talent vs practise

>>9746818
You overdid it.

>>9746818
Even if you had talent, you wouldn't know it. No one just gets up and writes a masterpiece instantly. Although its easier for some, they still work hard to get where they are

>>9746832
i personally struggled with creative writing in school. I was better in writing an analysis or arguments

Obsession is a good substitute for talent. (Some really intelligent guy said it, forgot the name though).

Its more about the soul of the writer.

>>9746948
what do you mean?

>>9746848
I can confirm this.
The problem is that, afaik, you can't decide what to get obssesed with, it doesn't seem like something you can will your way into.

>>9746818
In writing, reading is a good deal of your practice. If you haven't been an avid reader for most of your life you will be left in the dust. Since the bar for minimum practice (in reading at least) is set so high, talent becomes the major determining factor in how good a writer you may be. Also, you can't get away with just focusing on practicing writing while forgoing reading. The effectiveness of your practice at writing depends on how much reading you've done. There's no shortcut.

>>9747149
i used to like reading fanfiction to game series etc (some of them had a nice writing style) I only had problems reading books because it took me awhile to get into it

>>9747171
Have fun with your fanfiction-tier writing. It's not as bad as it sounds though, you might end up writing the next Fifty Shades of Grey.

>>9747388
i read fanfiction that doesnt have a bad writing style. Some of them are their own series that could become their own book series

>>9747504
Name them.

>>9747538
These are German fan fiction and its a long time ago

>>9746818
Practice begets talent. How do you not know this yet? Everyone who was ever good at anything was good because they put in time practicing.

>>9746818
What people call "natural talent" as far as writing is concerned is mostly just a latent sense of the elements therein; a product of voracious reading over a long period of time. The less reading you've done in your life, the harder it'll be to get that natural feel for things.

That said, it is possible to be a decent writer if you didn't spend your entire childhood cloistered in the school library. I'd even go so far as to say it would lower your potential. If other people's stories are your only life experiences, your own writing will be highly iterative, i.e. uncreative and boring. A lot of the worst writers in the western world are people who've done a lot of reading (quality notwithstanding).

The best way to practice writing is writing. You read so you have a frame of reference to judge how your own work compares and how you can improve on it.

>>9747648
thank you for your answer