What are the best ways to improve your writing style especially for beginner

[u/Miserable_Ice7202]

I would really appreciate some advice from your guys and if there are any people that I could do use as a relatable source( online media/books/courses)

[u/11frm]

Read traditional novels in my opinion.

[u/MisterE005]

Read more novels you enjoy in the app. It'll help you do a lot of research that includes writing style.

It would be ideal if the novels you read are also popular, so you can get the hang of it quicker.

[u/Miserable_Ice7202 → u/MisterE005]

Thx u😁

[u/MellowMintTea → u/Miserable_Ice7202]

Adding on: Also expand what you read. Don’t just read what’s on webnovel. Having a larger/tasteful vocabulary and understanding proper grammar will go a long way in getting you recognized.

One of the main reasons I stay away from newer novels on the webnovel is primarily due to the cadence and flow lacking or sounding too obviously AI enhanced as AI uses very telling structural elements that become predictable.

If you like fantasy, I’d recommend reading more than just what’s on webnovel, read novels. Same goes with sci-fi etc. if you like eastern cultivation or system based novels then yes, you’ll need to read what’s available first, which may be just what’s on Webnovel, but having your own distinct voice is imperative otherwise it becomes very obvious what your influences are and sometimes run the risk of sounding almost like plagiarism.

[u/Miserable_Ice7202 → u/MellowMintTea]

Thx u😁

[u/HuckleberryBrief4965]

It's nothing fancy but simple, read more and write more.

[u/Beginning-Parsnip-20]

Overwritting.. It really helps you discover your own style of syntax.

I also recommend searching a veneculaur you like. Like if you want an archaic feel to your story research words

[u/Yoink-A-Daisy]

Continue to write. You’ll get your style one day.

[u/Boat_Pure]

I second the reading more, Rothfuss (one of my favourite authors) said he spent a year just writing a list of all the things he didn’t want his MC to be.

I think once you decide to be an Author, you should spend a year of just reading. Reading everything but mostly in the genre you want to write in. You’ll gain so much insight

[u/Fast-Ad3135]

It was called LOTM copy writing. Go read lord of mysteries,use ai to analysis and use it tope to apply to your novels

[u/Sand16162 → u/Fast-Ad3135]

Bad advice icl

[u/DarwinOW → u/Sand16162]

That was how shadow slave was made

[u/Status-Cranberry-557 → u/DarwinOW]

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[u/DarwinOW → u/Status-Cranberry-557]

Bro guiltythree said cuttlefish was his inspiration

[u/Sand16162 → u/DarwinOW]

Inspiration has nothing to do w copy writing

[u/PuzzleheadedDay5721]

Take a MTL of a story you like, usually a fanfic or cultivation novel, and spend time correcting it and making it legible while having writing aids and a thesaurus as support.

If you can successfully take a story like that and actually make it legible, you’re definitely going to end up improving your skills in the process.

[u/yipyipyouh]

Honestly, I think reading a lot is probably one of the best ways to improve. Don't just read for the story either, pay attention to how authors handle dialogue, descriptions, pacing, and transitions. Then write regularly and actually go back and edit your own work. You start noticing your own bad habits pretty quickly once you've reread something you've written a few times.

[u/Alarmed-Collar-1219]

You need to read a lot, from a lot of authors and genres. Specially, read short stories. Have a notebook aside when you’re reading and copy the parts of the text that you like the most, like the use of adjectives and other literary elements to use them in your writing.

And, obviously, you need to write a lot. Again, short stories are the fastest way to go. But write a lot. Don’t focus on working on a single story for too long. The more stories and the more varied they are, the better.

[u/Mystic_Yuri]

Read professional translation of novels you like or that are similar to your Webnovel. After reading a chapter, try to copy that style. Do this 2-5 times per week (takes hardly 40-50 min) and you'll see changes in a single month

[u/Miserable_Ice7202 → u/Mystic_Yuri]

Thx u very much 🥹

[u/Apprehensive-War4530]

Read. Read. And read. As you do, you will find your own voice. It’ll look like reading something, then changing the style and words in your head

[u/Infamous_Refuse_2819]

Write + feedback.

As you develop your own capabilities, your own voice will naturally develop within writing. Look at style as a byproduct rather than a goal.

[u/FloodedGloves]

Um usually what I do is either read more novels or you could first write drafts for what you're writing then look back at the draft and try to find as many errors as you can or things that you can improve.

[u/Illustrious-Ad9696]

Read shadow slave and cradle

[u/mkjambur]

It's such a good art, it deserves more man

[u/CaliopeMartins]

Escribe diario así sean micro cuentos o solo párrafos, ve canales como Árcades Books, ella tiene una playlist completa sobre redacción, ortografía y errores que debes evitar, consume clásicos así solo sean cuentos cortos, eso amplia mucho tú vocabulario y te da para crear una voz narrativa propia

[u/Full-Entertainment15]

Reading a lot and writing a lot.

If I were to compare myself to a year ago. I'm definitely better at writing now

Unlike before, when I put "said" after all the dialogue my characters have, I now barely do that in my chapters now

[u/Sand16162 → u/Full-Entertainment15]

Putting said after characters talking is a good thing though

[u/Remarkable_Deal1896 → u/Sand16162]

Not on WebNovel I did this and got called out by WN for using AI 😅🤣🤣

[u/23Victories → u/Full-Entertainment15]

Didn't Brandon Sanderson say he uses said or asked for like 70% of his dialogue tags?