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Post subject: Re: Special talents and skills Posted: Apr 10th, '17, 15:01 |
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-Leo-
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I find my own language somewhat limited when it comes to storytelling. Song lyrics and such are one thing, but actual stories seem to be somewhat lacking, even the books that I read sometimes.
As for grammar: practice, practice and more practice. The first story (still ongoing fanfiction) I shared online, back then I thought my English was good enough to write, but looking back... I was still pretty bad at it. It's a miracle I got so many readers that early on, because truly, I wouldn't read the story from back then. I still kind of regret I never thought about keeping the first version of the first chapter, so I could compare it to the one now... Oh well.
If you want, I can share you my list of writer's pet peeves (it's up on my blog, so it'll just be a link I would have to share), which also works as a reminder to myself, what things to look out for, so I won't make the same mistakes. Some are personal preferences, but others are general things to remember.
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" Fantasy is what people want, but reality is what they need "
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Post subject: Re: Special talents and skills Posted: Apr 10th, '17, 15:09 |
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Miky90
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That would be very nice of you, thank you!
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Post subject: Re: Special talents and skills Posted: Apr 10th, '17, 15:12 |
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-Leo-
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Post subject: Re: Special talents and skills Posted: Apr 10th, '17, 15:24 |
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Miky90
Joined: Mar 18th, '10, 21:58 Posts: 11181 Hugs: 188025 Mood: Reading some manga ... Find me in the spaming section XD
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Post subject: Re: Special talents and skills Posted: Apr 10th, '17, 15:30 |
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Kitalpha Hart
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Having someone whose native tongue is the one you're writing in could help you catch things you'd otherwise miss, from not being yours. Even moreso if you learned it when older
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Post subject: Re: Special talents and skills Posted: Apr 10th, '17, 15:33 |
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Poshi
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Post subject: Re: Special talents and skills Posted: Apr 10th, '17, 15:36 |
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-Leo-
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Post subject: Re: Special talents and skills Posted: Apr 10th, '17, 15:55 |
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Kitalpha Hart
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And yet it's still complicated as all fuck
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Post subject: Re: Special talents and skills Posted: Apr 10th, '17, 15:56 |
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-Leo-
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Post subject: Re: Special talents and skills Posted: Apr 10th, '17, 18:08 |
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Kitalpha Hart
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English
It beats up other languages in dark alleyways and then rifles through their pockets for loose grammar
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