: Re: Not wanting to "spoil" a story due to lack of skill I have a story that is dear to me and that I would very much want to write about. However, I don't have lots of experience in writing

@Speyer920

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If the story won’t let you go then write it. By writing it, your skill will improve and you will find more tools. After writing my first manuscript, I put it away for a few months and wrote other stories and read popular books in the genre and books about different aspects of writing and story telling.
Every story can be tightened. Expectations change, sometimes I am in the middle of a story and realized that the actions didn’t make sense for the character and have to go back to plot more. Solving problems like this gives you writing muscle you didn’t have before.
Don’t worry about anyone else’s opinion. This is your story not theirs. Once you hit publish, that changes. Of course there are stories we write to market, but there are always deeper stories we write because they’re screaming to be told. Sometimes they only change us and that’s enough. Not every story gets published, but they train our skills so we can publish something else.

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