Almost all ineffective writing makes those mistakes.
I think my biggest complaint is when writers arrange characters so they can have profound conversations about life and etc. Do people ever really do that? Also, extended backstory without purpose.
Now that I've done it a few times for Punk Noir Magazine, I'm convinced writers benefit from doing an editing stint. It makes you aware of mistakes/weaknesses that you won't catch in your own writing.
Good advice.
Almost all ineffective writing makes those mistakes.
I think my biggest complaint is when writers arrange characters so they can have profound conversations about life and etc. Do people ever really do that? Also, extended backstory without purpose.
Writing is hard!
Natural dialogue is absolutely a challenge which is why so many rely on narrative!
Yes I have always struggled with it but hopefully am doing better now.
Now that I've done it a few times for Punk Noir Magazine, I'm convinced writers benefit from doing an editing stint. It makes you aware of mistakes/weaknesses that you won't catch in your own writing.
I genuinely can’t think of anything better than improving your craft than reading 1. what does work but also 2. what doesn’t work!
Also discovering new ways of approaching a scene... when I stumble on one of these in a submission pile, I'm over the moon!