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I think i dont have what it takes to be a writer.
I think to be a writer you need to be very observant and pick up the subtleties of things like body language and what goes on inside peoples minds.
Im not as observant, im more autistic like.
Then again maybe action books dont require that level of intricacy.

>> No.13780899

>>13780897
You can be an autistic like Borges

>> No.13781173

>>13780897
Give us a piece of your writings before you denigrate yourself

>> No.13781258

>>13780897
Read the first section of Becoming A Novelist by John Gardner. It'll clear up whether you really have what it takes or not.

>> No.13781374

Brian is /lit/
I think each person is observant in their own way so the writing can vary from introspection of the characters to what is going on in the scene

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>>13780897
is that china mieville

>> No.13781934

>>13781374
>I feel like the main character of As I Lay Dying as he or she lay dying.

>> No.13781948

>>13780897
If you have feelings and a good comprehension of the English language, you have what it takes to be a writer.

>> No.13782336

>>13780897
Part of being successful is learning and acknowledging your weaknesses and either adapting to them or strengthening them through practice and exercises. If all authors expressed the world in the same way it would be a boring lit world.

>> No.13782420

You probably think that you are supposed to describe everything that is in a room or write about body language in dialogue, when in fact there is no need for you to write about any of this. Only you decide on what you want to write about: you can write without dialogue or without describing anything at all. Every word that you write is your choice, same with every paragraph, every page, every character, every chapter and so on. You are not obliged to write in a certain way, you find your own voice through practice and keep writing until the thing is finished.

Try writing something abstract or focus on inner monologue or anything for that matter. Its your writing and your choice. Good luck, OP, hope you make a good and honest writer.