You can get good in stages. You can get good at one thing & still be struggling with another. So you can work on one or two elements of writing craft at a time & see progress.
Progress is an uneven ladder, not a rocket someone else built & fueled.

Be determined. It will likely take a lot of hard work over time to get good at crafting a better story. That’s part of the challenge, & IMO much of what makes writing worthwhile. If you are able to be persistent & work through the downturns, missteps, & mistakes, you will get better stage by stage.

Write the story that is in you to write. The story you’re passionate about. Writing to trends or writing what you think you ought to write or what others think you ought to write will kill the passion. Unless you’re passionate about writing to trends: that’s cool, too. Be yourself, not someone else.

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