evidenced by the release of salty and abundant tears, only for it to be cleaned and its existence ignored soon after. Then, the long, and inescapable suffering finally came to its end. As a message of heavens, brought by god itself, its presence was made known to me. The glorious, glamorous, splendid, wonderful fanart was there, on my face. As i gazed at the art, the art made sure to gaze right back. It was different and yet the same. It had the same colors, the same shapes, the same lines, but it was not the same as before. Surely there was more to it than its physical existence. Surely, something well beyond the natural world. It invoked happiness, but not only that, many other things besides emotions in me. Its effects extend well beyond its appearance. it invoked strength and will to live long lost inside me. But none of that matters. i have found it, i have finally found the reason of my existence since i put my eyes on that masterpiece, that work of art. The effort put was not for naught, and finding solace in that fact, i advanced forward, toward also, the bathroom, as for an art of this level, an act of adoration of the same level must be done.

TL; DR, also because it doesn’t matter what your writing is like today.

If you want to be a writer, then (from what I’ve read from successful writers) the key is practice - writing every day (just like anything else people get good at).

I’m sure there’s also guides, processes, etc you could follow to ensure you’re using different methodologies and techniques to improve your writing.

You need to capitalize your I’s to start. Also I think your punctuation could be better, it’s for the most part commas and periods, which looks quite flat for creative writing. I’d say try out using more dashes, semicolons, and other punctuation marks to “spice it up”
yeah, also I’ve seen this font before. and I really only respect writing that’s printed out. so. maybe do that to. but not on white paper. we’ve all been there. on green paper with dark green print. it’s a BOLD choice.
Snowclone is right. Don’t fuck with format just for the sake of fucking with format. Its pretentious and douchey.
to be clear, I was mostly just trying to have criticism that was outside writing choices that would hopefully sound dumb.
ts eliot did alright
ee cummings?
indeed. don’t know where my mind was…
                              r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r                        who   a)s w(e loo)k   upnowgath                    PPEGORHRASS                                          eringint(o-   aThe):l          eA                !p: S                                                          a                            (r   rIvInG                          .gRrEaPsPhOs)                                                           to   rea(be)rran(com)gi(e)ngly   ,grasshopper;
Wat
It’s a famous poem by e e cummings. And it’s a literary work of art. Stare at it for a while and you’ll figure it out.
Really? Thats wild… its lost on me I only see grasshopper written several times… maybe the formatting isnt true for me…

The formats fine

I see theres a bit of a story in there now… still pretty lost on me though tbh

The backwards facing Grasshopper, who, As we look up now, Gathering into the LEAP, Is arriving to become, Rearrangingly, Grasshopper.

Of course, you lose most of the meaning writing it like that, which is why he didn’t.

You wrote something. Ergo, you are a writer.

Whether or not anyone ever pays you for your art, that you choose to make something yourself is enough to earn the same title as Shakespeare, King, Rowling, Shatner, Stallone, or Myer. ~Selection chosen deliberately to have a range of quality.~

Keep writing until you have finished a story. Then revise it until you can read it without hating it. Then write something else.

without hating it

Note that this does not mean “loving it”. If I waited until I loved every single pen stroke I ever made, I wouldn’t have a comic.

Selection chosen deliberately

That was a double take for the ages, mate ;D

Then revise it until you can read it without hating it.

And, uh, don’t get too caught up on that part.

Lots of artists never stop hating their own work. Art and neurosis — name a more iconic duo. At some point you just need to move on and let it be what it is. Perfectionism is a powerful thing, but it must be tamed.

This is especially true when you’re starting out, before you’ve developed an intuition for which paths are worth following. It’s easy to get stuck in a loop trying to “fix” something that’s never going to be what you want it to be. “Quality over quantity” is the more common refrain, but for a beginner it should be the opposite, because what you need more than anything at that point is just practice. Related: austinkleon.com/…/quantity-leads-to-quality-the-o…

Quantity leads to quality - Austin Kleon

On the origin of a parable in the book ART AND FEAR.

Austin Kleon
You can be a writer but we can also choose not to be a reader.

Sure you can! Keep writing, read as much as you can, but also be sure to go out and live. Lived experiences are important, and if you don’t have a lot of them, your writing will be worse off for it. Be sure to touch grass as the kids say, go travel as much as you can.

I’ll warn you though: One of the surest ways to ruin a fun hobby is to make it a profession.

Boring language. Every sentence looks the same, every paragraph looks the same, etc.

You need to vary many different aspects, like how you form sentences, use long and short sentences, switch perspectives, levels of detail, levels of abstraction…

This is terrible writing, but you can still become a writer with practice. It appears as if you haven’t read any books, though. Do you have a favourite writer? Or genre? Or period? Just reading internet comments isn’t really enough. I’m also astonished at the many basic errors in these few short paragraphs. Back to school with you and study! Good luck.
I disagree. Just minimal editing and they’re going to do great things on 4chan.
I’d recommend spending more time polishing your grammar and less time polishing your knob.
I read a bunch of we novels, and this is definitely the quality of some of the ones I have come across. Youll get lots of comments to suggest improvements. If you choose your premise wisely enough, something with dedicated fans, you might get those people to stick around and keep offering comments.
Something like 'I'm a furry dog person and I got transported to hogwarts' with a NSFW label, and some people will stick around.
Some regular writing schedule would also give you practice and take some of the overly flowery language out - which could be good.

Writing is like any art form.

Lots of people do it badly, a few do it pretty well, and a very select few are masters of the art.

But making money at it and becoming famous for it are different circles in the Venn diagram from being good at it. It takes some level of skill, business acumen and luck to be successful at all three.

Some people are natural storytellers but can’t write a clear sentence. Other people know the meaning of all their words and how they interact, but can’t hold a reader’s attention.

Popular writing styles change over time. What you like and what popular culture prefers may vary immensely. Be humble, open to criticism, but find out what YOU value about your writing as well — it’s what makes it unmistakably yours and not somebody else’s.

People like flowers, but part of the beauty in flowers is that they’re all flawed. Same goes for vocal musicians. And the same goes for writing. You need to be self aware enough to realize what your weaknesses are in writing and use them as a tool to shape what you write.

Not gonna lie your grammar and syntax suck bruh
I am appalled by the number of people who took the bait given the first 8 words were “I wake up to my usual gooning session”
What bait? Rage bait? I assure you I’m not doing nothing of the sort, I was just shitposting
It’s no stupid questions. That’s the point, really.
Have you read 50 shades of grey? That crap was horrible writing but enticing to a demographic. Sell a story that minds crave.
This is the best words ive ever read. I want to buy it all. How much for all these words, so that they’re mine? I’ll give you 0.196 ETH, but you will take it down? So that I own all these words, no one else? And I can read them at my leisure? But no one else can??

i advanced forward, toward also, the bathroom

Poetry.

If you really want to know, this is terrible. If you want to start improving, learn that I is always capitalized in English.