How do I get better at writing /lit/? In class, I do fine with

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endlessly rehearse conversations in your mind. make up situations and then imagine what you'd say.

as for putting them down on paper, there's a journalistic tradition called the inverse pyramid lead: you've got something to say, so you look at the concepts you'll need to get across and you sort them in order of most important first.

this used to allow the typesetters to remove paragraphs from the end of your article without compromising it much.

aside from that.. practice. practice a lot. someone said every artist has 10,000 shitty pictures inside that they need to get out onto paper before they can improve; when it comes to writing, i'd say every writer has at least half a million words of shit that they need to exorcise.

>>8372830
I appreciate it Anon. Seems outlining and practice are key.

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>>8372935
that journalism dodge i mentioned forces you to look at what you're trying to say, and then say it in the clearest way possible. anything else is decoration, and can be left for when you're feeling playful.

>>8372804
Who shawty is??