: "especially people I want to impress" If you're doing it because authors get all the hot <insert cute term for gender/orientation here> then you're probably SOL. If you're doing

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"especially people I want to impress"
If you're doing it because authors get all the hot <insert cute term for gender/orientation here> then you're probably SOL. If you're doing it because you feel driven to do it, then get started, and learn by doing. People who appreciate what you do will be impressed by results, not by talking about it.
Being at school, you'll be doing English assignments involving creative writing. Really work those, and get as much feedback from your teachers as you can. They can't teach you creativity, but they can fix your spelling, grammar, sentence construction, and generally the technical side of things. Of course you can break any of those rules as you develop your style, but you need to know the rules before you break them, and the consequences of breaking them. You might grow into writing like Irving Welsh, but you aren't there yet.
Also being at school, chances are that you'll have a school magazine. See if you can get your stuff printed in there. If it's any good, you'll get kudos for that amongst your peers. And if the older students (or teachers) editing the magazine don't think your stuff is good enough yet, you'll get feedback on what they don't like about it.

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