Ive always had the urge to make something in the creative space im just not sure what to start with or what to try?
Ive debated on making something like a book or game but then im reminded im terrible at writing due to dyslexia. Ive also wanted to make a comic but i cant draw that well, and ive wanted to make games but that requires so much time and skills i dont have sadly.
Is there something in particular i should try or focus on, what would you all advise i do? and why so.
Why stop yourself from writing? First drafts can be as messy as you want, you’re telling the story to yourself and finding what works. Any problems with spelling or formatting (or pacing, characters, plot, etc) can be worked on further drafts if you feel like sharing it with the world, and autocorrect is good enough to get most of the easy issues anyway.
You don’t even need a computer! You can write long form if you feel like it ✍️ there’s no limits! Write poetry, prose, manifestos, whatever floats your boat
By chance do you know of any good spell checker software’s? i know grammerly is a thing but that costs money at a certain point, and i know most software’s and browsers usally have one.
Whats weird is i used to write short story’s when i was a kid but eventually just lost that spark, i may want to try again to write? My goal is to someday make something i can share with others, im unsure why i want that but i just do.
LanguageTool is kinda like Grammarly but it has a free plan, that includes at the very least spell and grammar checking.
The core part offering those free services is even open source, and can be installed on your PC (though the company has a reputation for decent privacy).
There are languagetool plugins for all mainstream browsers (edge/Chrome/Firefox/Safari and derivatives) email clients (Thunderbird and Outlook) and Office Suites (MSOffice, LibreOffice, OnlyOffice, Apple).
Yes there is a paid version with more stuff, but the free version goes a long way.
As for spell checking, Microsoft Word, at least when it was more akin to a product, was pretty good at that. There’s also LLMs if you don’t have a problem with them, though I strongly suggest asking multiple ones just in case the one you ask decides to have a fever dream.
As for why wanting to make something, reminds me of the Ancient Greeks, which afaik thought immortality came from being remembered. Dunno if it’d be your case, but I find it an interesting line of thought.
Many popular writing experts say to write messy. You want to get the ideas out, even if they’re ugly and imperfect, and go back later to fix the mistakes. Same can be said I suppose for any art. It’s what Bob Ross used to talk about in painting. Music, you can’t experiment and find what works without making some noise.