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t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hyfb18a | hyfp9rf | 1,645,820,193 | 1,645,825,789 | 6 | 10 | write something terrible. just get pen to paper/fingers on the keyboard and write. aim to make it awful, clunky, awkward. just tell a story. once you feel better, edit it. make it better. rinse, repeat, until you gain confidence ps that teacher is an asshole | "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." | 0 | 5,596 | 1.666667 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hyfp9rf | hyfjnbi | 1,645,825,789 | 1,645,823,579 | 10 | 3 | "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." | a good writer is a bad writer with a lot of practice. You are afraid of failure, which is stupid, as failure is inevitable, if you write you will fail, if you don't you will fail. | 1 | 2,210 | 3.333333 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hyfjs69 | hyfp9rf | 1,645,823,632 | 1,645,825,789 | 3 | 10 | You are a writer already. Take ANY WORD, sentences or ideas and write them down without overthinking it. They you have something you can start editing. Don’t give up. You are good. | "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." | 0 | 2,157 | 3.333333 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hyfeoxe | hyfb18a | 1,645,821,634 | 1,645,820,193 | 9 | 6 | Just write. You will probably get most of the bad writing out of the way in the first few hundred thousand words. Even then bad first drafts can be fixed in post. I wish I could got back in time and smack those words out of your teacher's mouth before they said that. | write something terrible. just get pen to paper/fingers on the keyboard and write. aim to make it awful, clunky, awkward. just tell a story. once you feel better, edit it. make it better. rinse, repeat, until you gain confidence ps that teacher is an asshole | 1 | 1,441 | 1.5 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hyfqza3 | hygehr2 | 1,645,826,472 | 1,645,836,586 | 4 | 5 | >i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice you nailed it. Got to get that practice in. I would suggest writing things you enjoy writing such as self-indulgent fantasy, until you feel like your writing is decent enough to write something for someone else to read. E.g. you could start just writing fanfiction, or literally anything you will have fun with. Life is hard, you will be judged, you have to accept it, take the suffering and move on. With practice you will get better, so quit worrying!!!!! Edit: Also, your teacher didn't have to stop reading, even if he said that. He could have continued. He was just being dramatic. Why would you care what that one person thinks? It doesn't matter, just practice!!!! This is about you, not some rando from your past! | First of all, fuck that teacher, I'm sorry you had to experience that. My dad once told me "I don't care if you're writing the next Harry Potter" because he thought I was on my laptop and interrupted his stupid online game. I was 12, immediately stopped writing, and didn't again for years. Anyway, there's no such thing as just straight "bad" writing. Art is subjective, there is no good or bad. You can have poor grammar, sentence structure, spelling, continuity errors, lacking plot, unengaging telling, it doesn't matter. The whole process of writing is addressing, changing, and fixing all of those things as you flesh out YOUR story, which can be literally anything you want it to be. That's the beauty of art. Anything you want it to be, and do anything with. Most of all, I'd encourage you to just keep writing. That's how we improve, is practice. No matter how crazy or far fetched or seemingly undoable, too much work, keep writing, write it all down. | 0 | 10,114 | 1.25 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hyfjnbi | hyfqza3 | 1,645,823,579 | 1,645,826,472 | 3 | 4 | a good writer is a bad writer with a lot of practice. You are afraid of failure, which is stupid, as failure is inevitable, if you write you will fail, if you don't you will fail. | >i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice you nailed it. Got to get that practice in. I would suggest writing things you enjoy writing such as self-indulgent fantasy, until you feel like your writing is decent enough to write something for someone else to read. E.g. you could start just writing fanfiction, or literally anything you will have fun with. Life is hard, you will be judged, you have to accept it, take the suffering and move on. With practice you will get better, so quit worrying!!!!! Edit: Also, your teacher didn't have to stop reading, even if he said that. He could have continued. He was just being dramatic. Why would you care what that one person thinks? It doesn't matter, just practice!!!! This is about you, not some rando from your past! | 0 | 2,893 | 1.333333 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hyfjs69 | hyfqza3 | 1,645,823,632 | 1,645,826,472 | 3 | 4 | You are a writer already. Take ANY WORD, sentences or ideas and write them down without overthinking it. They you have something you can start editing. Don’t give up. You are good. | >i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice you nailed it. Got to get that practice in. I would suggest writing things you enjoy writing such as self-indulgent fantasy, until you feel like your writing is decent enough to write something for someone else to read. E.g. you could start just writing fanfiction, or literally anything you will have fun with. Life is hard, you will be judged, you have to accept it, take the suffering and move on. With practice you will get better, so quit worrying!!!!! Edit: Also, your teacher didn't have to stop reading, even if he said that. He could have continued. He was just being dramatic. Why would you care what that one person thinks? It doesn't matter, just practice!!!! This is about you, not some rando from your past! | 0 | 2,840 | 1.333333 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hygehr2 | hyftyvt | 1,645,836,586 | 1,645,827,677 | 5 | 4 | First of all, fuck that teacher, I'm sorry you had to experience that. My dad once told me "I don't care if you're writing the next Harry Potter" because he thought I was on my laptop and interrupted his stupid online game. I was 12, immediately stopped writing, and didn't again for years. Anyway, there's no such thing as just straight "bad" writing. Art is subjective, there is no good or bad. You can have poor grammar, sentence structure, spelling, continuity errors, lacking plot, unengaging telling, it doesn't matter. The whole process of writing is addressing, changing, and fixing all of those things as you flesh out YOUR story, which can be literally anything you want it to be. That's the beauty of art. Anything you want it to be, and do anything with. Most of all, I'd encourage you to just keep writing. That's how we improve, is practice. No matter how crazy or far fetched or seemingly undoable, too much work, keep writing, write it all down. | If you’re afraid to write but still want to write just write scared. | 1 | 8,909 | 1.25 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hyftyvt | hyfjnbi | 1,645,827,677 | 1,645,823,579 | 4 | 3 | If you’re afraid to write but still want to write just write scared. | a good writer is a bad writer with a lot of practice. You are afraid of failure, which is stupid, as failure is inevitable, if you write you will fail, if you don't you will fail. | 1 | 4,098 | 1.333333 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hyftyvt | hyfjs69 | 1,645,827,677 | 1,645,823,632 | 4 | 3 | If you’re afraid to write but still want to write just write scared. | You are a writer already. Take ANY WORD, sentences or ideas and write them down without overthinking it. They you have something you can start editing. Don’t give up. You are good. | 1 | 4,045 | 1.333333 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hyftyvt | hyfsg60 | 1,645,827,677 | 1,645,827,066 | 4 | 3 | If you’re afraid to write but still want to write just write scared. | So if you don’t practice writing, your writing is going to be bad, but because you’re afraid it’s going to be bad, you don’t practice:-) Your problem here is that you intend to share your writing with people, and that’s why you’re afraid. How about all of your writing in the next year is going to be private? You won’t share it with anyone ever? Go ahead and write all you want. After a year, then reassess and see if you continue to keep it private for another year. | 1 | 611 | 1.333333 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hyftyvt | hyftle7 | 1,645,827,677 | 1,645,827,527 | 4 | 3 | If you’re afraid to write but still want to write just write scared. | Fwiw, most bad writing starts with bad sentences, and even judging from your post, you write nice, concise, grammatical sentences! Your paragraphs are good too. In short, you actually have a nice foundation for writing already! | 1 | 150 | 1.333333 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hygehr2 | hyfv5z7 | 1,645,836,586 | 1,645,828,167 | 5 | 4 | First of all, fuck that teacher, I'm sorry you had to experience that. My dad once told me "I don't care if you're writing the next Harry Potter" because he thought I was on my laptop and interrupted his stupid online game. I was 12, immediately stopped writing, and didn't again for years. Anyway, there's no such thing as just straight "bad" writing. Art is subjective, there is no good or bad. You can have poor grammar, sentence structure, spelling, continuity errors, lacking plot, unengaging telling, it doesn't matter. The whole process of writing is addressing, changing, and fixing all of those things as you flesh out YOUR story, which can be literally anything you want it to be. That's the beauty of art. Anything you want it to be, and do anything with. Most of all, I'd encourage you to just keep writing. That's how we improve, is practice. No matter how crazy or far fetched or seemingly undoable, too much work, keep writing, write it all down. | I’m no expert, or even all that good at writing, but I can suggest something. No one cares what you write, write what you want to, put it away, expand on it the next day, repeat. Ask family, friends, get constructive criticism, not destructive. Do what feels right, pour your soul into it, love it. Share it with people like us, we won’t judge. I hope this helps, and good luck. | 1 | 8,419 | 1.25 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hyfv5z7 | hyfjnbi | 1,645,828,167 | 1,645,823,579 | 4 | 3 | I’m no expert, or even all that good at writing, but I can suggest something. No one cares what you write, write what you want to, put it away, expand on it the next day, repeat. Ask family, friends, get constructive criticism, not destructive. Do what feels right, pour your soul into it, love it. Share it with people like us, we won’t judge. I hope this helps, and good luck. | a good writer is a bad writer with a lot of practice. You are afraid of failure, which is stupid, as failure is inevitable, if you write you will fail, if you don't you will fail. | 1 | 4,588 | 1.333333 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hyfv5z7 | hyfjs69 | 1,645,828,167 | 1,645,823,632 | 4 | 3 | I’m no expert, or even all that good at writing, but I can suggest something. No one cares what you write, write what you want to, put it away, expand on it the next day, repeat. Ask family, friends, get constructive criticism, not destructive. Do what feels right, pour your soul into it, love it. Share it with people like us, we won’t judge. I hope this helps, and good luck. | You are a writer already. Take ANY WORD, sentences or ideas and write them down without overthinking it. They you have something you can start editing. Don’t give up. You are good. | 1 | 4,535 | 1.333333 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hyfv5z7 | hyfsg60 | 1,645,828,167 | 1,645,827,066 | 4 | 3 | I’m no expert, or even all that good at writing, but I can suggest something. No one cares what you write, write what you want to, put it away, expand on it the next day, repeat. Ask family, friends, get constructive criticism, not destructive. Do what feels right, pour your soul into it, love it. Share it with people like us, we won’t judge. I hope this helps, and good luck. | So if you don’t practice writing, your writing is going to be bad, but because you’re afraid it’s going to be bad, you don’t practice:-) Your problem here is that you intend to share your writing with people, and that’s why you’re afraid. How about all of your writing in the next year is going to be private? You won’t share it with anyone ever? Go ahead and write all you want. After a year, then reassess and see if you continue to keep it private for another year. | 1 | 1,101 | 1.333333 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hyftle7 | hyfv5z7 | 1,645,827,527 | 1,645,828,167 | 3 | 4 | Fwiw, most bad writing starts with bad sentences, and even judging from your post, you write nice, concise, grammatical sentences! Your paragraphs are good too. In short, you actually have a nice foundation for writing already! | I’m no expert, or even all that good at writing, but I can suggest something. No one cares what you write, write what you want to, put it away, expand on it the next day, repeat. Ask family, friends, get constructive criticism, not destructive. Do what feels right, pour your soul into it, love it. Share it with people like us, we won’t judge. I hope this helps, and good luck. | 0 | 640 | 1.333333 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hygehr2 | hyga5qu | 1,645,836,586 | 1,645,834,600 | 5 | 4 | First of all, fuck that teacher, I'm sorry you had to experience that. My dad once told me "I don't care if you're writing the next Harry Potter" because he thought I was on my laptop and interrupted his stupid online game. I was 12, immediately stopped writing, and