CadmarLegend
@Agentt found a key in the skeletons.
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I will be up front. Those willing to take the craft more serious are willing to do what is necessary. Even if it takes a thousand hours if not more, that drive to always improve will keep the person going. To acknowledge your work needs improvement is the first step. Afterwards, visualizing the end goal will help the process. Ultimately however, if one wishes to do better, they have to put in the time. There are tools out there to make the process easier. Though, when push comes to shove, gotta open that work, start from line one, and improve it each step of the way.Please tell...
Here's the deal, many authors up here (like you and I) share this ideal. However, it's so easy to dismiss this when So, many. readers. just don't GAF if the author posts a story on construction paper, written with a crayon in shit grammar and run on sentences. As long as there's a demon-loli trapped in a game, they don't care.I will be up front. Those willing to take the craft more serious are willing to do what is necessary. Even if it takes a thousand hours if not more, that drive to always improve will keep the person going. To acknowledge your work needs improvement is the first step. Afterwards, visualizing the end goal will help the process. Ultimately however, if one wishes to do better, they have to put in the time. There are tools out there to make the process easier. Though, when push comes to shove, gotta open that work, start from line one, and improve it each step of the way.
The end result will be better than the starting point, and that is what is aimed for. Every time one does better, it lays the foundation for that piece to be better the next time the session begins.
In the past month, I have edited roughly 150k words. This is rather low to be honest.
I think it is this site. As well as the type of story, depending on where you are. The base can be quite critical. Hell, I once had someone try to get on me for making a very slight mistake. All in all though, there is no doubt a division. If one is willing to take the craft seriously, there is no easy route. One casts out all other distractions, and focuses on the work at hand. I once ignored all of my readers for a few months. In that time, I worked to polish my skills.Here's the deal, many authors up here (like you and I) share this ideal. However, it's so easy to dismiss this when So, many. readers. just don't GAF if the author posts a story on construction paper, written with a crayon in shit grammar and run on sentences. As long as there's a demon-loli trapped in a game, they don't care.
So those who preach the craft of the written word, are up against those who just type and post and have HUGE followings. It is sickening. but I totally understand that is the way of things now. If readers reward you for UNPOLISHED writing, where is the incentive to do better?
Hmm?
you are up against savage indifference. and NON-PC- answer- People too fkn stupid to notice they are reading TRASH, so long as it has a fkn system and a clown ass MC that they can relate to.
In grammar: When I happen to go back to read the chapter and realize a cringe-inducing error like a typo or missing word.Please tell...
It is a personal commitment. Even if there is no reward, those willing to do their best will work through the quietness. Those who have the following will also ignore their voices and diligently work without distractions. In the end, there are going to be a lot that dislikes one’s work, and a lot that likes it.
If there is no drive to do better, then that is on them. The process remains the same for virtually anything out there, set a goal, complete it, set a higher goal, and repeat. If the writer is serious, they will challenge themselves to improve. If not, then they won’t.
I don't know man. I read a lot of great literature, with high quality prose, and themes and symbolism... and at some point I just got bored. For now I enjoy rawness (and stupidity) more. I will most likely get bored of this as well, but meh. Also, you seem to be angry at genre fiction in general, which had been dominating the industry since... early XX century? Or XIX? I remember reading people being angry, while using the same arguments, when talking about Jane Austin.Here's the deal, many authors up here (like you and I) share this ideal. However, it's so easy to dismiss this when So, many. readers. just don't GAF if the author posts a story on construction paper, written with a crayon in shit grammar and run on sentences. As long as there's a demon-loli trapped in a game, they don't care.
So those who preach the craft of the written word, are up against those who just type and post and have HUGE followings. It is sickening. but I totally understand that is the way of things now. If readers reward you for UNPOLISHED writing, where is the incentive to do better?
Hmm?
you are up against savage indifference. and NON-PC- answer- People too fkn stupid to notice they are reading TRASH, so long as it has a fkn system and a clown ass MC that they can relate to.
Yeah, shoulda seen when I first rewrote my work. I was horrified by the errors, the inconsistencies, the pacing, etc. Virtually everything, though, I knew I wouldn’t get better if I turn away. So, I went to line one, chapter 1, and began rewriting. I must have rewritten that series about five or six times. Funny enough, that diligence eventually made me want to continue writing even more. As a result, recently written four books in three months. My skills improved a lot due to the time I took to polish up my first.to OP: I agree it sucks. Ask yourself why you want to rewrite it in the first place, and then use it as motivation. For me Its just dissatisfaction with how many people dropped my novel after 20 chapters, so I wanted to make it better. Also, analyzing and fixing your mistakes seems to be the best way to really improve.
Well said. One of the main goals of rewrite, for me, is to improve, and rewriting seems to be a good way of becoming more self aware of your errors, while actively trying to fix them.
I don't know man. I read a lot of great literature, with high quality prose, and themes and symbolism... and at some point I just got bored. For now I enjoy rawness (and stupidity) more. I will most likely get bored of this as well, but meh. Also, you seem to be angry at genre fiction in general, which had been dominating the industry since... early XX century? Or XIX? I remember reading people being angry, while using the same arguments, when talking about Jane Austin.
Also, believe me, I know I'm reading trash. As I suspect many people here do. But I'm also complacent enough to realise, I don't search for intellectual stimulation 24/7, sometimes I just want to relax and enjoy a bit of brainless fun.
we all do. But it's disheartening to know just how much the trashy stuff out ratios the rest. But at this point IDGAF anymore. I just want to write what sells. the rest of you can do you~to OP: I agree it sucks. Ask yourself why you want to rewrite it in the first place, and then use it as motivation. For me Its just dissatisfaction with how many people dropped my novel after 20 chapters, so I wanted to make it better. Also, analyzing and fixing your mistakes seems to be the best way to really improve.
Well said. One of the main goals of rewrite, for me, is to improve, and rewriting seems to be a good way of becoming more self aware of your errors, while actively trying to fix them.
I don't know man. I read a lot of great literature, with high quality prose, and themes and symbolism... and at some point I just got bored. For now I enjoy rawness (and stupidity) more. I will most likely get bored of this as well, but meh. Also, you seem to be angry at genre fiction in general, which had been dominating the industry since... early XX century? Or XIX? I remember reading people being angry, while using the same arguments, when talking about Jane Austin.
Also, believe me, I know I'm reading trash. As I suspect many people here do. But I'm also complacent enough to realise, I don't search for intellectual stimulation 24/7, sometimes I just want to relax and enjoy a bit of brainless fun.