Before I decide to write more I want the opinion of people here. · 7:27pm Apr 23rd, 2015
OK I've never really been much of a writer. Fact is the only reason I tried to write this story was I felt compelled to. My grammar is horrible. I had a lot of help from two others on here to fix too many mistakes to count.
Because of this I had long since given up on trying to write stories. Even though I have a very powerful imagination I prefer to just live out my stories in my head as it's way easier than trying to write them out. I just don't know if I could ever be good enough to be a decent writer.
So, my question to all of you who have read my one and only story I have ever written down and posted in my entire life is should I bother to keep trying? So far the comments on the story have been less than encouraging. Depending on the responses I get will determine if you'll see any other works from me.
Write more write what you want write often.
If you fail, fail faster.
I can empathize a bit. I have dozen upon dozens of ideas and a horde of complete concepts all wandering around my brain, but in my case it's limited patience more than worry about grammar/mistakes that holds me back. I sit down to write it down, but typing it out is so slow compared to how easily it flows in my head that I leave out detail or just give up on the exercise.
Different problems, but the initial approach I took may help: start small like you did. 1-3k word self-contained stories. Don't worry too much about negative feedback, just treat it as practice and "the real thing will come later." And the funny thing is, you end up not needing to decide when you go from "practice" to "the real thing" - it just happens. One day you log in and boggle that one of your stories took off and you have no idea how or why. And it's such a rush you just have to try again.
There's still going to be plenty that aren't successful even after that point. Just look at all your failures as practice when they happen. That's what they are after all. Just keep going and get the stories out. After a while you find that you're writing to see what happens next because you don't know! For all that you had it planned/visualized before you started, once you're giving it physical form it starts to change and surprise you. It's an experience to be sure when it happens.
Keep creating. That's all I can say, despite how over said it is. Just keep creating.