| ▲ | softwaredoug 3 hours ago |
| It’s never been easier to differentiate yourself as a writer. You just write with some personality. People don’t want writing that doesn’t look average, but looks novel. I despair much less for human writers than a did maybe a year ago. |
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| ▲ | embedding-shape 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| > just write with some personality I think that's the first time someone claims that "write with some personality" is some easy thing you just learn somehow. There are authors out there, even ones that make a living on their writing, who still haven't learned to "write with some personality". What exactly does that mean and how concretely can people actually do this in practice? A few "tips and tricks" might be more helpful than "just write better" or similar stuff. |
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| ▲ | softwaredoug 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Some things that help me. 1. Be vulnerable and share your mistakes. Avoid a triumphalist “everything works” PoV 2. Write about your actual lived personal experiences. 3. Try to have a sense of humor 4. Have an informed opinion or PoV - strong opinions held weakly. 5. Be casual. Don’t treat a blog like it’s a research paper. | | |
| ▲ | embedding-shape 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Thanks a bunch! I actually tried "writing more personal" just some weeks ago, and the feedback I received so far been relatively OK I think, except some people apparently think the part about the drugs to be childish. May I ask what you think of it, if it does sound like it's written with actual personality? https://emsh.cat/en/the-people-are-still-there/ I won't claim to be a professional author or even good, but lately I've been trying to get more into the "it's a person who writes actually" direction and this was an exploration into that, so any sort of feedback would be most welcome, if you have the time! | |
| ▲ | patrickmay an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | Nice list. I'd add: Have an audience in mind, even if it's future you, and write directly to them. |
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| ▲ | patrickmay an hour ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Upvoted for optimism. Plus, I think I agree with you most days of the week. Some time must, of course, be set aside for existential despair. |
