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Immortal Warrior

11-09-2005, 08:38 AM

Purpose of this Club: To discuss writing, writing techniques, authors, books, fanfics, poetry and anything else related to writing.

Members
Immortal Warrior (Founder/Owner) *Resigned
Tetsu.(Banner Maker)
SpiT FiRE
~Sango~
EmpressStephanie
Zarathustr
JBCBlank
Ailey
Vampire Hunter C
Rayndeon
(yber])ragon10]{
ShadowSacrifice
Jinkaze
Heartless Archangel
Ranma.5
Hardrockhero
SonofTerror
Liya
Tyler Durden
QueenLita
naruto_rules
The gloaming
shred_sled
Siren
Tornado_INC
himenika
Jizg
Chaoz
DianeHughes
Anime_Manga_Freak_Hideaki
|Zero|
blackcrow
DarkHeart1252
Gammalion
Prince of Thieves
Battousai Shadow
Evangelion 2015
WingedKitsune
Lord Darkton
Path of Wind
Vortigar

Rules
1. Must like some form of writing or reading.
2. Follow A4 rules.
3. Don't flame, just disagree.
4. If you have to flame, take it to the PMs.
5. No EXCESSIVE advertising. This isn't a billboard.
6. Obey me and my Co-Owners or else.
7. Have fun.

We are beggining a new joining policy. Anyone who wants to join can simply post to join but they MUST be sure they are going to stay active. Along with posting, please drop me a PM notifying me, as I'm not able to be here every day. If this new policy doesn't work out, we'll go back to the normal one. I repeat, you MUST be sure you are going to stay at least somewhat active.

KaitonLocke

11-09-2005, 09:18 AM

Um, Dan ... this belongs in the A4 clubs section. You can use the banner as a link.

edit symph lizard: people in general can't start threads in the club forum. You have to start them elsewhere and have somebody move them in... just like this. ^^

Immortal Warrior

11-10-2005, 02:15 AM

SWEET!! We are official. If anyone feels like helping me out, send out the word to everyone on the list!! First topic; Favorite book and why.

QueenLita

11-10-2005, 05:04 AM

Okay my favorite book would have to be Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin. I first read this book years ago and I have really liked it ever since. It's a book about how society viewed different cultures during that time and what one man did to really see things from the eye of both races.

Here's a summary from amazon.com. I'm not good with summaries hehe.

From Publishers Weekly
Griffin's (The Devil Rides Outside) mid-century classic on race brilliantly withstands both the test of time and translation to audio format. Concerned by the lack of communication between the races and wondering what "adjustments and discriminations" he would face as a Negro in the Deep South, the late author, a journalist and self-described "specialist in race issues," left behind his privileged life as a Southern white man to step into the body of a stranger. In 1959, Griffin headed to New Orleans, darkened his skin and immersed himself in black society, then traveled to several states until he could no longer stand the racism, segregation and degrading living conditions. Griffin imparts the hopelessness and despair he felt while executing his social experiment, and professional narrator Childs renders this recounting even more immediate and emotional with his heartfelt delivery and skillful use of accents. The CD package includes an epilogue on social progress, written in 1976 by the author, making it suitable for both the classroom and for personal enlightenment.

This book is so incredible and I cried while reading it because of the way he was treated once his skin was darkened. There were so many ignorant people and all of them disgusted me. Not many people would go through something like that. He knew the only way you could feel the same as another is by walking a mile in their shoes.

I feel that others should read it, too.

blackcrow

11-10-2005, 05:12 AM

I don't really have any favorite books considering I was more of a movie person, I am reading double-cross right now. It seems like it could be really good, and the last book I read was skeleton crew by stephan king.

It's awesome to see this become offical.

KaitonLocke

11-10-2005, 02:44 PM

i don't have a single favorite, but the HP series is at the top of my list, followed by 'Along Came a Spider' By James Patterson.
After that, I can't say really. I've read at least 1,000 books in my 19 years living. I read nearly 300 within the last three years of elementary school.
I'm a BIG literature fan. I also happen to love writing too.

~Kai

Anime_Manga_Freak_Hideaki

11-10-2005, 08:28 PM

My favorite book (actually a manga) right now is Chobits.

Kyuu

11-10-2005, 11:07 PM

Hey... make sure this new one lasts longer than this one:

http://www.anime-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=30086

Immortal Warrior

11-13-2005, 01:22 AM

Hey, make sure you're a member here before you post.

QueenLita

11-13-2005, 01:44 AM

Heartless Archangel

11-13-2005, 12:14 PM

nice.. its nice to post again..

Jizg

11-13-2005, 08:19 PM

I didnt notice this till now ^^; Yay!

If we're talking about favorite books....mine would be either His dark materials, or...uhh...thats it ^^; Dont read many books besides manga. Which Im not sure this club is for.

QueenLita

11-13-2005, 11:50 PM

Anime_Manga_Freak_Hideaki

11-13-2005, 11:56 PM

As a child I enjoyed reading the Chronicles of Narnia and saw the movie, too. Is anyone else excited about the new movie that's coming out soon? Chronicles of Narna: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe!!!

I heard of it, in church I saw a little of the little and we were laughing at it mainly because of the animals.

QueenLita

11-14-2005, 12:03 AM

Oh the talking animals hehe. It does have a great story. I think that it's a classic. A very wonderful story about family, friendship, power, love, greed, and so much more.

I did not know until a little while ago, but C.S Lewis and Dr. Seuss were very good friends. I think that they attended church together.

Another good book by C.S Lewis is the Screw Tape Letters. That is very good. It's a book about an apprentice demon writing letters to his mentor and the mentor is telling him how to change the human's minds and turn them against God. It's really good.

Hardrockhero

11-14-2005, 09:14 PM

Has anyone here ever read Enders game

KaitonLocke

11-16-2005, 02:58 PM

What is His Dark Materials about?

I didn't think that this club would be about manga, but someone listed Chobits as their favorite book so I'm guessing that you can list stuff as long as it's literature.

Kyuu: I think that this club is different because we're discussing different writing and that kind of stuff. Not sure if they're going to try to write anything as a group, but I think it's more of a discussion group.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

She's got a point Kyuu, this isn't like the other club, but we don't just discuss books and authors. If you had signed up early, you would have seen that the purpose of this club was to lend each other support as WRITERS. Those of us here that write, joined to get our fics pre and beta-read and to discuss good techniques to make a story worth reading. Or at least that was Dan's(Immortal) intention.

I still do like discussing literature though, and I'm sorry I haven't read 'Enders Game'. Any of you read the sports stories by Matt Christopher?

Hardrockhero

11-16-2005, 08:21 PM

I consider Manga Literature. Just literature with pictures

Immortal Warrior

11-17-2005, 05:37 AM

If there are words, it's literature. I think Kaiton just summed it all up nicely. Sure you can discuss books but it's mainly about writing. It's kinda loose but whatever. Manga counts but I'd like to keep the focus mainly on the WRITING part of it rather than pictures and stuff, so go easy on the manga.

Siren

11-17-2005, 07:47 AM

I'm sorry to say that, as a writer, I am not much of a reader. :lol: I kind of like V.C. Andrews books, but sometimes she gets a little too wierd for my taste(and that's really saying something.) Anyone here read Flowers in the Attack? Yeah, THAT got wierd. Great story though. And Melody(also by V.C. Andrews). She falls for her cousin. There are so many family secrets, I loose track. And she sometimes pays a little too much attention to detail. I can't stand stories that dwell. So, I skip through that and the story gets better. So, don't get me wrong. I'm not dissing V.C. She's a great writer. ^^

So, mind if I ask a question? Which do you each prefer, writing poetry or writing stories?

I, for one, can go both ways. Lately, I've been more of a poet than a story teller, but I still write the occasional short story.

Anime_Manga_Freak_Hideaki

11-17-2005, 09:36 AM

I write a fanfic and write my own songs but now in days I read manga's instead of chapter books.

Tupacalypse7403

11-20-2005, 07:26 AM

Can i join? Someone pmed me before but i said i didnt know if i wanted too....

blackcrow

11-20-2005, 07:29 AM

sure you could join, but I don't make that descison, sry

I need some advice on how to mkae a better mobster story, thanks.

KaitonLocke

11-21-2005, 04:50 AM

sure you could join, but I don't make that descison, sry

I need some advice on how to mkae a better mobster story, thanks.

What type of mobster story, you need to give us the basics of the story's premise(idea).

Tupacalypse7403

11-21-2005, 06:13 AM

~Sango~

11-21-2005, 10:28 AM

Woo! Sorry I haven't been able to give a congrats on the club opening. I'm just now getting to a computer after three weeks. The one at my mom's died and so until we get a new one, I have to wait for when I come to my dad's to post, so I might not be on from time to time. Sorry all. Anyway, to get back on track, congrats on becoming a official! ^_^

I have loads of books I read. I'm really in book series rather than just ONE book. My first and formost favorite series; The Harry Potter series. I can't help but love it. So much adventure, humor, and excitment. It just takes me away and I love it. I've become bery much addicted to it right now (I think it's because I saw the movie on Friday). I do also love the His Dark Materials series;The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass. GREAT series. I loved all three, and I found them at total random too! And of course, The Chronicles of Narnia are a given! I just love reading about fantasy...it inspires me a lot and just lets ideas flow 'n float throughout my head. It's lots of fun. ^_^

blackcrow

11-23-2005, 09:18 AM

well I have these facts down

the main story revolves around mobsters, in a mobster/gangster city "the city" no perticular location.
A mobster story with brutal sword fights/martial art fights.
Conflicts of love and hate arouse
And our main character decideds to spend some of his last days alive due to a heart condition to take on one night of ruthless violence against all other mobsters of the city, something along those lines in gaining power and strength.
1930's style weapons/guns are used
(note this story has gone over tons of changes and I've decided not to put in cops)

now what I need help with are
*names
*the dialoug that's smart but natural and not forced

that's all, and it''ll help a bunch, thanks

Tupacalypse7403

11-23-2005, 09:09 PM

I cant think of any particular names but some of your characters have to be Godfathers and stuff right? Or your not trying that Mafia family thing?

blackcrow

11-24-2005, 12:17 AM

I'll would need a name for this one don, then anything else are names for members, gang names, and etc.
thanks

KaitonLocke

11-26-2005, 03:30 AM

It's a good premise, but it's not thought out enough. You need to create the profiles and personalities for the characters first, then you can ask for names. I know I'm not the best author here, but I do have almost 7 years of writing experience. The character development come first, and then the story falls into place. You need to come up with profiles for each character you want us to help with, then we can help you piece the story together.

