Well......... I did write fine and suck at the same time. I got overpassed by the newer ones who got more rating, reader counts, and views than I do (even they start it better than me).... at least..... I cannot think straight for some reason..... looks like I have to go through tons of shit....... shits getting dark now
My friend I going to tell you a simple fact...
The moment you already started writing something. For having the guts to post it here in scribblehub or to any other places is enough for me at least to say: You did a good job!
I'm going to tell you. Millions no perhaps billions of people around the world want to start writing but couldn't even get a friggin start a word on blank paper. Of course, there's geniuses and the mind seducers out there who could make big bucks and gain tract in popularity. Maybe about ten thousand or fewer out of the billions.
I have a few things that I have discovered in writing. Well, I had been in writing for only a year at most. Not full-time, only during my free time.
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Hard work doesn't make waste - At first, I also wanted to be part of the trending pages or rankings so I tried and lose the steam. So I change my mindset, I try thinking of what writing had made me. Well, it made me a better English writer, a better vocabulary, a wide imagination, it made be study LOL, I got new friends, I learned new things, and I found a good hobby. In the end, I realize trending or not, popular or not. I still gained something worthwhile than sitting my ass on a couch watching TV while my stomach develops beer belly.
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Set your goals - Set your goals, my friends. That's the only way you are going to see whether your successful or not. Of course, keep it grounded, don't make airplanes out of paper. Don't bite more than you can chew. Start on small goals. Like "I'll try writing 2000 words in 4 days or you know you could do better. write 2000 a day. Do you know the ten thousand hours rule? If not read it or skim it.
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Failure and Criticism hurts but that's when you start growing - It may sound hypocritical but I know, I also been there. Rather than wasting your brain juices on thinking of failure. How about writing how did you fail. Make an impossible story out of it. Let me bash it for you and I tell you where you can improve. You can also ask the folks in discord. They'll help you a lot. Only in failure and criticism will you see things that you're not perfect. Well, who is in this time and world?
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Stick to it even if it means blood - If you made a goal, stick to it like a damn glue! That's why I'm also telling to make your goals realistic. If you want success, you must have passion. You could ask others how they succeed. Well, they first took the first step, stumbled a little, found joy both in small and little things that went right.
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Be you that's enough - your not JK Rowling, not Stephen King, not Malcomm, and your absolutely not Tony. You are you. The moment you compare yourself to others. In my eyes, you lose. Strive against yourself. It's hard! But when did things ever became easy in the first place?
Well, see this I already created something. I have created an article for medium. edit here, edit there. And damn, I also need a proofreader.
Hope this helps the others as well.