didn't again for years. Anyway, there's no such thing as just straight "bad" writing. Art is subjective, there is no good or bad. You can have poor grammar, sentence structure, spelling, continuity errors, lacking plot, unengaging telling, it doesn't matter. The whole process of writing is addressing, changing, and fixing all of those things as you flesh out YOUR story, which can be literally anything you want it to be. That's the beauty of art. Anything you want it to be, and do anything with. Most of all, I'd encourage you to just keep writing. That's how we improve, is practice. No matter how crazy or far fetched or seemingly undoable, too much work, keep writing, write it all down. | Start writing about why you're afraid. Tell that story first. Go in as deep of detail about your emotions as you can, the facial expressions of the teacher who is a complete jerk btw, basically try and recall everything you can remember and begin writing about that. Try and stick with personal things as it takes less imagination and is more likely to be "good." Once you become comfortable with that, then move on. Hope this helps. Good luck! | 1 | 1,986 | 1.25 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hyga5qu | hyfjnbi | 1,645,834,600 | 1,645,823,579 | 4 | 3 | Start writing about why you're afraid. Tell that story first. Go in as deep of detail about your emotions as you can, the facial expressions of the teacher who is a complete jerk btw, basically try and recall everything you can remember and begin writing about that. Try and stick with personal things as it takes less imagination and is more likely to be "good." Once you become comfortable with that, then move on. Hope this helps. Good luck! | a good writer is a bad writer with a lot of practice. You are afraid of failure, which is stupid, as failure is inevitable, if you write you will fail, if you don't you will fail. | 1 | 11,021 | 1.333333 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hyga5qu | hyfjs69 | 1,645,834,600 | 1,645,823,632 | 4 | 3 | Start writing about why you're afraid. Tell that story first. Go in as deep of detail about your emotions as you can, the facial expressions of the teacher who is a complete jerk btw, basically try and recall everything you can remember and begin writing about that. Try and stick with personal things as it takes less imagination and is more likely to be "good." Once you become comfortable with that, then move on. Hope this helps. Good luck! | You are a writer already. Take ANY WORD, sentences or ideas and write them down without overthinking it. They you have something you can start editing. Don’t give up. You are good. | 1 | 10,968 | 1.333333 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hyfsg60 | hyga5qu | 1,645,827,066 | 1,645,834,600 | 3 | 4 | So if you don’t practice writing, your writing is going to be bad, but because you’re afraid it’s going to be bad, you don’t practice:-) Your problem here is that you intend to share your writing with people, and that’s why you’re afraid. How about all of your writing in the next year is going to be private? You won’t share it with anyone ever? Go ahead and write all you want. After a year, then reassess and see if you continue to keep it private for another year. | Start writing about why you're afraid. Tell that story first. Go in as deep of detail about your emotions as you can, the facial expressions of the teacher who is a complete jerk btw, basically try and recall everything you can remember and begin writing about that. Try and stick with personal things as it takes less imagination and is more likely to be "good." Once you become comfortable with that, then move on. Hope this helps. Good luck! | 0 | 7,534 | 1.333333 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hyftle7 | hyga5qu | 1,645,827,527 | 1,645,834,600 | 3 | 4 | Fwiw, most bad writing starts with bad sentences, and even judging from your post, you write nice, concise, grammatical sentences! Your paragraphs are good too. In short, you actually have a nice foundation for writing already! | Start writing about why you're afraid. Tell that story first. Go in as deep of detail about your emotions as you can, the facial expressions of the teacher who is a complete jerk btw, basically try and recall everything you can remember and begin writing about that. Try and stick with personal things as it takes less imagination and is more likely to be "good." Once you become comfortable with that, then move on. Hope this helps. Good luck! | 0 | 7,073 | 1.333333 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hygehr2 | hyfjnbi | 1,645,836,586 | 1,645,823,579 | 5 | 3 | First of all, fuck that teacher, I'm sorry you had to experience that. My dad once told me "I don't care if you're writing the next Harry Potter" because he thought I was on my laptop and interrupted his stupid online game. I was 12, immediately stopped writing, and didn't again for years. Anyway, there's no such thing as just straight "bad" writing. Art is subjective, there is no good or bad. You can have poor grammar, sentence structure, spelling, continuity errors, lacking plot, unengaging telling, it doesn't matter. The whole process of writing is addressing, changing, and fixing all of those things as you flesh out YOUR story, which can be literally anything you want it to be. That's the beauty of art. Anything you want it to be, and do anything with. Most of all, I'd encourage you to just keep writing. That's how we improve, is practice. No matter how crazy or far fetched or seemingly undoable, too much work, keep writing, write it all down. | a good writer is a bad writer with a lot of practice. You are afraid of failure, which is stupid, as failure is inevitable, if you write you will fail, if you don't you will fail. | 1 | 13,007 | 1.666667 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hyfjs69 | hygehr2 | 1,645,823,632 | 1,645,836,586 | 3 | 5 | You are a writer already. Take ANY WORD, sentences or ideas and write them down without overthinking it. They you have something you can start editing. Don’t give up. You are good. | First of all, fuck that teacher, I'm sorry you had to experience that. My dad once told me "I don't care if you're writing the next Harry Potter" because he thought I was on my laptop and interrupted his stupid online game. I was 12, immediately stopped writing, and didn't again for years. Anyway, there's no such thing as just straight "bad" writing. Art is subjective, there is no good or bad. You can have poor grammar, sentence structure, spelling, continuity errors, lacking plot, unengaging telling, it doesn't matter. The whole process of writing is addressing, changing, and fixing all of those things as you flesh out YOUR story, which can be literally anything you want it to be. That's the beauty of art. Anything you want it to be, and do anything with. Most of all, I'd encourage you to just keep writing. That's how we improve, is practice. No matter how crazy or far fetched or seemingly undoable, too much work, keep writing, write it all down. | 0 | 12,954 | 1.666667 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hygehr2 | hyfsg60 | 1,645,836,586 | 1,645,827,066 | 5 | 3 | First of all, fuck that teacher, I'm sorry you had to experience that. My dad once told me "I don't care if you're writing the next Harry Potter" because he thought I was on my laptop and interrupted his stupid online game. I was 12, immediately stopped writing, and didn't again for years. Anyway, there's no such thing as just straight "bad" writing. Art is subjective, there is no good or bad. You can have poor grammar, sentence structure, spelling, continuity errors, lacking plot, unengaging telling, it doesn't matter. The whole process of writing is addressing, changing, and fixing all of those things as you flesh out YOUR story, which can be literally anything you want it to be. That's the beauty of art. Anything you want it to be, and do anything with. Most of all, I'd encourage you to just keep writing. That's how we improve, is practice. No matter how crazy or far fetched or seemingly undoable, too much work, keep writing, write it all down. | So if you don’t practice writing, your writing is going to be bad, but because you’re afraid it’s going to be bad, you don’t practice:-) Your problem here is that you intend to share your writing with people, and that’s why you’re afraid. How about all of your writing in the next year is going to be private? You won’t share it with anyone ever? Go ahead and write all you want. After a year, then reassess and see if you continue to keep it private for another year. | 1 | 9,520 | 1.666667 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hygehr2 | hyftle7 | 1,645,836,586 | 1,645,827,527 | 5 | 3 | First of all, fuck that teacher, I'm sorry you had to experience that. My dad once told me "I don't care if you're writing the next Harry Potter" because he thought I was on my laptop and interrupted his stupid online game. I was 12, immediately stopped writing, and didn't again for years. Anyway, there's no such thing as just straight "bad" writing. Art is subjective, there is no good or bad. You can have poor grammar, sentence structure, spelling, continuity errors, lacking plot, unengaging telling, it doesn't matter. The whole process of writing is addressing, changing, and fixing all of those things as you flesh out YOUR story, which can be literally anything you want it to be. That's the beauty of art. Anything you want it to be, and do anything with. Most of all, I'd encourage you to just keep writing. That's how we improve, is practice. No matter how crazy or far fetched or seemingly undoable, too much work, keep writing, write it all down. | Fwiw, most bad writing starts with bad sentences, and even judging from your post, you write nice, concise, grammatical sentences! Your paragraphs are good too. In short, you actually have a nice foundation for writing already! | 1 | 9,059 | 1.666667 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hygfbkz | hyht9lu | 1,645,836,978 | 1,645,865,101 | 3 | 4 | This was my problem for a looong time. This is a combo solution of how to cope + how to get better. **Short term**: Write in notepad. Make it tiny so you can only see one word at a time. Focus more on getting stuff down than editing. FocusWriter is also a good alternative: you can make the font even SMALLER and it's customizable. I liked going black background with a grey font so I could barely read it. This is an digital sketch tip, but you can apply it to writing: write in a weird colour like bright green and set your font to comic sans so it doesn't feel "serious." Remember that writing isn't permanent. You have the most malleable and reusable format on your hands. Couple this with a take on the pomodoro method. Set a timer. You ONLY have to focus on your writing for those 25 minutes. It doesn't matter how much you get done, as long as the only thing you do in those 25 mins is focus. Try to do it every day. **Long term**: This is harder, because there is no magic answer, it's a process that needs to happen quietly. You need to hit a point mentally where getting better at writing is more important than getting bad feedback. **Always**: Read more. The number of books doesn't matter. Always try to have a book on the go, even if it's just the one book you read all year. Focus, notice things on purpose, write down what you like and what you don't like. Also: read books about writing. You prefer poems and music lyrics? Read books that talk about writing better poetry and lyrics. Also, your sixth grade teacher is raw sewage. Not only is that highly inappropriate and cruel to say to a student, but what was he expecting?? How old were you in sixth grade? 11? 12? He's not deciding the next recipient of the Man Booker Prize. It's literally his *job* to read through sixth grade level writing. | Treat your entire writing career as practice, always try to improve. You are a work in progress. If you are so nervous that it is preventing you from writing then I would tell you to make the first book for yourself and yourself alone. Write your book, and don't mention it to anyone, or have anyone read it. It's for your eyes only. You can work out a lot of the worst words you'll ever put on paper without any pressure of other eyes on it. You'll build confidence in your writing and the more you learn about the craft the more you'll be ready for people to read your work. Good luck my fellow writer friend and I understand your fears, you are not alone. I BELIEVE IN YOU! | 0 | 28,123 | 1.333333 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hyhq90c | hyht9lu | 1,645,862,775 | 1,645,865,101 | 3 | 4 | I am going to be honest. It will be bad. But that's okay. It's like drawing. Your first drawing will be bad... like stick men and weird eyes bad... but you have to start drawing and you must keep doing it in order to be better. How do you get better? you try to learn a technique or you try to improve something every time you draw, little by little, step by step. The same happens with writing: don't aim for a Mona Lisa on your first short story... just write, and then the next time you do so, ask yourself? how can I change the things I do to make them slightly better? | Treat your entire writing career as practice, always try to improve. You are a work in progress. If you are so nervous that it is preventing you from writing then I would tell you to make the first book for yourself and yourself alone. Write your book, and don't mention it to anyone, or have anyone read it. It's for your eyes only. You can work out a lot of the worst words you'll ever put on paper without any pressure of other eyes on it. You'll build confidence in your writing and the more you learn about the craft the more you'll be ready for people to read your work. Good luck my fellow writer friend and I understand your fears, you are not alone. I BELIEVE IN YOU! | 0 | 2,326 | 