Feeling stuck · 8:05pm Sep 30th, 2018
Not idea wise. I have plenty of those (although there are some I know I've forgotten). But talent or skill wise. I have to believe that with all the years of practice and the sheer volume I've written even since I have been here has meant that I've improved, but it honestly doesn't feel like it. It feels more to me like I've hit stagnation. That what I'm writing now is not getting any better than what it was, say, around this time last year.
I'm not going to stop writing any time soon, so those who like my work have no need to worry about that. I love writing. I'm just worried that I've reached a plateau, where I can't really improve any more, and that what I have is mediocre: nothing that people hate or get upset over, pointing it out at me to improve, but nothing great or amazing that they love either.
Hopefully I'm wrong, and just not noticing the improvements because it is slow and constant.
I don't know...
It's easier to level up when you're a novice. Now that you've grown in skill and experience, it's not as easy.
Yeah, I can definitely sympathize concerning feeling like you've reached a level where you can't go up any higher. But, hey, none of us are professionals here, so we don't have room to judge. Besides, I WOULD call your writing better than mediocre (in fact, I would call it quite good).
I am so sorry. Hopefully things will get better for you soon. Stay happy man.
OK first your style of righting is awesome i love it.
i agree the better you get some times the harder you need to work to move forward.
I do have a idea that i have shared with a few authors that may help.
pick something out of your norm a totally new story line , style.
as most of your story's are below 20k words set a goal for the new style of 500k.
this will take planing make a story bible with goals get a good bit on paper before you post any thing so you can see how it is going to flow or move along.
make your self a big chilagon for your self and see how things play out for you.
I think you're right to recognise the problem. And the further from novice you venture, the more you have to nitpick, criticise, analyse, and be really honest with yourself about whatever's not working as well as it could, because the easy lessons have already been learned.
So, a few suggestions off the top of my head (and I've only read a few of your stories, so I can't say to any extent whether or not these are things you're already doing, they'd just be my general suggestions at that level):
You've written 7 times the number of stories I have, so realistically I have no idea how things work at that level. But the above is my best guess!