~Kai

Immortal Warrior

11-26-2005, 08:08 AM

I think it's always a good idea to make sure your characters are able to fall into place with the plot as well. Make sure each person is able to be in "character." Like it'd be wierd having someone like Gimli facing down Sauruman rather than Gandalf.

Tyler Durden

11-27-2005, 11:19 AM

well umm, i'm a pretty big fan of Chuck Palahniuk. RIght now i'm reading Invisible Monsters, which is the only book of his that i haven't read, aside from a tourists guide of oregon. I remember reading more in elementary school then i do now in high school.

I'm a big fan of fiction writing. I'm currently working on three projects right now, Formula: Project Zero, Purpose, and a screenplay which i intend to send to several film companies when i am finished.

My style...is very eccentric. I basically alter the rules of grammar to my liking. I try to address the audience as much as possible, i try to eliminate that wall between the reader and author.

What i hate about most novels is the third person perspective. This is probably because i find it very slow and boring...with all the indepth descriptions and what not. I must also say that i detest fantasy novels, and the reason for that is unbeknownst to me.

Hmm hopefully people will read this and check out my stuff, and hopefully i'll find out some things to read also.

blackcrow

11-27-2005, 12:14 PM

personalities ok

main character (male)- seeing how this man feels he doesn't have long to live he feels as if the world has ended already, and inside now he's preparing for something big. You know that feeling when you feel like you must do something worthwhile for some cause, same here. fearless but yet fearful of something inside, he knows he's strong but his strength isn't to what he imagines.

second main character (female)- this character is more of the main character's side buddy, beucase this is a noir story it seems great to have a relationship between the two. So she is taken by the main character's thoughts that he will not live long. She is a strong woman with no patience for anything of an annoyance to her and at the same time she is also the damselle in destress or however you say that, the innocent girl. Caring, worried, and tough.

the head man/the don- this is the man at the top/the big boss guy that we have all seen in mobster films, this is the al capone of this story. A bit heavy, very relaxed, with a feeling like your not sure if you can trust him but you may have no choice. Calm and serious.

That's all really

Immortal Warrior

11-28-2005, 08:53 AM

NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO ! You are just throwing out some hastily prepaired comments. I have a format that I often follow.

Name:Kaiden (kay-den)
Age: 18
Race: Human Greek
Gender:Male
Appearance
Height:6'3"
Weight: 150 lbs
Hair: Short brown slicked forward
Clothes
Ithalyen Armor:Bronze breastplate, brown leather bracers both arms, chainmail greaves, bronze shin guards, sandals
Street clothes: Blue sleevles tunic, brown tattered peasent pants

Personality:Kind, cheerful, resourceful, hopeful, compassionate
Background: A peasant of notable skill with a blade. He was accepted into the Ithalyen army. He is young, inexperienced and eager for battle. Yet when the time comes and the city is under attack from the Lord of the Underworld Hades, he isn't so sure he likes fighting.

Here is an example from one of my ancient works. This is my idea of a "profile" but it may vary depending on the writer. A few random comments isn't going to give you much direction though. And you can't just simply write out their precise role in the story, you have to show, not tell. Picture the third guy sitting in a tall skyscraper smoking a cuban cigar with a few "clients" or something.

blackcrow

11-29-2005, 02:05 AM

ok ok ok ok ok ok ok people just asked for some profile on some characters, you know what forget about I'll get me answers myself.
thanks

Immortal Warrior

11-29-2005, 03:20 AM

Well if you aren't going to be open to criticizm, have fun being a writer. You've got to learn to accept that people aren't going to instantly take to everything you put out there. We are here to help, not make you feel bad.

blackcrow

11-29-2005, 04:57 AM

look drop it ok, I don't really care about your format and just forget about it, I'm not going to continue arguing about it and piss everybody else off.

KaitonLocke

11-29-2005, 05:31 AM

Look, blackcrow, you're the one getting pissed. We're not trying to change your style. But that's just the way Dan and I work. We have to see how the character is built. The age matters, the style of dress matter, and it's all about the small things. You can't get mad a people that you want help from. If you asked, we're at least trying. You have to accept that not all authors can follow your ideas when you don't give detail.

blackcrow

11-30-2005, 12:06 AM

You have to accept that not all authors can follow your ideas when you don't give detail.

i'm not asking for anybody to follow my style, i'm just asking that we forget about it right now, ok.

Immortal Warrior

11-30-2005, 05:58 AM

Well I think this is a good opening for a topic discussion. New topic: What do you do when you are trying to make a character? Where do you find inspiration? Where? How? Why? All that stuff.

KaitonLocke

11-30-2005, 06:24 AM

I don't really find ispiration for a character. I usually just create one one the spot when needed. Most of my charaters usually develop as I write the story, but there are a few that I take the time to make a certain way, and they don't really change much as the story progresses.

GoldN

12-02-2005, 09:59 AM

I would like too join this writes guild! i love reading and writing! My favorite book would be Hole in the sky! And my favorite author is Pete Hautman! Also i write stories sometimes about eveyrthing.... Can i join?

Immortal Warrior

12-04-2005, 11:26 PM

Alright, seeing as nobody seems to acknowledge that you have to PM me to join, I've started a new Joining Policy. Simply post that you want to join, PM me and start posting. Wait for my acknowledment in either a post or a PM and then you are all clear. YOU MUST BE SURE THAT YOU WILL STAY AT LEAST SOMEWHAT ACTIVE!! Even if it's only a post once in awhile. Don't do it once and never come back.

Anime_Manga_Freak_Hideaki

12-04-2005, 11:57 PM

JinKaze

12-05-2005, 02:09 AM

Well I think this is a good opening for a topic discussion. New topic: What do you do when you are trying to make a character? Where do you find inspiration? Where? How? Why? All that stuff.
Hm. I guess it just comes naturally to me. I just think of what kind of character personality and look I want and then I think of a good name and what his/her role is in the story, etc...

My favorite books are Stephen King's IT, Pet Sematary, and the Thief Lord and Inkheart by Cornelia Funke.

Tupacalypse7403

12-05-2005, 02:41 AM

Well I think this is a good opening for a topic discussion. New topic: What do you do when you are trying to make a character? Where do you find inspiration? Where? How? Why? All that stuff.
first i think about what the story is going to be about... think of some of my favorite characters and see how they blends into the story... and then i start naming names in my head that will go along with tone of the story

ick

12-05-2005, 10:23 AM

Well I think this is a good opening for a topic discussion. New topic: What do you do when you are trying to make a character? Where do you find inspiration? Where? How? Why? All that stuff.

Fairly simple. I usually base most of my male characters off of me. Or some parts of me anyways. But I don't necessarily write about personal experiences. Female characters usually come from dream girls or certain personalities, things of that nature. Basic stuff. But on about half of my stuff, I like to use a character to be a symbol for something. Inspiration for both my stories and my poetry comes from a vast array of sources. Music, film, other writers, personal experience and beliefs, or something that I just think would make a cool poem or story. My writing's very abstract, more so the poetry, and it comes from all over the place. I usually write best at night, on my floor, listening to music. I also have a notebook of sorts which I jot down ideas or lines in, because I often think of something good right as I fall asleep, in the shower, or some other obscure time or place. Right now I have kind of toned down the story aspect, and have been focusing on poetry more.

As for the favorite book thing, mine's Catcher in the rye by Salinger. I just love all of his writing.

Jesus, I guess that's me as a writer.

IcareAlot

12-05-2005, 05:12 PM

Hi all, I like reading and would like to join in the discussions here.

Immortal Warrior - I pm'ed you (Nov 24) and did not get a reply. Hope that wasn't a hint.

Tetsu.

12-07-2005, 04:31 AM

Haha I'm back!~

Before I get into the topic, I gotta say my favorite author is Edgar Allan Poe.I love his Dark Material Books.I Enjoyed Raven and finished readin the Cask of Amotillado.

anyway, ill be back with the answer for the topic.

Immortal Warrior

12-07-2005, 05:32 AM

Why doesn't that suprise me?XD Hey Lorr we could use some banners if you've got some spare time. Good to have you back.

Tyler Durden

12-09-2005, 05:35 AM

i could totally dig a sig banner....does anyone else feel that the literary works board gets near to no attention?

Anime_Manga_Freak_Hideaki

12-09-2005, 06:05 AM

i could totally dig a sig banner....does anyone else feel that the literary works board gets near to no attention?

I do, no one read my story on there except a few.

KaitonLocke

12-09-2005, 10:45 AM

Okay, looks like the character creation topic is dying, so here's a new one.

Topic:
When it comes to writing or reading, which is preferable, poetry or stories?

ick

12-09-2005, 11:08 AM

I like both, but I prefer writing poetry. Stories are good, but I usually have more difficulty with them.

As far as reading goes, if it's good, I'll read it.

Anime_Manga_Freak_Hideaki

12-09-2005, 08:43 PM

Okay, looks like the character creation topic is dying, so here's a new one.

Topic:
When it comes to writing or reading, which is preferable, poetry or stories?

I like both.

Immortal Warrior

12-10-2005, 12:39 AM

Stories are something I think you have to stick with for a long time. Poetry I always find comes from a spur of the moment burst of inspiration. Stories are something I think you can get more immersed in but Poetry I think people can connect with, just because it gets more straight to the point than a story. Myself, I like stories better but I like poetry a bit too. It is either way really.

Oh and BTW, our sig maker is back so we should have some sigs and banners soon.

Tyler Durden

12-10-2005, 02:12 AM

I'm mostly a fan of long stories, but i don't really have anything against poems either.

Immortal Warrior

12-19-2005, 05:18 AM

Alright y'all, we've got a new forum, run by Kaiton, Sapphire and myself. The League of Authors is a forum where you can post your own pieces of writing for others to read. If any of you are interested, join the League of Authors. Joining is not a requirment for this club.

http://s13.************.com/League_of_Authors/index.php?act=idx

Tyler Durden

12-23-2005, 06:31 AM

can i manage posting on another forum...depends if the link starts working again.

Immortal Warrior

12-23-2005, 08:23 AM

What?

Tetsu.

12-23-2005, 10:44 AM

Well, I'm Back when it comes to makin Banners for this Club. Though I have no idea What Should the banner have. Of course, the name of this club and all. However, If you want like your favorite author on the banner, Pm me with a pic of the author.