1.333333 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hyht9lu | hyfjnbi | 1,645,865,101 | 1,645,823,579 | 4 | 3 | Treat your entire writing career as practice, always try to improve. You are a work in progress. If you are so nervous that it is preventing you from writing then I would tell you to make the first book for yourself and yourself alone. Write your book, and don't mention it to anyone, or have anyone read it. It's for your eyes only. You can work out a lot of the worst words you'll ever put on paper without any pressure of other eyes on it. You'll build confidence in your writing and the more you learn about the craft the more you'll be ready for people to read your work. Good luck my fellow writer friend and I understand your fears, you are not alone. I BELIEVE IN YOU! | a good writer is a bad writer with a lot of practice. You are afraid of failure, which is stupid, as failure is inevitable, if you write you will fail, if you don't you will fail. | 1 | 41,522 | 1.333333 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hyht9lu | hyfjs69 | 1,645,865,101 | 1,645,823,632 | 4 | 3 | Treat your entire writing career as practice, always try to improve. You are a work in progress. If you are so nervous that it is preventing you from writing then I would tell you to make the first book for yourself and yourself alone. Write your book, and don't mention it to anyone, or have anyone read it. It's for your eyes only. You can work out a lot of the worst words you'll ever put on paper without any pressure of other eyes on it. You'll build confidence in your writing and the more you learn about the craft the more you'll be ready for people to read your work. Good luck my fellow writer friend and I understand your fears, you are not alone. I BELIEVE IN YOU! | You are a writer already. Take ANY WORD, sentences or ideas and write them down without overthinking it. They you have something you can start editing. Don’t give up. You are good. | 1 | 41,469 | 1.333333 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hyfsg60 | hyht9lu | 1,645,827,066 | 1,645,865,101 | 3 | 4 | So if you don’t practice writing, your writing is going to be bad, but because you’re afraid it’s going to be bad, you don’t practice:-) Your problem here is that you intend to share your writing with people, and that’s why you’re afraid. How about all of your writing in the next year is going to be private? You won’t share it with anyone ever? Go ahead and write all you want. After a year, then reassess and see if you continue to keep it private for another year. | Treat your entire writing career as practice, always try to improve. You are a work in progress. If you are so nervous that it is preventing you from writing then I would tell you to make the first book for yourself and yourself alone. Write your book, and don't mention it to anyone, or have anyone read it. It's for your eyes only. You can work out a lot of the worst words you'll ever put on paper without any pressure of other eyes on it. You'll build confidence in your writing and the more you learn about the craft the more you'll be ready for people to read your work. Good luck my fellow writer friend and I understand your fears, you are not alone. I BELIEVE IN YOU! | 0 | 38,035 | 1.333333 | ||
t1c9x6 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do I start writing when I'm afraid to? Hi. I'm afraid of writing because i'm afraid that what I'll make will be bad, and as a result everything I make is bad, because I don't practice. I'm honestly just worried people will laugh at my work. I became scared of making bad writing in about sixth grade, when my teacher told me that my writing was so bad, he had to stop reading less than halfway through the story. This made me draw away from writing, but I really want to start so I can maybe someday write lyrics for music or write poetry, and have them be at least decent. How do I get over this anxiety? | hyht9lu | hyftle7 | 1,645,865,101 | 1,645,827,527 | 4 | 3 | Treat your entire writing career as practice, always try to improve. You are a work in progress. If you are so nervous that it is preventing you from writing then I would tell you to make the first book for yourself and yourself alone. Write your book, and don't mention it to anyone, or have anyone read it. It's for your eyes only. You can work out a lot of the worst words you'll ever put on paper without any pressure of other eyes on it. You'll build confidence in your writing and the more you learn about the craft the more you'll be ready for people to read your work. Good luck my fellow writer friend and I understand your fears, you are not alone. I BELIEVE IN YOU! | Fwiw, most bad writing starts with bad sentences, and even judging from your post, you write nice, concise, grammatical sentences! Your paragraphs are good too. In short, you actually have a nice foundation for writing already! | 1 | 37,574 | 1.333333 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6hz50 | il6jxbt | 1,661,080,738 | 1,661,082,130 | 31 | 78 | My personal strategy and advice is to find a story you like the premise of but hate the execution. That is how I started to enjoy writing, I took a story that already existed and rewrote it in my vision. Now, don't plagiarize, but use it as a launching pad for your own creativity and growth. \[Edit\] I should add that it won't make you instantly good. It takes practice to write, I still am not perfect 2 years after I wrote my first major story, but I am improving. So, don't get discouraged if **you** don't see growth, it is subtle, but it is there. Don't give up, you've got this! | That's funny because writing is one of the absolute worst ways to make money or become known for anything. | 0 | 1,392 | 2.516129 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6ix74 | il6jxbt | 1,661,081,423 | 1,661,082,130 | 18 | 78 | Writing what you wish you could read works for me. The book I'm working on right now, I didn't even what to write it, .. but I did want to have a copy of it, so I started writing it just for that reason. It was almost like compiling notes for myself, and it's been one of the easiest things to write just because I actually want to have the book in my own hands for my own enjoyment. It's a lot easier to write like that than it is to write to impress other people in my opinion. The book I'm doing now is basically writing itself. If you could have in your hands any book that you could have written, which book would that be ? | That's funny because writing is one of the absolute worst ways to make money or become known for anything. | 0 | 707 | 4.333333 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6jxbt | il6jkp0 | 1,661,082,130 | 1,661,081,886 | 78 | 11 | That's funny because writing is one of the absolute worst ways to make money or become known for anything. | Think of your time writing as your fun time. Enjoy each moment like you would,say, playing a sport with your friends. Your teams aren’t going to the playoffs. Everyone is just caught up in each moment and laughing. Writing can be so much fun that you forget about everything else. My favorite moments are when I craft a scene in few words with a strong visual, or when the dialogue nails both characters clear enough for the reader to better understand them while revealing a pivotal movement in the story. I’ll realize I’m hungry because I haven’t eaten. Time for a snack! | 1 | 244 | 7.090909 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6jxbt | il6gvap | 1,661,082,130 | 1,661,079,894 | 78 | 3 | That's funny because writing is one of the absolute worst ways to make money or become known for anything. | I guess you could think about what you enjoy doing and start to do that kind of stuff. If you enjoy writing, then you could figure out what is it about writing that you enjoy. Then take some time to do that and get used to the feeling of not getting any outside recognition for it. It might be hard to change the mindset. Maybe you can start by writing smaller text pieces that are not even meant to be read by anyone else. I attended an online writing workshop, that had two assignments each week, and the main idea for the five weeks period was to produce a lot of material that you can later work on or not. For me it gave the structure of writing for myself, but also interesting new ways for writing scenes, plotting the story or creating a character. Maybe something similar could work with you, if that's something you enjoy. | 1 | 2,236 | 26 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6jxbt | il6gwwj | 1,661,082,130 | 1,661,079,928 | 78 | 3 | That's funny because writing is one of the absolute worst ways to make money or become known for anything. | I tried writing for recognition, failed miserably and so now I write for myself. Yeah... this isn't helpful and probably demotivating. | 1 | 2,202 | 26 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6j706 | il6jxbt | 1,661,081,618 | 1,661,082,130 | 2 | 78 | To be clear, you’re asking how to write from your soul rather than from your ego? Right now, you *are* writing for you, and that’s the problem you state. It can’t flow organically if you’re constantly getting in the way. Are there areas of your life where you’re less concerned with manipulating the outcome for your own purposes? | That's funny because writing is one of the absolute worst ways to make money or become known for anything. | 0 | 512 | 39 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6hz50 | il6gvap | 1,661,080,738 | 1,661,079,894 | 31 | 3 | My personal strategy and advice is to find a story you like the premise of but hate the execution. That is how I started to enjoy writing, I took a story that already existed and rewrote it in my vision. Now, don't plagiarize, but use it as a launching pad for your own creativity and growth. \[Edit\] I should add that it won't make you instantly good. It takes practice to write, I still am not perfect 2 years after I wrote my first major story, but I am improving. So, don't get discouraged if **you** don't see growth, it is subtle, but it is there. Don't give up, you've got this! | I guess you could think about what you enjoy doing and start to do that kind of stuff. If you enjoy writing, then you could figure out what is it about writing that you enjoy. Then take some time to do that and get used to the feeling of not getting any outside recognition for it. It might be hard to change the mindset. Maybe you can start by writing smaller text pieces that are not even meant to be read by anyone else. I attended an online writing workshop, that had two assignments each week, and the main idea for the five weeks period was to produce a lot of material that you can later work on or not. For me it gave the structure of writing for myself, but also interesting new ways for writing scenes, plotting the story or creating a character. Maybe something similar could work with you, if that's something you enjoy. | 1 | 844 | 10.333333 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6gwwj | il6hz50 | 1,661,079,928 | 1,661,080,738 | 3 | 31 | I tried writing for recognition, failed miserably and so now I write for myself. Yeah... this isn't helpful and probably demotivating. | My personal strategy and advice is to find a story you like the premise of but hate the execution. That is how I started to enjoy writing, I took a story that already existed and rewrote it in my vision. Now, don't plagiarize, but use it as a launching pad for your own creativity and growth. \[Edit\] I should add that it won't make you instantly good. It takes practice to write, I still am not perfect 2 years after I wrote my first major story, but I am improving. So, don't get discouraged if **you** don't see growth, it is subtle, but it is there. Don't give up, you've got this! | 0 | 810 | 10.333333 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6gvap | il6ix74 | 1,661,079,894 | 1,661,081,423 | 3 | 18 | I guess you could think about what you enjoy doing and start to do that kind of stuff. If you enjoy writing, then you could figure out what is it about writing that you enjoy. Then take some time to do that and get used to the feeling of not getting any outside recognition for it. It might be hard to change the mindset. Maybe you can start by writing smaller text pieces that are not even meant to be read by anyone else. I attended an online writing workshop, that had two assignments each week, and the main idea for the five weeks period was to produce a lot of material that you can later work on or not. For me it gave the structure of writing for myself, but also interesting new ways for writing scenes, plotting the story or creating a character. Maybe something similar could work with you, if that's something you enjoy. | Writing what you wish you could read works for me. The book I'm working on right now, I didn't even what to write it, .. but I did want to have a copy of it, so I started writing it just for that reason. It was almost like compiling notes for myself, and it's been one of the easiest things to write just because I actually want to have the book in my own hands for my own enjoyment. It's a lot easier to write like that than it is to write to impress other people in my opinion. The book I'm doing now is basically writing itself. If you could have in your hands any book that you could have written, which book would that be ? | 0 | 1,529 | 6 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6gwwj | il6ix74 | 1,661,079,928 | 1,661,081,423 | 3 | 18 | I tried writing for recognition, failed miserably and so now I write for myself. Yeah... this isn't helpful and probably demotivating. | Writing what you wish you could read works for me. The book I'm working on right now, I didn't even what to write it, .. but I did want to have a copy of it, so I started writing it just for that reason. It was almost like compiling notes for myself, and it's been one of the easiest