One thing that helped me a lot was writing fanfiction. For me, it was good training wheels, since I didn’t have to explain the character or the world to a reader, and could try to tell stories without having to be good at everything at once. (I mean, I even wrote filks using Avril Lavigne lyrics to carry part of the plot!) It let me futz around thinking about how to structure a story and what words to choose without getting stalled out by other skills.
Also, practice just telling stories out loud! Tell people about your day, retell good anecdotes you’ve heard, etc for good practice with narratives and editing with high bandwith, rapid feedback (other people’s faces!)
One thing that helped me a lot was writing fanfiction. For me, it was good training wheels, since I didn’t have to explain the character or the world to a reader, and could try to tell stories without having to be good at everything at once. (I mean, I even wrote filks using Avril Lavigne lyrics to carry part of the plot!) It let me futz around thinking about how to structure a story and what words to choose without getting stalled out by other skills.
Also, practice just telling stories out loud! Tell people about your day, retell good anecdotes you’ve heard, etc for good practice with narratives and editing with high bandwith, rapid feedback (other people’s faces!)