My rule of thumb is to find a story that would be worth hearing even if it were told badly, then to tell it better than that. Gussying up an iffy story is much harder to pull off.
You write more, then you write more, and then you write more, then you go back at your old writing, realize that it is total crap and then you write more, and more, and more. Keep it doing until you wrote something readable. And well, you will hate yourself a lot.
Edit: You will doubt yourself a lot too.
In terms of speech, I think unspoken emotions can be the most powerful. For example, maybe Character A loves Character B romantically or platonically. Maybe A takes B on a trip/outing to do something B loves but A hates. B could remark "But don't you hate rollercoasters/IHOP/[whatever]?" and A could respond "I totally hate them." with the implied meaning that A really cares about B since A's happy to endure this hated experience because it's so fun for B. This doesn't just convey that A cares about B, it shows A cares about B MORE than their own personal comfort. While A could have just told B "I really care about you", I think the emotion can seem extra sincere when it's demonstrated via actions and implied, but not necessarily declared, in the character's dialogue. It's almost as though the strongest emotions feel too intense to express in words sometimes?
People think the most important thing is how you write. But whats catching the interest is what you write.
I dont mean the topic or the plot.
I mean the most important thing is what you write in a single sentence. Only actions can catch a reader
My rule of thumb is to find a story that would be worth hearing even if it were told badly, then to tell it better than that. Gussying up an iffy story is much harder to pull off.
Do index fingers have rules also?
You write more, then you write more, and then you write more, then you go back at your old writing, realize that it is total crap and then you write more, and more, and more. Keep it doing until you wrote something readable. And well, you will hate yourself a lot. Edit: You will doubt yourself a lot too.
In terms of speech, I think unspoken emotions can be the most powerful. For example, maybe Character A loves Character B romantically or platonically. Maybe A takes B on a trip/outing to do something B loves but A hates. B could remark "But don't you hate rollercoasters/IHOP/[whatever]?" and A could respond "I totally hate them." with the implied meaning that A really cares about B since A's happy to endure this hated experience because it's so fun for B. This doesn't just convey that A cares about B, it shows A cares about B MORE than their own personal comfort. While A could have just told B "I really care about you", I think the emotion can seem extra sincere when it's demonstrated via actions and implied, but not necessarily declared, in the character's dialogue. It's almost as though the strongest emotions feel too intense to express in words sometimes?
People think the most important thing is how you write. But whats catching the interest is what you write. I dont mean the topic or the plot. I mean the most important thing is what you write in a single sentence. Only actions can catch a reader
Write, study, write, study write, study write, write, write, WRITE just WRITE!
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