i tend to write my future rather than my present, which can get annoying because sometimes i can end up convincing myself that's how it's going to be when i get older.

 

i tend to get ideas that interest me, but then i think of the book already written or the movie already made that is exactly that storyline :dozey:. or maybe they're not exactly the same, but the parallels would be so obvious that it's not worth it.

oh that's happened to me lots too. at one point I thought "Are there any stories left that aren't already books or movies?" But it's like with song-writing, you gotta take whatever you know, whatever you feel, regardless of if it's been done before, and put yourself into it. If you really put a lot into it there's no way it will be like someone else's work. That's the exciting thing; no 2 people are exactly the same, so if you really want to, you can be as original as you want:D

haha, that's definitely true :D. i'd try more out if i had more time to do it in. i took a pretty serious creative writing course this term, and it was really helpful, but encouraging and depressing at the same time. encouraging in the sense that most people in the class were utter crap, and depressing in that i learned just how impossible it is to please more than a select few of your readers.

 

i also have a really hard time being funny in prose, so everything i write is horribly depressing. screenplays and films i'm only able to be funny, though, or attempt to be funny...gotta love spoofs :P

haha, that's definitely true :D. i'd try more out if i had more time to do it in. i took a pretty serious creative writing course this term, and it was really helpful, but encouraging and depressing at the same time. encouraging in the sense that most people in the class were utter crap, and depressing in that i learned just how impossible it is to please more than a select few of your readers.

 

i also have a really hard time being funny in prose, so everything i write is horribly depressing. screenplays and films i'm only able to be funny, though, or attempt to be funny...gotta love spoofs :P

I'm never funny, my stories rely on happiness through relating to a character's happiness. If you can get a reader to relate to a character, they will feel whatever that character feels

 

That's when you make that character feel like giving you a hundred dollars!:sneaky:

 

(kidding:lol:)

my problem is that my happiness is at best, borderline cheesy and sentimental, and my drama is at best borderline melodramatic and sappy. language and character development i tend to be good at, but my situations tend to be painfully over-sentimental :lol:

my problem is that my happiness is at best, borderline cheesy and sentimental, and my drama is at best borderline melodramatic and sappy. language and character development i tend to be good at, but my situations tend to be painfully over-sentimental :lol:

with me it's that they are too under-cheesy. I have so much emotion that I want to pour into my characters, but I tend to write too fast and they come out hollow and wooden sounding. In my mind I see them for all they are, but my readers don't get to see what I really try to show

 

 

I had that at first to, but it's something you have to grow into. I haven't been able to pump much emotion into my characters up until that chapter of See Free in the fanfiction thread - it's a matter of pausing and thinking how the character would feel and expressing that in a further description in the sentence

yea, that makes sense. I guess I just tend to rush my writing, I need to slow down and really feel every sentence

Yeah... rushing ain't good. Especially middle of the night writing... not good :shame:

Yeah... rushing ain't good. Especially middle of the night writing... not good :shame:

that's my problem. middle of the night seems to be my only free tim, but I never write then cuz it will come out awful

that's my problem. middle of the night seems to be my only free tim, but I never write then cuz it will come out awful

 

Aww, you need a holiday :sad:

Aww, you need a holiday :sad:

hence my Christmas wish, a relaxing break to get some writing done. Stupid school takes up too much time:rolleyes:

hence my Christmas wish, a relaxing break to get some writing done. Stupid school takes up too much time:rolleyes:

 

:sad:

 

:hug:

:sad:

 

:hug:

Hugsies! :hug:

 

 

I have a friend who brings a notebook into school and writes during breaks, lunch, etc. I used to be able to do that, but I put too much emotion into my characters (or at least I try to), I wouldn't be able to return to a school mindset just like that, it'd take me a while.

What I want for christmas is world peace!

What I want for christmas is world peace!

don't we all

Yeah, except Santa never follows through.

neighbours that stay silent.

Neighbours that dont mind my noise;)

Neighbours that dont mind my noise;)

same here

 

 

How about, neighbors who won't call the cops every time my band comes over

 

 

(we're not THAT loud:dozey:)

same here

 

 

How about, neighbors who won't call the cops every time my band comes over

 

 

(we're not THAT loud:dozey:)

 

Or is it because you're awful??:P

Mr. Christopher Anthony John Martin. :wacky:

Oh, can I not put that on the list? :surprised:

all i want for christmas....

 

 

is youuuuuuuuuuuu oooooo babyyy.

all i want for christmas....

 

 

is youuuuuuuuuuuu oooooo babyyy.

 

You who??:rolleyes:

wouldn't you like to know... :rolleyes:

wouldn't you like to know... :rolleyes:

 

Well obviously, which is why I asked!!:dozey:

:lol: well to answer your question, it's a special someone.