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Pinball Wizard
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Well, this is gonna seem stupid but are there any users that are writers on this board?
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Ilya
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Izzy

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Izzy545
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*raises hand* As Ilya said, I am.

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Wiggett
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i write things, not published things, but i used to be hell of mad for writing stories, rangign from fantasy to modern fiction. i think i lost my touch somewhere through highschool, but i reckon i can still pull off a mad story line or two.


http://www.angelfire.com/wizard2/unpotkf
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Ian T
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Posted: 6th Oct 2004 11:01
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Lotta people here prolly write something... it's not like indie game developers can outsource their scripts


"Did you just call my girlfriend a cow?"
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The dude guy
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Posted: 6th Oct 2004 11:07
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I write stories but... Not little kid ones! I get distracted with school and my new pet hamster and Football. But I try to when I have freetime! What type of story do you recommend I try to make?

Here's my forums www.andrewtamalunas.proboards28.com . Please join!
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Peter H
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Posted: 6th Oct 2004 11:10
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same as robx...never published anything...but i write stories...

but unlike him i'm in my highschool "prime"

whatever that's supposed to mean

"We make the worst games in the universe."

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Wiggett
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Posted: 6th Oct 2004 11:13
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yeah that is unlike me, i finished high school 2 years ago.


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Peter H
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well then again i guess i'm taking college classes so i'm only half in highschool

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Ilya
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Quote: "Not little kid ones"

Sure...

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Jimmy
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I'm an aspiring writer.

No books like captain Izzy.


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TKF15H
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I remember in highschool we (the whole class) were told to participate in a story-writing competition, where the story had to have something to do with energy conservation. I wrote one of the longest stories. It involved a child living in the year 2304, who was dieing because a power outage caused his incubator to turn off. In an era where the air was too toxic to breathe, energy was more vital now than ever. I went on to describe the morbid deaths of those who didn't pay their electricity bills, or went over the limit.
Everyone else in my class got a note saying their story was "nice" or something like that. Except I, for some reason, got a note saying I had some kind of problem. Maybe the drawing I sent (a person being tortured by cranial compression) was a bit too much...

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Izzy545
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If any of you writers want a nice challenge, the National Novel Writing Month challenge starts up in November. The goal is to write a 50,000 word novel in a month.

Here's the link: http://www.nanowrimo.org

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Wiggett
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wow, now if only i lived in that nation. nah i will write up a nice story for my hq game and give it to you guys to peruse at some stage.


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Izzy545
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You don't have to live in America to do it... There's people from all over the world, Africa, Europe, just everywhere

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Wiggett
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it would probably take me more than a month to write a novel anyways, plus im sick and need to do a poop.


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zircher
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Side note, there might be a few writers out there that don't write stories. I like to write war game and RPG rules. My latest writing assignment is a game design treatment. [You can find that on my web site below.]
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TAZ

"Do you think it is wise to provoke him?" "It's what I do." -- Stargate SG-1
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Ian T
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I won NaNoWriMo last year .


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Izzy545
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Awesome, me too

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bitJericho
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haha I love it

Quote: "Posts on the message boards from non-participants trying to sell products,
software or magical, agent-attracting pheromones will be deleted, ..."


from their disclaimer^_^

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Users who violate the second rule will be banned from the site."


I don't like you.
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Dazzag
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Anyone use http://www.fanfiction.net/? Can be quite interesting. Keep meaning to write a Darkplace episode or Garth Merengi book at some point, just never find the time. Oh, and does anyone know when the Darkplace DVD boxset is due out? Awesome series that.

Cheers

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Eric T
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I read a few of the parody ones on FanFiction.net. There are also a few serious ones i read, couple good writers. But alot of times there are pretty sh*tty writers.

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Ian T
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Fanfiction.net is one of the saddest sites on the internet that doesn't actually fall into the realm of pitiful or awful-- not because fan fiction is sad, but because 99.9% of the stuff on that site sucks. There is no quality control, and that's the natural result. I've read a good deal of fan fiction from time to time, and while some good stuff is on ffn, it's almost impossible to find. Specific sites for whatever universe you're into that have quality control are worlds better for finding decent fiction.

Parodies of average fanfiction.net stories can be really hilarious though

Oh yeah, and there's http://www.fictionpress.net for original fiction. I wouldn't know about the average quality there, but there's no filter, so be warned .


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Peter H
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Posted: 7th Oct 2004 03:49 Edited at: 7th Oct 2004 03:49
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@zircher-ya i know how you feel...trying to write a game design document right now

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Teh Go0rfmeister
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i write stuff. i like writing short stories, and also maddox style articles.

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Pinball Wizard
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Me, Horror, Stephen King Style!

@Dazzag: Me, too, never find the time.
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Jimmy
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I prefer sci-fi/social commentary, like Fahrenheit 451 or Brave New World.

Horror is too easy jk.........................................


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Ian T
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What about sci fi horror social commentary ?


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Jimmy
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Ooh... nah, the horror part would be too distracting


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bitJericho
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I prefer scifi, and I'll be doing a novel, possibly scifi, come november As you can tell by my newly created sig.

testing my cruddy sig, nevermind, it's now fantastic


No plot? No problem! Come write with the worst of us!
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Jimmy
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yeah that sucks, I'm already working on a book.

Now I can't school y'all.


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The dude guy
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I like to write action books like war and stuff...

Here's my forums www.andrewtamalunas.proboards28.com . Please join!
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Quote: "Fanfiction.net is one of the saddest sites on the internet that doesn't actually fall into the realm of pitiful or awful"
To tell the truth I haven't actually read anything on it. Only found it a few months ago when it was mentioned in a writing magazine. Just browsed the topics, and it looked ok. But yeah, anything unmoderated is going to have a seriously large amount of junk. I mean there are something like 150 *thousand* stories about Harry Potter on there. Was kind of hoping someone would point out some decent stories on it.

Out of interest, what is everyone reading at the minute? I just finished Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith. Good sci-fi stuff in a trippy universe. Now onto the new Pratchett book : Going Postal. Good so far.

Cheers

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Ilya
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Quote: "I like to write action books like war and stuff..."

And how many words are they and what is one of thier plots?

Do you draw better than you write?

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Pinball Wizard
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sci-fi is cool. I love Sci-Fi and Horror.


@Jimmy: Have you ever read "The Tommy Knockers"? It's a horror/sci-fi book by Stephen King.
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Ian T
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Congrats Jerico . If you have as much fun as I did last year, the stress will be worth it. It's really a great feeling, the whole community accomplishment thing!


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The dude guy
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Actually Ilya I'm better at writing than drawing!

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