Anyone do any fantasy writing? - Page 2

galadriel · 02-06-2003, 02:18 PM

School is a great place to write! One of the best poems I've ever written started as a scribble in the margin of my algebra notes.

Gwaimir Windgem · 02-06-2003, 02:21 PM

I wrote a poem as a school assignment, and I entered in an international poetry contest. It was a semi-finalist!

And it got copyrighted, too!

frodosgirlfriend · 02-07-2003, 09:26 PM

I right original stories. And I have it posted on FF.net. I really enjoy writing it. I also write lots and lots of songs and poems. I usually write poems when i'm supposed to be doing math

Lalaith_Elf · 02-08-2003, 04:04 PM

*waves hand wildly in the air*

me me me me me me me............ sorry i'll calm down.
i write fantasy ones but nobody but me ever reads them

Laurus Nobilis · 02-09-2003, 03:29 PM

I write original stories that take place in a fantasy world, but I don't post them on the Net since I want to publish them someday. Right now I'm finishing my first novel.

It's mostly the same old "boy goes on an Adventure" plot, but I think I gave it a couple of twists. I hope any editors think that, too.

I do have some HP fanfic posted on the Net (at ff.n and Fiction Alley), but I don't really consider them "fantasy", since they deal more with the characters in every-day situations than with the magical world itself.

Gwaimir Windgem · 02-09-2003, 06:40 PM

Cool, Laurus! Sounds interesting! Can't wait to see it for sale!

Lalaith, what kind of stories do you write? Fanfic or other?

_orerunyar_ · 02-09-2003, 09:34 PM

I've done some fantasy writing, but for now I am more concerned with creating the history/culture of the societies in the setting. I'm more into the epic-fantasy aspect of the writing (I love the Silmarillion/HoME books - that's what inspired this whole approach) Sometimes I will sort of work backwards, just writing and inventing things on the fly and then pulling out the best elements and trying to figure out how to implement them into the "canon" of my world. Other than that, I've been guided by this worldbuilding site (warning: BAD design) I am getting ready to put some of it on the net (FF.net), one or two stories have finally got to that point. Tough thing is though, I always think I should go back and change something somewhere or another

Yay for all the other aspiring Tolkiens out there

Elvellyn · 02-09-2003, 10:01 PM

Ive tried doing some LotR fanfic but Im not very good.
Ive also tried just regular fiction but it never works out.
I dunno, maybe its that i lack the discipline.
Ive come up w/ some good ideas but i have trouble expanding on them, you knw like actually writing the story.
Does this make any sense?

Gwaimir Windgem · 02-09-2003, 11:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by _orerunyar_
Yay for all the other aspiring Tolkiens out there

Hehe, I wish.

My highest goal is to be a not awfully far second to him.

Your ideas sound very interesting. I'm really pretty much in a worldbuilding stage, too.

That certainly makes sense, Elvellyn.

I've had some trouble of the like in the past.

Once again, anyone interested can follow the link in my sig to a forum for aspiring fantasy writers. It's not very lively unfortunately.

We need new ideas, thoughts, opinions, and the like!

**crickhollow** · 02-10-2003, 01:54 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Elvellyn
Ive tried doing some LotR fanfic but Im not very good.
Ive also tried just regular fiction but it never works out.
I dunno, maybe its that i lack the discipline.
Ive come up w/ some good ideas but i have trouble expanding on them, you knw like actually writing the story.
Does this make any sense?

Might I suggest you read _Bird by Bird_ by Ann Lamott? books on creative writing give great tips for aspiring writers. I'm starting a novel. I have to turn the first chapter in to my creative writing class and have them critique it, so I know that I'll have to get at least that far...

galadriel · 02-10-2003, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Elvellyn
Ive tried doing some LotR fanfic but Im not very good.
Ive also tried just regular fiction but it never works out.
I dunno, maybe its that i lack the discipline.
Ive come up w/ some good ideas but i have trouble expanding on them, you knw like actually writing the story.
Does this make any sense?

Yeah, you make plenty of sense. I think every writer suffers from Good-Idea-Turned-Sour-itis. (Yes, I'm a cheeseball.) Just keep trying. Practice makes perfect, and discipline, yes, is important. I find that outlines help keep me on track: first, a general outline of basic plot points; then, more detailed notes for each chapter.

It's also important to know *how* you're going to write something ahead of time. In other words, you should think out not just the content of the plot, but also the writing techniques that will effectively develop the characters, carry out the plot, and keep the reader interested. I personally learned how to do this from reading. Studying other writers' styles will help you find your own style.

Ugh. I feel like my English teacher!

