What's your writing style? - Page 2

Aralyn · 04-28-2003, 12:26 PM

No one's gonna hurt you, Fred, we realize you couldn't help yourself

No really though, I got Narrative and it only slightly describes me. I write lots of poetry, write my stories out of order, and while I like Shakespeare, I'm more a fan of sci-fi, fantasy genre and historical fiction.

Lalaith · 04-28-2003, 02:56 PM

I'd call me a "free" writer. Everything I write I write just out of my mind without following any rules. I just let it flow.

Anglorfin · 05-09-2003, 12:42 AM

I figure I'd post my actual writing style here because I just finished up a writing evaluation portfolio for English class tonight and am still seething analytical thought. I'll take the quiz after I write this so I don't mess up my thinking.

I usually write very objectively, no matter what the topic. I hate introducing my own feelings, even if it happens to be something like an opinion essay. I have always felt that I should remain an enigma to the writer unless they had the patience to look closely enough at several pieces of my writing to pick up not only a common literary technique but also a common attitude. Another thing I tend to do is contradict myself a lot. Contrary to what you might think, contradictions help strengthen my writing. I take pleasure in the fact that I can systematically set up arguments against my own theory and knock them down before the reader has a chance to set up his/her own arguments. I like my writing to have no open ends whatsoever.

Anglorfin · 05-09-2003, 12:46 AM

Quote:

You are a dark writer. A fierce and loyal follower of Poe and the other gothic authors, you LOVE to instill a sense of revulsion and somewhat fear in your readers. You love to poke their brains with logic dealing with the darker side of the human mind and character. Truly surprising and a true individual, you'll do ANYTHING to create a scene.

Pretty terrible quiz with only three questions. Still I guess that is the most accurate it could have come.

Elvellyn · 05-11-2003, 07:17 PM

This says I am a desciptive writer. I suppose some of its true.
I'd say I'm somewhere in between a narritive and descriptive writer though.

Snowdog · 05-16-2003, 11:08 AM

Quote:

Lalaith wrote: I'd call me a "free" writer. Everything I write I write just out of my mind without following any rules. I just let it flow.

Right on Lalaith! I myself have written in a few different styles, but the basic form is a free flow of words, then I go back and 'clean up' the spelling and grammer to a certain extent.

I guess the purpose of this thread was to take a quiz to see what 'style of writing' one has.... Bah.

Lalaith · 05-17-2003, 07:52 AM

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Originally posted by Snowdog
Right on Lalaith! I myself have written in a few different styles, but the basic form is a free flow of words, then I go back and 'clean up' the spelling and grammer to a certain extent.

I guess the purpose of this thread was to take a quiz to see what 'style of writing' one has.... Bah.

I hate rules and if I should ever be forced to write with rules in my mind, I'll probably stop writing.

frodosgirlfriend · 05-27-2003, 03:58 PM

I'm a dark writer. Thats kinda wierd cuz my stories are about love, not darkness.

Rosie Gamgee · 07-08-2003, 08:28 PM

I haven't really written enough to have a 'style'. I'm in the middle of writing, of all things, a Star Trek book (which as yet has no name), and I'm beginning a fantasy . . . something. I'm basically working on the world itself right now. I've started various other books, but got writer's block soon after I started. I mean, I know where I want to go with them, but I have a hard time getting there. I like writing poetry, too.

Nimbrennil · 03-06-2004, 06:44 PM

I'm a descriptive writer, it says--

Which is EXTREMELY true! I love to write descriptions; I'm writing a story right now where I have about three paragraphs in a row, that are FULL of description, about this, and about that, mostly about the atmosphere and the objects (people, animals, etc..) in it... But that's okay, for me. I like to be descriptive!

--Nimbrennil

**Nurvingiel** · 03-06-2004, 07:19 PM

Hm... I don't know what my style is. Amateur perhaps?

I think I'm a fantasy writer who can write description and battles, but not romances, suspense, or mystery, and struggles with character development.

Beruthiel's cat · 03-08-2004, 10:17 AM

As far as a "style" goes, I think each person has their own comfort level and will write in a way that comes from their own perspective. I've looked back at things I wrote years ago and have found that my way of saying things has changed very little. I'm by no means a "descriptive" writer. I feel that my particular strength is writing dialogue (I've been told this, too). I tend to move the story along through exchanges between characters, rather than by describing the scene. I am very comfortable with this. I enjoy listening to people talk and like to pick up the cadences of speech. I've been told that this is very difficult, but I don't find it to be.

