2011-02-27, 03:06 PM
You've got the motivation, you just have to refine your technique.
- Spell check. It won't do to publish a story with improper writing conventions.
- Plot out your story beforehand. Writing a story completely off the top of your head might be fun and good practice, but your product will be unorganized.
- Character development. A story without character development is a story without characters. It ends up being empty and predictable.
- Don't publish chapters unless you're 100% sure about them. This ties in with plotting your story ahead of time; quality over quantity. I'm in the process of writing a story myself, and in the past two or three weeks I've only written the prologue. The rest of my time has gone to thinking about what I'm going to write and reviewing what I've already written.
- Analyze what your motivation is. If you're writing just for the sake of writing, you should be writing shorts, not novels. Even then, all writing should genuinely capture some feeling of whatever in it.
- Be open to criticism. We don't tell you your story is bad just to give you a hard time. You always have room to improve.
I've been in your place before, so I can sympathize. Best of luck to you.
- Spell check. It won't do to publish a story with improper writing conventions.
- Plot out your story beforehand. Writing a story completely off the top of your head might be fun and good practice, but your product will be unorganized.
- Character development. A story without character development is a story without characters. It ends up being empty and predictable.
- Don't publish chapters unless you're 100% sure about them. This ties in with plotting your story ahead of time; quality over quantity. I'm in the process of writing a story myself, and in the past two or three weeks I've only written the prologue. The rest of my time has gone to thinking about what I'm going to write and reviewing what I've already written.
- Analyze what your motivation is. If you're writing just for the sake of writing, you should be writing shorts, not novels. Even then, all writing should genuinely capture some feeling of whatever in it.
- Be open to criticism. We don't tell you your story is bad just to give you a hard time. You always have room to improve.
I've been in your place before, so I can sympathize. Best of luck to you.