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Ganbold@ganbold (2026-07-29 23:02:16)
I'd like to listen from others, hoping that it might reflect mine
what is stopping you from blogging
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Layar Laut@layarlaut@misskey.id (2026-07-30 09:42:33)
@ganbold@sns1.hydranlab.com my biggest obstacle is lack of vocabulary, grammar, structure and/or knowledge in the subject.
Sometimes I don't know enough words to express my idea without reusing the same words again and again. It's hard to write without sounding like a 5 years old. It's even more frustrating if I know there's a word to describe what I want to write but just couldn't recall it. I have to settle with simpler vocabulary and can't fully capture the idea what I want to share.
Grammar is also a big obstacle. I know when things are ungrammatical but don't know how to fix it. My brain never learn how to internalize tenses. I can only vaguely understand it and have to actively check if the tenses make sense.
There's also a problem of structure. I don't know how to build my sentences in a way that they can flow smoothly from one idea to the next. How to structure things nicely so that the readers could follow my idea. Most of the times my sentences weren't tied together and it's just a jumble of sentences stuck having to share a paragraph.
Last thing is knowledge. Writing really make it apparent when I lack the knowledge in a subject. I only know surface level idea. When writing I start to notice there are holes in my knowledge. I don't know why is the thing is the way they are. I don't know the hows. I don't know the motivation of doing a certain thing in a certain way. It really exposes me as a larper.
Most of this is because I was taught, or at least what stuck, is how to spot bad writing better than how to write a good one
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Layar Laut@layarlaut@misskey.id (2026-07-30 09:47:21)
@ganbold@sns1.hydranlab.com I need to learn that writing is an iterative process and not a oneshot thing. I should draft then read, revise, read, revise, read and revise again. But alas, I hate reading my own writing so either it will forever be a draft or I have to get it out as fast as possible.
Miss A@LLENN08@hiradai.space (2026-07-30 10:53:09)
@layarlaut@misskey.id @ganbold@sns1.hydranlab.com you written this post so good :akko_fistup: