I really enjoyed stoner and the simplistic prose and it has been my favorite book for a while. But on the other hand I really love lolita and lotr style of poetic sounding prose and is the kind of style I like to write.

Examples from my own writing:

"The emptiness of exclusion looms like a shadow, constantly reminding me of my fragile place in the world."

"Savory scents swirl in the air, nourishing both the tongue and the soul with every bite of culinary delight."

"Grief whispers in the wind, a haunting melody of what once was and what will never be again."

"She loved him with all her heart. She fought for him with all her might. She lost him to the shadows of his mind." This ones a non poetic example.

I'd love to hear some of your favorite written sentences and preffered style while writing or what you enjoy reading most.

Recently I just wrote a characters physical appearance and started jotting down points about the character, I've done a few of these before but never have I started off with the appearance.

The initial note I wrote: A Greyhound-like character with a sleek and slender build, long, narrow face, pointed ears, deep chest, wearing a short, smooth coat, graceful gait, athletic movements.

I normally write with a theme in mind not a character, so the characters I write often feel forced into the story.

I'd love to hear what you feel makes a character apt for a story and what order you tend to build a story in.

I'm curious to see what others think.

Do you have any tricks to keep up motivation when writing?

As an example, one thing I do is write whatever I have an idea for at the moment, regardless of whether I've written any of the text before or after.

I used to believe I had to figure out a lot more stuff before I could start writing "properly", but it caused me to lose the motivation since I never got to that point.

Writing whatever is in my head at the moment allows me to get going, and fuels me to keep going even after the immediate idea has been brought to paper.

I dislike coffee for some reason, but I'm more than happy with a pearl milk tea.