And... hmmm...I don't think its about "you either have it in you or not." because I honestly was bad at writing, but now I personally think I'm not that bad, I can say I have improved from experience. Although I feel slightly insecure about it at the same time too. OTL.
No one can teach you to write but yourself. Thats what I think. :)
Anyone can write, anyone can also be bad at writing, it's up to your efforts to learn from your own experiences and trials and errors and hard work and all those times of doing the same thing.

I agree yet disagree with you.
I'm not an eloquent person, you might not understand what I'm trying to say at some points.
But that doesn't affect me when I write, the lack of eloquent speech goes away for me the moment I just sit down and write.
And I can honestly say I write for myself.
The reasons? One of them is that,it's fascinating to create a new world, a new story, a whole new dimension. I love doing that, thinking up different things and loads of crap.
Another one is to release a part of me into that world, to release my anger, sadness and pent up feelings and all that emotional stuff. Writing...writing for myself, yes, it's what I do most often. I write, because I love it, because I like it, not just simply like it, its because I love it. I have many reasons for it. I honestly don't think I should explain my reasons. But while I write for myself, I write for my readers too.
And I enjoy writing for my readers. When I write for my readers, it isn't for fame, it isn't to be featured, it isn't to be popular or to get a bunch of followers. No! Thats just plain stupid.
When I write for them, I write in hopes of making my readers smile and laugh, cry and learn something, throw spazzy fangirl fits and get mad at me for killing their bias or whatever. I believe there are some people out there, who although write cliched stories, just write them because they want to make readers happy, not because they want fame.
Some of them may even write it because they want to be the character in that cliche story. While its just silly because of the disgusting cliches, some of those authors are just like us.
I'm not completely disagreeing with you that some authors have a wrong motivation to write, but you can't just point a finger and judge everyone. I hope you understand what i mean. Sorry if I offended you.

Oh my god, I love how right you are ;____;
GIVE ME A HUG

-bash them. Most probably, their stories are their forms of escape as well.

I love writing because when I write, I feel like I'm in this dimension where only my words and the characters and world that I crafted exist. No friends, no school, no stress. Just me and my words, creating something out of nothing.

I think that you're being unfair when you say people write purely for fame, or they are motivated by fame. I don't actually believe that a person can actually write if he/she doesn't like writing or doesn't have something they want to convey in the first place. The desire for fame is what motivates them to write, but it's not what makes them write. Writing is not that easy, as you said. It's true that the famous stories that are kinda cliche. But what makes them famous is the sense of connection that the readers have with the main character of the story. Don't forget, this is asianfanfics where most people write to make their deepest fantasy come true. It's not like fanfiction.net, where most experienced writers gather. Or wattpad. Those kingkas stories are what fans like, because in reality, such power play in school exist. And every fan longs for attention from their favourite band, do they not? Hence, I believe that they do not write only for fame. To me, hidden in such stories are their deepest wishes. Those events are things that they wish will happen to them as well, and they want to share the penning down of those events with fans. There might be some people who write purely for fame, but I dare say that those people are few and far between. You need effort to actually think of the plot and type it out. Even someone who loves writing like me finds it a chore to actually come on and update. And I admit, I update because I wish to gain more subs. Each of us are driven with a need to be recognised. If not, why post your stories online? Just write it on your own. There's no need to share. I know what you're trying to get at, but what I'm trying to say is that the desire for fame is a good reason to write as well. You shouldn't-

yeah

I agree :\ I mostly write because I feel like it's an outlet for self expression. It's all one of the only things that I'm relatively good at. I'm not perfect, but I find pleasure in weaving together story lines and leaving a piece of myself in each of the characters. The 'fame' and the subscribers are a mighty fine bonus, but it's not everything. I'm more happy with how I've actually made friends on here and on other sites because of my writing :) I believe genuine friendship is better than just a number "___ unique subscribers" like WTH that doesn't really mean anything, if you know what I mean xP I don't read that much on here anymore though; I mainly go on LJ since there seems to be more high-quality fics on there (at least they'r easier to find than on here). So idk /shrugs

I totally agree with you. I mean, I can get haters but I really don't care. I don't like how the authors on AFF are writing the same cliche over and over again. Have you noticed how those stories tend to get more subs then the actual good ones? I don't get it. It seems that all the good stories are like hidden and people never really find it.

And yes, people shouldn't be writing for fame. Sure, a comment every now and then is nice but the main thing is that I'm happy that I've completed the chapter. I feel accomplished because I created another well written chapter that I put all my effort into. I write to escape my reality into a different world, even if it's just for a moment.

People always tend to bash us for saying things like this but what do I have to say? Haters gonna hate. XD

I write for several different reasons. The reason why I'm writing on AFF is to improve my writing skills, which proved to be a success so far. How? My writing grade used to be C's and D's, but after joining AFF, they became B's and A's. I'm still writing to improve my grades, but I also use writing as a stress reliever and create a world where only my imagination can take me.

However, I must agree that writing for fame is unhealthy. It makes people desperate, and their desires for fame grows like a wild fire. I really have no problem with people writing for fame, though. However, those who depend on fame to write isn't a good choice to write. I've learned throughout my two years in AFF that people go to depression or have negative attitudes for lack of subscribers and fame. Writing shouldn't bring you to depression. It should be a way to escape reality to paradise; it should give you some kind of inspiration.

Agree with you^^ I personally convey my feelings into my characters (all the girls are portraying an aspect of my personality) and I really love writing and how stories can make people think (if they have a serious topic and stuff)
I don't want to bash anyone here but there are a lot of stories (among the featured ones as well) who are just... just ... meeeeeeeeh ( I don't want to say bad, even though they are... kind of imo)