More power to you descriptive writers out there! I can't do that nearly as well as I'd like!

Rosie Gamgee · 03-09-2004, 08:17 PM

Took the quiz thing. Weird. Said I am a free-form writer and that free-style poems are what the doctor ordered. Insane! I do Tennyson and Poe and people like that. Bad test, I think. Should ahve more questions anyway. Or more answers.

BeardofPants · 03-09-2004, 11:07 PM

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Quote:

You are a freeform writer. Individualistic with a sense for the different and challenging, Walt Whitman and his poetry lacking meter and rhyme is just what the doctor ordered. You're quick to write something that the rest of the world doesn't accept as poetry, quick to separate yourself from the average joe. An author with a true sense of self, you have confidence in your abilities and aren't afraid to show it.

GO YOU!

Well, sorta.... I would say that I'm freeform, but confidence? Peh!

**Nurvingiel** · 03-09-2004, 11:19 PM

I got freeform writer too, but after reading all the possible answers, I'd say I'm more close to being a narrative writer. (The questions didn't really contain an option that I actually do. Oh well.)

Azhag_Nuug · 03-19-2004, 07:41 PM

That's a wierd quiz firstly, but I think I would point myself toward a ridiculously descriptive narrator because I have one chapter that happens in about oh a few hours thats sixteen pages long.

Estel13 · 03-29-2004, 11:09 PM

I'm a Dark Writer. That fits about 95% of my work.

Last Child of Ungoliant · 04-06-2004, 08:04 PM

i am not aware that i have a writing style.
the poems i write pour out from my brain,
and the songs i write do the same
stories/novels i have written take many years to finish
and are about everything. Love, loss, death, life, rebirth anew
light/dark, i honestly write about anything

my muscial compositional writing, however, is Baropque, Classical and Romantic, with a bit of heavy-metal and goth thrown in.
BTW, what is this 'quiz' u all keep referring to?

EDIT: OK, found quiz, this is what it says about me:

You are a descriptive writer. An avid reader of Robert Frost, perhaps, you LOVE to use flowery words and use the paper and pen as your canvas and paintbrush. You prefer to paint a mental image rather than simply toy around with people's minds. A very inspired person, you love to be in nature and usually are a very outdoorsy type of person. A writer with a natural green thumb, perhaps?

Snowdog · 02-16-2005, 12:51 PM

I guess I seem to lean toward being a dark writer as well. In reviewing all I've written, they tend to deal with loss.

04-28-2003, 12:26 PM	#21
Aralyn FloraAzul Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Anywhere as long as there is a library in a one mile radius of here Posts: 751	No one's gonna hurt you, Fred, we realize you couldn't help yourself No really though, I got Narrative and it only slightly describes me. I write lots of poetry, write my stories out of order, and while I like Shakespeare, I'm more a fan of sci-fi, fantasy genre and historical fiction. __________________ 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

04-28-2003, 02:56 PM	#22
Lalaith The Elvish Temptress Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 3,055	I'd call me a "free" writer. Everything I write I write just out of my mind without following any rules. I just let it flow. __________________ What I am and what I would are as secret as maidenhead.

05-09-2003, 12:42 AM	#23
Anglorfin Alasailon Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: college Posts: 861	I figure I'd post my actual writing style here because I just finished up a writing evaluation portfolio for English class tonight and am still seething analytical thought. I'll take the quiz after I write this so I don't mess up my thinking. I usually write very objectively, no matter what the topic. I hate introducing my own feelings, even if it happens to be something like an opinion essay. I have always felt that I should remain an enigma to the writer unless they had the patience to look closely enough at several pieces of my writing to pick up not only a common literary technique but also a common attitude. Another thing I tend to do is contradict myself a lot. Contrary to what you might think, contradictions help strengthen my writing. I take pleasure in the fact that I can systematically set up arguments against my own theory and knock them down before the reader has a chance to set up his/her own arguments. I like my writing to have no open ends whatsoever. __________________ "and then this hobbit was walking, and then this elf jumped out of a bush and totally flipped out on him while wailing on his guitar." "Anglorfin was tall and straight; his hair was of shining gold, his face fair and young and fearless and full of anger; his eyes were bright and keen, and his voice like music; on his brow sat wisdom, and in his hand was great skill."

05-11-2003, 07:17 PM	#25
Elvellyn The Redneck Elf Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: In a house Posts: 539	This says I am a desciptive writer. I suppose some of its true. I'd say I'm somewhere in between a narritive and descriptive writer though. __________________ Oliphants make great pets.

