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Any tips for people who want to start writing speculative fiction (or just short stories), other than to just practice a lot?

• quuquuquu 9y ago
  Not OP, but I would suggest reading paul graham's essay about writing like how you would speak. What also works best for me is writing the shit that I actually want to read, or developing the games that I actually want to play. Write from the heart, and love it so much that you re-read your own stories. Most people probably won't read it or like it. But that's just the game we play!
• TaylorAlexander 9y ago
  I think my best tip is both to read (for amusement, education, and inspiration) and to write (as in - just do it, and if you're stuck silence your inner critic and just DO IT). I'm just some engineer. But I'm a really imaginative and passionate person and I have a lot of ideas I care about. And so I write about those. I was inspired by reading The Martian, which was an amazing book written by a Software Engineer. It was after reading The Martian that I began writing. Have you tried writing? What has been your blocker?