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[lovecraft68]

I've already got a few more percolating....

That's good to hear. Now let me give you some advice some here see as grumpy, but I see it as a difference in what works for one doesn't work for all, so I share the other side of things.

How to articles can be very helpful in a basic way, but the key is as Nike so famously said years ago, just do it. Advice is fine, but their voice is not your voice, and you do not want to lose your voice.

I wrote a how-to years ago that did well here but at one point when I saw someone discussing it, I realized they were using it as a formula of sorts and following my tips a little too closely.

Guess my point is to learn what you can but continue to learn on your own. No teacher like experience and many of us have the crap scores and bad feedback to prove that.

 

[TheExperimentalist]

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Dammit. Missed my window.

 

[TheExperimentalist]

That's good to hear. Now let me give you some advice some here see as grumpy, but I see it as a difference in what works for one doesn't work for all, so I share the other side of things.

How to articles can be very helpful in a basic way, but the key is as Nike so famously said years ago, just do it. Advice is fine, but their voice is not your voice, and you do not want to lose your voice.

I wrote a how-to years ago that did well here but at one point when I saw someone discussing it, I realized they were using it as a formula of sorts and following my tips a little too closely.

Guess my point is to learn what you can but continue to learn on your own. No teacher like experience and many of us have the crap scores and bad feedback to prove that.

 

[Duil2]

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Ah the dulcet tones of my native land where we may greet you with a blessing but then swear at you for the rest of the conversation.
Welcome to writing on Lit @peregrinecat

 

[peregrinecat]

Guess my point is to learn what you can but continue to learn on your own. No teacher like experience and many of us have the crap scores and bad feedback to prove that.

 

[TheExperimentalist]

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[SoCalAshley]

Here is a Lit resource page I found very useful when I started writing: Literotica Writer Resources

 

[dirk2024]

Here is a Lit resource page I found very useful when I started writing: Literotica Writer Resources

 

[TheExperimentalist]

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As it turns out, writing is about making words happen, and reading is about seeing words, so you can't really write without reading...