Thank you for asking this question @empress-eremmy :)

Sadly, I have not been following you for long (still trying to understand why yet we've been talking on chat) but this is a question I would have asked. It's true getting a long post to remain relevant to the end is a skill many of us are still working on.

I love storytelling and as much as one would expect me to have a flow of enticing words to narrate the exciting tale in my head, I lack in that. But mine is more like having many versions of how the story can go then naively getting lost in my own creation.

I usually get to a place of disappointment after hours and hours of nothing to show for. That fuels procrastination, something I am working on. Then comes doubting one's work or worrying about who will read it and give you honest feedback (like if it's here on Steemit... unafraid of being flagged or not looking for an upvote) so that you can grow as a writer.

I want that. I want to grow as a writer.

But how will we? I mean those of us who want to grow yet the trending section is filled with crap? A review of someone who reads worse pieces than mine can never help me grow. So we need to read each other's work also. I hope I haven't strayed from the main point :)