Your writing ambitions

[Silverstripe]

Originally posted by Ma Uai: Ua Nemti

Right now I'm working on a story. I've got the ending down but its the begining and middle I always have trouble with.

I know how that goes! Though I usually have a series of scenes/moments during the story in my head, and little if any idea of how to connect them. With my latest project, I'm doing an outline, so I have a basic idea of where things are in the story before I begin trying to write.

[Lief Erikson]

That is a very good thing, Silverstripe. The outline is basically stage 2 of my plot organization. I take things one step further than that, but it is possible to go that far and launch forward. It's actually possible to go forward with no previous plotting, but that's a LOT more risky.

[Earniel]

I have no intentions of getting published. I'm terrible at writing. Which was only to be expected since I only started putting things to paper last august and since I have a loooong history of bad essays and being told quite plainly that I have no writing skill whatsoever. Meh, I'm trying anyway.

I've got quite a few stories in my head, some quite extensive and detailed. But putting them on paper is much more difficult than I expected. I keep editing and editing the tiny part I have on paper. I just don't get it perfect.

The most likely future for my scribblings is to end up among the junk in the attic and stay there. Then a decade or two later some hypothecially kid digs them up, wipes the dust away, sits down, starts to read and laughs. And then runs downstairs yelling 'Hey mum! Is this yours?' I'd like that.

[Fingolfinrox]

Writting! I've made a few short stories, and my freinds said they were good. The thing is, whenever I try to write a novel I stop somewhere around page sixty. Oh well, someday...
Good Luck to everyone else who tries!

[Linaewen]

Hmm... A while ago I really wanted to be a writer, and I actually got words of encouragement from my (then) favourite author, Robin Hobb. However, I sort of lost interest, and now I would like to write, but only as a hobby.

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Originally posted by Eärniel
I have no intentions of getting published. I'm terrible at writing. Which was only to be expected since I only started putting things to paper last august and since I have a loooong history of bad essays and being told quite plainly that I have no writing skill whatsoever. Meh, I'm trying anyway.

And Einstein was told that he'd never amount to anything. Don't let it get you down.

[sun-star]

I'd love to be published because then I can justify spending my time writing as a bit more than a hobby. I'm not so much of a writing purist that I don't want to make money out of it

[elvendrummer87]

wouldn't it be cool if entmoot published an anthology of mooters' works/ that'd be awesome! there's probably some catch or whatever, not to mention money, but if we could that'd be killer.

[Lalaith]

My problem is that I don't like action. This friend of my mother (he knows much about the business) told me that nowadays most production firms (screen-play) want action-movies. Damn, I won't be able to write action.

[IronParrot]

Lalaith, that's only if you're working with the big studios that have the money to make action films. Most of those are pretty top-down - i.e. the producer defines what the project should be about, and you write your screenplay around it. Freelance screenwriting is a completely different issue. I recommend entering competitions, and talking to independent low-budget filmmakers who have more creative freedom (but less money with which to express it). These films won't find general release right away until they're picked up by distributors, but they will make the festival circuit.

If all else fails, go to a film school and learn how to direct your own film - that's probably the best way to ensure that you see the project you want.

[Lalaith]

I want to become a director, too, not only a screen-play writer. I can't imagine another person getting things just as I want them to be.
I would go to the film school in Vienna, but it is sooooo expensive. That's horrible. I couldn't afford one semester.
But thanks for your advice. (But finding such things in Austria is really hard)

[Earniel]

Originally posted by Gwaimir Windgem
And Einstein was told that he'd never amount to anything. Don't let it get you down.

I'm no Einstein. Save me from the horrible prospects of maths! But thanks for the encouragement.

I decided to ignore the endless list of bad essays and comments about my yes or no writing skills. That was years ago, this is now. That's why I started writing for myself a few months ago. To see if I could. And after all I may not have a talent for writing but that doesn't mean I can't learn the skill. Practise is the key to mastery, they say. And writing is oddly enjoyable to do. Though I'm still terrible at it (and probably always will be), at least I'm having a good time.

[Lalaith]

A little off-topic I know:
Einstein wasn't even good as a student.
(I'm always wondering how english speaking persons pronounce Einstein)

[Gwaimir Windgem]

From what I know, it's commonly pronounced "ain-stain". "Ai" being like in Dunedain.

[Aralyn]

*embarrassed laugh* Well I kinda want to be a reporter or journalist for a paper but I want to have a book published of short stories

[IronParrot]

Aralyn, it's a good idea to start writing stuff for papers now, then. I had a piece or two published in my local paper when I was still in high school (not counting Letters to the Editor), and I was also a volunteer staff writer for my university paper earlier this year. It's a great way to get started. In fact, I'm thinking of applying for a newspaper-related job this summer, maybe.

[Lizra]

Writing for a newspaper is fun! Just be prepared to do it for free! (at first) It's sort of like establishing credit. You have to get that first piece published, then you can use that to help you get the next...and so forth. Writing on Entmoot is great exercise, that's why I like to see people use good spelling, grammer etc. Painting with words is almost as fun as painting with paints! I never had to go to the office, except to get my picture taken. It was all done by email. Find a small paper and send them something that might be of interest.

[Aralyn]

Originally posted by IronParrot
Aralyn, it's a good idea to start writing stuff for papers now . . .

I'm the reporter for my school's newspaper so I get some experience there, Iron Parrot. If you get something published tell us!!
Thanks Lizra for the advice.

[Lief Erikson]

Originally posted by Eärniel
I'm no Einstein. Save me from the horrible prospects of maths! But thanks for the encouragement.

I decided to ignore the endless list of bad essays and comments about my yes or no writing skills. That was years ago, this is now. That's why I started writing for myself a few months ago. To see if I could. And after all I may not have a talent for writing but that doesn't mean I can't learn the skill. Practise is the key to mastery, they say. And writing is oddly enjoyable to do. Though I'm still terrible at it (and probably always will be), at least I'm having a good time.

Eärniel, you are NOT a terrible writer! Not in the RPG forum, anyway .

Practice is definitely a key. Practice is a key to anything, as everyone knows . Practice and reading are two of the primary keys to writing. Focusing upon your writing skill and trying to improve can be important too, as I learned not long ago from Tessar. His practice combined with focus produced astounding results in the improvement of his writing skill. I don't know if that's the same for everyone, of course.

But anyway, you are definitely not a terrible writer, and I very much enjoy reading your posts .

[Blackboar]

I have. Yeah, I know. Like I can be an author.
But all I do is write stories, during class, in bed, got a Word Document open right now in fromt of me.
My stories are mostly Fantasy, I've tried mythology but it dosn't work for me.
Tales about life, about a 16-year-old girl and teenage trauma's.

Well, It's a dream.