trvvve: i suck at writing

trvvve 09.26.15	any basic tips you could give a horrible beginner?
trvvve 09.26.15	it's not that, it just sounds completely and entirely unprofessional
Jots 09.26.15	post what you have in the proof-reading thread and explain what's up and i'll see if i can help tonight or tomorrow. or someone else will probably jump on it at some point
trvvve 09.26.15	something like that exists? e.e ty
Jots 09.26.15	best tips 1)to read a variety of reviews and ask what you liked from each of them. 2)practice. if you're really self-conscious, create an alt and just post some of your first reviews on it to get a feel for your weak areas
SharkTooth 09.26.15	i've had worse tbh, my first review took like 2 weeks to write
Jots 09.26.15	http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=577035&page=37
trvvve 09.26.15	now that i read it again it doesn't seem as bad as i thought 10 minutes ago i'm probably better off doing this tomorrow when caffeine isnt my only source of wakefulness
Relinquished 09.26.15	read more and practice. that's honestly all there is to it.
sonictheplumber 09.26.15	dude if you dont sound professional thats a good thing. when i was your age i wanted to sound really smart, but i realized that people who try to sound smart just sound retarded. to capture the essence of what you mean to convey about an album, its better to be more like lester bangs than robert christgau
sonictheplumber 09.26.15	and hell man we dont get paid for this shit. i'll write a review tonight just to show you how fuckin eazy it is
sonictheplumber 09.27.15	alright done
trvvve 09.27.15	so you're basically trying to demotivate me right now? ty
elcrawfodor 09.27.15	Before you start writing, have a general outline of what you want to say. Listen to the album intensely, writing down notes about each track to keep your thoughts together. From there, look for common threads: do any of those notes reflect a general trend throughout the album? Once you have 2 or 3 general threads together, those will be your body paragraphs. Try and think of a, for lack of a better word, thesis statement to tie those general points together and think about how those 2 or 3 threads can run together so your writing is coherent. Also, a thesaurus is your best friend. Hope that helps!
CamiloG 09.27.15	I Think I have the same issue, and it is even harder when English is not your native language which is my case, but soon I'm gonna go for it and see what happens.
trvvve 09.27.15	it is even harder when English is not your native language same here
ScuroFantasma 09.27.15	What helped me out a lot was reading other reviews, and also the feedback from other users. I'd say the best advice I can give you is to post something, whether as a review or in the feedback thread that Johnny mentioned (who by the way is great at giving feedback), and listen to the criticisms of others. It's the best thing. Only real way to improve is to keep writing and getting feedback imo.
zaruyache 09.27.15	Usually I write everything on paper first (then I can write notes and scratch dumb stuff out but still have it there for reference) because it feels like a much more interactive medium than electronic text. I just put down ideas for things I want to go over in a review, then try to write about those things. I'll say sentences over to myself in my head and try to figure out how I'd explain things out loud to someone, then put that down on paper. Then expand it and keep going. Sometimes it's better to just forget about all your expectations and just write what comes to you, even if it's all garbage. That way you still have material and ideas to sift through even if you thought they were all bad when you wrote them. Then just slowly organize stuff, make it sound more intelligent, add details, and before you know it that 400 word short write-up is over 1000 words and you're worried about having written too much ;_;
Gameofmetal 09.27.15	it could be the album you're trying to review. depends on how organized and clear your thoughts on the release is, i have trouble with some for the reason while others are easy as pie. or maybe the album is just very expansive and hard to describe
trvvve 09.27.15	maybe the album is just very expansive and hard to describe maybe i shouldnt have chosen a 1 hour 7 minutes drone black metal piece as first review anyways, thanks guys
sonictheplumber 09.27.15	smoke a cone
Gameofmetal 09.27.15	"maybe i shouldnt have chosen a 1 hour 7 minutes drone black metal piece as first review" lmao yea that could be a tough one
Asdfp277 09.27.15	Idk why but people in general REALLY hate everything I write, i dunno why but both in english and in spanish everyone hates what I write, idk they say I give off the impression I'm talking out of my ass and I'd really like to get better, what do you guys recommend I do? I just write whatever comes to my mind and hope for the best lmao
miketunneyiscool123 09.27.15	I didn't write my first review until after a year and a couple months after joining here. I find it harder to write about music than other stuff imo, but I might eventually write another if I keep practicing writing about music.
PlatonicMushroom 09.27.15	Read a lot, and when you find a structure or something that you like, try to deconstruct it and ask yourself why you like it. With practice you might eventually be able to incorporate it fluently into your own writing. I'm a shit writer too but i'm pretty sure it's because i don't follow my own advice
DoofusWainwright 09.27.15	Make it at least a little entertaining and try and put some outside perspective in there so people will get something from reading your review even if they may not particularly like the album itself/genre Oh and some people on here think you have to write a genre description and band biog at the start of every single review...you don't, it can be excruciatingly dull. Put a slant on these sort of details and cherry pick what matches the direction of the actual album you're reviewing (eg. New album marks a return to their roots so acceptable to the describe their early sound,etc)