Finally saw a real jump in my writing after 6 months of daily prompts

I started doing a 15 minute prompt every morning back in March, just whatever came up on this sub or from a random generator. Yesterday I pulled up a story I wrote in January and one from last week, and the difference is actually crazy. My descriptions went from "the room was dark" to something with actual texture and feeling. Has anyone else noticed a specific skill click after a certain number of practice sessions?

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hernandez.ben5d ago

the room was dark" lol thats basically how I wrote for like the first year. My early stuff reads like a robot giving stage directions. "He walked. He sat. He sighed." Riveting. But yeah I had this moment around month 4 where I realized I was describing smells and sounds without forcing it. Like my brain just started adding "the carpet smelled like wet dog and shame" instead of "the room smelled bad." Still waiting for dialogue to click though. My characters talk like theyre filling out paperwork.

sage_perry5d ago

Do you really think pushing past bare-bones description actually makes things better or are we just trading one kind of junk for another? I've read so much "wet dog and shame" stuff lately that feels just as forced as the robot stage directions.