Or

We use R.O.D. banners.
HAHA.

Chaoz

12-23-2005, 02:36 PM

Hello,

Stories are much more preferrable for me since I've never been to good at poetry. Poetry is something the rings for some, and takes more spur of the moment for others. With a story you have more to write, hence you may be minimalistic in details, or full blown. Character development is a must for anything for me. Writing is just much more fun because you get to try and bring you imagination to life on a piece of paper with mere words. However poetry is not without its own abilities in charming us with its unique way of writing. For example...

To see a world in a grain of sand,
A heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.

This one poem has always charmed me for its deep meaning in those few words. Author is known as William Blake. He loves to type a lot of...dark stuff if memory serves me. Fascinating fellow.

Biography (http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/William_Blake)

^ Above is a link to a small article about this old poet.

Thats my 2 cents about my opinions on poetry, and stories.

Have a nice day.

Tetsu.

12-24-2005, 02:12 AM

I agree with Alex/Chaoz. As he said before, A story usually have more detail in chracters,settings etc.Reading poems are also a bit diffucult to read but oh well. I prefer Stories.

KaitonLocke

12-25-2005, 02:31 PM

Well, I noticed that Bryce(Knucles10) has blocked forum-type urls (ones that are hosted by ************ at least). I would give you the url myself, but you'll have to look it up through google or ************ itself. (apologies to admins and mods if mentioning ************ goes against the rules).

Any topics up for discussion?

Chaoz

12-26-2005, 01:15 AM

Hello,

I'm still quite new to this thread, but anyone care to repeat their favorite author's, book's, and etc? Just so I can get a feel for what everyone reads.

As for the problem with the link not showing up. Its pretty simple fix really.

Just put it in your signature. It won't be removed in there.

My favorite books's are pretty widely spread. Most of the popular stuff. Like...

Brian Jacques
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Mossflower
Redwall
Martin the Warrior
Salamandastron

Jk Rowling
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All of her Harry Potter books XD lol.

Eoin Colfer
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Artemis Fowl 1-3 (1 Artemis Fowl | 2 Artic Incident | 3 Eternity Code)
The Wish List
Note: I need to grab some of his other books :roll:.

Christopher Paolini
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Eragon
Eldest

Jonathan Stroud
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The Amulet of Samarkand

Cornelia Funke
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The Thief Lord <-- READ THIS!!
Inkheart (half of it - had to return to the library XD)

D.J. Machale
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Pendragon Series (Just one so far)

Dragonlance Crossroads - (Varied Author's)
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Dragon's Bluff
The Dragon Isles
The Thieves Guild

Ok, thats enough of that :roll: lol. So how bout it, what about you guys, and of course ladies :wink:.

Have a nice day.

DianeShishio

12-26-2005, 04:46 PM

Uhmm...How do i Join?!?!?!?

JinKaze

12-26-2005, 10:33 PM

Diane, to join, just PM Immortal Warrior. Also, try to stay active.

I also feel the literary works board needs more attention. Not many people read my stories after a while.

Dark Sapphire

12-31-2005, 01:21 AM

Ah!!! Sorry everyone! I've been so busy doing other stuff that I didn't come here for a while. ;-; I'm so ashamed.

But anyway, back on topic. XD

Yeah, my favorite books are by S.D. Perry and J.K. Rowling (Dan you should know that I do lol) S.D. Perry wrote the Resident Evil series. My favorite book out of that series is "Resident Evil: City of the Dead" because it has my favorite character {Leon S. Kennedy} in it. ^_^

And I love all of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter works but my favorite out of the Harry Potter series is the Goblet of Fire, obviously. As you can probably tell by my avatar and signature, I'm a complete nut over Viktor Krum. Teehee. -^_^-

But yeah, it really doesn't seem we have a real topic here though. o_O Like Kaiton had asked quite a few posts before...any topic suggestions?

Tyler Durden

01-01-2006, 10:05 AM

how about we talk about who we think the best writer is and why?

or best novel/poem...even though you can't really debate taht considering it's opinion based. I'm not really sure.

Tyler Durden

01-03-2006, 05:42 AM

Immortal why can't i post my stuff on your league of authors thing

Immortal Warrior

01-04-2006, 02:53 AM

Have you registered? I'm not the technosavy one so try asking Kaiton. And as for Chaoz, good to have you on board. I thought I was the only Paolini or Jacques fan out there but I still can't say his last name. Oh and we also have a new joining policy remember so just post saying you'd like to join and you are in.

Personal Favorites

Books| Lord of the Rings, Redwall Series(all 238407234 of them), Harry Potter, Eragon and Eldest, The Street Lawyer and that's really the only books that I have read and can remember. I'm trying to find so many more books but I hate libraries, I like to buy book.

Authors| Jacques, Tolkien, Rowling, Paolini, Tom Chambers, Tabatha Schwartz?, Poe, Shakespear and there is someone I'm forgeting I know it. A very important writer who I can't come up with.

Immortal Warrior

01-04-2006, 03:14 AM

Sorry for the double post, you'll get over it. Just had a revelation. ANIME FANFICTION WEBSITE!!!! We need a place to post our work and have it read, and we can do that!! If everyone stays active then we can actually have something to do there, an actual place to read, review and reply without all this garbage of our crap Literary Forum! Of course I'm all for improving our literary forum but this place is our paradise guys! I've created my, what fifth? account there as Rogue Writer and I'm posting my story there so GO TO ANIME FANFICTION AND JOIN UP! There is a link to the site at the bottom of the screen where is says Network! Join up and start the revolution!!

Chaoz

01-04-2006, 05:23 AM

Hello,

I'm in the web-developing business, and I could be of assistance in helping you out in setting up a website for everyone to use. Only thing I have a problem with is "Forms." However if you'd be interested, simply drop me a PM, and we can discuss further :wink:.
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Thats pretty nice to see that your a Jacques, and Paolini fan too IW :). Don't have anything to reply to about the latest question, so meh :P.

Have a nice day.

Dark Sapphire

01-04-2006, 05:39 AM

Immortal Warrior

01-04-2006, 05:46 AM

Uhh, Chaoz, it's already a website, check down there at the bottom of your screen. It was made a long time ago but it didn't really last.

Tyler Durden

01-04-2006, 10:37 AM

I registered but i said that i wasn't given permission to post anything at that time.

Anime_Manga_Freak_Hideaki

01-04-2006, 01:17 PM

Check out this song I wrote and tell me if you like it or not, I think its real good:

“Broken Friendship”

It was my fault
For being me, showing my true side
My wrong doings in the past have caught up with me
My world is slowly going into chaos
There’s nothing I can do about it but cry

He is not the cause of it but is part of it
I can’t let go of it, I don’t want him out of my life
Go away, go away, and get out of my mind for good
I don’t need you anymore if you don’t need me

The first friend I made at that place
Was so nice and so in place
I feel for his laughter and silliness
Broken friendship which can’t be repaired

I have shed enough tears because of him
Isolated myself from telling him how I feel about this
Wished things were back to normal
Things happen for a reason

I don’t want you to talk to me anymore
Don’t want to see your face
Disappear from my sight
For now and forever

Friends have helped me pick up the pieces
Their advice so comforting and awakening
Helping me feel better was their job
Their job that they gladly did

I don’t think your evil for what you have done
I see you still as the same good friend
I think you have made a big mistake
Don’t come crying to me when times get rough
I won’t be their to pick up the pieces

I don’t trust anyone at the moment because of what happened
Losing someone so dear to me in my messed up life
I feel a sense of regret
Something special is growing inside of me

The first friend I made at that place
Was so nice and in so in place
I feel for his laughter and silliness
Broken friendship which can’t be repaired

I will rise up from this conflict
I will take back my life so dear to me
I’m not gonna hide the true me from anyone like I was planning
I need to feel this pain to help make me stronger
Stronger for what’s ahead of me

The first friend I made at that place
Is slowly drifting from my mind
What used to be isn’t anymore
I am really starting to get over him for good

My chains have broken
The seal of conflict is over
I can finally let my wings out
And become myself again
No more crying because of him
He is in the past and will stay in the past

Gamma

01-04-2006, 09:16 PM

hey all. Thought I would drop a note since IW gave me permission to post. I'll have something actually written soon, promise. :wink:

ick

01-05-2006, 04:16 AM

I have a sh*t load of poetry, but the thread gets no attention.

Prince of Thieves

01-05-2006, 12:28 PM

*shove's the massive wooden doors open, shoulder length sweaty hair wipes across his face, he walks with a proud stride but that of a cautious yet proud swagger.*

I have returned....(actually this is my first time here...)

Anyways, enough with my corney attempt of a Lord of the Rings reenactment.
I am as you can see the Prince of Thieves, I have been given grand permission to join this fair club, and with such an offer I will proceed to try and salvage any attempt of you taking me seriously from this point on.

Anyways (again...)

Ya, so I am overjoyed to have come across this club, I think the wit here is refreshing. I wish there was more activity, but as the weeks go by, a club like this only gets stronger.
I suck at writing, or actually never really have, so I might end up writing something, moreover I read, too much and almost literally everything. So to read some non published freelance work will be awesome.

I will shut up now, and say thanks again for having me, and soon enough maybe I will join the great hall of writing fame myself. Or at least just start writing.... :? :lol:

Immortal Warrior

01-06-2006, 05:13 AM

*Smacks Theif. Ya' damn right it's grand now bow down and kiss my feet! XD Jk. Anyway, we aren't freelancers here Theif, we are just some dudes (and dudettes) with a passion for words. Good to have you on board, always good to have new blood. Too many little hobbits running around...

KaitonLocke

01-06-2006, 04:47 PM

Authors| Jacques, Tolkien, Rowling, Paolini, Tom Chambers, Tabatha Somethingrather, Poe, Shakespear and there is someone I'm forgeting I know it. A very important writer who I can't come up with

Thanks Dan, lol, now I know I'm loved. XD

But yeah, that's a great idea. I'll have to start writing more anime fanfiction but I haven't been able to get inspired lately. -_-

Take a harder look Tab, my name's up there, but PURPOSELY misspelled. I've told him, the number of times excapses me, that my name's not Chambers and if He wants people to recoginize it, it's Tomas. Besides, why would I make his favorite authors list when I'm not published? I hope to publish Kindered, but at the moment it seems rushed.

