What would you do if you couldn’t succeed in using any writing techniques?
I can't use writing techniques and it has stopped me from writing. I don't have writer's block and I'm not trying to create anything perfect. Simple techniques like conflict or 3-act structure I can't use. I try hard and in the end I can't create anything.
Should I abandon the writing techniques if you have another option I accept?
I thought about writing freely without worrying about techniques and then revising it.
Let me explain how to become a writer/novelist/creative writer/deity of language. All you do is this: you sit down and write. It doesn't matter what you do. You can do this on and off for years. Sit down and read books or do like me and read the news. I don't read a lot of books, but I want to write books. I don't like most books. I want to write books that I want to read, so I'm writing books I want to read.
What you do as a writer is up to you.
Everyone has different goals. I used to sit down at my computer and read a lot and write a lot, and still do to this day, but when I was getting more serious about writing, I formed this daily ritual at my desk and still perform it to this day, and one day I woke up an author.
This month it happened to me.
This is what you do to turn yourself into a writer, or artist, or novelist, or whatever your goals with writing are. It's totally up to you. Nobody turns anyone into any of these things. People probably don't want you to become an artist, but if you want to turn into a butterfly, you have to be a worm first.
That's the way it worked for me at least.
It's the way it is, so take this advice and learn your lesson the hard way, because I had a writer tell me this a long time ago. He said, "I paid, and so will you," but I never paid for his lessons, and I told him I'd slap him in his face, but I learned the same way you're going to learn.
On your own. So, we all pay the price.
I couldn't afford his lessons and he wouldn't give me any.
Sit at your desk. Write, daily. Sit and rot and write. That's how it's done. That's all you do: Learn writing. That's your new job.
Someone told me along time ago to become a writer. He said, "You're probably already a writer," and then he said, "just face it, you probably won't get anywhere," and here I'm, writing novels, and messing around on this site...
I worked for another guy and he said, "You seem pretty deep, maybe you could make money as a writer." so take my advice. I used to be right where you are, and it sucked, so take my advice, because I'm a nice guy, but I've always been a writer.
Sit down, be calm, and write stories. Learn storytelling the hard way. That's how you get started as an author. An author has to be able to tell stories, so learn storytelling first. Don't matter if you cannot write.
Learn stories first, then learn editing, and then learn how to write through all your mistakes you're going to correct yourself. Your job is to entertain yourself with all your boring stories. You're your first reader.
It's honestly not that hard to become an artist, or write well, or do well, or become someone in the field of the arts and language. It's mostly just a head game, but if you play the game long enough, what you'll discover is it grows on you, but you have to put in your time, just like anyone else.
It doesn't just happen, not without paying the price. Now learn your lesson.
Writer's block results from a combination of:
Writer's block doesn't affect those who:
Read my answer to your other question to learn how to write well.
