Any Writers?

[VintageKitty]

Fairly self-explanatory title.

Do any of you guys write prose? Creative writing? Fiction? Tell me about it.

 

[AutistaMarisa41]

I write poetry, and I've been doing this for a number of years. I also like creative writing and fiction as well. I would like to get published without having to pay a publisher. In fact, I'd like to get paid!

 

[VintageKitty]

I write poetry, and I've been doing this for a number of years. I also like creative writing and fiction as well. I would like to get published without having to pay a publisher. In fact, I'd like to get paid!

That's cool! What kind of subjects do you usually write your poetry about?
I think it's possible for you to get published without paying too much out of pocket, as traditional publishing is supposed to be a low-cost effort. At least that's what I've gathered based on reading other people's experiences.
Alternatively, there's the option of being an indie author who self-publishes, but that can get expensive as all of the costs would be coming out of pocket.

 

[Wolfnox]

Also a writer. Mostly fiction. Working toward complete manuscript in hand writing.

 

[VintageKitty]

Also a writer. Mostly fiction. Working toward complete manuscript in hand writing.

Damn, in hand writing? That's impressive, I like it. I usually use Scrivner or Google Docs to get my writing done.
If you don't mind me asking, what's your manuscript about?

 

[Gerontius]

I write a lot, at least when I'm in better shape. I have a novel written & in print, a few others laying around here in manuscript form, & am trying to work up a few amateurish translations and that sort of thing.

 

[VintageKitty]

I write a lot, at least when I'm in better shape. I have a novel written & in print, a few others laying around here in manuscript form, & am trying to work up a few amateurish translations and that sort of thing.

Sounds cool.

 

[Gerontius]

It can be fun.
I wrote a poem the other day out in the woods, but it must've been a boring one as I promptly fell asleep on a hillside.
Not a huge fan of writing plot-driven stuff; I like character-driven stuff. Wish I could get to the one I have almost written up, and then get that draft finished. It's been hand written with fountain-pen & I need to get it on something more readable. I'll probably type it next, make my edits, and put it on the computer after that.

 

[VintageKitty]

It can be fun.
I wrote a poem the other day out in the woods, but it must've been a boring one as I promptly fell asleep on a hillside.
Not a huge fan of writing plot-driven stuff; I like character-driven stuff. Wish I could get to the one I have almost written up, and then get that draft finished. It's been hand written with fountain-pen & I need to get it on something more readable. I'll probably type it next, make my edits, and put it on the computer after that.

I see. I’m a fan of character-driven stuff as well, which is probably why I primarily write dramas.

 

[Callistemon]

I've always loved writing, and have journalled since age 13, when a teacher made it an assessment project for a year and by the end of the year I was addicted. I mean, "Write about anything and everything you like" - how much better can it get, when you're working out your identity and trying to think about all the amazing things your brain is comprehending for the first time?

I still journal. I have paper journals from 1985 to 2013 and the odd one after that. They are free-form, for thoughts, reflections, recording events, poetry, creative writing, and silly stuff like this response to the idea my husband had that I should read a chainsaw manual before using a chainsaw. I made an index page of an imaginary chainsaw manual.

Also it's nice to re-read these for some memories, like of this cold winter before we built our own house, a passive-solar strawbale construction which is super-cosy in winter and nice and cool in summer...

I have a sustainable agriculture report sitting in the National Library from my 1994/95 work on a land capability project for a catchment affected by secondary salinisation; it covers the history and geology of the area as well as the various ecological and land degradation problems, a soil survey report, land management advice, and the specific remedies recommended by our research team for dealing with integrated catchment management. I was paid to write that one, and it remains the best-paid piece of writing I've done.

I've always loved writing essays, and wrote lots of those at school and university obviously, but also later on, and mostly for fun! My husband currently writes treatises on Cyberman audio-dramas on Gallifrey Base.