Red Dragon, being the founder of the LoA, please refer to me for problems. I have a feeling that your registration didn't get through the server entirely. The forum's been iffy lately so I'll have to ask Funk to check it out. Try re-submitting a registration.

Immortal Warrior

01-07-2006, 05:55 AM

Yeah I never said they had to be published and you always tell me I spelled your last name wrong but you'll never tell me how to spell it RIGHT and when in the hell was the last time anyone here called you "Thomas"? Hm, maybe a new topic? Which is your favorite genre to read or write and why?

Tyler Durden

01-07-2006, 06:57 AM

Favorite type would have to be comedic/drama, so dramadys. This is also what i enjoy writing.

JinKaze

01-07-2006, 10:47 PM

Does anyone like this idea? Would you read(and post on) my thread when I make the story?

Ki-Hunt!/Energy Hunt!

In an alternate universe, special humans can use ki, the tapped power inside every human's body. Only the government is legally allowed to use ki, seeing as anyone else who uses it is seen as criminal and dangerous. A special unit has been created, known as the Ki Hunter Unit. The Ki Hunters spend their working lives capturing those who are illegally using ki. However, when one Ryoma Shizuna saves a beautiful young girl, Hotaru, from the Ki Hunters, he and the girl are both targeted as criminals by the government! Ryoma and Hotaru begin hiding out, and it will be very hard under the watchful eye of Detective Kamui of the Ki Hunters, a very persistant opponent who will literally do anything to rid himself of his rivals.

The series spans into a completely different direction once the archnemesis, the White King, is introduced, and the Ki Hunters and Ryoma must work together to bring him down!

CHARACTER SYNOPSIS: Part 1 and 2

SHIZUNA RYOMA
A rough and tumble outlaw, Ryoma is hotheaded, brash, and witty. He has a knack for bringing out the best and the worst in people, without even trying. He's a bit hardheaded and clueless, but Ryoma is a good friend and a strong fighter whenever he needs to be. His ki is a sword.

TANTEI KAMUI ~ DETECTIVE KAMUI
The cool and calculating Detective Kamui is a perfect rival for Ryoma. While Ryoma relies on instincts and 'guts' to win his fights, Kamui is all about strategic advantage and the physical and mental capabilities of the fighter. His ki is a gigantic scythe. While he doesn't realize it, he might just be Ryoma's biggest ally instead of his biggest enemy...

HOTARU
The sweet and innocent Hotaru just wants to live a normal life and not have to see any deaths or blood or war. Despite her unconfident and frail appearance, Hotaru is very intelligent and can solve even the most complicated of puzzles. She also plays a very deep role in this whole business...

TETSUO TENSUKE
Shy and reserved, this young man is a Ki Phantom, meaning he can copy the Ki of others and use it as his own. However, because he is a Ki Phantom, every time he uses Ki, his Life Force gets drained, and he gets a little bit closer to his death. How long will he last?

BANZA
The hotheaded Banza is infatuated with Hotaru, and will do whatever he has to to make her "his girl." This results in many comedic clashes between him and Ryoma. His ki is a gigantic spear.

JINJA
Cute and hyperactive, Jinja often seems younger then she really is. She met up with Ryoma's ragtag gang while they were on the run from the law, and ended up sticking with them after the General Raziel Blaze was defeated later. Her Ki is a huge lolipop shaped weapon that can prove oddly useful in some situations.

Immortal Warrior

01-09-2006, 01:33 AM

Personally I like Fantasy and Sci-Fi. I like the classic battle of good and evil with magicians blasting and swords clashing, all that stuff. And I love Star Wars and lasers and blasters and all that stuff with spaceships and fighters. I also like Romance though, just gives me a good feelings when the guy finally gets the girl. I'm trying to introduce a little horror and suspense into my writing as well so I'll have to read up on my Horror novels.

And to your story idea Jin, might as well make it Chi or something else because Ki just doesn't work for me. You could call it spirit energy or mana or Magika. Any of those work but it's up to you. I like the idea though, it's like pulling a wierd, dark twist on Star Wars with the Jedi. It's an interesting idea and I say run with it.

JinKaze

01-09-2006, 01:47 AM

Spirit energy is a no. Too YYH-ish. Magika also sounds a bit too weird. Maybe I'll use that one.

Mana might work. I'll probably go with Chi if I change the name at all.

Happy Gir

01-11-2006, 08:18 AM

Chi's a good one! I'm joining! YYYAAAYYY!!!

Tyler Durden

01-11-2006, 08:28 AM

Jin your thing looks kind of unoriginal, especially with the main character being all hot headed.

Prince Of Punk

01-12-2006, 08:54 AM

Could i join this club?

Tyler Durden

01-12-2006, 10:50 AM

Well maybe i should use this time to selflessly promote my newest novel.

New Millenium Homes

It's basically the story of a suburban youth who discovers how different people are, yet how similiar they are also. So basically i hope someone reads it, even though it's longer then the normal stories posted on this sight...so i hope someone cares enough to check it out and review.

DianeShishio

01-12-2006, 11:16 AM

I got a message from Immortal Warrior that says "I'm In" Tho I havent really joined.....Am I really in?!?!?!?

Immortal Warrior

01-13-2006, 02:51 AM

If I say you are in, you are in. And sure you can join Evangelion 2015. And to Red Dragon, that isn't much of a description really and I'd suggest posting it on Anime-Fanfiction in an attempt to get that place up and running again. And to JinKaze I have to agree it could be a bit more outside the box if you catch my meaning. I mean we've all heard that one before really.

Path Of Wind

01-13-2006, 05:03 AM

Konnichi wa everyone! ^_^
My name is Path Of Wind or POW *stares at Immortal Warrior* (dont laugh) and I just got permission to join YAY!
I love reading sad romance mangas that make you cry, but I dont cry! ;)*tries to look tough*
I write random poems about....er......stuff lol
So I guess I can trust you guys not to laugh, right?

I wrote this ages ago and most people I showed it to seem to like it.
I want your honest oppinions, k?

What teenagers feel

Spoilt by love and angered by hate,
Held up by faith and pushed forward by fate,
Fooled by mirages and drouned up in tears,
Lost in the hopes and pushed round by the fears.

Everyone's laughing, everyone's wrong,
In your head singing the same calming song,
Fists clenching tight and eyes dont dare to blink,
You feel like you're hated, wont let yourself think.

Only trust friends and you're your only friend,
Praying to nothingness that its not the end,
Every word echoes and sounds like a threat,
Feels like there's so much you havent seen yet.

You think "God why me, struck by this endless curse?"
"Im right and they're wrong!" is your favourite verse,
You think they dont know all the things you have seen,
But that's what it feels like beeing a teen...

JinKaze

01-13-2006, 06:13 AM

Red Dragon, Immortal Warrior, what do you suggest, then?

Tyler Durden

01-13-2006, 08:26 AM

what do you mean dude?

JinKaze

01-13-2006, 10:22 AM

what do you mean dude?
You said my story/main character sounded cliche, so I asked what you guys would suggest to make it less cliche.

The plot isn't cliche at all, IMO, or at least not the big plot revealed in the end. Ki Hunt is supposed to be written like a Shounen action anime, and I think every anime fic I write comes out that way. I'll try my best to make the plot and characters as original as I can.

DianeShishio

01-13-2006, 10:12 PM

Uhmmm.....if i'm already in....Why isnt my name in the Members list?!?!?!?

JinKaze

01-14-2006, 02:32 AM

Uhmmm.....if i'm already in....Why isnt my name in the Members list?!?!?!?
Immortal Warrior has a life, I assume, so I guess he didn't have time to put you in or did not know that you joined.

Tyler Durden

01-14-2006, 07:04 AM

well i mean i could think of about 20,000 anime characters that are hot headed, especially someone that is nice and hot headed.

The two most obvious ones are

Spike and Goku.

Immortal Warrior

01-14-2006, 10:25 AM

Okay lets get one thing straight. Goku is the most laid back person I've ever met if he's anything at all. It's just when he's in a fight that he gets hot. And yeah it is too cliche, the main character hotheaded. It's not bad when they have a friend who is and they always end up getting the main character into trouble but how many times have we seen that before? You need to give him a distinguishing characteristic, something other than being hot-headed. Been there, done that. And yes I do sorta' have a life (not really, after my girl and I broke up I've lost it) but I just haven't updated the member list and IF I SAY YOU ARE IN THE CLUB, YOU ARE IN THE F!CKING CLUB!!!! Jeez people never listen I swear! I AM the manager and owner that's all. Just to shut everyone up I'll put up the new member list.

DianeShishio

01-14-2006, 10:39 AM

Okiesss.....i'm in the list

JinKaze

01-14-2006, 08:46 PM

well i mean i could think of about 20,000 anime characters that are hot headed, especially someone that is nice and hot headed.

The two most obvious ones are

Spike and Goku.
Well, after planning out the story, Ryoma isn't as hotheaded as I thought. He's smart and tactical, as well as underhanded(he's a criminal), and he's only slightly cocky.

Tyler Durden

01-15-2006, 02:10 AM

After some time thinking about why many of the stories in the literary works section don't get any reviews i think i may have come to an answer. By some time i mean like thrity seconds, so this could be flawed.

Many of the stories that are heavily viewed are broken up into paragraph form, in which instead of chapter it's like Chapter 1. Part A. Which leads me to believe that alot of the people that go onto the literary works forum are far to lazy to read something with more then 500 words.

Does anyone want to comment on this, or suggest some way for our works to get more exposure?

Immortal Warrior

01-15-2006, 02:57 AM

That's true, look at every story that has more than like 10 replies, each post is just a paragraph or two. It isn't writing it's just random doodling. Nobody here reads any real stories, it's all the same junk.

Tyler Durden

01-15-2006, 04:34 AM

I don't want to take anything away from the skill of those authors that have the mico-chapters, but i have to say that it is kind of hackish if that is the chapter layout.

Immortal Warrior

01-17-2006, 12:31 AM

Agreed Durden. I'm sorry but did you have a name change or is this your first time here because I don't recall your name?

Tyler Durden

01-17-2006, 12:42 AM

I used to be The Red Dragon, but then i decided to read fight club again and changed it

Immortal Warrior

01-17-2006, 12:45 AM

Ah that was it. Red Dragon. Just for the record guys, please notify my if you decide to change your name. No worries though.

