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| New: Antebellum Boys: From the Ashes, Prologue and Chapter One |
[09 Feb 2010|04:14pm] |
 Series: Antebellum Boys Story: From the Ashes Overall Rating: PG-13 Warning: Slash M/M Summary: In the year 2086 AD devastating earthquakes threaten the entire planet. In the ciaos world war breaks out, changing the political map as we know it forever. When the United States of America splits into two countries once again, will two unlikely allies - a Prince and the son of a President, be able to overcome their differences to piece things back together?
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| Two Worlds |
[09 Feb 2010|12:42am] |
Ok, so don't think it's off the deep end, and if it is entirely silly or awkward, let me know. I'd really like honest opinions on this story, please. So here is the first chapter of "Two Worlds"
Title: Two Worlds
summary: the story of a sorcerer who lives with his feet between two worlds. Now he's plotting to match-make his sister in one world with a knight from another world.
genre: fantasy fiction (obviously I suppose lol)
http://sutekiwazurai.livejournal.com/
The link to where it awaits in my journal for your comments.
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| Walking the Tightrope--How Writers Angst Over Their Work |
[09 Feb 2010|02:02am] |
*note: Partly inspired by ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) rippatton's The Wrong Person to Ask
I know you do it. Hell, I do it. You just finish reading a book and you sit there stunned for a minute, the way a deer is stunned when the lights on your car hits it in the eyes. Then you marvel at how great the author is and go--" I want to write a book like that. "
Or it's the reverse. You fling the book against the wall as though you're pitching for the New York Mets and say--" I can write better than that! "
( Read more... )
As a writer, what are some of ways you deal with writing's duality?
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| Writing Website Updated |
[07 Feb 2010|01:35pm] |
I (finally!) updated my writing website. Sorry I was lax on this, no excuse. Mea culpa.
But I've got lots of new stuff on there, new links for writers, some new editorials, and a brand new sample story "Sailing Through Changpi" which was first published by Continuum SF in 2004. Hope you like it! :)
Updated Website
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| Changing Lives - story intro |
[06 Feb 2010|05:36am] |
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Hi,
This is my first attempt at posting to a community, so I hope I get it right!
Title: Changing Lives
Word count: 1400
Rating: 15 for discussion of suicide
Summery: Inspired by children's TV character Mr Benn, a person uses fantasy to escape from depression. This intro deals with them accepting their illness. Dark in places, but not as down as it sounds.
Notes: This is the opening to a longer piece that I am working on. The rest of it will be quite experiemental, so I thought I'd see how the opening went down. Unbeta'd appologies for any errors.
Disclaimer: For the record, I do not own Mr Benn.
Read here at my journal.
Comments and criticism gratefully received.
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| Becoming Family (urban fantasy) |
[04 Feb 2010|04:25pm] |
Title: Becoming Family
Series: Craig (urban fantasy)
Author: Laura King
Word Count: 2,870
Genre: Gen
Summary: With a sour snort, Craig turned, flipping off the power on the busted television and retreating to the kitchen. “Just because Anthony loiters around here apologizing, doesn’t mean the rest of you lot are welcome.”
Note: Another short from Craig's story.
"Becoming Family" over at my journal
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| Eternal Poison |
[03 Feb 2010|02:19pm] |
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As i wallow in the depths of my own misery i can't hide that a sense of devotion that has been treading idly by
devotion of the most irresolute kind
i find myself lost in my minds eye playing back scenes in black and white wondering what could have been and what might be
i long for the imagination creeping inside me to become my world
to have control of what will happen next
to know in definite what the outcome will be and yet i still walk with eyes held tightly shut expecting more of the magic i'd read so much about
such cowardice hope has shown me!
to guide me so untruly and blind me so
i long for that one moment in life when the soul realizes the true meaning of its purpose
the sacrifice of my spirit is still fresh within the qualms of my hearth and for the sake of me it burns a little more when brought back to memory
although i do not tread alone i fear the companion i have cannot fill the absence left in such wake
i cannot live as long as stone and wait for the waves of ease to wear me down slowly through the passing ages
no more like a glacier; cold and hollow traveling at the speed of its own choosing melting little by little
lost in an ocean of solitude and confusion
awaiting the day to become a vast wave among the sea lost in its eternal secrets
and yet the devotion to be head strong and await a more gleaming future lingers as does a lightly burning flame
my spirit sacrificied, my soul cast, my body empty, i fade into the shadows the flame has created for me
this blasted hope has become my eternal poison
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| Delving Into Fantasy/Crime |
[03 Feb 2010|10:15am] |
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Hey everyone!
I am new here, but I would like for some people to critique and comment on my work, feeling free to rip it to shreds, if you'd like. ^^ I didn't see a format post, so here's hoping that the below is acceptable and gives you enough information/hooks you in like a sucker.
Title: PI: #246: Broken Bottles
Fandom/Original Fic: Original
Rating: T—T+
Warnings: Cursing, some violence, nothing too major
Summary: Keaton does not like wizards. He does not like them getting away, falling down stairs, people getting into his personal space, losing his glasses, Gwen conspiring against him, or djinns trying to redo his closet. He doesn’t like a lot of things.
