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My writing skills.

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  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    I can't be sure if it is better or worse to believe there can even be a
    "best"...  or if it is all that different to knowing that existence
    consists entirely of being washed down a river of shit, bashing into
    every stone along the way until you die.



    "Chagen,
    how come yesterday you were really sad because no one was giving you
    criticism on how to improve, and when people do that, you say "That
    won't work, I'll just give up."

    Because I realized that fighting a losing battle has no point.
    If you look at it like that, nothing has a point.  Write because you enjoy it, not because you have to be the best in the world.  If you don't enjoy writing, then there's no point in doing it.  If you enjoy it, but you're depressed because you're not the best... well, you might not be able to be the best, but you can always get better.

  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    http://kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/exercise/motivation.html
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    "If you enjoy it, but you're depressed because you're not the best... well, you might not be able to be the best, but you can always get better."

    I tried for four fucking years.

    And I got nothing.
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    Did you?  Read what you wrote four years ago.  I can guarantee you that there's been improvement.
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    edited 2011-07-18 11:35:03
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    Four years? Between the ages of eleven and fifteen?

    That is no time at all.

    Also, what Forzare said.
  • SotiCotoSotiCoto
    edited 2011-07-18 11:36:01
    RE-ANIMATOR
    Guys....  Chagen just wants to talk about it. In the hopes that this will somehow dull the pain / boredom.
    It doesn't tend to really do that... but it feels like it should...
    To be fair, shooting down the advice of people who don't really get it can be fun for a while (necessary, even)... but unfortunately it tends to really wind people up and they're less willing to cooperate later.

    But hells... if life had anything but no-win situations, it wouldn't be so bad, would it?
    Typically I try self-medicating with alcohol... but even that is starting not to work now, and I got a booze-gut for my troubles.
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
  • The_EdgeThe_Edge
    Mr. The Edge goes to Washington
    LOL, four years! Four years! That's all? You're what, 15 years old? So you started when you were like 11?
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    Chagen, your problem is you are thinking of the destination (being the best) as the reward, rather than letting the journey (your achievements along the way)  be a reward in and of itself.

    You will likely not be the best at anything, ever. You need to accept this.

    That said, that's not the only thing in life. Have you ever heard the expression 'stop and smell the roses'?

    Life is about so much more than achieving your goals. It is about your successes and achievements along the way.

    After all. Once you're the best, what would there be left to do?
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    dude, nobody is a good writer after 4 years of writing. 

    But hells... if life had anything but no-win situations, it wouldn't be so bad, would it?

    I feel stupid for quoting a fictional character here, but I still believe it is appropiate enough to say it: I don't believe in no win scenarios.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    Do you guys want to see my old-as-hell writing just to see how little I've actually changed?
  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    And only Sith deal in extremes. 
  • VorpyVorpy
    ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    Hey chagen do you want me to write your stories for you? I can do that for you.
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    Do you guys want to see my old-as-hell writing just so we can prove to you how much you've actually changed?

    Sure.
  • SnappySnappy
    I want your hard, feathery cock, Bird Boy.
    Saying you wrote from 11 to 15 for 4 years is like saying you wrote a couple times to pass the time.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    And only Sith deal in extremes. 

    lol u jedi mad?
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    Just so you know, this is my god-awful Pokemon fanfic from 3 years ago.

    Yeah.

    I haven't gotten any better, besides my ability to make good plots and not make mary sues.
  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    i jedi
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    edited 2011-07-18 11:41:08
    You can change. You can.
    ...and that's not an improvement how?

    ^u obi juan?
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    Chagen, take it from me, you are much better at writing than you were three years ago, and it's obvious within the first three sentences of that.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    Because the actual writing still sucks shit.
  • ForzareForzare
    edited 2011-07-18 11:41:00
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.

  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    I haven't gotten any better, besides my ability to make good plots and not make mary sues.

    If you can do that, you've already got a leg up on Paolini. 
  • SnappySnappy
    I want your hard, feathery cock, Bird Boy.
    I was going to say what Vorpy did but decided not to.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Agreed with INUH. 
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    And my post was ignored. And it made sense, too. Oh well.
  • The_EdgeThe_Edge
    edited 2011-07-18 11:43:33
    Mr. The Edge goes to Washington
    Agreed with Alex. I'm still not helping.
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    edited 2011-07-18 11:44:18
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    I don't recall where you posted your most recent work, but I seem to remember that it indicated a knowledge of English grammar that the work you just linked does not.

    I've known people in college who don't have that skill down. You aren't a crappy writer overall. Your only problem is that you're still fifteen.
  • ChagenChagen
    edited 2011-07-18 11:44:11
    [tɕagɛn]
    "Chagen, your problem is you are thinking of the destination (being the best) as the reward, rather than letting the journey (your achievements along the way) be a reward in and of itself.

    You will likely not be the best at anything, ever. You need to accept this.

    That said, that's not the only thing in life. Have you ever heard the expression 'stop and smell the roses'?

    Life is about so much more than achieving your goals. It is about your successes and achievements along the way.

    After all. Once you're the best, what would there be left to do?"

    I understand what you're saying.

    But the only reason I keep living is the naive idea that I might just be the best one day.
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    Chagen, the writing you've been showing us lately is head and shoulders above that Pokemon thing.  And if you've improved that much since then, there's no reason you can't improve even more.

    Also, no one likes the sounds of their own writing.
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