Hope this convoluted mess helped some.

Sicirus · 02-10-2003, 09:39 PM

I am still in the process of finishing a story I wrote based off tolkiens novels. Yet I am waiting for Brokehorn to add some stuff to the story so its still under construction.
Here is a fic I wrote for Schnoogle.
This story will atke a bit of linking to get to though. I have no way of just putting you there rright away so please read it. Please *does cute wolf pawing and wide eyed worried look*

www.schnoogle.com

Ok first you must go to search then type in Werewolves Wand and see the fic Werewold Cub by that author. That is my fic.

Sicirus · 02-10-2003, 09:41 PM

Ok instead of search go to point me and then type in the authors name.

Lalaith_Elf · 02-11-2003, 04:07 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gwaimir Windgem
Lalaith, what kind of stories do you write? Fanfic or other?

um kind of both. at the moment i'm writing a, well it's not a novel as such, and i'm starting to write a film script. if you hadn't guessd i'm going into the actor then maybe director stage.

galadriel · 02-11-2003, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lalaith_Elf
um kind of both. at the moment i'm writing a, well it's not a novel as such, and i'm starting to write a film script. if you hadn't guessd i'm going into the actor then maybe director stage.

Wow! I had the chance to write a screenplay for an independent creative writing project at school, but I copped out and decided to plot out a novel instead. I guess screenplays would be easier if I were more familliar with the techniques and terminology... but still, bravo to you.

Elvellyn · 02-11-2003, 10:50 PM

Thanks for all the advice everybody!

Lalaith_Elf · 02-16-2003, 05:53 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by galadriel
Wow! I had the chance to write a screenplay for an independent creative writing project at school, but I copped out and decided to plot out a novel instead. I guess screenplays would be easier if I were more familliar with the techniques and terminology... but still, bravo to you.

thank you
oh and keep your fingers crossed, cos i was in the 2nd hp movie and i'm hoping to get asked back soon for the third!!!

Aralyn · 02-16-2003, 04:38 PM

Yes I love to write fantasy. i have submitted several stories but do not yet have one published. Mostly fanfic.

Gwaimir Windgem · 02-16-2003, 08:58 PM

Once again, welcome to the Entmoot, Aralyn!

galadriel · 02-16-2003, 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lalaith_Elf
thank you
oh and keep your fingers crossed, cos i was in the 2nd hp movie and i'm hoping to get asked back soon for the third!!!

You're very welcome!
HP... that doesn't stand for a certain popular series of the fantastic persuasion....
Sheesh. I'm starstruck.

02-06-2003, 02:18 PM	#21
galadriel Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: a castle made of clouds Posts: 459	School is a great place to write! One of the best poems I've ever written started as a scribble in the margin of my algebra notes. __________________ Human kind cannot bear very much reality. dreamflower - for all things Lady Galadriel

02-06-2003, 02:21 PM	#22
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	I wrote a poem as a school assignment, and I entered in an international poetry contest. It was a semi-finalist! And it got copyrighted, too! __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

02-07-2003, 09:26 PM	#23
frodosgirlfriend Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: I live in la la land, you know, the place you go during math class Posts: 452	I right original stories. And I have it posted on FF.net. I really enjoy writing it. I also write lots and lots of songs and poems. I usually write poems when i'm supposed to be doing math __________________ LOOK A WEBSITE!!! LETS CLICK ON IT!!!!!! --------------------------------------------- AND FGF'S MOST GORGEOUS MAN ALIVE AT THE MOMENT'S AWARD GOES TO......... BRANDON BOYD (yes once again) !!!!! WOOOO!!! ---------------------------------------------- Hottness has no count for age.... thats why I'm merrying a forty year old who goes by the name of JOHNNY DEPP!!!! ----------------------------------------------- Fortune cookies tell all, so when i got the cookie telling me to date my love i became a stalker to Johnny Depp, and when i find him my excuse will be "the cookie made me do it" ------------------------------------------------ I'm not stupid, I'm special ------------------------------------------------ "But why is the rum gone?" "Captian, Catian Jack Sparrow" "pa-pa-pa parsnip, parla, --" "Just don't do anything... stupid" "WELL IT BLOODY IS NOW!" ~Captian Jack Sparrow ------------------------------------------------ Read my FP.net story!!!

