/lit/ - Literature

>>20679576
There could be lots of reasons why. Maybe he is older or has told or heard plenty of stories, there's no telling. We don't all start off the same but it's not wise to compare yourself with others that way. I had those same worries when I went back to college but instead of worrying about my peers being so keen I spent time with faculty to cultivate my studies and ask them what it takes to make it.
I've been telling you lots of those things. You have to have patience. Keep reading, writing, learning from writers about writing, learning about the language.

>>19260679
Nice post, I appreciate this. I grew up on Isaac Asimov. My approach for writing so far is:
>brainstorm about an idea and make it into a story
>outline gives birth to characters, events, settings, etc
>1st draft just write
>2nd draft make sure it all makes sense
>3rd draft wordsmith and more intentional literary devices
>finish up with line-by-line editing
I'd been warned about the eternal rewriters and eternal outliners, so I've come to appreciate impetus far more. Trying to learn how to avoid some mistakes but accepted I will make them anyways. On the topic of aping the classics, I think writers ought to have more respect for their own voice rather than regret not being born 100 years ago. Our voice the most unique thing we have in writing and it deserves development.