Book Writers ( Us that is )

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Book Writers ( Us that is )

Post by Chalgrish »

Most of you know I'm an author. Not published yet, but.....shut up (dang, some of you are rubbing off on me!). Anyway, I want to know, are some of you writing books? I'm merely curious, because some of you are great writers, but everyone has a "raw" day*. As shown by Serenity's Book thread, many of you read high-quality books.



*raw day- a particular moment of time where a practitioner of the fine arts does not perform as well as usual
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Post by Azrixaris Vorn »

I am working on becoming an author. =^._.^= Still in progress, though. T._.T Due to a very long writers block. >._.< grrr stupid writers block. Won't go away. What are you writing about? Any tips? 0._.0 (smiley overload)
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Post by Silentiea »

I like to write, but I don't think anything I write will ever be published, or posted on here. I'm not very good...
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Post by Dragyness »

I'm currently working on plans for a book and its sequel, using three of my favorites of my characters (who I haven't used up here as of yet) by the names of Raven, Oran, and Ciarda.

For those of you who've known me up here for a while, those ames should nring a bell. For those of you who are a little newer, long story short they're people with feathered wings, bonded to the land around almost in a druidistic or Native American fashion, two of whom are warriors (Raven and Ciarda) and one of whom is a priest (Oran).

Anywho. The book has to do with a revolt within their clan in which the old leader or "Laird" is overthrown (who coincidentally is Raven and Oran's father).

But yeah. Should be pretty nifty once I finish with it.
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Post by Chalgrish »

I have 15 manuscripts in my personal safe(I have a 4 year old with an infatuation with ripping things), all of which are essentially going to be condensed into a story line. I have an english major, and I have tips for you all!

-If you can't decide on a name, use a filler name, like Kat(make sure that you ONLY can use it as a name, and not a regular word) most programs allow you to take a word and replace it with another.
-THINK before you write. Take very general notes on your chars, and specify as you go along.
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Post by Fyre »

Dragy, you have my permission to mention Eron if you so wish. as he was raised by the clan after Worans destruction.

hey it could spawn other books, I have ideas to write up Travis's tale as well as Erons. they are my most studied characters. but alas they never come to be unless I get down and just write the damn thing. I never seem to find the inspiration to write them up.
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Post by Chalgrish »

Write a book that you want to read. Read books by famed authors. And get married as soon as possible. My wife pushes me to write 5 pages a day.
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Post by Taluscion »

I'm writing three different stories right now. (I think they're alright) I also want to draw manga...I think I'm okay at that too...but I would like to hav ea page here to write on so all my friends can critique it.
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Post by + Silver - Orbs + »

im notr an *official* author but i write storys for the hell of it.

trouble is i do 3 - 10 pages and my brains goes <phut>
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Post by Azrixaris Vorn »

Same here. =^._.^= I can't write more than four pages. >._.<
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Post by Chalgrish »

In the words of Mark Twain.

Persons trying to find a motive in this story will be prosocuted. Persons trying to find a moral in this story will be banished. Persons trying to find a plot in this story will be shot.
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Post by Ryusei_Yosei »

Silentiea wrote:I like to write, but I don't think anything I write will ever be published, or posted on here. I'm not very good...
Ditto... but Im good at poetry. Not that I like poetry... *shrug shoulders* oh well.

"Persons trying to find a motive in this story will be prosocuted. Persons trying to find a moral in this story will be banished. Persons trying to find a plot in this story will be shot." -Mark Twain.

Thats good.

"As shown by Serenity's Book thread, many of you read high-quality books." -Chalgrish

Where is that? Id like to see it. Robin Hobb and Raymon E. Fiest rock! (God I hope thats how you spell his name! As you can tell, my bad spelling and grammer stops we from writing good books. :roll: )
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Post by Pandora »

Yeah,I've been working on writting a book ever since I was twelve. I've rewriten it sevral times because I am always finding things that don't go right with the story or can be made better or changed. It's all in a jumble and the pages are all mixed up,but it's coming along. Besides,I've actuly took a break from writting it to organize it better. Either way you've got to agree that writting a book is no easy task but it's definatly worth the work and pationts it takes to do.
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Post by Silentiea »

My friend Oliver is writing a book about Jedi that he's been working on for a while, and he's almost done with it.
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Post by Ryusei_Yosei »

Sounds interesting... what era is it set in?
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