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Reddit mentions of Write Great Fiction - Description & Setting
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| Release date | March 2005 |
I'd recommend buying a book on writing.
I would suggest these as good places to start. If you wanted to pick just one on this list, I'd say go with James Scott Bell's Plot & Structure.
You might be better off posting it in a writing forum rather than on Reddit.
https://absolutewrite.com/forums/forum.php Is a good one. There a subforum (hidden to non-members) that you can post your work in to get feedback. You have to have 50 posts before you can start your own thread in that subforum though--this encourages you to critique others' work and be active on the forum instead of just asking for help and then leaving.
When I was active on Absolute Write, I only critiqued pieces that that caught my interest within a paragraph or two (they started in the middle of action, had a gripping first sentence, had a distinct voice, vivid description, or an interesting/sympathetic character). I didn't critique anything that was horribly cliche, bland, slow, no voice, cardboard characters, etc. The former I was able to give a few specific suggestions to, while the latter was hard to force myself to read through when I knew I'd have to spend a lot of time giving advice on how to fix *everything*.
If you're not getting replies while other people are, it's possible that your story just isn't good enough to grab anyone's attention. How much writing have you done? How many books on writing have you read? If this is your first writing project and you haven't "studied" the craft at all, it's likely not going to be very good. Writing is a skill that requires a lot of practice and learning.
The "Write Great Fiction" series offers good advice on five main elements of writing stories: https://www.amazon.com/Write-Great-Fiction-Description-Setting-ebook/dp/B003YJEYCY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1537898259&sr=8-3&keywords=write++great+fiction&dpID=51Ac%252BAJ-EPL&preST=_SY445_QL70_&dpSrc=srch Not sure how old you are, but I read it in high school so it's good for young people starting out too.