Any writers out there?

Northern_l33tness · Postby **Northern_l33tness** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 3:33 am

What's amusing about this thread is I'm STILL working on the Redwall fanfic I posted on page 2. Might be interesting to see what I posted some time, considering just how much revision that fanfic has been subjected too (while still following the original plot in some places). Heck, I think the bit that's posted here is the one that caused me to completely change my description style after beta reader feedback... I credit a lot of the fact it's still on my radar to the fact that it has a cute red fox vixen as the lead character. Otherwise it would probably slip underneath other projects (such as several role playing type stories/chat threads and my massive Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2 mod project).

DesertFoxCat · Postby **DesertFoxCat** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 4:03 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (Northern_l33tness @ Nov 30 2005, 03:33 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2  </td></tr></table>  Hmmm, something is mysteriously pulling me into off topic land... *slap* I had this horrendous piece of fan-fic that was absurdly long (175+ pages). After editing it shrunk to an amazing 10 pages. Then, I gave up. Maybe I have some of it left...

norsenerd · Postby **norsenerd** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 3:12 am

That's a lot of editing.

Steve the Pocket · Postby **Steve the Pocket** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 12:45 am

I've dabbled in fiction for a while, but nothing at the moment -- that is, nothing that I've touched in months. My last major project was a novel involving bioengineered anthro dogs, which in turn was the premise to a comic book series I'd planned to do. (In fact, I just checked and it says the last time the document was modified was May 2004.) I'll post a very short clip though, just so you can see how silly my writing style is:  <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Meanwhile, Archer was striding down the hallway with an intense look of accomplishment on his face: in fact, to judge by his expression, one would think he had just lifted Mount Rainier off its foundation and tossed it into the sea, scoring a good ten skips before it sank.</td></tr></table>

Phoenix · Postby **Phoenix** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 1:23 am

Feh. How did i not find this thread till now? Yup. Writer wannabe here. I get terrible writer's block 'most all of the time, so to date i've completed ver' little work. I decided to take a course in English / Creative Writing at Uni, though, which has started to force me to break the block and write... now all i have to worry about is the fact that i'm taking a useless degree. Baaah, life is irritating. I have a story in planning at the moment, which i'm gon' try to start sometime soon. It involves insects. Lots and lots of insects.

Rooster · Postby **Rooster** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 2:16 am

HAha, can't beleive I'm about to do this, but here's an extract from my war story. It's set in the Warhammer universe, but in all truth it could be set anywhere at any time from WW2 to the future.  <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Shaw handed the receiver back to Elverson and moved along to the soldier on the corner. "What can you see Hoskins?" shouted Shaw over the gunfire. Hoskins dropped back to reload. "They're holding the buildings one block over with everything they've got, sir!" shouted the trooper. "I think there's an AT gun in the shop on the corner!" "Where?" Shaw asked. Hoskins leaned back around the corner. Shaw peered around with him. "That one there, sir! The one with the blue awning!" he shouted as a large explosion tore open the building across the street wide open, showering the troopers in the street with rubble and dust. Shaw began giving Hoskins orders when a bullet slammed into the man's head and dropped him to the ground. His squad mates pulled him clear but he was already dead.</td></tr></table>

Bocaj Claw · Postby **Bocaj Claw** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 2:20 am

Now you've done it. Again.

norsenerd · Postby **norsenerd** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 2:21 am

What's goign on here. I think there's soemthign wrogn with the froums agian.

Rooster · Postby **Rooster** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 3:23 am

Oh nos! <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/flee.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='flee.gif' />

Softpaw · Postby **Softpaw** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 3:27 am

Remove your quote, Rooster, then strip it of Unicode characters and try again.

Rooster · Postby **Rooster** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 3:46 am

Done...the horror...the horror...

Blue Blur · Postby **Blue Blur** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 4:03 am

It was almost as bad as being popular. Hur hur.

Phoenix · Postby **Phoenix** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 12:53 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (Rooster @ Dec 2 2005, 02:16 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Shaw handed the receiver back to Elverson and moved along to the soldier on the corner. "What can you see Hoskins?" shouted Shaw over the gunfire. Hoskins dropped back to reload. "They're holding the buildings one block over with everything they've got, sir!" shouted the trooper. "I think there's an AT gun in the shop on the corner!" "Where?" Shaw asked. Hoskins leaned back around the corner. Shaw peered around with him. "That one there, sir! The one with the blue awning!" he shouted as a large explosion tore open the building across the street wide open, showering the troopers in the street with rubble and dust. Shaw began giving Hoskins orders when a bullet slammed into the man's head and dropped him to the ground. His squad mates pulled him clear but he was already dead.  </td></tr></table>  Watch out for repitition: "a large explosion tore open the building across the street wide open" Other than that, not too bad <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /> Your description is quite good; I can visualise the scene pretty easily. A little more emotion/detail in some places might make it more effective, for example: "Shaw began giving Hoskins orders when a bullet slammed into the man's head and dropped him to the ground. His squad mates pulled him clear but he was already dead." ... I thought seemed a little plain. Perhaps have his brains fly out or something <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' />

Phoenix · Postby **Phoenix** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 1:00 pm

Muahaha, I just read the previous page of this thread... on the subject of random sentences, anyone ever played 'Exquisite Corpse'? 'Tis a game where someone writes down a word, then you fold the paper over and hand it to someone else, and they have to write a verb or something, they fold it over and hand it on, etc. We did it in my cretaive writing class, and now i have to write a story based on the following sentence: "An orange shower head effortlessly carries twenty-three furious bees." <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /blink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='blink.gif' /> I don't know which is more random: the sentence, or the fact that i've already got a plausible story from it <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... iggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' />

Bocaj Claw · Postby **Bocaj Claw** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 1:14 pm

I used to write quite a bit but nothing I could manage to be proud of. I've sort of slowed down the writing a bit to work on my art skillls

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