By doing exactly what you ' re doing . Make something , and keep making it . Whether it ' s the 10 , 000 hours it takes to become a master , or the plain fact that the more you practice something the better you get , everyone knows that it just takes effort to be good at anything , whether it ' s filmmaking , cooking , swimming , or magic tricks . Stanley Kubrick hated his student films so much that when he got some money he tried to buy every copy in existence and burn them . Nobody is great at the first attempt at anything . But what makes great people great is the second attempt . And the third . And the fact that when everyone else has quit or been upset by a critique or obstacle , they learn and do better . The fact you can see the issue , and the fact you want to get better is all the proof you need that you can improve your storytelling , and that you will . And there ' s lots of ways to improve from reading classic literature , to watching movies sometimes with the sound off in all the possible genres . Watching Pixar short films and reading books on screenwriting and filmmaking . You probably know all of this already though , so as a more direct tip I would recommend watching the ' making of ' The Incredibles or any Pixar film . They take up to 4 years to make and every detail is scrutinized . For any genre or filmmaker it shows you just how much reward you reap when you put in the effort and the prep they make the movie in storyboards dozens of times over throughout the years . Keep at it !