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Post by Rascarin on May 3, 2009 1:00:57 GMT 1
So, we all write Mass Effect FanFic, but what other kinds of writing do we all do? I've got a load of ideas for novels that I'm never going to finish, and I've been known to churn out the occasional (bad) poem. I think my favourite kind of writing is oneshots. I wrote this the other day, and I'm not sure how I feel about it. It's a drastic departure from anything I've ever written before, bu the idea was rattling around in my skull and I had to get it out. www.fictionpress.com/s/2667886/1/Two_Can_Play_At_That_GamePlease, give it a read and tell me what you think, and whether or not I failed at getting my point across... Then post your own non-ME writings and we can have a poke at them, too!
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on May 3, 2009 4:13:28 GMT 1
Pretty vague but I have to say I've enjoyed reading it. I hope you can develop further from there, Rascarin. ^^ If you're going to go further into the story, I would like to see character development from the story. I was interested why the girl invaded the main character's space and why the main character seem to have a disliking on her. That would be very interesting.
As for me, I've did have two original fictions under my belt atm. Both of them are not in a polished state to be posted on fictionpress.com sadly.
One of them, which is a supernatural suspense story, lost heaps of data in the process when my mac suddenly crash, burn and fail me horribly. I lost a decent proportion of the prologue and the beginning of Chapter one. (And no, it's not about f**king vampires for the f**king last time >.<)
I'll post the prologue here to see what you guys think when I able to 'resolved' the prologue section.
The other one, which is currently still in the research process, is a fantasy, steampunk action. It's my favourite out of the two due the fun part of doing stuff in a make believe world with a slightly less of the serious, philosophical questioning from my other story. The best part I upped myself a challenge a bit by having the main protagonist as a Albino human girl with the crippled health flaws that made her... less mobile than most normal healthy human beings. That won't be posted for sometime sadly...
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Post by Knightfall on May 3, 2009 9:43:49 GMT 1
I try to take on as many fantasy or sci-fi projects as I can in the hopes of getting published at some point. When I write fanfiction, it's usually for fun. It's easy to get the creative juices flowing because you aren't stuck with the arduous task of establishing your own characters or the universe. It's more or less a great exercise to get me to write instead of spinning in my chair with writers block.
But, I got a 120k word novel done, a ton of short stories, and quite a bit of fanfiction that isn't Mass Effect. Love to write adventure stories, dark sci-fi, or something involving zombies, lol.
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Post by Mister Buch on May 3, 2009 9:50:04 GMT 1
Your stories sound interesting Tillian. You maybe should get a FictionPress acount yourself. Might get a review or two. - I have written precious little non fanfic, at least inthe last couple of years. I occasionally have written a poem for a friend, but it wouldnt do to put them up online. Also you'd have to be the friend in question to understand a word. I wrote a story last October and put that up on my FictionPress account - but so far it is all alone. I keep meaning to write more, but I always do another fanfic instead. I just crave the reviews! Here is the link- it's a lightly humorous short drama about a psychic medium and a guy who can't remember if he's a ghost. www.fictionpress.com/s/2629997/1/Wasting_Time_at_the_Horse_and_Head- Rascarin, actually I read 'Two Can Play At That Game' yesterday when I realised you had an account. It really, really stuck with me for the rest of the day and I wondered whether to leave feedback or not. I just left a review. Was your point to illuistrate how this makes the central character feel? If so you certainly got it. While it's hard to read because of what happens, it illustrated deeply and clearly that sense of violation and the anger. Also the writing itself is great. It flows very easily and the descriptions are interesting, original and not too much. You should write more. (As you said this is based somewhat on a true story, I hope you sort that person out. Hell maybe reading the story would make them snap out of it.) - Oh and I was writing a novel for yeeeeears and just kept re-writing the first act over and over again until I finally got sick of it and put my efforts into fanfiction.It was a good move. When I can be bothered I will be re-writing it as a short story for a competition. And then, maybe it will time to write a novel. Until then I'm trying to try writing lots of different genres so I can teach myself.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on May 3, 2009 13:47:23 GMT 1
I've just realised it's base about your life experience Rascarin. I'm sorry to hear about it and I've thought that's something you made up from your imagination... sorry about it. I hope things will turn out alright for you... for the better. Mr. Buch, I've put your stories on my favourite list so I re-read again. So far, I have to say it's interesting but I haven't finish the whole thing yet, so I can't give you a review till I can see things in detail. Alright... here's mine... www.fictionpress.com/s/2668339/1/Portrait_of_her_own_ReflectionAfter I've been put off from losing so much data from this story for like months, I have the guts to rewrite the prologue again. Someone gets a cookie if they figure where this story is loosely based from.
