User blog comment:TheBookWorm247/I give up on making stories/@comment-26475800-20171119140505/@comment-27905100-20171121044242

This.

I started out as a bad writer who couldn't get past the QS, but I practiced and dedicated myself to improving my craft, until I got to the point I am at now - someone with too little time to write and a crippling addiction to reddit able to write mediocre work, and even stuff that I feel is on-par with other amateur work I enjoy.

Can't give you any other tips than to work hard and accept all feedback no matter how harsh, as JohnathanNash said (much more eloquently) above.