Writing general

Discuss anything related to writing. Books, tips, memes, etc.

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I have this problem where I cant evrrfind the adequate words to express what I want to say. I am able to recognize words on a book but I cant use them practically, for some reason. Also I have a hard time for telling when a word uses one l or 2 ll. Am I a brainlet? Should I kill myself right now?

How can I make my writing flow better? I'm told it's very jumpy and bad in general. Here's a sample if that's relevant.

Of all their stories, we are told the Greeks studied the Iliad most.

In the Republic, Socrates, supposedly the wisest and undoubtedly the most recognizable of Athenians, invokes the poem to make an argument for censorship. He uncomfortably recalls an atypical moment in the hero Achilles’ long, bloodsoaked saga: when the god-descended warrior is facedown in the dirt, weeping over the loss of his dearest friend, Patroclus.

This is the same Achilles who slaughters dozens in mere moments, boasts of robbing parents of children, and sneers at Trojan Hector’s plea for a proper burial. That Socrates wanted him even colder says no small amount about the morals of the time, or at the very least the perceived inevitability of war in ancient and classical Greece. It was war that the people romanticized most, and here Homer, preceding the gadfly at least 400 years, gives the subject quite the pedestal.

According to Homer, the bloodshed started over a girl. The Trojans stole fair Helen from Sparta’s King Menelaus, brother of Achaea’s King Agamemnon, and we are introduced to the contest for her roughly ten years after it began, when the Achaeans and their allies occupy guarded tents on a shore just outside the city. There is no mention in the Iliad of a wooden horse, a penetrable heel, or even a decisive victory. The war is simply a rationale for its great men. Diomedes, Menelaus, and, indeed, Achilles, are extolled for their bravery in combat. They thrust spears through necks. They trample foes under horses’ feet. They cut off heads. Throughout the epic, might is the sought-after virtue of both sides, and glory in battle is hailed before all else.

The gods demand this. Athena comes to Achilles aid whenever peace becomes a prospect. Zeus, revered for his unmatched strength by men and gods alike, helps the Trojans for the most part, but offers a hand to the Achaeans if he is bored. Apollo and Ares massacre Achaeans both directly and through the Trojans.

The one l vs two l thing is probably just confusion around American versus British English. I wouldn't stress it too much.

For learning new words, I use Quizlet a lot. I'll write any word I either don't know or feel I could use in my writing in the margins of my notebook. Then I go back, make a quizlet with all the words and their definitions (usually fifty per each) and use the app on my phone to memorize them. This has caused my vocab to grow considerably.

This but with anki

Are we writing non-fiction now? This isn't bad.

I'm assuming it's okay to post here. Hope that doesn't bother OP or the mods

It doesnt bother me at all. I said "everything related to writing", not just fiction

why do you need flow in non-fiction?

I maed this

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