: Re: I have very little technical ability, will this hinder my ability to tell a story and how to improve? Okay so I will get to the crux of it. I want to write. However that being said I have

My mother is a writer, or has been trying to be a writer for over 40 years. She's written books that have never been printed, a newspaper column for many years, short stories that some have been printed, and even self published a few things on Amazon.

While she is a native English speaker and always correcting people with their grammar and spelling, she still uses other people to help her find mistakes. Proof readers, editors, text editor programs (like Office), and friends will all help you figure that part of it out.

But the first thing you have to do is to get the story out of your head and onto "paper". It doesn't matter if it's actual paper, your computer, or a mobile device, it just needs to be written or even spoken into an audio recorder.

The point is, start writing the story first, then go back and fix anything that doesn't work isn't correct. You're likely to have errors besides grammar and spelling, so you'll have to work those out, too.

Writing is a process, and that doesn't necessarily stop even after it's published. Good luck and have fun!

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