I am new, been here since literally yesterday, and need writing advice. Anything would help.

-Read everything, more, forever. Never stop reading. Not just here, not just fiction, read everything. Read a constitution. Read a medical dissertation. Read a cook book. Read everything, more, forever. Never stop reading.
-Read everything you write aloud when proof-reading--even better, have a partner read what you've written aloud to you, and do the same for them. This works on a lot of skills at once.
-Listen to readings. Poetry, spoken word, anything.
-Write things. Write shitty things, write things that turn out good. Never stop writing. Write forever.

Write about things you know. There's a bit of journaling in here, but one of the most cimplicated parts of writing that follows you around and gnaws at you is going to be communicating clearly, which is no less daunting than oratory skill. Don't just think, write thought. Use the need to think and reflect on things as a springboard for writing.

Burn down your house, figuratively. Re-write things not because they were poorly worded, but because nothing was said. Kill everything that grows brittle from your fingers until what comes back is golden. Then ask your friend to do it. Internalize how they hack and hew at your darlings so that you know how to do it next time. Then, build a new house. Burn down your house, figuratively. Re-write things not because nothing was said, but because the things that were said could've been made clearer to someone other than you. Kill everything that feels pleasant when you trace it with your fingers until what remains is harsh and new. Then, ask your friend to do it. Internalize how they hack and hew at the darlings you wrote for both of you so that you know how to do it next time.

Then, build a new house.

Also don't be afraid to live in the house. There are no perfect houses.

This is the spirit of sharing in roleplays like those here actually.

Remember always that there are no perfect houses. Just build them better.

Build nice houses.

@superservo27

Reading helps a lot. Just seeing how other people write can give you an idea on the different way sentences can flow. If it's for roleplaying, just have fun! The more you write the better you'll get at it, especially when you're bouncing off of someone else.

@superservo27

This is advice specific to here, but I think that's what you asked for. Plus, it'll help you get better at writing characters in general.

In every post, think about what your character's physical, mental and emotional reaction is to what happened in the posts your replying to. Then write what they think about this, either by showing it through body language or facial expression, or just telling it through a straight-up inner monologue. Then, after that, you write about what your character does and says in response to that.

For larger works, yes, redrafting is important, but I disagree that you usually have to burn everything to the ground. I never do. Then again, I've never been published so maybe that's better advice, but I'll tell you that there is often something of value in the first thing that comes out of your hands.

Basically, write with absolutely no regard for the quality or even basic spelling and grammar of your work. The goal is simply to get a first draft finished. (This can often be the hard part.) Then leave it and come back the next day and fix all the issues that are easily fixed, like spelling, grammar and glaringly bad prose. Then take several days off and come back to it with the mindset of a critic, but DON'T act like the whole thing's worthless. Go through it systematically, note how every paragraph could be improved or changed for the better, how plotholes could be resolved and pacing could be tightened up or fleshed out as appropriate, and make these changes. Do this a few times, a few days apart, and again at the end of the book when you've figured out the aim and theme of the whole book. You'll probably have to change a LOT of the beginning to fit these aims and themes.

@superservo27

---

---

---

---

On another note, I also agree with these two >>>@Silver Carrot@FrankenDaughter

Good luck.