things to write just because I actually want to have the book in my own hands for my own enjoyment. It's a lot easier to write like that than it is to write to impress other people in my opinion. The book I'm doing now is basically writing itself. If you could have in your hands any book that you could have written, which book would that be ? | 0 | 1,495 | 6 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6jkp0 | il6gvap | 1,661,081,886 | 1,661,079,894 | 11 | 3 | Think of your time writing as your fun time. Enjoy each moment like you would,say, playing a sport with your friends. Your teams aren’t going to the playoffs. Everyone is just caught up in each moment and laughing. Writing can be so much fun that you forget about everything else. My favorite moments are when I craft a scene in few words with a strong visual, or when the dialogue nails both characters clear enough for the reader to better understand them while revealing a pivotal movement in the story. I’ll realize I’m hungry because I haven’t eaten. Time for a snack! | I guess you could think about what you enjoy doing and start to do that kind of stuff. If you enjoy writing, then you could figure out what is it about writing that you enjoy. Then take some time to do that and get used to the feeling of not getting any outside recognition for it. It might be hard to change the mindset. Maybe you can start by writing smaller text pieces that are not even meant to be read by anyone else. I attended an online writing workshop, that had two assignments each week, and the main idea for the five weeks period was to produce a lot of material that you can later work on or not. For me it gave the structure of writing for myself, but also interesting new ways for writing scenes, plotting the story or creating a character. Maybe something similar could work with you, if that's something you enjoy. | 1 | 1,992 | 3.666667 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6gwwj | il6jkp0 | 1,661,079,928 | 1,661,081,886 | 3 | 11 | I tried writing for recognition, failed miserably and so now I write for myself. Yeah... this isn't helpful and probably demotivating. | Think of your time writing as your fun time. Enjoy each moment like you would,say, playing a sport with your friends. Your teams aren’t going to the playoffs. Everyone is just caught up in each moment and laughing. Writing can be so much fun that you forget about everything else. My favorite moments are when I craft a scene in few words with a strong visual, or when the dialogue nails both characters clear enough for the reader to better understand them while revealing a pivotal movement in the story. I’ll realize I’m hungry because I haven’t eaten. Time for a snack! | 0 | 1,958 | 3.666667 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6j706 | il6jkp0 | 1,661,081,618 | 1,661,081,886 | 2 | 11 | To be clear, you’re asking how to write from your soul rather than from your ego? Right now, you *are* writing for you, and that’s the problem you state. It can’t flow organically if you’re constantly getting in the way. Are there areas of your life where you’re less concerned with manipulating the outcome for your own purposes? | Think of your time writing as your fun time. Enjoy each moment like you would,say, playing a sport with your friends. Your teams aren’t going to the playoffs. Everyone is just caught up in each moment and laughing. Writing can be so much fun that you forget about everything else. My favorite moments are when I craft a scene in few words with a strong visual, or when the dialogue nails both characters clear enough for the reader to better understand them while revealing a pivotal movement in the story. I’ll realize I’m hungry because I haven’t eaten. Time for a snack! | 0 | 268 | 5.5 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6oy40 | il6pb2e | 1,661,085,347 | 1,661,085,562 | 4 | 8 | I don't get why you think you are not putting your soul into it when wanting fame and fortune. I wouldn't submit a half assed job if I wanted to become famous with it. | I don't know, but the most satisfying bit to me is when I can tell I have improved my skills as a writer. When the things I've written today are clearly better than what I wrote yesterday, when a technique I've read about has made it into my skill set, or when I can read something back and feel excitement because the text is well-written and immersive enough make me feel that way. It's sometimes called "the learning mid set", and it's sort of the opposite of a mind set where you're looking for accolades. I think it's essential if you want to make it through the amount of practice it takes to be truly good at any creative discipline. | 0 | 215 | 2 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6pb2e | il6gvap | 1,661,085,562 | 1,661,079,894 | 8 | 3 | I don't know, but the most satisfying bit to me is when I can tell I have improved my skills as a writer. When the things I've written today are clearly better than what I wrote yesterday, when a technique I've read about has made it into my skill set, or when I can read something back and feel excitement because the text is well-written and immersive enough make me feel that way. It's sometimes called "the learning mid set", and it's sort of the opposite of a mind set where you're looking for accolades. I think it's essential if you want to make it through the amount of practice it takes to be truly good at any creative discipline. | I guess you could think about what you enjoy doing and start to do that kind of stuff. If you enjoy writing, then you could figure out what is it about writing that you enjoy. Then take some time to do that and get used to the feeling of not getting any outside recognition for it. It might be hard to change the mindset. Maybe you can start by writing smaller text pieces that are not even meant to be read by anyone else. I attended an online writing workshop, that had two assignments each week, and the main idea for the five weeks period was to produce a lot of material that you can later work on or not. For me it gave the structure of writing for myself, but also interesting new ways for writing scenes, plotting the story or creating a character. Maybe something similar could work with you, if that's something you enjoy. | 1 | 5,668 | 2.666667 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6pb2e | il6gwwj | 1,661,085,562 | 1,661,079,928 | 8 | 3 | I don't know, but the most satisfying bit to me is when I can tell I have improved my skills as a writer. When the things I've written today are clearly better than what I wrote yesterday, when a technique I've read about has made it into my skill set, or when I can read something back and feel excitement because the text is well-written and immersive enough make me feel that way. It's sometimes called "the learning mid set", and it's sort of the opposite of a mind set where you're looking for accolades. I think it's essential if you want to make it through the amount of practice it takes to be truly good at any creative discipline. | I tried writing for recognition, failed miserably and so now I write for myself. Yeah... this isn't helpful and probably demotivating. | 1 | 5,634 | 2.666667 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6pb2e | il6j706 | 1,661,085,562 | 1,661,081,618 | 8 | 2 | I don't know, but the most satisfying bit to me is when I can tell I have improved my skills as a writer. When the things I've written today are clearly better than what I wrote yesterday, when a technique I've read about has made it into my skill set, or when I can read something back and feel excitement because the text is well-written and immersive enough make me feel that way. It's sometimes called "the learning mid set", and it's sort of the opposite of a mind set where you're looking for accolades. I think it's essential if you want to make it through the amount of practice it takes to be truly good at any creative discipline. | To be clear, you’re asking how to write from your soul rather than from your ego? Right now, you *are* writing for you, and that’s the problem you state. It can’t flow organically if you’re constantly getting in the way. Are there areas of your life where you’re less concerned with manipulating the outcome for your own purposes? | 1 | 3,944 | 4 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6uh1x | il6pcyw | 1,661,088,413 | 1,661,085,593 | 8 | 7 | Constantly getting nowhere with making money or having an audience will quickly make you question whether to continue writing or not. Eventually I had to say to myself that i would write even without any success, because technically you always have to write before it is successful anyway. | Well first of all of you want wealth and acclaim you've chosen an awful way to do it. Unless you're the top 0.1% in terms of sales (not even quality just how well you sell) you'll likely get niether. Even if you do reach some acclaim, you'll only be known by a tiny insular minority, and then only for your name. If you want recognition be an actor or an influencer or an entrepreneur, if you have a story to tell be a writer. More practically however, you need to change how you think about writing and yourself. First, your objective when you write should be to write something you think is good. That should be your only goal and, for now, only metric of success. The harsh reality is you can write the best work you're capable of and no publisher or reader will buy it. Which ties into the second point, if you seek validation from outside of you, you will fail. Not everyone is going to like you or your work, not everything you do will be recognised or even appreciated. If you want recognition, look inside yourself and find the parts of you you like. If you turn to strangers you'll always be unsatisfied. | 1 | 2,820 | 1.142857 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6oy40 | il6pcyw | 1,661,085,347 | 1,661,085,593 | 4 | 7 | I don't get why you think you are not putting your soul into it when wanting fame and fortune. I wouldn't submit a half assed job if I wanted to become famous with it. | Well first of all of you want wealth and acclaim you've chosen an awful way to do it. Unless you're the top 0.1% in terms of sales (not even quality just how well you sell) you'll likely get niether. Even if you do reach some acclaim, you'll only be known by a tiny insular minority, and then only for your name. If you want recognition be an actor or an influencer or an entrepreneur, if you have a story to tell be a writer. More practically however, you need to change how you think about writing and yourself. First, your objective when you write should be to write something you think is good. That should be your only goal and, for now, only metric of success. The harsh reality is you can write the best work you're capable of and no publisher or reader will buy it. Which ties into the second point, if you seek validation from outside of you, you will fail. Not everyone is going to like you or your work, not everything you do will be recognised or even appreciated. If you want recognition, look inside yourself and find the parts of you you like. If you turn to strangers you'll always be unsatisfied. | 0 | 246 | 1.75 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6gvap | il6pcyw | 1,661,079,894 | 1,661,085,593 | 3 | 7 | I guess you could think about what you enjoy doing and start to do that kind of stuff. If you enjoy writing, then you could figure out what is it about writing that you enjoy. Then take some time to do that and get used to the feeling of not getting any outside recognition for it. It might be hard to change the mindset. Maybe you can start by writing smaller text pieces that are not even meant to be read by anyone else. I attended an online writing workshop, that had two assignments each week, and the main idea for the five weeks period was to produce a lot of material that you can later work on or not. For me it gave the structure of writing for myself, but also interesting new ways for writing scenes, plotting the story or creating a character. Maybe something similar could work with you, if that's something you enjoy. | Well first of all of you want wealth and acclaim you've chosen an awful way to do it. Unless you're the top 0.1% in terms of sales (not even quality just how well you sell) you'll likely get niether. Even if you do reach some acclaim, you'll only be known by a tiny insular minority, and then only for your name. If you want recognition be an actor or an influencer or an entrepreneur, if you have a story to tell be a writer. More practically however, you need to change how you think about writing and yourself. First, your objective when you write should be to write something you think is good. That should be your only goal and, for now, only metric of success. The harsh reality is you can write the best work you're capable of and no publisher or reader will buy it. Which ties into the second point, if you seek validation from outside of you, you will fail. Not everyone is going to like you or your work, not everything you do will be recognised or even appreciated. If you want recognition, look inside yourself and find the parts of you you like. If you turn to strangers you'll always be unsatisfied. | 0 | 5,699 | 2.333333 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6pcyw | il6gwwj | 1,661,085,593 | 1,661,079,928 | 7 | 3 | Well first of all of you want wealth and acclaim you've chosen an awful way to do it. Unless you're the top 0.1% in terms of sales (not even quality just how well you sell) you'll likely get niether. Even if you do reach some acclaim, you'll only be known by a tiny insular minority, and then only for your name. If you want recognition be an actor or an influencer or an entrepreneur, if you have a story to tell be a writer. More practically however, you need to change how you think about writing and yourself. First, your objective