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[Rolly-chan]

I've been struggling with my writing for a little while now. I think it's my confidence that's getting me in big trouble again. A few years back I threw in the towel - or so I told myself. I really don't want that to happen again, but lately I've just felt so disappointed in myself.

Any advice or suggestions to get my line of thinking on a better track?

I think it's pretty hard to do because it's different for everyone.
Have you tried to identify what kinds of struggles you have with your writing? Is it writer's block or something else entirely?

For writer's block (or just for the fun of it) I'd suggest trying to write in a style of someone else, or writing things you usually don't write at all. Stuff that will temporarily stun your inner editor and nagging self-doubt, because writing in someone else's style or writing things you never really write mean you don't have to be good. It's something you don't do anyway, or in a style that's not yours, so failure means nothing. Sometimes it even helps deliberately writing a Mary Sue or badfic. It's just to break through what weighs you down. Creating things with no pressure behind them.

You could also break your big goals down into smaller ones, and make them realisable easier than usually. For example, if your big goal is to finish the next story, you'd break that goal down into the smaller goals you have to reach before, like doing the research, plotting, characterization, writing every day or as often as possible, keeping track of spontaneous changes to the story, once the first draft's done checking what you have against what you had planned to get, finding what's wrong with the story, finding solutions for what's wrong with the story, fixing the story.
Every time you tick off another goal on that list, it'll make you feel better. Because you have something that physically represents your progress.

Other than that, I'm sure the others here have some advice up their sleeves too ^^

['pyrrhic]

{Well I have an idea, what if you wrote it up, edited it and changed it to your liking until it fits, because you can always change it. If it doesn't make sense at first its ok, because it'll be like a small setback from your topic in mind.

[Iselka]

Do you guys have any tips on writing a science fiction?

[Unitatoe]

Do you guys have any tips on writing a science fiction?

sometimes, people relate sience fiction to sience fact, so dont be afraid if its a little out their, or to factual. also be sure to be creative. creativity is what maked the book what it is, meaning anything can go. hope this helped
^-^

[Iselka]

thank you

['pyrrhic]

{Try thinking the future, not to far ahead, enough so people can relate to. Oh and I wrote another page of my book, something great just happened to Drus! Check it out, someone tell me what they think!

[Guest]

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I made a Story Secret Valentines thread! This is much like Story Secret Santa, but different. Click me?

[Wind Frost]

Guys guess what! My story is coming out soon! Be prepared and look for the link in my signature!! Yay!

[reilly]

Username:
Megarin
What we will call you:
Meg or Meggy
Will you critique other's work?:
Possibly
Links to your story if you have any:
N/A
Anything you want us to know?:
I am in to writing, but I don't have any stories posted on CS.
Might be looking for someone willing to co-author with me soon, though. c:

[l'Alpaca]

welcome muggy ^-^