Strengths and Weaknesses as a Writer?

MY STRENGTHS:

-I have no shortage of colourful, original ideas for stories.

-I'm pretty good at building strong, 3 dimensional characters - I regard myself as a bit of an armchair emotionally psychologist, and I LOVE creating complex, sometimes rather twisted characters.

-I have no problem painting images with words - I feel

confident with language, am very visual, and people often comment on my vivid "word-painting."

-I find it very easy to write dialogue, too. I think my writing voice is natural, reasonably witty...

MY WEAKNESSES:

-Creating logical plots, full of interesting sub-plots. I'm NOT a very logical person, and this is the bane of my life!!!

-I often have a problem with "sagging middles." Eeeeek.

-Often I include too much dialogue, too, to the point where I've contemplated turning to writing plays!

-Pacing - sometimes I get too intense, and forget to pull back, and the poor reader must feel like she's stuck on a merry-go-round!

-I tend to waffle far too much, reiterate things...

Oh dear...but never mind, at least there's always a challenge.

Fun question - thanks!

Hafwen x

Well to start off I am super great at similies and metaphores and especially personifications.. I love painting pictures for people. But here is the thing with my writing.. it is generally based on a dream.. I am not very good at just making up a story in a day (which makes English a horrible class for me!) and after these dreams.. or whatever it may be.. I think about the characters.. I consider this a strength I guess.. I sit there and I imagine every character and I literally have their WHOLE life story in my head.. it is like they are actually a person. I have to have the tiny details or else I don't get into my writing at all.

But a huge weakness of mine is that I have A LOT of stories in my head.. the beginnings and the ends and somewhat of the middle.. so I start thinking ahead and I want other things to happen in their lives.. I just want to add a lot more to the characters lives and get into more depth. I am not very good at the whole organization of it. Than I usually get bored with it if my story is a long one because I have the story in my head.. but I just don't feel like putting it on paper. I don't know why.. but that is just how I am!

Oh, I generally write mysteries or stories where is there is actually more to the story.. you know??

Strengths: Wording. I love phrases, and I consider like one in all my strengths is combining phrases inside a sentence in order that they *sound* correct. I feel that my characters are an additional force. I'm now not afraid to make my characters horrible humans, and I placed them in such crappy occasions that they are not able to support however expand/ Weaknesses: Description, such as you. It simply does not come clearly. I often upload the naked minimal within the first draft, then upload on later. Plots. I began a tale pondering: "Hey, I have a individual, why do not I simply move from there?" That tale has been in my "In Progress" folder for months. I've slightly checked out it. I haven't any notion in which the tale goes. That is, if it is going wherever. My grammar might use a few paintings, too. Finally, I ought to paintings on discussion, and having each and every characters' voice be large. I've long past over my beyond paintings, and learned that my characters sound precisely the equal.

FLAWS;

I lack consistency. One part might be mind-blowing, and another might be disgusting.

My storylines can lack proper planning out. I often have to write chapters prior to publishing this on a site or something, because I tend to write myself into corners.

My biggest problem? This is the one that causes others; I don't stick with what I start. Or, I just get bored or it gets too hard and I just give up.

STRENGTHS;

My characters are usually VERY well done, developed and all.

The dialogue that I write is usually fitting to the mood very nicely.

I suppose I've still got to grow a bit in my writing capabilities!

Yeah, I'm pretty good at setting the mood with my dialogue, but I am extremely poor at similies and metaphors.

My endings are always things that blow up in your face. They make you look back to make sure that you read right. I have NEVER written cliches. I stay as far away as possible from them.

I love to write thrillers, action, and romance, but I am more for thrillers.

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