when you write should be to write something you think is good. That should be your only goal and, for now, only metric of success. The harsh reality is you can write the best work you're capable of and no publisher or reader will buy it. Which ties into the second point, if you seek validation from outside of you, you will fail. Not everyone is going to like you or your work, not everything you do will be recognised or even appreciated. If you want recognition, look inside yourself and find the parts of you you like. If you turn to strangers you'll always be unsatisfied. | I tried writing for recognition, failed miserably and so now I write for myself. Yeah... this isn't helpful and probably demotivating. | 1 | 5,665 | 2.333333 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6j706 | il6pcyw | 1,661,081,618 | 1,661,085,593 | 2 | 7 | To be clear, you’re asking how to write from your soul rather than from your ego? Right now, you *are* writing for you, and that’s the problem you state. It can’t flow organically if you’re constantly getting in the way. Are there areas of your life where you’re less concerned with manipulating the outcome for your own purposes? | Well first of all of you want wealth and acclaim you've chosen an awful way to do it. Unless you're the top 0.1% in terms of sales (not even quality just how well you sell) you'll likely get niether. Even if you do reach some acclaim, you'll only be known by a tiny insular minority, and then only for your name. If you want recognition be an actor or an influencer or an entrepreneur, if you have a story to tell be a writer. More practically however, you need to change how you think about writing and yourself. First, your objective when you write should be to write something you think is good. That should be your only goal and, for now, only metric of success. The harsh reality is you can write the best work you're capable of and no publisher or reader will buy it. Which ties into the second point, if you seek validation from outside of you, you will fail. Not everyone is going to like you or your work, not everything you do will be recognised or even appreciated. If you want recognition, look inside yourself and find the parts of you you like. If you turn to strangers you'll always be unsatisfied. | 0 | 3,975 | 3.5 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6w440 | il8objl | 1,661,089,212 | 1,661,116,215 | 6 | 7 | > I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune etc. lmao Step 1: stop having unrealistic expectations Beyond that, if you do want recognition or for, like, someone to publish your writing without you having to pay them for it, you have to spend a lot of time on improving your skills and removing ego from your writing (including shit like omg pls don't say I'm not shit teehee I'm super modest like) so you are able to more soberly improve your writing to something that can be interesting to other people. And that takes a long time and a lot of thankless labor that other people don't even see much less appreciate, so you kinda have to write for yourself, otherwise you'll just never do the work. And by write for yourself I mean have a personal goal and write to achieve that goal. That goal can be getting published or making a certain amount of revenue on Kindle or whatever, just as it can be writing the story you want and making it as good as you can. But working to any goal is different to hoping that you accidentally become Shakespeare. | Work on your ego. Stop creating expectations where you don't need them to. I had this mantra I used some years ago when I started to think I'm better than others just because I'm slightly smarter than most ppl around me. "I am not special. I'm a normal dude. I have what I need. Trying get famous/rich will only create frustration and make me unhappy long term" I'd suggest studying a bit of buddhism, they are all into the whole "stop creating expectations/ feeling you are special and be instantly happier". Excessive ego doesn't make you a bad person, but it makes you a worse version of yourself. (and a worse writer. good writers need to be able to put themselves in the shoes of people very different from themselves, or you'll get mary sues.) | 0 | 27,003 | 1.166667 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6w440 | il6oy40 | 1,661,089,212 | 1,661,085,347 | 6 | 4 | > I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune etc. lmao Step 1: stop having unrealistic expectations Beyond that, if you do want recognition or for, like, someone to publish your writing without you having to pay them for it, you have to spend a lot of time on improving your skills and removing ego from your writing (including shit like omg pls don't say I'm not shit teehee I'm super modest like) so you are able to more soberly improve your writing to something that can be interesting to other people. And that takes a long time and a lot of thankless labor that other people don't even see much less appreciate, so you kinda have to write for yourself, otherwise you'll just never do the work. And by write for yourself I mean have a personal goal and write to achieve that goal. That goal can be getting published or making a certain amount of revenue on Kindle or whatever, just as it can be writing the story you want and making it as good as you can. But working to any goal is different to hoping that you accidentally become Shakespeare. | I don't get why you think you are not putting your soul into it when wanting fame and fortune. I wouldn't submit a half assed job if I wanted to become famous with it. | 1 | 3,865 | 1.5 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6gvap | il6w440 | 1,661,079,894 | 1,661,089,212 | 3 | 6 | I guess you could think about what you enjoy doing and start to do that kind of stuff. If you enjoy writing, then you could figure out what is it about writing that you enjoy. Then take some time to do that and get used to the feeling of not getting any outside recognition for it. It might be hard to change the mindset. Maybe you can start by writing smaller text pieces that are not even meant to be read by anyone else. I attended an online writing workshop, that had two assignments each week, and the main idea for the five weeks period was to produce a lot of material that you can later work on or not. For me it gave the structure of writing for myself, but also interesting new ways for writing scenes, plotting the story or creating a character. Maybe something similar could work with you, if that's something you enjoy. | > I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune etc. lmao Step 1: stop having unrealistic expectations Beyond that, if you do want recognition or for, like, someone to publish your writing without you having to pay them for it, you have to spend a lot of time on improving your skills and removing ego from your writing (including shit like omg pls don't say I'm not shit teehee I'm super modest like) so you are able to more soberly improve your writing to something that can be interesting to other people. And that takes a long time and a lot of thankless labor that other people don't even see much less appreciate, so you kinda have to write for yourself, otherwise you'll just never do the work. And by write for yourself I mean have a personal goal and write to achieve that goal. That goal can be getting published or making a certain amount of revenue on Kindle or whatever, just as it can be writing the story you want and making it as good as you can. But working to any goal is different to hoping that you accidentally become Shakespeare. | 0 | 9,318 | 2 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6w440 | il6gwwj | 1,661,089,212 | 1,661,079,928 | 6 | 3 | > I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune etc. lmao Step 1: stop having unrealistic expectations Beyond that, if you do want recognition or for, like, someone to publish your writing without you having to pay them for it, you have to spend a lot of time on improving your skills and removing ego from your writing (including shit like omg pls don't say I'm not shit teehee I'm super modest like) so you are able to more soberly improve your writing to something that can be interesting to other people. And that takes a long time and a lot of thankless labor that other people don't even see much less appreciate, so you kinda have to write for yourself, otherwise you'll just never do the work. And by write for yourself I mean have a personal goal and write to achieve that goal. That goal can be getting published or making a certain amount of revenue on Kindle or whatever, just as it can be writing the story you want and making it as good as you can. But working to any goal is different to hoping that you accidentally become Shakespeare. | I tried writing for recognition, failed miserably and so now I write for myself. Yeah... this isn't helpful and probably demotivating. | 1 | 9,284 | 2 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6w440 | il6j706 | 1,661,089,212 | 1,661,081,618 | 6 | 2 | > I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune etc. lmao Step 1: stop having unrealistic expectations Beyond that, if you do want recognition or for, like, someone to publish your writing without you having to pay them for it, you have to spend a lot of time on improving your skills and removing ego from your writing (including shit like omg pls don't say I'm not shit teehee I'm super modest like) so you are able to more soberly improve your writing to something that can be interesting to other people. And that takes a long time and a lot of thankless labor that other people don't even see much less appreciate, so you kinda have to write for yourself, otherwise you'll just never do the work. And by write for yourself I mean have a personal goal and write to achieve that goal. That goal can be getting published or making a certain amount of revenue on Kindle or whatever, just as it can be writing the story you want and making it as good as you can. But working to any goal is different to hoping that you accidentally become Shakespeare. | To be clear, you’re asking how to write from your soul rather than from your ego? Right now, you *are* writing for you, and that’s the problem you state. It can’t flow organically if you’re constantly getting in the way. Are there areas of your life where you’re less concerned with manipulating the outcome for your own purposes? | 1 | 7,594 | 3 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6w440 | il6ujj4 | 1,661,089,212 | 1,661,088,449 | 6 | 3 | > I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune etc. lmao Step 1: stop having unrealistic expectations Beyond that, if you do want recognition or for, like, someone to publish your writing without you having to pay them for it, you have to spend a lot of time on improving your skills and removing ego from your writing (including shit like omg pls don't say I'm not shit teehee I'm super modest like) so you are able to more soberly improve your writing to something that can be interesting to other people. And that takes a long time and a lot of thankless labor that other people don't even see much less appreciate, so you kinda have to write for yourself, otherwise you'll just never do the work. And by write for yourself I mean have a personal goal and write to achieve that goal. That goal can be getting published or making a certain amount of revenue on Kindle or whatever, just as it can be writing the story you want and making it as good as you can. But working to any goal is different to hoping that you accidentally become Shakespeare. | I don't think this is a writerly issue. This sounds like a personal ego issue. It may help you to actively focus on the fact that you will probably never be famous for anything in exactly the same way that you will probably never win the lottery. It's a nice dream, but it's just a dream. Refocus on your attention-seeking behavior. Why do you seek the fame? Why do you see writing as your ticket to that fame? Do you really want that fame or do you just want attention? Why do you need to get that attention from writerly fame? Why is the attention of your friends and family not enough for you? Are you possibly trying to support your self esteem with fame? Validate yourself by having other people validate you? When you can accept that you are small (it's a good thing! we're all small, and it's okay), then you can start to do things for yourself. Truly for yourself. Validation comes from within. Value comes from within. Popularity is man-made. It's not real. | 1 | 763 | 2 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6u6sn | il6w440 | 1,661,088,266 | 1,661,089,212 | 2 | 6 | >I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. Do you believe these two things are somehow mutually exclusive? I guess they could be, if you're intentionally chasing the latest market trends. If that's the case: Stop. | > I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune etc. lmao Step 1: stop having unrealistic expectations Beyond that, if you do want recognition or for, like, someone to publish your writing without you having to pay them for it, you have to spend a lot of time on improving your skills and removing ego from your writing (including shit like omg pls don't say I'm not shit teehee I'm super modest like) so you are able to more soberly improve your writing to something that can be interesting to other people. And that takes a long time and a lot of thankless labor that other people don't even see much less appreciate, so you kinda have to write for yourself, otherwise you'll just never do the work. And by write for yourself I mean have a personal goal and write to achieve that goal. That goal can be getting published or making a certain amount of revenue on Kindle or whatever, just as it can be writing the story you want and making it as good as you can. But working to any goal is different to hoping