Notes: This is the first installment of quite a few stories that I shall eventually write and put up, so you might see more of this. Here is a little background info I posted up if this kind of confuses you. Please head over there if you’d like to see other works of mine. :)
"At least I’m not making you wear mascara! Even if it would do wonders for your eyes!"
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| first foray into science fiction. plot help? |
[03 Feb 2010|12:41pm] |
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As the title says, this idea in my head is my first step into writing SciFi. I was originally considering giving NaNo10 a miss, but this idea exploded into my head and begged to be written. I barely even READ SciFi (Animorphs when I was younger was about as close as I got, and I fell asleep through Star Wars episode 4 when my friends tried to get me to watch it), so I have almost no clue as to how SciFi works.
Complete NOOB!
So I was hoping I could get some help breeding the plot bunnies in my head. Please note that not all of this is official and I have yet to think of names. Tentaitive title is "100 Million Light Years From Home".
The main character in my head is a teenaged girl, almost a woman (TV Tropes: "action girl"), who is abducted from Earth to be sold to a slave traders station. During the journey, she makes friends with two others who have been caught - a brutish-looking alien (TV Tropes: "The Big Guy") and a reptile-like one (TV Tropes: "Deadpan Snarker"). Between the three of them, they devise a plan and escape, crash-landing on the closest planet which is inhabited (by what I have no clue yet. I WAS thinking dolphin-like people).
That's about as much as I've thought of at this point in time. I'd like opinions and suggestions because, as stated above, this is my first foray into scifi.
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| Hello! |
[03 Feb 2010|01:29am] |
I wrote the first two parts of this screen play about a year ago and posted them to live journal in June time. It's a story about a girl that life is completely changed when she is shown that she has been leading a sheltered 'Truman show' type existence as she and her friends are more valuable than they can even imagine.
I take influence from shows such as Buffy the Vampire slayer, Tru Calling, Alias, Dark Angel, Dollhouse. I think that there is a gap in the market, as there was before Buffy, television and cinema does not have a strong female character that young women can look up to.
Part One:
http://nicolefrancesx.livejournal.com/877.html
Part one- Lucy is anything but ordinary. This includes scenes of violence, gore and death. And use of strong language. 15+
Part Two:
http://nicolefrancesx.livejournal.com/2018.html
Part two- People are never as they seem. This also includes scenes of violence, gore and death. And use of strong language. 15+
Thank you for your time.
NF.
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| With Painted Words - January edition & February information |
[02 Feb 2010|03:07pm] |
http://www.withpaintedwords.com
January 2010’s edition of With Painted Words is now available. This edition features the following:
'What I Did With The Money' ~ by Great Bolger
'Night Secrets ~ by Neil Ellman
'Twilight's Last Gleaming' ~ by Scott Taylor
'Night Terror' ~ by Kjersti Furu
Submissions for the February 2010 edition are now open, and will close on 25th February 2010. The inspiration image, for this edition, is an image from Frank Tuttle and Grace Nuth.
Frank Tuttle is a professional educator and photographer. Grace Nuth is a library employee, artist and model.
Please check out http://www.withpaintedwords.com to read the January edition and find out more about February’s.
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| Got stuck. |
[02 Feb 2010|02:17am] |
Got stuck.
This is a comedy I started a long while ago and it's been sitting for some time....it's about two british men who accidentally discover time travel and it's really a lot of fun and quite funny but I'm stuck on the direction of it. I'd be thrilled to collaborate with someone else on it if anyone's got any bright ideas...
( Laugh Riot )
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| Hook lines (no sinkers) |
[02 Feb 2010|01:34am] |
Just a neat idea I'm passing along that's helped me overcome bouts of writer's block:
Take an envelope. Write out fifteen or twenty really good or interesting first lines (hook lines) for a story, each on a separate small strip of paper. Seal the envelope and put it in a drawer or on a shelf or somewhere else. Do this every couple of months and when you are stuck for writing ideas, or just want to spend a little time exercising your skills, open the oldest envelope, take out one of the lines (or a couple of them) and write at least a few paragraphs. At least three or four of my better short stories came initially from envelopes like those and it's also just fun to write a few descriptive pages or some character sketches out of them.
If it works for you, pass it on!
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[01 Feb 2010|11:32am] |
My definition of a hook is a plot device that causes the reader to continue reading a story, usually in the form of an implied question. In turn the hook should raise the reader's curiosity and make them ask the question--"What happens next?"
Normally, there are certain places I expect to place hooks in my own writing. The start of a novel or short story and the end of each chapter. But after thinking about some comments from these posts I now realize hooks can be placed anywhere in a story to keep the reader reading, but there are four strategic locations to consider putting these valuable devices.
( Read more... )
If you want to write a story where the reader is dying to know what happens next; give them a question that they want to know the answer to. Their desire to find out what happens, will bring them into your story.
As a writer, how do you try to pull the reader into your stories? What are some ways you've seen other writers use to make an incrdible opening?
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| Poem from prose. |
[31 Jan 2010|07:06pm] |
I had to write a poem from three prose-like pieces I wrote. The end had to be a poem but it could be a little more prose if you wanted it to be? It's fiction and I would really love some feedback, so I figured I'd post it here and see how it goes.
Please tell me what you think!
( a sociology conclusion )
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