05-27-2003, 03:58 PM	#28
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'm a dark writer. Thats kinda wierd cuz my stories are about love, not darkness. __________________ 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!!!

07-08-2003, 08:28 PM	#29
Rosie Gamgee The Lovely Hobbit-Lass Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bounded in a nut-shell Posts: 1,593	I haven't really written enough to have a 'style'. I'm in the middle of writing, of all things, a Star Trek book (which as yet has no name), and I'm beginning a fantasy . . . something. I'm basically working on the world itself right now. I've started various other books, but got writer's block soon after I started. I mean, I know where I want to go with them, but I have a hard time getting there. I like writing poetry, too. __________________ It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year!

03-06-2004, 06:44 PM	#30
Nimbrennil Hobbit Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Middle-earth! Posts: 19	descriptive, perhaps? I'm a descriptive writer, it says-- Which is EXTREMELY true! I love to write descriptions; I'm writing a story right now where I have about three paragraphs in a row, that are FULL of description, about this, and about that, mostly about the atmosphere and the objects (people, animals, etc..) in it... But that's okay, for me. I like to be descriptive! --Nimbrennil

03-08-2004, 10:17 AM	#32
Beruthiel's cat mystical divinity of Unashamed Felinity Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: New York's beautiful North Coast -- we're all mad here!!! Posts: 635	As far as a "style" goes, I think each person has their own comfort level and will write in a way that comes from their own perspective. I've looked back at things I wrote years ago and have found that my way of saying things has changed very little. I'm by no means a "descriptive" writer. I feel that my particular strength is writing dialogue (I've been told this, too). I tend to move the story along through exchanges between characters, rather than by describing the scene. I am very comfortable with this. I enjoy listening to people talk and like to pick up the cadences of speech. I've been told that this is very difficult, but I don't find it to be. More power to you descriptive writers out there! I can't do that nearly as well as I'd like! __________________ "Never try to out-stubborn a cat!" -- R. Heinlein ~~~~~~~~~ "But I don't want to be among mad people, " Alice remarked. "Oh, but you can't help that," said the Cat; "We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." "How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here." ~~ Lewis Carroll ~~~~~~~~~~~ Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana...

03-09-2004, 08:17 PM	#33
Rosie Gamgee The Lovely Hobbit-Lass Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bounded in a nut-shell Posts: 1,593	Took the quiz thing. Weird. Said I am a free-form writer and that free-style poems are what the doctor ordered. Insane! I do Tennyson and Poe and people like that. Bad test, I think. Should ahve more questions anyway. Or more answers. __________________ It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year!

03-19-2004, 07:41 PM	#36
Azhag_Nuug Hobbit Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Athgar, Tower of Darkness Posts: 21	That's a wierd quiz firstly, but I think I would point myself toward a ridiculously descriptive narrator because I have one chapter that happens in about oh a few hours thats sixteen pages long. __________________ Teacher just called me young man?

03-29-2004, 11:09 PM	#37
Estel13 RPG-aholic Psycho Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Final Fantasy Posts: 733	I'm a Dark Writer. That fits about 95% of my work. __________________

04-06-2004, 08:04 PM	#38
Last Child of Ungoliant The Intermittent One Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: here and there Posts: 4,671	i am not aware that i have a writing style. the poems i write pour out from my brain, and the songs i write do the same stories/novels i have written take many years to finish and are about everything. Love, loss, death, life, rebirth anew light/dark, i honestly write about anything my muscial compositional writing, however, is Baropque, Classical and Romantic, with a bit of heavy-metal and goth thrown in. BTW, what is this 'quiz' u all keep referring to? EDIT: OK, found quiz, this is what it says about me: You are a descriptive writer. An avid reader of Robert Frost, perhaps, you LOVE to use flowery words and use the paper and pen as your canvas and paintbrush. You prefer to paint a mental image rather than simply toy around with people's minds. A very inspired person, you love to be in nature and usually are a very outdoorsy type of person. A writer with a natural green thumb, perhaps? Last edited by Last Child of Ungoliant : 04-06-2004 at 08:09 PM.

02-16-2005, 12:51 PM	#39
Snowdog Dúnedain Ranger of the North Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: The Ruins of Arnor Posts: 892	I guess I seem to lean toward being a dark writer as well. In reviewing all I've written, they tend to deal with loss. __________________ "I am an outlaw, I was born an outlaw's son. The highway is my legacy, on the highway I will run."

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