02-08-2003, 04:04 PM	#24
Lalaith_Elf Her Infernal Majesty Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,188	waves hand wildly in the air me me me me me me me............ sorry i'll calm down. i write fantasy ones but nobody but me ever reads them __________________ "It is a good viewpoint to see the world as a dream. When you have something like a nightmare, you will wake up and tell yourself that it was only a dream. It is said that the world we live in is not a bit different from this." - Yamamoto Tsunetomo

02-09-2003, 03:29 PM	#25
Laurus Nobilis Enting Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Posts: 73	I write original stories that take place in a fantasy world, but I don't post them on the Net since I want to publish them someday. Right now I'm finishing my first novel. It's mostly the same old "boy goes on an Adventure" plot, but I think I gave it a couple of twists. I hope any editors think that, too. I do have some HP fanfic posted on the Net (at ff.n and Fiction Alley), but I don't really consider them "fantasy", since they deal more with the characters in every-day situations than with the magical world itself. __________________ "...So the essential Quest started at once. But I met a lot of things on the way that astonished me. Tom Bombadil I knew already; but I had never been to Bree. Strider sitting in the corner at the inn was a shock, and I had no more idea who he was than had Frodo. The Mines of Moria had been a mere name; and of Lothlórien no word had reached my mortal ears till I came there. Far away I knew there were the Horse-lords on the confines of an ancient Kingdom of Men, but Fangorn Forest was an unforeseen adventure." ~ J. R. R. Tolkien

02-09-2003, 06:40 PM	#26
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Cool, Laurus! Sounds interesting! Can't wait to see it for sale! Lalaith, what kind of stories do you write? Fanfic or other? __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

02-09-2003, 09:34 PM	#27
_orerunyar_ Sapling Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Far West Posts: 5	fantasy writing I've done some fantasy writing, but for now I am more concerned with creating the history/culture of the societies in the setting. I'm more into the epic-fantasy aspect of the writing (I love the Silmarillion/HoME books - that's what inspired this whole approach) Sometimes I will sort of work backwards, just writing and inventing things on the fly and then pulling out the best elements and trying to figure out how to implement them into the "canon" of my world. Other than that, I've been guided by this worldbuilding site (warning: BAD design) I am getting ready to put some of it on the net (FF.net), one or two stories have finally got to that point. Tough thing is though, I always think I should go back and change something somewhere or another Yay for all the other aspiring Tolkiens out there __________________ Aire Mar?a Eruo ontaril, á hyame rámen úcarindor, s? ar lúmesse ya firuvamme: násie.

02-09-2003, 10:01 PM	#28
Elvellyn The Redneck Elf Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: In a house Posts: 539	Ive tried doing some LotR fanfic but Im not very good. Ive also tried just regular fiction but it never works out. I dunno, maybe its that i lack the discipline. Ive come up w/ some good ideas but i have trouble expanding on them, you knw like actually writing the story. Does this make any sense? __________________ Oliphants make great pets.

02-10-2003, 09:39 PM	#32
Sicirus Elf Lord Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Down the road on your left...No your other left. Posts: 1,825	I am still in the process of finishing a story I wrote based off tolkiens novels. Yet I am waiting for Brokehorn to add some stuff to the story so its still under construction. Here is a fic I wrote for Schnoogle. This story will atke a bit of linking to get to though. I have no way of just putting you there rright away so please read it. Please does cute wolf pawing and wide eyed worried look www.schnoogle.com Ok first you must go to search then type in Werewolves Wand and see the fic Werewold Cub by that author. That is my fic. __________________ "I know less then half of you half as well as I should like. And I like less then half of you half as well as you deserve." Bilbo Baggins

02-10-2003, 09:41 PM	#33
Sicirus Elf Lord Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Down the road on your left...No your other left. Posts: 1,825	Ok instead of search go to point me and then type in the authors name. __________________ "I know less then half of you half as well as I should like. And I like less then half of you half as well as you deserve." Bilbo Baggins

02-11-2003, 10:50 PM	#36
Elvellyn The Redneck Elf Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: In a house Posts: 539	Thanks for all the advice everybody! __________________ Oliphants make great pets.

02-16-2003, 04:38 PM	#38
Aralyn FloraAzul Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Anywhere as long as there is a library in a one mile radius of here Posts: 751	LOVE TO WRITE (and read) Yes I love to write fantasy. i have submitted several stories but do not yet have one published. Mostly fanfic. __________________ Atheism: A Non-Prophet Organization Yet many shall be amazed when they see Him-yes even far off foreign nations and thier kings; they shall stand dumb-founded, speechless in his prescence. For they shall see and understand what they had not seen before-Isaiah 52:15a Civil War- 498,332 dead WWI-116,708 dead WWII-407,316 dead Korean War-54,246 dead Vietnam War-58,665 dead Persian Gulf-372 dead War on The Unborn=35,000,000 dead and counting

02-16-2003, 08:58 PM	#39
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Once again, welcome to the Entmoot, Aralyn! __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

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