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How can i learn to write better? A degree in english is the best way?

>> No.7265197

>>7265187
Write more.

>> No.7265206

>>7265187
Read more.

>> No.7265307

>>7265187
Wank less.

>> No.7265319
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7265319

>>7265187
SEYMOOOOOOUR

>> No.7265369

Anyone willing to help?

>> No.7265393

>>7265187
Escribes más

>> No.7265421

>>7265187
Lest mehr

>> No.7265454

3 steps to getting better at anything

1.Do something
2.Reflect on it
3.Repeat from step 1

Step 1 is the one that a lot of dreamers miss. Step 2 is the one that a lot of amateurs miss.

>> No.7265459

>>7265454
In your logic you wouldn't have to read the work of others to be able to write well.

>> No.7265461

>>7265187
An english degree may help. I stress "May". It can't hurt, but it won't necessarily help.

Reading and writing more is the only way you'll do it. Maybe an english degree can set you on the path of that, but writing is a solitary skill that's self taught.

>> No.7265465

>>7265454
This.

>> No.7265469

>>7265461
>it can't hurt
It most certainly can

>> No.7265489
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7265489

Well, unless you want to write a modern update of Beowulf recasting the protagonist as a transgender PoC activist, an English degree is kind of unnecessary.
>"Black lives matter!" xi cried, as xi nonviolently defeated Grendel through a Twitter campaign against monster-on-LGBT violence

>> No.7265491

>>7265459
you don't have to read a lot to be a good writer.

>> No.7265576

>>7265491
kill yourself please

>> No.7265577

>>7265489
>2015
>not campaigning for monster's rights
bigot

>> No.7265588

>>7265489
>wigger who listens to rap bitching about SJW
ironing

>> No.7265618
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7265618

>>7265588
>implying Keef wouldn't trigger them with his violence and masculinity

>> No.7265637

>>7265187
>How can i learn to write better? A degree in english is the best way?
For starters, learn basic grammatical conventions

>> No.7265654

>>7265637
>no period
u too :^)

>> No.7265673

>>7265491

lmao

>> No.7265936

Learn how to say something, but to actually be saying something more underneath that.

>> No.7265945

>>7265936
are you calling op stupid or...? oh god. crying myself to sleep tonight, again.

>> No.7265953

>>7265945
I don't know, fam. Are you reading that post purely on a surface level?

>> No.7267249

Do i need to need about structure and composition? There are elements that i have to define before i start writing or can i just write what comes to my mind?

>> No.7267870

>>7267249
bumping.

>> No.7267884

>>7265393
How does your B- on Spanish 101 feel?

>> No.7267887

>>7267884
>on
How does your B- in the lingua franca feel?

>> No.7267901

>>7267249

I don't see how it could hurt... I mean, there are no real rules per se, you just have to find what's best for you to convey what you want to say. It helps to know which conventions to break though, so again - I don't see how it could hurt.

The best way to go about it is just to write all the time. Just write anytime you can and if you feel it's not enough for you to improve, or if you can't motivate yourself in that way and still want to pursue this, taking a degree that makes you write and read analytically all the time will help you a lot.

I'm not a writer or english major or anything like that, that's just my go-to advice to anyone interested in pursuing arts. Enough will and you can be a self-taught anything these days...

Just remember that sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta good at it

>> No.7267925

>>7267249
I dunno, if that's your thing. Some writers value that, others completely throw that out the window and wouldn't even know what you're talking about if you brought it up.

I tend to think all that is really overthinking things, but if some people like to do that.

There's no set path, or plan on how to be a writer. Every writer is different, and you'll find that the only person who can answer all these questions is yourself.

>> No.7268006

>>7265319
nice

>> No.7268023

>>7265459
that is actually true tbh

>> No.7268031

>>7268023
Care to elaborate?

>> No.7268972

Read something about "Machado de Assis"