Originally Posted by Foxee

That's the truth. Learning storytelling isn't a craft that's helped by someone spoon-feeding the author ideas. The author only gets better by trying different things, throwing them out there, seeing what works, and trying again. You learn a lot by just writing what you're going to write and getting critiques. If your work isn't commented on then you didn't grab attention. Try again. And again. And again.

Stubbornness really helps.

If I became dependant on someone else to 'liven up' my stories, how would I learn to do it myself? Nope, go the bumps and bruises route.