I spent 10 years writing regularly for two Australian independent magazines, one a hippie magazine where I contributed on land management, ecosystem rehabilitation, livestock management, etc, and wrote animal and on-the-land stories and nutritious recipes. The other, later on, was a specialist owner-builder magazine where I wrote about passive solar design, and various other aspects of our own owner build, as well as landscaping for bushfire management and biodiversity conservation.

When the pandemic started, I gave that away and started writing mostly about mental health, online. I have a blog and my current big recreational project is open music journalling - which uses a back catalogue I am exploring as a springboard for talking about anything and everything, but the recurring themes are relationships, mental/emotional health and how human beings treat one another. In my current instalment I've looked at the issue of faith crises and the resultant grief as people's world view implodes completely, and the story of a person this happened to when they lost their wife, their faith and their entire system of thinking about things in a short space of time - and how to recover from something like this.

I rarely have writer's block, probably because I've been writing ferociously for so long.

 

[Callistemon]

I thought I'd dealt with that in Chapters 17-20, @Forest Cat!

We could probably take lessons from you. I get by. I first used a chainsaw to carve niches into walls when we were building.

What do you write about? For money, as part of your work, recreationally?

@FantaOpossum, was this supposed to be about prose and creative writing only? And welcome. What about you then? Drama, as in plays? Tell us more.

 

[maycontainthunder]

I write fantasy and sci-fi mostly though there are a few fiction ones.

 

[Wolfnox]

Damn, in hand writing? That's impressive, I like it. I usually use Scrivner or Google Docs to get my writing done.
If you don't mind me asking, what's your manuscript about?

Well all technology has failed. Desktop computer is too old. Phone has screen glitch. Not a good enough single for a hotspot. So laptop won't work either.
Hand writing is it.

I'll give you a small bit on the manuscript. An ancient being called the Forest Guardian takes a human orphan to a village full of human to animal shifters. Placing him into the care of the bear family and leaving his mark on the child. To signify his protection of the child.

 

[Captain Jigglypuff]

I’ve written a few things. I once wrote an alternate timeline story for King of the Hill where Peggy leaves Hank and ends up with Bill and both their lives improve while Hank’s goes downhill and becomes the new “Bill” and is found dead at the end of the story. I’m currently writing a crossover sequel of the God’s Shoes episode of Married With Children and Family Guy. The plot is Al sues the creator of the Five Vibram Shoes and wins a lot of money and becomes rich and so the Bundys move which makes Marcy ecstatic until she meets her new neighbors, the Griffins, and she learns that there are far worse people to live next to than the Bundys. From there Marcy must deal with Meg bringing dates over to the D’Arcy house because Marcy makes Meg look pretty in comparison, Chris hitting on Marcy, Peter destroying parts of her house, and Jefferson being used as a lab rat for science experiments by Stewie. I’m also currently outlining a crossover story of King of the Hill with the Bad Idea Bears from Avenue Q where Hank meets the Bears who tell him to do all these crazy things and he is diagnosed with having dementia caused by concussions he had gotten from playing high school football and the Bears are said to be hallucinations but there is evidence in the story that they might actually exist and their true existence in the story is left rather ambiguous sort of like how the Twilight Zone toys with this concept.

 

[AutistaMarisa41]

I like to write about autism, different cultures, among other things, and especially what's happening in the world at times. Personal experiences. About the publishing game, I think you may be right. I want to make sure I play my cards right before I publish!

That's cool! What kind of subjects do you usually write your poetry about?
I think it's possible for you to get published without paying too much out of pocket, as traditional publishing is supposed to be a low-cost effort. At least that's what I've gathered based on reading other people's experiences.
Alternatively, there's the option of being an indie author who self-publishes, but that can get expensive as all of the costs would be coming out of pocket.