that you accidentally become Shakespeare. | 0 | 946 | 3 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6uh1x | il6oy40 | 1,661,088,413 | 1,661,085,347 | 8 | 4 | Constantly getting nowhere with making money or having an audience will quickly make you question whether to continue writing or not. Eventually I had to say to myself that i would write even without any success, because technically you always have to write before it is successful anyway. | I don't get why you think you are not putting your soul into it when wanting fame and fortune. I wouldn't submit a half assed job if I wanted to become famous with it. | 1 | 3,066 | 2 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6gvap | il6uh1x | 1,661,079,894 | 1,661,088,413 | 3 | 8 | I guess you could think about what you enjoy doing and start to do that kind of stuff. If you enjoy writing, then you could figure out what is it about writing that you enjoy. Then take some time to do that and get used to the feeling of not getting any outside recognition for it. It might be hard to change the mindset. Maybe you can start by writing smaller text pieces that are not even meant to be read by anyone else. I attended an online writing workshop, that had two assignments each week, and the main idea for the five weeks period was to produce a lot of material that you can later work on or not. For me it gave the structure of writing for myself, but also interesting new ways for writing scenes, plotting the story or creating a character. Maybe something similar could work with you, if that's something you enjoy. | Constantly getting nowhere with making money or having an audience will quickly make you question whether to continue writing or not. Eventually I had to say to myself that i would write even without any success, because technically you always have to write before it is successful anyway. | 0 | 8,519 | 2.666667 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6uh1x | il6gwwj | 1,661,088,413 | 1,661,079,928 | 8 | 3 | Constantly getting nowhere with making money or having an audience will quickly make you question whether to continue writing or not. Eventually I had to say to myself that i would write even without any success, because technically you always have to write before it is successful anyway. | I tried writing for recognition, failed miserably and so now I write for myself. Yeah... this isn't helpful and probably demotivating. | 1 | 8,485 | 2.666667 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6uh1x | il6j706 | 1,661,088,413 | 1,661,081,618 | 8 | 2 | Constantly getting nowhere with making money or having an audience will quickly make you question whether to continue writing or not. Eventually I had to say to myself that i would write even without any success, because technically you always have to write before it is successful anyway. | To be clear, you’re asking how to write from your soul rather than from your ego? Right now, you *are* writing for you, and that’s the problem you state. It can’t flow organically if you’re constantly getting in the way. Are there areas of your life where you’re less concerned with manipulating the outcome for your own purposes? | 1 | 6,795 | 4 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6uh1x | il6u6sn | 1,661,088,413 | 1,661,088,266 | 8 | 2 | Constantly getting nowhere with making money or having an audience will quickly make you question whether to continue writing or not. Eventually I had to say to myself that i would write even without any success, because technically you always have to write before it is successful anyway. | >I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. Do you believe these two things are somehow mutually exclusive? I guess they could be, if you're intentionally chasing the latest market trends. If that's the case: Stop. | 1 | 147 | 4 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il8objl | il6oy40 | 1,661,116,215 | 1,661,085,347 | 7 | 4 | Work on your ego. Stop creating expectations where you don't need them to. I had this mantra I used some years ago when I started to think I'm better than others just because I'm slightly smarter than most ppl around me. "I am not special. I'm a normal dude. I have what I need. Trying get famous/rich will only create frustration and make me unhappy long term" I'd suggest studying a bit of buddhism, they are all into the whole "stop creating expectations/ feeling you are special and be instantly happier". Excessive ego doesn't make you a bad person, but it makes you a worse version of yourself. (and a worse writer. good writers need to be able to put themselves in the shoes of people very different from themselves, or you'll get mary sues.) | I don't get why you think you are not putting your soul into it when wanting fame and fortune. I wouldn't submit a half assed job if I wanted to become famous with it. | 1 | 30,868 | 1.75 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il8objl | il794ot | 1,661,116,215 | 1,661,095,047 | 7 | 4 | Work on your ego. Stop creating expectations where you don't need them to. I had this mantra I used some years ago when I started to think I'm better than others just because I'm slightly smarter than most ppl around me. "I am not special. I'm a normal dude. I have what I need. Trying get famous/rich will only create frustration and make me unhappy long term" I'd suggest studying a bit of buddhism, they are all into the whole "stop creating expectations/ feeling you are special and be instantly happier". Excessive ego doesn't make you a bad person, but it makes you a worse version of yourself. (and a worse writer. good writers need to be able to put themselves in the shoes of people very different from themselves, or you'll get mary sues.) | Study up on the realities of the publishing business and accept that the odds are extremely thin you will ever become a famous, wealthy writer. | 1 | 21,168 | 1.75 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il8objl | il6gvap | 1,661,116,215 | 1,661,079,894 | 7 | 3 | Work on your ego. Stop creating expectations where you don't need them to. I had this mantra I used some years ago when I started to think I'm better than others just because I'm slightly smarter than most ppl around me. "I am not special. I'm a normal dude. I have what I need. Trying get famous/rich will only create frustration and make me unhappy long term" I'd suggest studying a bit of buddhism, they are all into the whole "stop creating expectations/ feeling you are special and be instantly happier". Excessive ego doesn't make you a bad person, but it makes you a worse version of yourself. (and a worse writer. good writers need to be able to put themselves in the shoes of people very different from themselves, or you'll get mary sues.) | I guess you could think about what you enjoy doing and start to do that kind of stuff. If you enjoy writing, then you could figure out what is it about writing that you enjoy. Then take some time to do that and get used to the feeling of not getting any outside recognition for it. It might be hard to change the mindset. Maybe you can start by writing smaller text pieces that are not even meant to be read by anyone else. I attended an online writing workshop, that had two assignments each week, and the main idea for the five weeks period was to produce a lot of material that you can later work on or not. For me it gave the structure of writing for myself, but also interesting new ways for writing scenes, plotting the story or creating a character. Maybe something similar could work with you, if that's something you enjoy. | 1 | 36,321 | 2.333333 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il8objl | il6gwwj | 1,661,116,215 | 1,661,079,928 | 7 | 3 | Work on your ego. Stop creating expectations where you don't need them to. I had this mantra I used some years ago when I started to think I'm better than others just because I'm slightly smarter than most ppl around me. "I am not special. I'm a normal dude. I have what I need. Trying get famous/rich will only create frustration and make me unhappy long term" I'd suggest studying a bit of buddhism, they are all into the whole "stop creating expectations/ feeling you are special and be instantly happier". Excessive ego doesn't make you a bad person, but it makes you a worse version of yourself. (and a worse writer. good writers need to be able to put themselves in the shoes of people very different from themselves, or you'll get mary sues.) | I tried writing for recognition, failed miserably and so now I write for myself. Yeah... this isn't helpful and probably demotivating. | 1 | 36,287 | 2.333333 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6j706 | il8objl | 1,661,081,618 | 1,661,116,215 | 2 | 7 | To be clear, you’re asking how to write from your soul rather than from your ego? Right now, you *are* writing for you, and that’s the problem you state. It can’t flow organically if you’re constantly getting in the way. Are there areas of your life where you’re less concerned with manipulating the outcome for your own purposes? | Work on your ego. Stop creating expectations where you don't need them to. I had this mantra I used some years ago when I started to think I'm better than others just because I'm slightly smarter than most ppl around me. "I am not special. I'm a normal dude. I have what I need. Trying get famous/rich will only create frustration and make me unhappy long term" I'd suggest studying a bit of buddhism, they are all into the whole "stop creating expectations/ feeling you are special and be instantly happier". Excessive ego doesn't make you a bad person, but it makes you a worse version of yourself. (and a worse writer. good writers need to be able to put themselves in the shoes of people very different from themselves, or you'll get mary sues.) | 0 | 34,597 | 3.5 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il8objl | il6ujj4 | 1,661,116,215 | 1,661,088,449 | 7 | 3 | Work on your ego. Stop creating expectations where you don't need them to. I had this mantra I used some years ago when I started to think I'm better than others just because I'm slightly smarter than most ppl around me. "I am not special. I'm a normal dude. I have what I need. Trying get famous/rich will only create frustration and make me unhappy long term" I'd suggest studying a bit of buddhism, they are all into the whole "stop creating expectations/ feeling you are special and be instantly happier". Excessive ego doesn't make you a bad person, but it makes you a worse version of yourself. (and a worse writer. good writers need to be able to put themselves in the shoes of people very different from themselves, or you'll get mary sues.) | I don't think this is a writerly issue. This sounds like a personal ego issue. It may help you to actively focus on the fact that you will probably never be famous for anything in exactly the same way that you will probably never win the lottery. It's a nice dream, but it's just a dream. Refocus on your attention-seeking behavior. Why do you seek the fame? Why do you see writing as your ticket to that fame? Do you really want that fame or do you just want attention? Why do you need to get that attention from writerly fame? Why is the attention of your friends and family not enough for you? Are you possibly trying to support your self esteem with fame? Validate yourself by having other people validate you? When you can accept that you are small (it's a good thing! we're all small, and it's okay), then you can start to do things for yourself. Truly for yourself. Validation comes from within. Value comes from within. Popularity is man-made. It's not real. | 1 | 27,766 | 2.333333 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il8objl | il6u6sn | 1,661,116,215 | 1,661,088,266 | 7 | 2 | Work on your ego. Stop creating expectations where you don't need them to. I had this mantra I used some years ago when I started to think I'm better than others just because I'm slightly smarter than most ppl around me. "I am not special. I'm a normal dude. I have what I need. Trying get famous/rich will only create frustration and make me unhappy long term" I'd suggest studying a bit of buddhism, they are all into the whole "stop creating expectations/ feeling you are special and be instantly happier". Excessive ego doesn't make you a bad person, but it makes you a worse version of yourself. (and a worse writer. good writers need to be able to put themselves in the shoes of people very different from themselves, or you'll get mary sues.) | >I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. Do you believe these two things are somehow mutually exclusive? I guess they could be, if you're intentionally chasing the latest market trends. If that's the case: Stop. | 1 | 27,949 | 3.5 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6zuyr | il8objl | 1,661,090,993 | 1,661,116,215 | 2 | 7 | I wanted my dreams to come alive. I mean, like literal dreams. There was one I had in my tenth grade which was more than a decade back. I remember it still because over the years I tried putting the dream together in words and tried spinning a story around it. While I never intended to make it a novel, I wanted to give it a solid background and a payoff to the thing I saw. And sometimes I get this random feeling or thought that just goes straight into my writing. For example, what if I walk down this street and then go to the past or some random shit. I just like having these passing clouds become a permanent rock. | Work on your ego. Stop creating expectations where you don't need them to. I had this mantra I used some years ago when I started to think I'm better than others just because I'm slightly smarter than most ppl around me. "I am not special. I'm a normal dude. I have what I need. Trying get famous/rich will only create frustration and make me unhappy long term" I'd suggest studying a bit of buddhism, they are all into the whole "stop creating expectations/ feeling you are special and be instantly happier". Excessive ego doesn't make you a bad person, but it makes you a worse version of yourself. (and a worse writer. good writers need to be able to put themselves in the shoes of people very different from themselves, or you'll get mary sues.) | 0 | 25,222 | 3.5 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il8objl | il759y1 | 1,661,116,215 | 1,661,093,396 | 7 | 2 | Work on your ego. Stop creating expectations where you don't need them to. I had this mantra I used some years ago when I started to think I'm better than others just because I'm slightly smarter than most ppl around me. "I am not special. I'm a normal dude. I have what I need. Trying get famous/rich will only create frustration and make me unhappy long term" I'd suggest studying a bit of buddhism, they are all into the whole "stop creating expectations/ feeling you are special and be instantly happier". Excessive ego doesn't make you a bad person, but it makes you a worse version of yourself. (and a worse writer. good writers need to be able to put themselves in the shoes of people very different from themselves, or you'll get mary sues.) | There is so much free content in the world now that the market has shrunk, but on the upside it is much easier to release your own content. I've always written and given it away, only in the last few years have I tried to sell content. I have LOVED writing with freedom. My last book was problematic 15 different ways and if I had tried to publish it traditionally I know it would have had all the life edited out of it to make it palatable. I don't want palatable. Write for the joy of it, write what you love to read, get better at your craft and share what you have to give. Fame is sought, but it has monster down sides - constant self-promotion, amplified attacks and low privacy. Fame or money might come, but think of some of the most famous people - did they do awful projects to get their start? Did they get vicious media attention? If I want to write something new, it has to go somewhere controversial. I can do that without fame brilliantly and reliably without some wanting to make my marginalized, misunderstood character more neurotypical. What do you want to write? Will it bring you joy and a sense of unique accomplishment? Do that. If nobody else buys it, at least you have created something beautiful to you out of love and not greed or compromise. | 1 | 22,819 | 3.5 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il8objl | il75zv1 | 1,661,116,215 | 1,661,093,701 | 7 | 2 | Work on your ego. Stop creating expectations where you don't need them to. I had this mantra I used some years ago when I started to think I'm better than others just because I'm slightly smarter than most ppl around me. "I am not special. I'm a normal dude. I have what I need. Trying get famous/rich will only create frustration and make me unhappy long term" I'd suggest studying a bit of buddhism, they are all into the whole "stop creating expectations/ feeling you are special and be instantly happier". Excessive ego doesn't make you a bad person, but it makes you a worse version of yourself. (and a worse writer. good writers need to be able to put themselves in the shoes of people very different from themselves, or you'll get mary sues.) | I guess the science says "what gives you the dopemine hit"? Does the act of writing something do it? Or the idea that you could be a rich and famous author? If it's the latter, you need to retrain your brain, because I do believe the best way I've ever heard it is "It's better to want to write than be a writer". | 1 | 22,514 | 3.5 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il79nyo | il8objl | 1,661,095,273 | 1,661,116,215 | 2 | 7 | I almost never get any feedback, especially no good one on my writing. This makes me care less about what other people might like, since they probably ignore it anyway ;) And when I write something, I really like, also more people will probably like it. You should consider, you don't really know, what other people would like. You can only be sure about what you like, and if you put a lot of effort into something, other people are more likely to like it, too. | Work on your ego. Stop creating expectations where you don't need them to. I had this mantra I used some years ago when I started to think I'm better than others just because I'm slightly smarter than most ppl around me. "I am not special. I'm a normal dude. I have what I need. Trying get famous/rich will only create frustration and make me unhappy long term" I'd suggest studying a bit of buddhism, they are all into the whole "stop creating expectations/ feeling you are special and be instantly happier". Excessive ego doesn't make you a bad person, but it makes you a worse version of yourself. (and a worse writer. good writers need to be able to put themselves in the shoes of people very different from themselves, or you'll get mary sues.) | 0 | 20,942 | 3.5 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il7cwvo | il8objl | 1,661,096,647 | 1,661,116,215 | 2 | 7 | Devote yourself to the work. You're building something with purpose and meaning and it starts with you. Take pride in it, track your progress, evaluate your own work for weakness, try new things. Find people in your life genuinely interested in reading your material every once in awhile. Focus on these things. If you find you want to turn your work into a saleable product, you'll still be well positioned to do so. But don't make it your central goal unless you're prepared to treat it as a job and you're prepared to accept you likely will not be the next best selling author. Not in a negative way either; who knows how many great artists were lost to obscurity. Just accept that the work is done first and that's where your focus should be. Write something you feel proud of even if the wide world will never see it. | Work on your ego. Stop creating expectations where you don't need them to. I had this mantra I used some years ago when I started to think I'm better than others just because I'm slightly smarter than most ppl around me. "I am not special. I'm a normal dude. I have what I need. Trying get famous/rich will only create frustration and make me unhappy long term" I'd suggest studying a bit of buddhism, they are all into the whole "stop creating expectations/ feeling you are special and be instantly happier". Excessive ego doesn't make you a bad person, but it makes you a worse version of yourself. (and a worse writer. good writers need to be able to put themselves in the shoes of people very different from themselves, or you'll get mary sues.) | 0 | 19,568 | 3.5 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il8objl | il7i8g9 | 1,661,116,215 | 1,661,098,823 | 7 | 2 | Work on your ego. Stop creating expectations where you don't need them to. I had this mantra I used some years ago when I started to think I'm better than others just because I'm slightly smarter than most ppl around me. "I am not special. I'm a normal dude. I have what I need. Trying get famous/rich will only create frustration and make me unhappy long term" I'd suggest studying a bit of buddhism, they are all into the whole "stop creating expectations/ feeling you are special and be instantly happier". Excessive ego doesn't make you a bad person, but it makes you a worse version of yourself. (and a worse writer. good writers need to be able to put themselves in the shoes of people very different from themselves, or you'll get mary sues.) | \*\*\*My post is going to be coming rom the angle of writing music\*\*\* For me, I've always read through poems and books along with listening to music. One thing that I've learnt to internalize with my writing style is to create something I'd want to be immersed into. I would want to create music that I'd want to listen to on repeat, read lyric sheets that touched my heart, or stories that sucked me in. With the few tunes I did release, I've never went in with the intent of them "getting me gigs selling out stadium tours." I want to showcase how my mind works with creating and show something that I'd want to listen to on repeat. I'm lucky enough to have a few people in my life who are honest about my art with feedback. I've had people in the local music scene as well as online tell me how much they've enjoyed my music, and "would want to listen to them again. | 1 | 17,392 | 3.5 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il7t66h | il8objl | 1,661,103,260 | 1,661,116,215 | 2 | 7 | How much recognition have you gotten hitherto? 😅 | Work on your ego. Stop creating expectations where you don't need them to. I had this mantra I used some years ago when I started to think I'm better than others just because I'm slightly smarter than most ppl around me. "I am not special. I'm a normal dude. I have what I need. Trying get famous/rich will only create frustration and make me unhappy long term" I'd suggest studying a bit of buddhism, they are all into the whole "stop creating expectations/ feeling you are special and be instantly happier". Excessive ego doesn't make you a bad person, but it makes you a worse version of yourself. (and a worse writer. good writers need to be able to put themselves in the shoes of people very different from themselves, or you'll get mary sues.) | 0 | 12,955 | 3.5 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il8objl | il83j5o | 1,661,116,215 | 1,661,107,553 | 7 | 2 | Work on your ego. Stop creating expectations where you don't need them to. I had this mantra I used some years ago when I started to think I'm better than others just because I'm slightly smarter than most ppl around me. "I am not special. I'm a normal dude. I have what I need. Trying get famous/rich will only create frustration and make me unhappy long term" I'd suggest studying a bit of buddhism, they are all into the whole "stop creating expectations/ feeling you are special and be instantly happier". Excessive ego doesn't make you a bad person, but it makes you a worse version of yourself. (and a worse writer. good writers need to be able to put themselves in the shoes of people very different from themselves, or you'll get mary sues.) | I was milling the same story around in My head for years. Never wrote, not even as a hobby. Decided to start on jan 2nd this year, been writing a chapter almost every day since then. Signed a publishers contract 2 days ago for the first book of the story. If its a story you want tontell, simply for the sake of telling, go for it. Its what i did | 1 | 8,662 | 3.5 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il71idp | il8objl | 1,661,091,760 | 1,661,116,215 | 1 | 7 | …what are you asking? | Work on your ego. Stop creating expectations where you don't need them to. I had this mantra I used some years ago when I started to think I'm better than others just because I'm slightly smarter than most ppl around me. "I am not special. I'm a normal dude. I have what I need. Trying get famous/rich will only create frustration and make me unhappy long term" I'd suggest studying a bit of buddhism, they are all into the whole "stop creating expectations/ feeling you are special and be instantly happier". Excessive ego doesn't make you a bad person, but it makes you a worse version of yourself. (and a worse writer. good writers need to be able to put themselves in the shoes of people very different from themselves, or you'll get mary sues.) | 0 | 24,455 | 7 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il8objl | il771xn | 1,661,116,215 | 1,661,094,155 | 7 | 1 | Work on your ego. Stop creating expectations where you don't need them to. I had this mantra I used some years ago when I started to think I'm better than others just because I'm slightly smarter than most ppl around me. "I am not special. I'm a normal dude. I have what I need. Trying get famous/rich will only create frustration and make me unhappy long term" I'd suggest studying a bit of buddhism, they are all into the whole "stop creating expectations/ feeling you are special and be instantly happier". Excessive ego doesn't make you a bad person, but it makes you a worse version of yourself. (and a worse writer. good writers need to be able to put themselves in the shoes of people very different from themselves, or you'll get mary sues.) | For me, I was,always writing for my gf approval and her entertainment. She inspired me write better and better. But that was a long time ago and my wife could care less that I write, let alone inspire me to write. Nowadays I write maybe 10k words and then give up because only I care and I can’t get any feedback from her. | 1 | 22,060 | 7 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6gvap | il6oy40 | 1,661,079,894 | 1,661,085,347 | 3 | 4 | I guess you could think about what you enjoy doing and start to do that kind of stuff. If you enjoy writing, then you could figure out what is it about writing that you enjoy. Then take some time to do that and get used to the feeling of not getting any outside recognition for it. It might be hard to change the mindset. Maybe you can start by writing smaller text pieces that are not even meant to be read by anyone else. I attended an online writing workshop, that had two assignments each week, and the main idea for the five weeks period was to produce a lot of material that you can later work on or not. For me it gave the structure of writing for myself, but also interesting new ways for writing scenes, plotting the story or creating a character. Maybe something similar could work with you, if that's something you enjoy. | I don't get why you think you are not putting your soul into it when wanting fame and fortune. I wouldn't submit a half assed job if I wanted to become famous with it. | 0 | 5,453 | 1.333333 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6oy40 | il6gwwj | 1,661,085,347 | 1,661,079,928 | 4 | 3 | I don't get why you think you are not putting your soul into it when wanting fame and fortune. I wouldn't submit a half assed job if I wanted to become famous with it. | I tried writing for recognition, failed miserably and so now I write for myself. Yeah... this isn't helpful and probably demotivating. | 1 | 5,419 | 1.333333 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6j706 | il6oy40 | 1,661,081,618 | 1,661,085,347 | 2 | 4 | To be clear, you’re asking how to write from your soul rather than from your ego? Right now, you *are* writing for you, and that’s the problem you state. It can’t flow organically if you’re constantly getting in the way. Are there areas of your life where you’re less concerned with manipulating the outcome for your own purposes? | I don't get why you think you are not putting your soul into it when wanting fame and fortune. I wouldn't submit a half assed job if I wanted to become famous with it. | 0 | 3,729 | 2 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il794ot | il6gvap | 1,661,095,047 | 1,661,079,894 | 4 | 3 | Study up on the realities of the publishing business and accept that the odds are extremely thin you will ever become a famous, wealthy writer. | I guess you could think about what you enjoy doing and start to do that kind of stuff. If you enjoy writing, then you could figure out what is it about writing that you enjoy. Then take some time to do that and get used to the feeling of not getting any outside recognition for it. It might be hard to change the mindset. Maybe you can start by writing smaller text pieces that are not even meant to be read by anyone else. I attended an online writing workshop, that had two assignments each week, and the main idea for the five weeks period was to produce a lot of material that you can later work on or not. For me it gave the structure of writing for myself, but also interesting new ways for writing scenes, plotting the story or creating a character. Maybe something similar could work with you, if that's something you enjoy. | 1 | 15,153 | 1.333333 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il794ot | il6gwwj | 1,661,095,047 | 1,661,079,928 | 4 | 3 | Study up on the realities of the publishing business and accept that the odds are extremely thin you will ever become a famous, wealthy writer. | I tried writing for recognition, failed miserably and so now I write for myself. Yeah... this isn't helpful and probably demotivating. | 1 | 15,119 | 1.333333 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6j706 | il794ot | 1,661,081,618 | 1,661,095,047 | 2 | 4 | To be clear, you’re asking how to write from your soul rather than from your ego? Right now, you *are* writing for you, and that’s the problem you state. It can’t flow organically if you’re constantly getting in the way. Are there areas of your life where you’re less concerned with manipulating the outcome for your own purposes? | Study up on the realities of the publishing business and accept that the odds are extremely thin you will ever become a famous, wealthy writer. | 0 | 13,429 | 2 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6ujj4 | il794ot | 1,661,088,449 | 1,661,095,047 | 3 | 4 | I don't think this is a writerly issue. This sounds like a personal ego issue. It may help you to actively focus on the fact that you will probably never be famous for anything in exactly the same way that you will probably never win the lottery. It's a nice dream, but it's just a dream. Refocus on your attention-seeking behavior. Why do you seek the fame? Why do you see writing as your ticket to that fame? Do you really want that fame or do you just want attention? Why do you need to get that attention from writerly fame? Why is the attention of your friends and family not enough for you? Are you possibly trying to support your self esteem with fame? Validate yourself by having other people validate you? When you can accept that you are small (it's a good thing! we're all small, and it's okay), then you can start to do things for yourself. Truly for yourself. Validation comes from within. Value comes from within. Popularity is man-made. It's not real. | Study up on the realities of the publishing business and accept that the odds are extremely thin you will ever become a famous, wealthy writer. | 0 | 6,598 | 1.333333 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6u6sn | il794ot | 1,661,088,266 | 1,661,095,047 | 2 | 4 | >I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. Do you believe these two things are somehow mutually exclusive? I guess they could be, if you're intentionally chasing the latest market trends. If that's the case: Stop. | Study up on the realities of the publishing business and accept that the odds are extremely thin you will ever become a famous, wealthy writer. | 0 | 6,781 | 2 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il794ot | il6zuyr | 1,661,095,047 | 1,661,090,993 | 4 | 2 | Study up on the realities of the publishing business and accept that the odds are extremely thin you will ever become a famous, wealthy writer. | I wanted my dreams to come alive. I mean, like literal dreams. There was one I had in my tenth grade which was more than a decade back. I remember it still because over the years I tried putting the dream together in words and tried spinning a story around it. While I never intended to make it a novel, I wanted to give it a solid background and a payoff to the thing I saw. And sometimes I get this random feeling or thought that just goes straight into my writing. For example, what if I walk down this street and then go to the past or some random shit. I just like having these passing clouds become a permanent rock. | 1 | 4,054 | 2 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il759y1 | il794ot | 1,661,093,396 | 1,661,095,047 | 2 | 4 | There is so much free content in the world now that the market has shrunk, but on the upside it is much easier to release your own content. I've always written and given it away, only in the last few years have I tried to sell content. I have LOVED writing with freedom. My last book was problematic 15 different ways and if I had tried to publish it traditionally I know it would have had all the life edited out of it to make it palatable. I don't want palatable. Write for the joy of it, write what you love to read, get better at your craft and share what you have to give. Fame is sought, but it has monster down sides - constant self-promotion, amplified attacks and low privacy. Fame or money might come, but think of some of the most famous people - did they do awful projects to get their start? Did they get vicious media attention? If I want to write something new, it has to go somewhere controversial. I can do that without fame brilliantly and reliably without some wanting to make my marginalized, misunderstood character more neurotypical. What do you want to write? Will it bring you joy and a sense of unique accomplishment? Do that. If nobody else buys it, at least you have created something beautiful to you out of love and not greed or compromise. | Study up on the realities of the publishing business and accept that the odds are extremely thin you will ever become a famous, wealthy writer. | 0 | 1,651 | 2 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il794ot | il75zv1 | 1,661,095,047 | 1,661,093,701 | 4 | 2 | Study up on the realities of the publishing business and accept that the odds are extremely thin you will ever become a famous, wealthy writer. | I guess the science says "what gives you the dopemine hit"? Does the act of writing something do it? Or the idea that you could be a rich and famous author? If it's the latter, you need to retrain your brain, because I do believe the best way I've ever heard it is "It's better to want to write than be a writer". | 1 | 1,346 | 2 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il71idp | il794ot | 1,661,091,760 | 1,661,095,047 | 1 | 4 | …what are you asking? | Study up on the realities of the publishing business and accept that the odds are extremely thin you will ever become a famous, wealthy writer. | 0 | 3,287 | 4 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il794ot | il771xn | 1,661,095,047 | 1,661,094,155 | 4 | 1 | Study up on the realities of the publishing business and accept that the odds are extremely thin you will ever become a famous, wealthy writer. | For me, I was,always writing for my gf approval and her entertainment. She inspired me write better and better. But that was a long time ago and my wife could care less that I write, let alone inspire me to write. Nowadays I write maybe 10k words and then give up because only I care and I can’t get any feedback from her. | 1 | 892 | 4 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6ujj4 | il6j706 | 1,661,088,449 | 1,661,081,618 | 3 | 2 | I don't think this is a writerly issue. This sounds like a personal ego issue. It may help you to actively focus on the fact that you will probably never be famous for anything in exactly the same way that you will probably never win the lottery. It's a nice dream, but it's just a dream. Refocus on your attention-seeking behavior. Why do you seek the fame? Why do you see writing as your ticket to that fame? Do you really want that fame or do you just want attention? Why do you need to get that attention from writerly fame? Why is the attention of your friends and family not enough for you? Are you possibly trying to support your self esteem with fame? Validate yourself by having other people validate you? When you can accept that you are small (it's a good thing! we're all small, and it's okay), then you can start to do things for yourself. Truly for yourself. Validation comes from within. Value comes from within. Popularity is man-made. It's not real. | To be clear, you’re asking how to write from your soul rather than from your ego? Right now, you *are* writing for you, and that’s the problem you state. It can’t flow organically if you’re constantly getting in the way. Are there areas of your life where you’re less concerned with manipulating the outcome for your own purposes? | 1 | 6,831 | 1.5 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il6u6sn | il6ujj4 | 1,661,088,266 | 1,661,088,449 | 2 | 3 | >I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. Do you believe these two things are somehow mutually exclusive? I guess they could be, if you're intentionally chasing the latest market trends. If that's the case: Stop. | I don't think this is a writerly issue. This sounds like a personal ego issue. It may help you to actively focus on the fact that you will probably never be famous for anything in exactly the same way that you will probably never win the lottery. It's a nice dream, but it's just a dream. Refocus on your attention-seeking behavior. Why do you seek the fame? Why do you see writing as your ticket to that fame? Do you really want that fame or do you just want attention? Why do you need to get that attention from writerly fame? Why is the attention of your friends and family not enough for you? Are you possibly trying to support your self esteem with fame? Validate yourself by having other people validate you? When you can accept that you are small (it's a good thing! we're all small, and it's okay), then you can start to do things for yourself. Truly for yourself. Validation comes from within. Value comes from within. Popularity is man-made. It's not real. | 0 | 183 | 1.5 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il759y1 | il71idp | 1,661,093,396 | 1,661,091,760 | 2 | 1 | There is so much free content in the world now that the market has shrunk, but on the upside it is much easier to release your own content. I've always written and given it away, only in the last few years have I tried to sell content. I have LOVED writing with freedom. My last book was problematic 15 different ways and if I had tried to publish it traditionally I know it would have had all the life edited out of it to make it palatable. I don't want palatable. Write for the joy of it, write what you love to read, get better at your craft and share what you have to give. Fame is sought, but it has monster down sides - constant self-promotion, amplified attacks and low privacy. Fame or money might come, but think of some of the most famous people - did they do awful projects to get their start? Did they get vicious media attention? If I want to write something new, it has to go somewhere controversial. I can do that without fame brilliantly and reliably without some wanting to make my marginalized, misunderstood character more neurotypical. What do you want to write? Will it bring you joy and a sense of unique accomplishment? Do that. If nobody else buys it, at least you have created something beautiful to you out of love and not greed or compromise. | …what are you asking? | 1 | 1,636 | 2 | ||
wtwjn7 | writing_train | 0.92 | How to stop writing for recognition and more for yourself? I feel like I’ve been writing solely because I want fame, fortune ect. and I’m not putting my soul into it. I’ve always enjoyed writing and English as a subject because I was always naturally good at it. How do I start writing for me instead of the off chance that the next piece of cheap prose I write ends up making me an equivalent to Shakespeare even though what I write is absolute dogshit (if you can, refrain from pitiful remarks like oh don’t be so hard on yourself or we all start somewhere)? | il71idp | il75zv1 | 1,661,091,760 | 1,661,093,701 | 1 | 2 | …what are you asking? | I guess the science says "what gives you the dopemine hit"? Does the act of writing something do it? Or the idea that you could be a rich and famous author? If it's the latter, you need to retrain your brain, because I do believe the best way I've ever heard it is "It's better to want to write than be a writer". | 0 | 1,941 | 2 |
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