/lit/ - Literature

>wrote mostly poems this past semester
>want to get back into writing short stories
>don't really have any ideas or a large number of experiences to draw from

Few questions:
How do you practice if you're an anxious recluse who doesn't live rambunctiously like your peers? Do you study Tao Lin and learn how to write about mundane subject matter? Do you wait for more life experience to accumulate and focus on structure/style by writing about experiences you've already had?

It seems to me like writing about past experiences is a good way of practicing structure/style because it ignores the quality of the short story's ideas; I think it probably focuses your energy on *how* you relate a story rather than *what* you're relating.

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>skip introduction
>jump into book immediately
>read introduction after reading book

Reading the introduction after reading the book is like talking to an intelligent friend who read the book, studied it, and has a lot to say about it. It's the perfect approach.

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