Once upon a time, there was a dude who liked to drive around in his car. His car was red and the back left tyre was deflated. It was a dull day and the dude was late to pick up...
Alright. I'll save you from the suffering.
It's not hard to create the setting for a story but to do it in the poetic and fluid nature of our world's greatest writers requires practice and years of experience. The ability to transport the reader across galaxies with words and to immerse them in the concoctions of the writer's imagination is a mastery that many desire.
As you can see, my writing needs some work. It's been a long time since I was last in an English class and even then I wasn't exactly a model student.
I can't expect to get better from just writing every day without making any efforts to improve what I'm putting out into the ether.
Minor improvements without any serious effort are expected but I think the focus on certain areas will help to hone my skills and make reading more enjoyable for anyone dropping by.
I've already been making some changes to the typical bland words that are always overused in the English language. Words such as 'and', 'but', 'very', and 'I'. There are countless resources on the internet so there isn't really any excuse.
The formation of my sentences can feel off at times when I start to make changes with my limited understanding of English grammar, but I'm hoping that consistency and the occasional research session will help. More specifically, punctuation and sentence structure.
Reading on a regular basis is bound to help although this is going to depend on what I am reading. Books or writings by published and revered authors seem like the best option.
Enriching my vocabulary is also another focus that I'd like to address. The issue with this is that I don't want to come across as some pretentious bellend who constantly uses words that I don't typically use in my everyday life or feel comfortable with.
Nevertheless, it's definitely worth the effort to make some gradual changes. It's about time I started using the big boy's dictionary.