>>40113994The best answers are "just do it you fag" and "read nigga". You have to know the rules first and professionally edited books are the first step.
Your first step is to greentext it out. Don't worry about polishing anything, just get it out of your system and onto digital paper. The first draft of everything is shit but as a new writer everything you write initially will be shit, so relax and stop worrying about making it good, just make it happen. If you get it down on a half-decent green this alone is probably enough for most people to enjoy a story.
Your next task is to expand like a fatfag. Try to extend each line into a full paragraph. The number one hole most new writes fall into is that they focus on the what and forget everything else. Instead of just "she did this" and "this shit is on the floor" take your time and expand upon everything. How do the characters feel, how does the current setting change things, shit like that. It's optional, especially for newer writers but it helps smooth out a story like nothing else. The power of implications or "show don't tell" is something that is underutilized by a ton of people. I personally hate that phrase but whatever. Let the picture you paint in people's heads do the talking.
"Stella walked home carrying her anime." vs "Stella skipped down the old, leaf-littered road to her home, arms heavy with her latest frivolous purchases."
Just from that we can imply that Stella is happy because she's skipping, it's probably autumn because of all the leaves, and that she's probably carrying a fuckton of weebshit that she bought on a whim.
Don't take it too far though, they say a picture is worth a thousand words but the other way is just as true, a picture should only be worth a thousand words. Don't go overboard with describing something unless you're really sure you want it to happen.
>>40114267Shit man, I've killed a 400k+ word story because twilicorn happened.
