Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27739658-20160206035614/@comment-4715955-20160206120805

The same tips I tell everyone: read books. Lots and lots of books. Steer clear of creepypasta and other forms of internet fiction and immerse yourself in proper books to see how writing really works. Read genres you don't intend to write. Try copying passages from the masters to get a feel for how they use their words. If you don't do this a lot, anything you upload will likely be deleted.

If you've already done the above and just aren't sure what to write about, you haven't read enough.

Writing isn't something anyone can just jump into and succeed at. It's a craft like anything else. The more genres and topics you show interest in, the more ideas you'll have. If you only read creepypasta, your ideas (and your writing ability) will be the equivalent of a flipper baby.

Also don't share everything you write. Write a lot of stuff in private just for practice. Do writing exercises online, and take a stab at some daily or weekly writing prompts. Only share the stuff you're really confident can be fleshed into something better -- don't throw together your first story ever and post it. Eventually you'll feel confident enough to share something you worked hard on, in which case you'll wanna post it in the Writer's Workshop and ask for feedback. Listen to what people tell you, and don't get defensive.

And proofread everything. All the time.

Do all of the above and you'll set yourself apart from 90% of the people who try to upload stuff here. Y'know, the ones who type badly-written stories directly into the submission page, don't bother editing or even saving their work, then post whiny, entitled blogs when their lazy, slipshod work is deleted by an admin for not meeting the quality standards. Yeah, it takes a lot of work (god, don't I know it), but nobody said it would be easy.