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22091530 No.22091530 [Reply] [Original]

How do you learn to write good prose?

>> No.22091534

what do i do if im shit at writing and dont have anything to write about? more than just 'i have no ideas lol' i mean genuinely nothing to express or write about

>> No.22091668

>>22091530
Learn your descriptive grammar and start analyzing language which you like, identify what makes it good to you.

>> No.22091671

>>22091668
how do i analyze

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22091694

You may be a hylic...in which case, I have no idea how to help you.
But if not...read. Talk to people. Live life. Practice writing.

>> No.22091717

>>22091671
That is what that descriptive grammar is for, it will give you the tools required to analyze language use.
>>22091694
Larp.

>> No.22091778

>>22091530
One good trick is to do you best to remember as closely as possible what you say when the occasion arrives in which to have to tell a story to someone. Preferably, you'd want to tell this story and are confident you'll tell all the important parts and at the end there is some resolution to the tale.
Try to remember how you did it, the words you used, how you started, all of it. Even if you did it poorly, the telling, you can use this trick to get better.

Another good trick is to read stories in which there are characters themselves telling stories. This gives you a good overview of the options you have as reference.