Vortigar

01-17-2006, 09:57 PM

Took a break... left the forums... rejoined... got inspired... back in the pen again... Thought I'd join (PM'll be popping over shortly Immortal Warrior)

Red Dragon: (^_^)
About a year ago I was reading a lot of fics here myself and I have to say I noticed the same thing. It's hard to find a story that can keep you hooked for very long... Whether this is a matter of quality (ie. writer's problem) or a matter of attention span (ie. reader's problem) is hard to say.

My idea is that those writers who are coming up with grand tales are the ones interested in those same long tales. But as they're too wrapped up in their own work they don't take the time to read the work of others... I know this is my problem. The moment I started reading some fics again I instantly stopped writing... I simply couldn't carry on anymore.

A year and a half ago, I held on to my long chapters despite this trend. But this time around I've decided to split some stuff up. My current work is more of an in between project as well (though it'll come out at some eighty pages or something in the end, as usual), so I haven't really taken the time to put in some barriers and split it up into actual chapters. I've caught some more intial readers than normal, but they all seemed to have dropped off after two semi-chapters anyway...

ps. If you think that olde banner of mine is a problem I'll remove it... I'm kind of a nostalgic kind of guy and really haven't been putting forth any effort in finding something new for my sig anyway... ^_^'

Tyler Durden

01-18-2006, 08:08 AM

I don't really agree with the whole "if i read others peoples works i can't write my own" theory, but w/e. I seemed to have brought back your story from the dead, and i will say this.

You've got skillz son, despite my distaste for fantasy.

Vortigar

01-19-2006, 04:26 PM

Son...? -_-'

And thanks... (I wasn't saying I don't appreciate readers or anything. It's just that with every story I've written I get quite a few readers at first, but once we're at chapter #5 or so the list tends to get quite, quite small.)

"if I read others peoples works I can't write my own"

Well, of course everything comes in more tastes than vanilla, but isn't it so that most people who are currently writing a tale are just checking that on the forums, and not taking the time to read somebody else's work?

Once more, I'm walking on precarious grounds I notice...

Maybe it's just my problem though. I often tend to over-overthink things.

On another note:
Is it fantasy in general... Or just the purist Tolkien-esque matter that gets to you?

Immortal Warrior

01-20-2006, 02:31 AM

As for readers losing interest later on, that's a definitely. The first fic I ever wrote was 13 chapters and I still had some faithful readers until it was discontinued and the second of my works made it all the way to 21 chapters though the 21st was never finished either. I've always had some readers but my numbers as well as inspiration have been declining. Something isn't the way it used to be, the way I could write for hours at a time and come out with something I could be proud of, maybe it's just the story, maybe I'm not as inspired as I was, maybe I've just lost my creative touch. I'm a better writer now but I like the writer I used to be more. Maybe someday that feeling will return.

Tyler Durden

01-20-2006, 03:11 AM

Just in general, i can't really commit myself to a story that has an estranged setting. Also, i noticed that most fantasy stories involve a 3rd person narrative, and i tend to find those pretty tedious.

Immortal Warrior

01-20-2006, 04:46 AM

Oh I believe it's just the opposite, I find writing in first person annoying, having to replace he with I and all that. Maybe it's just because I have always written third person I'm just so used to that.

Tyler Durden

01-20-2006, 07:54 AM

Lord Darkton

01-20-2006, 08:38 AM

Yeah, same thing with me and first person. I just feel that writing in the third is so impersonal, like you're looking through a telescope. While using a 1st person might not get you the bets view of the action, but what you are seeing you see clearer then anything through a telescope.

I use the first person view in my latest work, Murderer, Killer, Demon. It's my first time using it and I'm quite satisfied with the results. I highly suggest that everyone her check it out at least once. It's graphic and that's why the title says (Mature Readers Only...) But you have to check it out. Just follow the link in my signature to get there easily. Btw, yes the guy in my signature is the guy from the story in a later scene that I haven't gotten to yet. And my avatar is Julie. I based her appearance off that picture. So just look at that avatar and you'll get a better picture of what Julie looks like.

Tyler Durden

01-20-2006, 10:12 AM

from what i've read dude, it's not really that graphic...graphic would be something like...a book like Haunted.

Vortigar

01-21-2006, 01:35 AM

I'll be checking that link shortly...

I end up writing in first person view a lot of the time by default. It makes it a lot easier to put in a character's point of view on things. Difficulties come when trying to get a grip on the story, sometimes forcing explanatory conversations about things one'd probably would have preffered to tell through a scene...

Third person is more static so to say. It has a more official feel to it I tend to think. It allows for better descriptions though, peering around the corner of a person's actual knowledge. Building up tension by describing a situation where two events are going to collide soon is a lot easier as well. It can become a tad repetitive and dry at times though.

It really depends on the tale you want to tell in the end. I usually deal with a lot of characters and do have a few picked out as main characters, but too many things are usually happening at once to 'bind' myself to one exact person... I did a pure first person once though, and a switching first person, and currently a switching first/third-present/past tense... (or something ^_^ )

Tyler Durden

01-22-2006, 01:32 AM

I think that 1st person is used in more, realistic stories. And 3rd is used for more fantasy and sci fi'ish tales

Happy Gir

01-22-2006, 01:26 PM

I like to switch back and forth between first and third. One story one way another story the other.

Immortal Warrior

01-22-2006, 01:40 PM

I agree that third person is mostly used in Fantasy, and for good reason. In most fantasy stories, the main character is taken from humble beginnings and thrown into a new world where much needs to be explained and such things cannot be or are very difficult to explain in first person as the narrator is learning them for the first time and sometimes may not understand such things themself. I am writing first person in my latest work, Project Darkhorse but I am stepping off the path of Fantasy into modern psychological thrillers, into the mind of Brian Urban, an ex-CIA agent. Check it out.

Vortigar

01-22-2006, 10:40 PM

Tyler:
So, you're saying you think your post is realistic then? ^_^

I've just taken a peek through my 'library' and have to disagree though. It depends on the scale of the events one wants to describe. If you can thread a tale together through one person alone, by all means use him as first person. A lot of times this simply isn't possible though, or practical.

In general most books are written in third person. First person comes into play when you want to capture a person's impressions and thoughts about things.

Poe's horror works are almost all in first person, so is Dante's Hell. Dostoevsky's Crime And Punishment and Tolstoi's Anna Karenina are third person on the other hand. (And yes, I've taken an interest in russian Literature.)

And to include Immortal Warrior's post in this as well. I think its best to turn your first sentence around and say "In fantasy the third person is mostly used". For that is definately true...

Immortal Warrior

01-23-2006, 08:48 AM

I think its best to turn your first sentence around and say "In fantasy the third person is mostly used"
My mistake. And in response to your first paragraph, it does depend on the situation and the events you are trying to describe. For instance a system of magic that is wholy new to the character won't be very well described if the narrator doesn't know a damn thing about it, however, sometimes first person can be a more effective way to get an emotional point across, I must agree, but that can also be done using physical expressions such as clenched fists, gritting teeth, but in the end it all depends on the writers personal opinions and styles.

Tyler Durden

01-25-2006, 06:45 AM

How exactly do we have 43 members, but only like 10 people post in the LW section.

Immortal Warrior

01-25-2006, 10:52 PM

The hell if I know but we do! :D

Tyler Durden

01-26-2006, 01:22 AM

Schwing!

Tyler Durden

01-27-2006, 10:26 PM

so i'll revig this topic.

What makes you want to write, and what do you write about?

Immortal Warrior

01-28-2006, 04:45 AM

I dunno, writing is just what I do. I don't know what else I'd do if I didn't write, and it's a way for me to really express myself, something to put my emotions into. I write about anything I want, fantasy, a hero with a blazing sword standing atop a hill with battles raging around him as he singles out his next target and the wicked awesome battle that ensues. I think most people write about their own personal fantasies and interests. I know I do.

JinKaze

01-28-2006, 07:20 AM

What makes me write? Hm, that's an interesting question. I suppose I write because I have so many ideas to put down on paper. I write to tell a great story and share it with people. I guess I also write to express myself, as IW said.

I usually write stories that are like Shounen anime(or anime for teenage boys).

Tyler Durden

01-28-2006, 08:47 AM

I write because that's the only way that i might be able to make a difference in the world, with my books. So i write about what i believe in, which is freedom and equality. So my characters generally share my point of view, but are not like me in any other ways.

I generally write realistic fiction involving social injustices among races and classes.

QueenLita

01-28-2006, 10:02 PM

At the moment I'm having trouble writing anything. I use to write all the time and now I can barely get a page out. At first I thought it was just a small thing, but now it's starting to drive me crazy.

When I did write I liked to write nice fiction novels. Most of the time it was stuff about high school life or something from my warped imagination. Last thing I started was about a bunny. It was called Foo Foo The Killer Bunny :lol: I've posted it on another forum, but it isn't on A4.

STEELFANG

01-28-2006, 10:27 PM

Can I join? I've been writing a whole lot in my life, and I'm only 13... I wrote a shonen fic earlier... And I love writing and reading. They rock my socks

Tyler Durden

01-29-2006, 12:19 AM

what the hell is shonen? Is that something like manga w/o pictures?

Immortal Warrior

01-29-2006, 04:00 AM

I don't have a clue what shonen is myself. Oh well. And yes SF you're in.

At the moment I'm having trouble writing anything. I use to write all the time and now I can barely get a page out. At first I thought it was just a small thing, but now it's starting to drive me crazy.
I've been having the nastiest writers block for the last two months but I think I could be on the verge of a breakthrough. Ofcourse that block might be attributed to the fact that I had a life for awhile (having a girlfriend is too damn distracting!) but then I realized I'm not that kind of person so now I've got no life again and I'm back into my writing thing. Having no life is fun.^^

JinKaze

01-29-2006, 08:21 AM

Tyler Durden

01-29-2006, 08:43 AM

Oh, i hate reading those.

JinKaze

01-29-2006, 08:49 AM

OK then, nobody would make you read them.

Tyler Durden

01-29-2006, 10:30 AM

your momma makes me...oh...i know i know, i'm pushing the limit on how edgy comedy can be...i know.

I'm stupid

Vortigar

01-30-2006, 03:30 PM

Tyler:
Edgy or no, I was laughing...

IW: "Having no life is fun.^^"
Oooookaaaay, there's a sentence that won't come up often...
(Though I have heard it before.)

