TGRF's Fan Fiction Chronicles - Entry #86

There's a truth about my writing I've been aware of for many years, and haven't really known what to do with. That truth is this: despite gaining lots of knowledge about writing, and learning what does and doesn't work, and everything else I've learned, writing has gotten progressively harder for me, and the quality of my writing has generally gone down from what it used to be.

Like I said, I've known this for several years, but I haven't really known what to do about it. I couldn't say why this was the case, and without knowing that, all I could do was stumble around in the dark, hoping to find the problem by chance.

After a recent conversation with TAF, who has once again lent his invaluable services as a writing critic/breaker down of problems/general sounding board for my crazy ideas, I think I know what's been going on.

Back in the early days of writing, I obviously didn't know...

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