>tfw have good ideas and my writing is alright, but it's

smoke heroin

>>9491520
Please, this is serious.

>>9491513
reviewbrah lookin good here

>>9491513
>how do i train like nabokov
you might want to try someone who didn't learn languages with dictionary and literary novels. if you don't, get some dictionaries and his recommendation list in the original languages.

>>9491513
Read more. Write more. Nothing else works.

>>9491533
It can't be all that dictionary reading that led to his smooth, joyful prose. It had to be something else.

>>9491541
russian assonance if you trust him

>>9491580
When did he write about this?

>>9491539
This is correct

rewrite your shit. This time try to be more carefree.

>>9491631
Oh, I'm definitely rewriting it, but how do I become carefree when I can't stop thinking about making the writing as good as possible?

>>9491600
notes on prosody is all about it. nabokov writing about nabokov is a trip

>>9491513
>I want to be as good as Nabokov.

Yeah dude we all do.

>>9491513
It's mix of practice, reading, and clarity of vision. Practicing and reading provides you with the tools and skills to write well and your vision provides you confidence and a line you can follow along. Improv writing or writing with a vague idea of where you're going is going to drag you into a lot of brick walls and you'll find yourself scrambling for words and over-thinking it. Having confidence in what you're writing and really feeling it will help you write "effortlessly" (I put that in quotation marks because I don't quite think it counts as effortless). Some of the best stuff I've written has been when I've gotten into "the Zone" and everything just flows out. The reason I can do that is because I've been writing since I was a kid, I've spent time reading books to help expand my vocabulary and understanding of the medium, and because I have a clear vision of what I'm writing. This is not to say I'm some great writer or anything, the point I'm making is that I can write at my personal best due to these things, even if my best might not be that great. If you are more talented, with a more astute mind, this advice should hopefully bring that out in your writing.

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>>9491513
just write what you want to say and then rewrite to how you want to say it. repeat til happy.

> I said, ‘A line will take us hours maybe;
> Yet if it does not seem a moment’s thought,
> Our stitching and unstitching has been naught.

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>>9491513
Read and write poetry.

>>9491541
Practice. That faggot had been writing tons even before flying to America.

>>9491513
>"flowery" style that came across as effortless
>Nabakov
>Not Laurie Lee
Read Cider with Rosie anon

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>>9491513
>tfw you have quite good ideas and a good writing style but no work ethic

Honestly, the modern world has way too many distractions for people like me, those who aren't very industrious.
I reckon, in a previous time, I could've had writing as my main hobby and done a lot better.
Alas, computers.

>>9491513
Just keep writing over and over, more and more. You'll eventually get a feel for it, and you also should read more.

>>9493277
Keep telling yourself that.

>>9493308
What are you insinuating?

>>9493319
He's insinuating that you aren't very industrious in writing because you don't care enough to get good, so you shouldn't blame technology for your shortcomings. If anything, technology generally has made it easier to indulge in your hobbies, but you're more concerned with whatever distractions and timesinks make up your day.

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>>9493945
I already am quite good at writing, I said so, I just don't write enough because I am not industrious.
Never did I blame technology for my shortcomings.
Technology has introduced new hobbies which I now enjoy more than writing, in the past these hobbies didn't exist.

You need to improve your reading comprehension mate.

>>9493980
Admittedly, mine was a hasty reply, but your post still reads like every other post lamenting their short attention spans or how they would be better if things were different, so I regret nothing.

>>9494052
It's literally me saying that modern technology exacerbates my faults to the point where I can't finish a book.
What is your problem?

>>9494071
Not sure, I think I'm missing something.

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>>9494088
Well tell me if you find it.