Back to the thread.
I've been trying to figure out for the longest time why I would write. The obvious first answer that comes to my mind is: "because I can". I can't even begin to imagine how different I would be if I hadn't had a constant stream of weird people, events, images and ideas walking through my head. I'm known for asking people questions like: "don't you ever think, wow, that'd make a cool movie?" And whenever I get the answer back that they really wouldn't know and could never come up with something like that I kinda feel as if I was chosen for this kind of work because I do have a brain that works in such a way... Ergo scriptum hic... Gosh I'd love to speak latin, but that phrase is as wrong as anything ^_^

On a second note. I started jotting down a tale one day and had some friends read a bit. They said it was pretty good, so I went on. And slowly that impulse started to grow into something that I wanted to define myself with. I always feel inadequate you see (I've got a massively negative self-image) and I need things with which I can prove myself. And since people keep saying I can actually write something that's actually good I tend to think: "why not then? At least I can do something right."

It's the same thing with singing really. Ever since a number of people remarked I had a good voice I've been singing. Heck, it's the same thing with acting...

*Vorty raises eyebrow*
Gosh, this post got personal...

What I write about is dictated by whim. I never sit still, mentally, and so stray between a lot of ideas before picking something to settle on. I have immense problems with reality though, mainly because I despise my life and almost all of society. So I always end up in straight fantasy or sci-fi, though I have written some surreal stuff.

Immortal Warrior

01-31-2006, 05:12 AM

I think Vortigar brings up a great point about having problems with reality and things in our own lives that we dislike, and I think writing is a way that we can temporarily escape from our ordinary, mundane and sometimes downright boring lives into a whole new world entirely our own.

Tyler Durden

01-31-2006, 07:12 AM

Yeah i would say that i write because i see things that are wrong(or that i see as wrong) and think that i need a way to express my anguish towards such things. But i don't really write as an escape from reality because i have nothing to run from, i don't have anything that lurks deep down in my psyche. I just write because it's something that i'm naturally good at, or that i think i'm good at.

JinKaze

01-31-2006, 09:46 AM

Vortigar

01-31-2006, 02:49 PM

Escapism (ooh, a dreaded -ism...) isn't really what I'd call my own behaviour as well. Though, in a way, its the basis that drives any writer of fiction. To actively seek an escape from reality is something different though, something usually associated with things like emo and suicide. I've had lil' periods of heavy depression though, I've gotten over that by the way, under the motto: "I'll just have to accept that life sucks."

But when I said I was having massive problems with reality I was talking about writing tales set in a 'real' world. About a guy who gets mixed up with his family and is forced to live on the streets or something for example. I really can't bring myself to write something that 'mundane' (as I see it in my mind). Depicting how 'normal' people interact with one another, or in other words, writing episodes of a soap opera is not something I feel compatible with. Something like Pretender or Nowhere Man on the other hand. That's more my 'thang'.

Of course I've also got a few gripes with society as a whole, but I think if I was content with life I wouldn't be having these journeys in my head culminating into tales and poems at all. One doesn't start imagining about what could be or what might have been or what should be if he thinks the current world is enough. I suppose this is kind of a self-defeating statement when considering writers who use the often iterated moral of "enjoy life while it lasts because it is great". But I think those guys themselves usually aren't too happy with themselves either else they wouldn't be writing such things. So yeah, I think Immortal Warrior is quite right, though not in a direct manner as 'some' may have interpreted.

KaitonLocke

02-04-2006, 01:36 AM

what the hell is shonen? Is that something like manga w/o pictures?
No, Shonen is like an action anime. Basically like an action/adventure story such as Yu Yu Hakusho, Bleach, or Naruto(some mainstream anime that are of this genre).

Ever heard the term Shoujo? Shoujo and Shounen are terms that define the cluster of characters that drive the show or manga. Shounen anime/manga are driven by a male cast. Shoujo is driven by a female cast. Thus the ideas of Shounen-ai and shoujo-ai. Why do you think the full Sailor Moon title has Bishoujo in it?
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I write to elude my lack of certain thins in my life. Such as romance. And shoujo-ai and the lack heart-pounding action filled battles for life and death. Same goes for magic. I do so well at it because that's how I feel about those topics. I write to understand my wants and to satisfy them as best I can.

JinKaze

02-04-2006, 08:36 AM

Weird, thats not the definition I learned by.

I always learned this:
Shounen: Anime/manga made for teenage boys.
Shoujo: Anime/manga made for teenage girls.

But whatever, don't want to stray off topic.

Tyler Durden

02-04-2006, 08:37 AM

I feel like the Literary Works board is dead, no one has posted anything new in days...

JinKaze

02-04-2006, 08:42 AM

Whenever I post something there it gets no replies.

Well, expect a new story from me there hopefully in the next month or so.

Tyler Durden

02-04-2006, 08:45 AM

It doesn't get replies because it's probably too logn for the morons to read. I try to read and review every story that i come across, which doesn't seem to be a theme in the LW section. People basically just post their own stuff and never read anyone elses...

JinKaze

02-04-2006, 09:03 AM

My stories seem to get great reviews for the first couple chapters, then everyone loses interest or moves on with their life and forgets about it. I hope that will change with my new story.

Immortal Warrior

02-05-2006, 09:13 AM

Well I'm about to post a killer new chapter for my story Curses of Fate but other than that, yeah it's dead. I miss the good old days when I was one of the amateurs and people like Cyber Dragon still posted there. Then you couldn't go there and not find a good fic to read.

Vortigar

02-06-2006, 04:41 PM

I have to say I've never had that experience IW.

I must confess I'm not a big reader either but I try to pick up a few things here and there. Fill in some gaps (0 reply threads are so sad) and comment as much as I can, when all someone gets is: "It's great". A lot of time I don't find anything good to say though, don't like a story but am unable to point out tangible things to improve so I would like it... It's so hard dealing with people, since that's what it is in the end, you're not reviewing a story but trying to package it so that a person won't feel affronted.

Which brings me to another point, since you picked up writing as a hobby, do you read differently?

I find myself thinking "could I have written this?" a lot while I'm reading. And not only stories on the internet, but also published books... Comparing myself to authors. Sometimes this can drive me to a bit of despair but at other times it strengthens my resolve with a thought like: "If they can publish this, they could also pucblish me".

Immortal Warrior

02-07-2006, 05:06 AM

Well I compare all my work to published stuff which is why I write and re-write so many times, and why I view my work as complete crap. There are so many ways I can make it better and I can always find something else I'd like to change. I may see it as crap but I like crap I guess. Like when I read Harry Potter, I compare my work to that; is my dialogue as good, is my story as exciting, how can I make my story flow like this? Things like that. When I'm reading it for the first time I don't but I'll go back and make mental notes when I read it the second time.

Tyler Durden

02-12-2006, 02:24 AM

JinKaze

02-14-2006, 07:01 PM

It always bothers me when i read fanfiction, or when I used to read fanfiction(i personally think that it's all garbage now). But uhh, i always hated it when the person would change the characters personality. If you want to change the way someone acts how about you make an original work of fiction like the serious writers...
I agree, I've really only read a few good fanfiction and about 95% horrible/mediocre ones when I used to read them. And now it's basically all crap.

Immortal Warrior

02-15-2006, 05:50 AM

Well fanfictions never worked for me because my theory is that you can't get that same spirit, the same idea that is behind a character when you are trying to take someone elses character or place. It just doesn't work. I have read some decent fanfics before but most of them, I must agree, are total crap. That and I like writing original work because even if people don't like it, it is something I can look at and say "Yeah, that's my work."

Vortigar

02-15-2006, 02:46 PM

Fanfics, which I've never read btw, should be approached only when you're already a big fan of the material. And then you'll have to be looking for the same characters in completely ridiculous situations. I think fanfics only work when you completely strangle any semblance of the original and just turn it into nonsense. Like you guys said, you're never going to be able to capture the original so you might as well do something absurd and make it funny. You're going to sound/be contrived anyway, so just throw all seriousness out the window.

And even then you, as reader, have got to get lucky and find somebody who focusses on the characters you liked in the first place...

Making finding a Nadesico fic pretty hard for me since I absolutely abhor Ruri, for example. Nadesico fics might just be the only ones I'll give a shot if I come across one at the right time.

Still, I've been tempted to try my hand at it. But the plan we (me and Shudder/Yagharek) had a year or so ago was to make a fic based on Iria:Zeiram. Since that series is short and leaves a lot of things in the middle. We worked out a few possible storylines on what had happened to Gren before the entire series starts and during the first episode... In the end it never got started but I've got a nine chapter layout with plotpoints and everything on my laptop.

On the other hand I sometimes think that these guys are only writers anyway. A lot of characters have been written about by many different writers. Why not anime characters? Ah heck...

Path Of Wind

02-18-2006, 03:36 AM

I think you begin reading fanfics when you want something more from an anime or manga and you know that you've taken all you can get from the original material. I, myself find fanfics to be quite fun to read, you can always find good quality.

Tyler Durden

02-18-2006, 06:34 AM

You don't often find good ones, because writers with actual talent amuse themselves with their own characters. Boom headshot.

Tyler Durden

02-27-2006, 03:02 AM

Anime_Manga_Freak_Hideaki

02-27-2006, 11:12 AM

JinKaze

03-01-2006, 06:07 PM

Tyler Durden

03-02-2006, 07:09 AM

I also really dug Lord Of the Flies, and right now i have to start a tale of two cities which sounds pretty cool, even though i don't like Dickens much.

Immortal Warrior

03-03-2006, 02:36 AM

Mockingbird was soso in my opinion and Lord of the Flies was pretty good but my favorites were either The Oddysse or Romeo and Juliet. I'm reading all American Literature this year and I HATE it compaired to the other stuff I've read. It's so BORING and realistic!

Tyler Durden

03-03-2006, 07:28 AM

oh god no, realism.

Vortigar

03-07-2006, 02:45 PM

Loads of writers abhor <language>teachers because they seperate books into 'literature' and 'the rest'. I've read a couple of rants on this by published authors. I even managed to get one of the books containing such a rant on my highschool list (for Dutch). Then there's the next problem with teachers which is that they want to know everything about a book, little details, motifs, I-don't-know-what-you-call-it-structure-thingies, etc. which don't catch the eye when you read a book. I read every book on my list, and was one of the three to do so in my class. I ended up with one of the lowest grades. The highest grade for the book list questionaire thingy went to a guy who'd only picked up some excerpts at the library, since those are written by those 'literary knowledgable' people and thus contain what a 'literary knowledgeable' person should know... BS! It's a fact that teachers breed resentment among the young to read any books, which has developed into complete aliterate generations.

