Writing Mania discussion
Chit-chat
date
newest »
newest »
message 151:
by
Angie
(new)
Oct 11, 2013 12:02AM
I thought that I'd just say hi and start meeting people on here. I'm not used to social interaction cuz I don't have that many friends at school. But reading through the threads here, I think that I've finally found my people. :) So yeah... hi.
reply
|
flag
Hey there! What kind of school do you go to? (high school, college ect)This is a great group!
I've found that people who love books are just amazing in general. Everyone in this group is wonderful. I hope you find friends here.
Rachel wrote: "Hey there! What kind of school do you go to? (high school, college ect)This is a great group!"
I'm a sophomore in high school
A lot of the time, I WISH I was too old for high school. Teenagers can just be really petty sometimes...
I even find that with adults along with the 1st graders in school with my daughter. They may not always get better, but you will! =)
Yes, I found that in school too. I was much happier when I left.
Angie wrote: "I'm a sophomore in high school"Cool! I'm a junior! :D
Hey ya'll, so I think I need to tear apart my first chapter and place it in peices throughout my book instead of all at once (it's full back story). It's not a long chapter at all-anyone willing to read to see if you think I'm right?
If it's only one chapter I'll have a look. Where do you have it posted, Rachel?
I'll post it under my writing here..thanks! It's not long, but the more time I spend thinking on it, the more I'm thinking I need to chop it up and move it to different places within what I'm writing....I'll look forward to your thoughts and thank you again!
Okay. I Have to work today. I'll look at it tonight.
hello everyone!!! Im lil, I wanted to ask when will be the nest poem contest? ;)
hello everyone!!! Im lil, I wanted to ask when will be the next poem contest? ;)
I'd like to write a good love story(and already have an idea for one), but I have a major moral qualm about romances that I have trouble coming to terms with when I write. It's not chastity (though I do like to keep my writing clean).I just hate the concept of Soul Mates or One True Loves and Happily Ever Afters. I think that it's naive and misleading. Our culture has this long standing belief that if you just find that one perfect person, you'll never have another problem again and everything will be all butterflies and rainbows. Or that if you just feel passionately enough, everything will work out with no effort on your part whatsoever. You see it all the time in books and movies.
I absolutely hate it. I think that it just gives everyone these impossible expectations that we're all too human and imperfect to meet.
I think if people didn't have expectations like that, they wouldn't be so surprised when their marriages don't turn out "perfect". Maybe then they'd be willing to try and work things out rather than resorting to divorce the moment a wrinkle comes up in their relationship. It makes me sad to think that there might be countless couples who threw away what would have been a beautiful relationship because it didn't turn out like a movie.
I know this is kind of heavy stuff and yes, I'm aware that I'm very opinionated. But I feel very strongly about this topic and I'd like my writing to display the same convictions that I have.
That being said, it's really hard to write a romance that shows this. The closest I've come is writing a story about a young widow who found someone else while she was grieving. But I wasn't happy with it because even though the story showed that you can love more than one person, there was a strong implication that her first marriage was "perfect".
Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can get around this?
Although I know many people seem to come to the strange conclusion that most heroes in books are perfect, I have rarely read one who was. Edward Cullen is a perfect example of this. The amount of women who run around saying he's perfect, when there's absolutely no way he is, confounds me.Most romances I have read have a lot of conflict and this usually arises because the characters are not perfect. Unfortunately, many tend to read perfection into these scenarios. So, I do understand your dilemma, but I think it is something you need to resolve in your own head. Probably the best you can do is accept that if you're writing about a couple and they have a fight or conflict, that demonstrates that they are two imperfect people who are trying to make a go of it. Maybe make the resolution clear, and try to demonstrate that they grew stronger as a couple by working through the difficulty instead of giving up. You can even end by making it clear that they know that they will disagree, if they are strong minded, but that they will always work hard to get through it. However, some people will still ascribe 'perfection' to them, no matter how hard you try.
Thank you Lynne. I hadn't thought of it that way. That really helps.
Tell me, does anyone else have trouble reading something that they wrote themselves? I swear, I knwo that my book is good, but it's still boring. Is it maybe the fact that, since I wrote it, it's the equivalent of being forced to read a book one hundred times? Or is it just the fact that no writer likes what they write?
It is incredibly difficult to edit your own work. We writers always have difficulty seeing the problems in our own writing and how to fix it. This is why you need to find yourself a good editor to help show you what you need to do. Editing is an important step in the writing process, and it needs to be done by you, but by someone else as well, and that someone needs to know what they're doing. Don't get a friend to do it unless that friend is a professional editor.
Not super important but I'm curious-pen name yay or nay?
I don't use one. I know some people who do, but I think the reasoning behind using one varies. Whatever floats your boat, I guess.
I use a pen name, but it's just a shortened version of my name. (First and middle initial, then my last name.)
I was just wondering how that worked, since I think I wouldn't mind using my own picture, but I don't think I want to use my real name but a variation of it. LOL, that probably doesn't make much sense
Nah, that makes total sense! :)The reason I use a pen name is because it stands out more. And besides, my real name is very bland. ^_^;;
Yeah, I have no idea what I would/will use, but I know I don't want it directly searchable to me either. How did you pick yours?
I was inspired by J.K. Rowling. I have a K in my middle name, so our pen names are kind of similar. I thought that was really cool, and I guess I've just stuck with it ever since. :)
I would love to look up some of your books if you don't mind sharing what to look under with me. Or in a PM =)
Well actually... I haven't been published yet or anything. But I'm working on it! ^_^;;So far I've been working on writing my first novel. I've been posting that chapters in this group, in the "Critique My Story!!!" topic.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Roxanne-would you be interested in looking at what I have written?
Hi I'm a new writer I have a book called Abandoned Puppets on amazon.com if u get a chance check it out. Any feedback would be great
Can we post fanfiction in this group as well, or only work that is entirely our own?
on http://www.lifeofwriters.com/home/index you can meet equal writers, read book reviews, blog and participate in the free writing contest. Have a look and see if this can help you get typing.Happy writing
