The rambling of a writer

I...I...I...I...I

"I woke up on monday. I picked up my phone and they I shut off my alarm. I got out of bed. I picked out my clothes."


"She was having a hard day. She had no idea how to go on about her day, because things were just so hard. She had thoughts about the day and just skipping it, but it was hard."

 "It almost reaches my knees as my curly white hair was up to the shoulders as I barefoot stepped on the grass as I walked down the path as the small bushes with opened roses in purple colour as the the other plants I took care of."



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What better way than to start a chapter with the classic 'person does this'.
Either in the first person view of 'I' or third person version with a pronoun. 

Nothing is wrong with that. That is until you go to the next paragraph... and the next... And you lean back in your chair to see that EVERY DAMN PARAGRAPH starts with the pronoun!
I
I
I
She
She
She
They
They
They

It's a common thing young, inexperienced writers do when they write. Because nothing is easier than writing from the person's perspective. What THEY experience. 
But what we often forget in that scenario is that we end up in a pattern where we don't have enough vocabulary to change things up.

Like being back to age four or five and learning how to read again you see? 
In those children's books almost every sentense starts off with the person and then what they experience. 
The fox looks at the barn.
Mommy picks out a nice outfit.
The dog says woof.
You see? It's where we once started and totally understandable we keep to those roots, but... C'mon! 

Check your work!
And not by only re-reading it (we need to do that either way, because damn writers are bad to see their own faults.)
But also by LOOKING at your work.

I often take a tiny break in between writting to just... Check how the text is looking.
And I mean, the most easiest thing is to check how you start a paragraph. If you see more than three 'I' starts, you need to rewrite something!

Same goes for repeating words. Especially for those not fluent in a language! 
As someone who isn't a native English speaker I often frown when I see that I use certain words because I just learned them, but overuse them too much in a small piece of text.

For instance, you want another word for 'surprise', because you wrote "He was surprised..." like five times within one page of your text.
So then you go Google synonyms for that word and end up with the word 'Baffled'. 
A nice word, in the same category of being surprised, but then you go and write the next masterpiece;
"He was baffled when he walked out of the kitchen. There was pancake batter everywhere and the small toddler stared back at him with this baffled look on its face."

TWICE! NO! BAD WRITER!
You see? You learn a new word to give more flavor to your story and suddenly you are on repeat within the next two sentences!
Stop doing that!

Take a step back, check this chapter. Is there a single paragraph within this bit having the same start?! Nope:D 

Yes, it takes some practice, but that's why we write, right? Progress isn't made overnight, it takes time and effort!

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So, how to write without falling in repeat?
- Don't think of every paragraph as a new start!
It's a flowing piece or work and it builds up from what has been written before, so instead of thinking you need to start over again every time, just... vomit out words and think about paragraphing things later.
- Read it out loud.
Stupid, I know. Especially with those rauncy, NSFW pieces... But you'll detect it when something sounds... off.
- Sit back!
Not only a great way to give your eyes a bit of a rest, it's also a great way to check if you fell into repeat.
- Write down newly learned words and try to keep that list in sight whilst writing.
Why? Because sometimes we stumble upon nice, new words, but we forget them, because we haven't ingrained into our own vocabulary yet. Sure, we recognize the word whenever we read it, but using it after that one time use? That's hard.
- Train yourself.
Try writing a story where the first senteces of the story aren't actions from first person view!
(Or third... whatever writing style you chose)
It stimulates you to be creative.
So no;
"He woke up by the blaring of his alarm."
But;
"Why was the first thing he heard in the early morning that annoying bop of a song he had danced on back in his party days?"

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Writer's confession:

More than often I am more than aware that I stay stuck on my writers vocabulary in English, but I can write stories with it and convey what I mean to the reader.
If you ever read a certain word and think; "Huh?  I've never seen her use that before?" You're right!
I've probably been using Google translate, found a new, funny word to use, used it and then... whoops... forgot it excisted...
There's still a long road with much space for improvements. Even for me:D