Now, with that off my back.

'Het Woeden Der Gehele Wereld' (lit.: The raging of the entire earth) by 'Maarten 't Hart' was my favorite book. It's about a kid who's adopted father gets shot when he's young and he gets blamed for it. He's released due to too little evidence and tries to find the real killer as well as his real parents (it doesn't take long for him to find out he was deliberately left behind in WW2 with other people because he's a Jew), in the mean time he grows up and has to deal with the common issues as well. The book doesn't focus as much on the murder as you'd think btw.

'De Tweeling' (the twins) by 'Tessa de Loo' was also very good. The movie adaptation was nominated for an Oscar as well, I can't remember if it won strangely enough, I thought it did. About a pair of Jewish (female) twins getting separated at age 12 during WW2 and finding each other in a spa when they're somewhere in their 80's.

The second world war is very important in Dutch literature btw. As one of the first countries that fell and one of the last to get liberated, we had to withstand one winter more than any other country in Europe (its called the hungerwinter, forced to eat turnips and stuff, thousands upon thousands died because Market Garden failed, making the movie 'a bridge too far' a very personal issue here), it had more of an impact on us than any other Western European country.

The writers a few generations ago, who wrote the modern masterpieces of this day, almost all grew up drenched in tales or sometimes experiences of WW2. With the collaboraters, rebels, starving families and razzias there's a lot of material right there. Of course the fact that our people are part of the Aric race doesn't help in this, and Albert Speer, the signature Nazi architect and big friend of Adolf. The Germans tried to indoctrinate our country into their ways as well, and this has left an impression (there was a Dutch SS, Hitler Jugend, Nazi Party, you name it, we had it too). To this day many people distrust Germans in our country, especially among the older generations. And even among the young this enmity seems to have taken hold (well, I know a few at least). We've also got some seriously extreme neo-nazi's running around, still declaiming that we're Arians. At the end of the war the Nazi men were killed and the women were shaven bald and paraded around the streets, many, both men and women, were also defiled, it was nasty business mopping up at the end of the war.

Sorry, raving again, ain't I?

As for stuff on my English list... We had a teacher that didn't let us choose our own books (and was a chain smoking creep with those wrinkled up yellow nails, seriously gross). But I really enjoyed Macbeth.
Didn't read Mockingbird, nor Catcher in the Rye, nor Lord of the Flies. No, we got to read Huck Finn, that book's s***

Tyler Durden

03-10-2006, 05:37 AM

I read huck finn in forth grade and thought it was pretty good. Right now i'm reading tale of two cities and i'm not really enjoying it all that much. Something about dickens really really annoys me.

Tyler Durden

03-19-2006, 09:36 AM

Must keep alive w/double post

alright, on a strange topic.

Did anyone read those crappy animorphs books when they were younger?

Immortal Warrior

03-22-2006, 03:16 AM

Wow I've been out of it lately. But I'm back, for good this time. Next topic.

What do you think about writing a book that takes place in a world of your own creation? Tolkein wrote an entire history and pages upon pages of each individual culture and language of middle earth. I'm currently working on a background for my story Heading for Violence and it's tough, I won't lie. What do you guys think? Any suggestions or just random thoughts?

JinKaze

03-26-2006, 11:39 PM

I've started writing short horror stories and a new long series called Armega(read it and give me a reply?).

I'm reading the Prince in class. It sucks. Totally dry and boring.

Tyler Durden

03-27-2006, 06:38 AM

well i don't really dig fantasy stories so creating you're own world doesn't really appeal to me at all.

Siren

04-09-2006, 11:47 AM

Well it's been about a week since anyones posted in this, so i'll reinvig' it again. I'm sure that all of you are going to school, or have gone to school. What was you're favorite inschool reading book?

Mine was To Kill a Mockingbird.

Wow, it's been so long since I dropped in here. Hope I haven't lost my membership. :?

Anywho, I read To Kill a Mockingbird, too. That was definately one of my highest ranking in school reading books. But my most favorite would have to be The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Tyler Durden

04-12-2006, 02:51 AM

The towns in Gatsby are based off of towns a few miles away from here. I never really like the book tho.

SkipMage

04-16-2006, 03:21 PM

I'd like too Join.

Please respond.

DianeShishio

04-18-2006, 12:53 AM

Can u change my name in the members list?.... I used to be "DianeHughes"...thankiesss....and...dont we have banners yet???

Tyler Durden

04-18-2006, 10:56 PM

We don't have banners yet because we only get like one post a week.

:(

DianeShishio

04-18-2006, 11:46 PM

We don't have banners yet because we only get like one post a week.

:(

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: soooooo TRUE.....

Sammy The Lovely Kitty

04-20-2006, 04:52 AM

can we wrtie stuff and post stuff we do write here and have ppl help and give thoughts on it before posting the whole thing in Literary Works .

anywho i would like to join up. and I cna make a banner it yal want. cuse i do not see any banner for this club yet.

ed: here are two i have made i will make more for yal want me to

[spoiler:6a37d8539b]http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f266/sammy009009/Club%20Banner/wgbanner2.jpg[/spoiler:6a37d8539b]

[spoiler:6a37d8539b]http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f266/sammy009009/Club%20Banner/wgbanner.jpg[/spoiler:6a37d8539b]

Sammy The Lovely Kitty

04-20-2006, 05:19 AM

sry for the DP.

But i am just would like to know what you all do to write a story. DO you look at a pic(s) and write a background for it? or just write down some thoughts and go form there?

For me i look at pics and a story comes to me and i write a stroy for the pic. It is the person who made the pic had the story in his mind and is letting me see it in thie art. And I leisten to music too. What i music i hear while i write makes the story too. It is a mix of looking at art and muisc that makes how i write.

Ed:

here is the start to a story i started today. I need a few beta readers for it once i am done to read it and fix all my spelling and grammer for me. Thxs.

[spoiler:93fcd9f36e]As I walked to the park the heavens started to rain down on me. Then I saw the girl that has made me wake up every night in a sweat for the last week. Was this other one of my dreams or was it real life I thought to my self as she ran to me. No this can not be a dream it feels to real. As I started to say Hi I heard a bang. Then I feel the ground. Then darkness fell around me. I could not feel or hear or see. Only the darkness that overpowered my mind and body was all I could senses.
After what seemed like to be a lifetime in the darkness I woke to find myself in a cave that was filled with water. There was no light but yet I could see just fine in the total dark. This made me think. Was I dead, alive or something else?
[/spoiler:93fcd9f36e]

Immortal Warrior

04-21-2006, 09:57 AM

Well no **** we don't get any banners 9/10ths of our members joined then dissappeared. I've got a few potential banners under consideration from our newest member, Sammy.

I also have an announcement to make. I've been thinking about resigning from my post as the Founder and Manager of the Writers Guild. As my two co-managers are as inactive as I have been, I might be seeking a replacement. I've lost hope for myself but not for the guild. As long as there is a lost kid with a dream, there will be a need for the guild. I will find a replacement before I officially resign and I wanted to say, it was a pleasure running this for the short time that we were popular. It was fun while it lasted but I've forsaken the pen and I'm throwing in the towel. Goodbye my friends.

Siren

04-21-2006, 10:37 AM

Well no crap we don't get any banners 9/10ths of our members joined then dissappeared. I've got a few potential banners under consideration from our newest member, Sammy.

I also have an announcement to make. I've been thinking about resigning from my post as the Founder and Manager of the Writers Guild. As my two co-managers are as inactive as I have been, I might be seeking a replacement. I've lost hope for myself but not for the guild. As long as there is a lost kid with a dream, there will be a need for the guild. I will find a replacement before I officially resign and I wanted to say, it was a pleasure running this for the short time that we were popular. It was fun while it lasted but I've forsaken the pen and I'm throwing in the towel. Goodbye my friends.

Wow, this is depressing. Most of the members went *poof* and now the manager is leaving. Sorry things didn't work out for you, IW.

Sammy, you seem to be a fine addition to this place. (Nice banners! :wink: )

Tyler Durden

04-21-2006, 10:41 AM

well uhhh... that's certainly a buzz kill.

And the banners look scrumptralescent

Sammy The Lovely Kitty

04-21-2006, 11:54 AM

here is other banner to mix things up.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f266/sammy009009/Club%20Banner/F-4.jpg

i will make more ^__^

redsun

04-21-2006, 08:09 PM

I would like to join the Writers Guild if I may please. :D

I can also make more banners if they are needed :D

Immortal Warrior

04-22-2006, 02:01 AM

You're in red. In light of recent events I'm still considering whether or not to resign, though it's probable. My decision will be made soon and if I should choose to leave, Sammy will be my replacement as Manager and Owner of The Writers Guild. And more banners are always welcome.

New Topic: What do you do when you are out of steam? How do you regain your inspiration?

Sergei

04-22-2006, 03:21 AM

Most of the time, when I can't seem to carry on with a story, I go for a midnight walk through one of the many forests in the area. It helps clear things up in my mind, allowing me to start anew and continue with any stories that I'm typing. If the moon happens to be out, I find it all the better; the colors and tones of the forest seem to be more... alive. It really helps me.

I really like the banners that have allready been made, though I would have thought of something a bit more like a shakesperean libryary or something, of course, I can't draw so I have little right to say anything.

*Thinks* Of course, how rude of me, I didn't even introduce myself. I'm Nanaki, or Nan if you'd prefer. I've typed a few stories allready and if any of you would like to read them then you may all you need do is ask. I hope I can make some kind of contribution.

redsun

04-22-2006, 04:10 AM

Ok thank you...

I suggest that you try to think about what you want and go to bed well thinking anout finding another story or even to add oon to the story. I have been doing that and it seems to help alot. Or you might want to wait a week to a month then try to start again. Brakes do help from what I have learned.

And I find going into a rpg helps out alot to jump start your mind into the writing mode again. :D

Also if you need any help with anything in this group let me know. I am almost always free to help out fellow internet friends :wink:

Gamma

04-22-2006, 04:36 AM

If I run out of steam I go see a movie or read a book or comic I wouldn't normally read. That usually gets the old adrenaline running. :D

Sammy The Lovely Kitty

04-22-2006, 04:54 AM

I really like the banners that have allready been made, though I would have thought of something a bit more like a shakesperean libryary or something, of course, I can't draw so I have little right to say anything.

I am working on somethign along them lines.

New Topic: What do you do when you are out of steam? How do you regain your inspiration?