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Post by Rascarin on May 3, 2009 17:06:40 GMT 1
I'm really glad I got my point across in my piece - I was really, really worried it was just going to read like some poorly veiled slash or something. Made it pretty difficult to write, too, considering how close to the line it was... However, as long as the impressiong given was 'violation' and not 'smut', I'm glad. I've been reading through your piece, Mr Buch, slowly. Finished chapter 2 yesterday, gonna keep reading though. I'll look through yours some time today, too, Tillian... I'm supposed to be entertaining guests at the moment though
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Post by Mister Buch on May 3, 2009 20:15:48 GMT 1
Well, this brings the number of people who've read that story of mine up to three! Really, thanks for reading.
I will check out yours Tillian this evening. And I hope I get the cookie.
Definitely didn't come across like smut, Rascarin.
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Post by Rascarin on May 3, 2009 22:53:08 GMT 1
The stars must have aligned to grant me mystical creativity, because I've written another piece. I NEVER write this often. www.fictionpress.com/s/2668533/1/As it says it the AN, its probably really, really unoriginal. Lets just say it was more of a writing excercise. EDIT: Also, I made up a word. Am I allowed to do that?
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on May 4, 2009 10:06:09 GMT 1
On an off topic, love and hate do have some similarities. They are both on the extreme end of the spectrum within human emotion even though those emotions are complete polar opposites and sadly, at times they are bound to intertwine each other and clash each other, depending on the human individual itself. Read through it and afterward, it made me pause a bit in reflection. It's something personal, don't worry about it. Anyways, back to the topic. I like the description inside of that protagonist's head, how it goes through the emotions mixed with hated and reluctance. You could save it for something in the future when you write on something with a bigger project later on. I like how you used the word "fever-dreams" it's kinda reminds me of being in a feverish state and you get some sort hallucination due to the fever that weakens your perceptions. Very lovely indeed. As for a made up word, I'm still looking for it. I guess I need to sharpen my eyes a but more. On a serious note, it depends on the context of the story when making up words and such. In a realistic settings, it's best to use words that existed in everyday life so it didn't break the immersion of the story. If you making up in a make believe genre like a fantasy or a sci-fi a example, then it's ok. I supposed it's comes from my game designer background but I don't tend to like stories or something that break the immersion. Recently I've started Chapter 1 "Portrait of her own Reflection" and switched the perspectives to 1st person view due to: 1. The story was solely concentrated on the girl herself. I like to dwell into her thoughts and see how the story takes off. 2. I want to be pissant bitch and make fun of SMeyer's out take within 1st perception, just for kicks. 3. I usually write in 3rd person view so I'm trying it out. As for the prologue, I think i need to fix up the errors again. It's in a very unpolished state tbh. Also, that damn outline in fiction press couldn't do justice for the whole story I was trying to put in briefly, so here the actual blurb: It's about a young girl who died in cold blood at the graveyard. Her soul materialise as a celestial being from the Lake of Gethsemane at the spiritual parallel world. Unfortunately her wings were tainted due to her death since in life, there are some business with the people she knew in life are left unfinished. So she had to come back to the mortal parallel world and make up with the people she knew in life. However, her task seem to be more difficult since she died without a name, hence the towns people that found her corpse, christened her as "Little Grace Doe". Faced with a difficult task, she press on to find out her name and identity from her previous life while trying to connect with the people in her life that she once hurt them before.
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Post by Mister Buch on May 4, 2009 16:32:35 GMT 1
I believe the made-up word is 'asweat' which I think ought to be made official.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on May 4, 2009 16:34:38 GMT 1
Really? Ah crap, I think I need to wear glasses again. I thought that's a ... nvm I feel like a retard now.
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Post by Mister Buch on May 4, 2009 16:39:02 GMT 1
Hey I could be wrong.
I'm reading your story right now by the way. Will leave a review.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on May 4, 2009 16:41:18 GMT 1
Oh yeah, sorry to burst a bubble but that prologue can be a tad violent, with a decomposing corpse... so watch out >.>
Anyways, thanks for taking your time reading it.
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Post by Mister Buch on May 4, 2009 16:45:04 GMT 1
Oh yeah, sorry to burst a bubble but that prologue can be a tad violent, with a decomposing corpse.... I noticed! But everyone likes a good decomposing corpse at the beginning of a story.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on May 4, 2009 16:56:35 GMT 1
True, unless you have some sort of phobia or you're the typical tween who screamed at the sight of a dead rat behind the cupboard. (I'm kinda the former mind you.) I've did read through "Wasting time at Horse and Head" recently. I have to say it's interesting especially with Mick Fisher. I have to say, I can empathise the characters in your fiction, which is a good thing. I haven't finished reading the whole thing yet but so it's interesting but I do noticed it has more of a cynical tone. It's not a bad thing though. Btw, no luck in figuring out where this case is came from?
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