 

[VintageKitty]

I’ve written a few things. I once wrote an alternate timeline story for King of the Hill where Peggy leaves Hank and ends up with Bill and both their lives improve while Hank’s goes downhill and becomes the new “Bill” and is found dead at the end of the story. I’m currently writing a crossover sequel of the God’s Shoes episode of Married With Children and Family Guy. The plot is Al sues the creator of the Five Vibram Shoes and wins a lot of money and becomes rich and so the Bundys move which makes Marcy ecstatic until she meets her new neighbors, the Griffins, and she learns that there are far worse people to live next to than the Bundys. From there Marcy must deal with Meg bringing dates over to the D’Arcy house because Marcy makes Meg look pretty in comparison, Chris hitting on Marcy, Peter destroying parts of her house, and Jefferson being used as a lab rat for science experiments by Stewie. I’m also currently outlining a crossover story of King of the Hill with the Bad Idea Bears from Avenue Q where Hank meets the Bears who tell him to do all these crazy things and he is diagnosed with having dementia caused by concussions he had gotten from playing high school football and the Bears are said to be hallucinations but there is evidence in the story that they might actually exist and their true existence in the story is left rather ambiguous sort of like how the Twilight Zone toys with this concept.

Oh, so like fanfiction! I've written some fanfiction in the past, and I'd like to start doing it more often, but I always worry I'll mess up the characterization of the established characters. I used to write crossover fanfiction like you're doing with Minecraft and Warrior Cats when I was younger.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

The only writing I do is on here, enjoy it.

 

[VintageKitty]

I thought I'd dealt with that in Chapters 17-20, @Forest Cat!

We could probably take lessons from you. I get by. I first used a chainsaw to carve niches into walls when we were building.

What do you write about? For money, as part of your work, recreationally?

@FantaOpossum, was this supposed to be about prose and creative writing only? And welcome. What about you then? Drama, as in plays? Tell us more.

I had prose and creative writing in mind, but honestly, I welcome all kinds of writing in this thread. Coming up with a manual for a fictional chainsaw is a lot of dedication to the craft, as your prolific backlog of work signifies as well, and I honestly kind of envy it. Biggest manuscript I've written is 19k words. I struggle to get the words out onto the page.

I mostly write historical fiction, but I write other things, too. I'm planning a lot of writing projects at the moment.

I've got:

• A historical romance about two WWI veterans who fall in love. This is the one that was 19k words. I'm afraid this one is a little problematic due to certain elements I've written into the storyline.
• A historical romance about an autistic black soldier and an autistic Japanese woman during the occupation of Japan. This one is still under development.
• A historical drama series about anthropomorphic animals during the 1950s who live in a suburb and live dysfunctional lives. This is my passion project at the moment.

I'd like to write a play about two WWII soldiers who fall in love, but I don't have a lot of experience with writing and publishing plays.

I've also written just characters with no set story on the side as well, such as this one: Rico on Toyhouse
I consider this character to be a comfort character of sorts, since he's autistic like me.

 

[VintageKitty]

Well all technology has failed. Desktop computer is too old. Phone has screen glitch. Not a good enough single for a hotspot. So laptop won't work either.
Hand writing is it.

I'll give you a small bit on the manuscript. An ancient being called the Forest Guardian takes a human orphan to a village full of human to animal shifters. Placing him into the care of the bear family and leaving his mark on the child. To signify his protection of the child.

That makes sense. Also, your story sounds interesting!

 

[Captain Jigglypuff]

Oh, so like fanfiction! I've written some fanfiction in the past, and I'd like to start doing it more often, but I always worry I'll mess up the characterization of the established characters. I used to write crossover fanfiction like you're doing with Minecraft and Warrior Cats when I was younger.

The Married With Children crossover is pretty natural feeling when it comes to the characters since the Griffins aren’t too far off from the Bundys and Jefferson has a character that works well when paired with Stewie and is almost like Pinky and the Brain only Jefferson is used as a test subject for inventions that have some insane side effects such as turning him blue for a couple of weeks.