For me it is a mix for music and looking at art. I go here a lot. To get ideas and such. http://www.gfxartist.com/community/member_galleries/list/37

and I told you on MSN aobut how i lost mine for 4 years and how it is comeing back.

SkipMage

04-22-2006, 06:23 AM

I come to help the land!
...And the people, of course.
When you've been stuck in a book as long as I have you learn all the tricks. Seeing as most of you have space/time to read and write heres mine suggestion; read over what you have- go back to where the charicters essence is at. This often helps me to see exactly where the story should be going, where I screwed up. the most immportant thing is to finish the story in the heart which it started, if you finish it just to finish then it looses something.

I have been stuck writting The Cruelty Of Gods for Jak, it's main charicter, for 7 years now. Damn where did it all go?

(yber])ragon10]{

04-24-2006, 06:41 AM

I've been thinking about resigning from my post as the Founder and Manager of the Writers Guild. As my two co-managers are as inactive as I have been, I might be seeking a replacement. I've lost hope for myself but not for the guild. As long as there is a lost kid with a dream, there will be a need for the guild. I will find a replacement before I officially resign and I wanted to say, it was a pleasure running this for the short time that we were popular. It was fun while it lasted but I've forsaken the pen and I'm throwing in the towel. Goodbye my friends.

Is this what you've been reduced to? Giving up just before the last hurdle? Where do you think outcasts like us are going to commune when Summer rolls around? O=

It's been too long since I came back to these digitized walls, so why do I have to see this weakness when I first come in? You were never the one to give up, that was my job. I'm not going to stop you if resigning is what you truely want, but think about it before you become as bitter and miserable as I am now. ==b

New Topic: What do you do when you are out of steam? How do you regain your inspiration?

I honestly take a hiatus until I find that spark of imagination again. Life gets in the way sometimes, but you need to deal with it like everyone else, even if it's more overwhelming than you'd like to think. :|

And for those of you who're wondering what I'm doing here, yeah, hiya. I'm one of the older members of this forum, and I've been away for a long while (see PLD for a good reason why). A long time ago, I posted a story in the Literary Works forum, but became bitter and angry at the morons who refused to read it. So, I tore it down, and now here I am. I'm still broken and miserable, maybe even more so now, but if there's one thing I can't let happen, it's another writer give up without trying: That's you IW. ;D

If writing is a misunderstood gift then so be it. I don't really care anymore what people think of my writing, because frankly, I know I'm probably never going to meet anyone who can show me how to improve. Everyone is too intimidated when they see the scroll bar, and I'm not printing out 34 pages of text just so they don't have to stare at a computer screen. What, don't believe me? Check it out for yourself, and don't say I didn't warn you. (- -)

Embrace the Legacy... (http://www.fictionpress.com/read.php?storyid=2079129)

SkipMage

04-25-2006, 06:39 PM

I wanted to wait longer for people to respond to the previous question but this one is chewing on my brain.

I understand why I write fantasy, all my creative urges may be satisfied there. But lately I've been writting Dark worlds, Sci Fi and Detective shorts.
So I wanted to Know what genre you all write and why you chose to write in this style?

Sammy The Lovely Kitty

04-26-2006, 10:06 AM

Ok. I need a few beta readers for this.

1) to see if reads well
2) to fix any grammar and spelling errors I have in it. (thou Amanda had a go at it so it may all be fixed)

so PM me with your e-mail and I will e-mail it to you.

Thank you,

Sammy

Marauder

04-27-2006, 04:07 AM

i'd like to join! because i had nooo idea this was here. seriously. otherwise i would have been here months ago.so, to make up for my abscence, i'll catch up.

First topic; Favorite book and why.

Erm, i have many favourite books, well, rather, preferences, such as The Belgariad/Mallorean/Elenium/Tamuli and the HP series and Dan Brown and Alison Croggan (tree song series) and the Otogi tales and The wind on fire series and The noughts as crosses trilogy and the Abhorsen series and His dark materials...the list goes on! there's some cornelia funke, but she ruined theif lord with that ending. :cry:

Has anyone here ever read Enders game

if by Chris woodings then yes

New topic: What do you do when you are trying to make a character? Where do you find inspiration? Where? How? Why? All that stuff.

I will start by drawing them and developing their character from that. ^^

Topic:
When it comes to writing or reading, which is preferable, poetry or stories?

stories. i can read them, write them, understand them, but poems? nu-uh, sadly, school has twisted my view on them by making me write CELs (Critical Evaluations of Literature) on various poems, and after a while, they really begin to pee you off. Except Futility by Wilfred Owen, i rather like that one.

Which is your favorite genre to read or write and why?

Fantasy, hands down.

What makes you want to write, and what do you write about?

sometimes, i can write a whole story just because i wanted to use one simple phrase. I mean, i based a whole horror/mystery story on the sentence 'the silence was deafening'. o.O. other times, it's just because i've a strange idea that i'll manipulate into a story or vice versa. the most recent idea is because i want to write about a character who uses the 'royal we' and i reckon the character is going to be a cat who is oblivious to the fact that there's a nuclear war going on and kind of gets kablooied at the end (influenced somewhat by Enders game by Woodings) and i claim copyright and trademark to those ideas and sentences in the previous paragraph! :D

What do you think about writing a book that takes place in a world of your own creation? Tolkein wrote an entire history and pages upon pages of each individual culture and language of middle earth. What do you guys think? Any suggestions or just random thoughts?

Well, i'll do alot of sketching, and making notes in class and scribbles and i'll talk to people about it, and i'll make shorter stories using the characters just to get a good feel of their character and personalities...

What do you do when you are out of steam? How do you regain your inspiration?

i'm weird, i just need to rest to recharge, then i'm away again!!

pleaaaaaaaaaase let me join, and if so, i can help with banners too. :mrgreen:

Sergei

04-27-2006, 08:23 AM

I know it's not as good as the other banners that are here, but I thought I should contribute something...

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g196/Nanaki_Wolf/WritersGuildBannerOldBooks2.jpg

Any comments or critisism?

Sammy The Lovely Kitty

04-28-2006, 02:42 AM

it is good. but the text is hard to read. I know it is hard to find a pic that is good to use as a banner and find a text that fits in the pic and getting the color right. but it is good maybe you can play with teh color of the text to make it i bit easyer to read.

Sergei

04-28-2006, 02:52 AM

Marauder

04-28-2006, 04:57 AM

oh yes, much. The blue is softer and suits the atmosphere of the picture ^^

Sammy The Lovely Kitty

04-28-2006, 04:58 AM

Thankyou very much Sammy, I'll get on it right away. *Hugs*

EDIT - Personally, I think this one is a lot easier to read, however, that may not be the actual case. Is it any better?

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g196/Nanaki_Wolf/WritersGuildBannerOldBooks3.jpg

anytime and yes that is much better. ^___^ I will use it next time i route my banners in my sig. ^__^

Marauder

04-28-2006, 05:29 AM

Sammy The Lovely Kitty

04-28-2006, 05:41 AM

I never got much time to spend on this so here's one i did in about 10 mins, so it's fairly basic: you don't have to like it, ^^ i'll get round to doing more when i can, and they'll be alot better!

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b259/Aaerend/writersbanner.jpg

with club banners they have to be 255x75

http://www.anime-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=49652

but it looks very nice. ^___^

Sergei

04-28-2006, 06:04 AM

Tyler Durden

04-28-2006, 07:54 AM

ummm, i don't want to sound like an ass but how are we going to get more people to read the stories in the literary works section. I mean the banners are awesome and all but i see a bunch of huge problems with this Club and just the whole writing section altogether. I think that we should each try to pair up and have a sort of writer/editor thing. People would be paired up by writing style, and i guess general experience?

Sammy The Lovely Kitty

04-28-2006, 08:14 AM

Marauder

04-29-2006, 04:32 AM

Sammy The Lovely Kitty

04-29-2006, 04:46 AM

with club banners they have to be 255x75

how embarrassing :oops: . i've made a fool of myself for not looking at the banner rules...

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b259/Aaerend/writersguildmakingmagic2.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b259/Aaerend/writers21.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b259/Aaerend/writersbanner2.jpg

i hope these are ok...

love them.

We should post Reviews for teh books we read in here. Here use this Format.

[b]Book:[/b]
[b]Writer:[/b]
[b]Co-Writer:[/b]
[b]Release Date:[/b]
[b]Genre:[/b]
[b]Is it a Series:[/b]
[b]Number of Books in the Series:[/b]
[b]Overview:[/b]

b]Personal Opinion:[/b]

[b]If you liked this you might also like or This Book is similar to:[/b]

[b]Other Books by This Writer(s)[/b]

New Topic.

When you read a book do you hear a voice for each Character(s) of the book / story when they talk?

For me. I do. I pick a voice for them when I read. It is odd cues If there is a movie made from the book and i read the book before i see the movie the movie Character as the voice that I thought of for that Character in the book / story.

SkipMage

04-29-2006, 02:04 PM

I've already answered this one Sammy!
In "odd things about me". Yes, I assign a voice to every one I read, based on personality, description and what sort of charicter they are. Your sort of an older sister. :? :oops: :? .
I also hate when the movie doesn't mesh with your personal reality.

Immortal Warrior

04-30-2006, 09:57 AM

Well the burst of activity is encouraging and the new banners are beautiful. Despite that and my instincts, I'm throwing in the towel. I'll be requesting this thread to be closed and a new thread to be opened by Sammy, who will take my position as Club Manager and owner. It's been a great pleasure running this and meeting you all and I hope some day I may return as a member if the fates would allow. I've lost my heart and my inspiration but not my will to carry on the spirit of writing. I trust in you all and Sammy to carry on the legacy of the pen and to stand firm in your love for our art, as I could not. All the best.

Yours truly,

Daniel L. Carpenter
Immortal Warrior

Sammy The Lovely Kitty

04-30-2006, 10:07 AM

Well I am goign to miss you here on A4 but i hope you do come back some day. But we still talk on MSN so it is not all a lost.

"As the ship sails so does your heart"

Take life one day at a time and be true to yourself.

Lot s of love and hugs,

Sammy.

Tyler Durden

04-30-2006, 11:25 PM

so uhh...what now?

Sammy The Lovely Kitty

05-01-2006, 01:14 AM

so uhh...what now?

now i make a new one and get it moved here. which I will be doing today.

JinKaze

05-01-2006, 02:11 AM