your own creative ventures?

[tommyrotter]

After the most recent endless chat, a comment or two got me curious. How many fish have stories they're trying to craft of their own? If so, care to share? This way encouragement can come on those long, cold nights of staring blankly at a computer screen and/or a piece of paper. Plus, I just think people making stories are nifty. So please,

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[hakkai_duo]

I am slowly trying to craft my own story, however I am not really a writer, or trained to write in any capacity so I got a long way to go.

I would love to have like a little writing circle or something, have us all cheer eachother on. lol

p.s. Is your Icon from Being Human? That looks like Annie.

[lap_otter]

I think a writing circle is a great idea. Or maybe an endless chat kind of thing for writers; drop in when you're stuck, and someone'll be around to help you unstick yourself. Or something.

[playwithfyr]

If you're looking for a chat in which lots of amateur writers go in to discuss writing and procrastinating and such, that is pretty much what we use the Endless Chat for all year round (: I finished a draft to a novel last year because the Fish were egging me on (and I will egg anyone who needs egging!)

[tommyrotter]

If you're interested, I made a community at treeting for Fish Writing!

[spiderstars]

Clearly, the connection lies in Sarah's LJ username, which involves the word tales. Thus: tales=stories, and we are writing about stories. The awesome possessed by both stories and Sarah is simply a red herring.

I am so clever yes I am.

At any rate, I love stories! I especially love coming up with them, and drawing them, and I real super doublelove world building, as evidenced by the time I spent during my childhood drawing maps. Lots of maps. Maps drawn with expensive calligraphy pens, even! Mom was not too pleased about that.

Anyway, I am working on a few of my own stories, but the one closest to actually being written is about a girl who, when she comes of age, is told that she is the one of legend, who has been foretold. The only catch is, she has been foretold as evil. She doesn't like this very much. Character development, swordfights, and lesbian love occur. Though no maps, because it is set in central Ohio and you can buy a map of central Ohio if you want. But there may be dragons! And possibly a thrilling plot

[spiderstars]

And by "drawing them" I mean "writing them" oops.

[orexisbella]

I love maps -- the crazy adore obsess kind of love. SIGH. I wish I could draw them! (I also wish I could handle calligraphy pens. I am left-handed, this makes things tragic and difficult.)

PS Dragons are AWESOME. XD

[spiderstars]

I haven't drawn them in years, and my calligraphy pens are now gone. I perhaps should start again. Though I am sorry to hear about your left handed woes!

RE PS: Dragons are awesome. In fact, I spent my childhood trying to convince my teachers that there really was a dragon on my shoulder. I think I only convinced them I was insane, though.

[evilangel101]

While I have started and abandoned many less than fabulous stories, at the moment I'm trying for fanfiction of epic length and poems. I really enjoy writing poems :)

[spiderstars]

Poems are awesome. What kind of poems?

[evilangel101]

the emo kind :)

[spiderstars]

Sometimes that is the best kind! I know I definitely have about three notebooks filled with emo poetry.

[alaerien]

I've written four novels, and I'm working on a fifth and sixth. :)

[tommyrotter]

THAT'S AMAZING! Woah! What are they about? Have they been published, or are you thinking about trying publication? That's so amazing ahh!

[alaerien]

Sorry, had to post and dash. Exams. :)

My record is not as impressive as it might sound, sadly. I'm not a fast writer, nor an especially good one. Just persistent. I finished my first novel in 2004, and I've been knocking out a novel every year or two ever since. The first two novels went straight into the proverbial trunk under the bed, but numbers three (an urban fantasy - teaser) and four (an epic fantasy - teaser) aren't so bad. Currently writing a YA urban fantasy and a YA dystopian fantasy.

Sadly, I still have a lot of revision to do before I'm ready to query agents. :)

[tommyrotter]

If you're interested, I made a community at treeting for Fish Writing!

[lap_otter]

I actually have a novel I'm working on whose working title was Zombie Boyfriend for a long time. The idea didn't actually have anything to do with Sarah; it originally came from a dream. I just co-opted the phrase as the working title, and kind of went on from there.

Honestly, I kind of hate it. I see it as practice more than anything; its quality is kind of on a level with Twilight, if you're one of the people who think Twilight sucks.

[tommyrotter]

Why do you feel that Zombie Boyfriend is on a level that Twilight is on? Besides, revision is where you can knock that bad-boy into shape! Share with us detailssss.

[lap_otter]

What makes Twilight suck? The characters--the writing skill--the basic premise. I'll betcha a nickel its working title was "Vampire Boyfriend." My story has (or rather, lacks) all of these.

But you're right about revision, which is most of why I'm determined to finish ZB (also sometimes known as NecRomance, which is a way better title but too funny for my story). Also because when I was about twelve, I could sit down and pound out six or ten thousand words (not all at once) of beginning, middle, and most importantly, end. I knew something when I was twelve, I had something, and I'm trying to figure out what it was so I can start finishing drafts again.

[spiderstars]

I just have to say that the title "NecRomance" fills me with an amazing amount of squee. It is awesome!