Any Aspiring Fantasy Authours Out There?

Finrod Felagund · 04-19-2002, 02:05 PM

Hey, any Fantasy writers out there?
Currently I'm working on a Legend Of Zelda novel with my brother (for fun) where a boy from modern day NY City is transported back to Hyrule, an Arthurian Saga/Series; and a series of my own creation, my firstwork.
My Arthurian saga featurtes some of my elves from my other series so whichever I get published (crosses fingers) first will tie in with the other one.

Elfmaster XK · 04-19-2002, 04:22 PM

I am a writer...or i call myself one

I'm currently re-working my first novel in which a prophecy is set into motion and there's a dragon in it...i can't be bothered explaining as it's complicated. But it has a second and third book to go with it and i'm trying to write those aswell, but first things first. Finish one before going onto the next

It's all my own creation though so im proud of it.

emplynx · 04-19-2002, 05:10 PM

I don't like to write, this is going to get moved to the lit forum.

TinuvielChild · 04-20-2002, 08:08 PM

i'm kinda a writer, i've got a story going, but i haven't gotten very far (1.5 chapters). people tell me it's great. i think the second chapter (what there is of it) is absolute crud. i'm reworking it, but the plot is kinda drifting all over the place and i'm trying to figure out where i'm going with this. *shrug* i'll figure it out eventually.

TinuvielChild · 04-20-2002, 08:12 PM

one of my friends has 3 books that he's written (not published yet tho), sci-fi. they're really cool! i have to finish reading the second one. he tells me the 3rd one is the best, but i think the second one is really good (i haven't read the 3rd one yet, obviously, as i'm still in the middle of the 2nd one). and i am rambling so i will shut up now.

***HOBBIT*** · 04-20-2002, 08:31 PM

no its not emplynx, and you know, when you say things like that we really don't want to move it or close it. You have been 'wrong' many, many times about threads being closed, and yet you say that you've never been wrong. Maybe thats because a majority of topics in which you've posted that have been closed. But its not because of your suggestion, its because those threads were obcviously going to be closed. he he.

I'm an author, but I haven't written anything yet

Menelvagor · 04-20-2002, 09:08 PM

I am a writer of short stories. I cannot write a decent plot. I can write characters, emotion, places, what have you, but I cannot write a plot.

What I do write is good though!

Elf Girl · 04-21-2002, 07:38 AM

I have started two novels and one fanfic. I don't like to speak about the plots, because I'm worried that if I've told it, I will lose all motivation to write it.

elf_princess · 04-21-2002, 07:58 PM

I love to write... but I have a little bit of trouble... I get so far and then get a block... but one day I'll make it... one day... there's a girl in my class that is going to be a famous author some day... she's already written tons of poems and short stories... I've already got her autograph for when she makes it big.

**crickhollow** · 04-21-2002, 10:14 PM

I've begun my first book this semester--it sprung from a dream I had, but I'm not quite sure where it's going. Maybe I'll post some of it someday.

My roomate will be famous someday.

Elfhelm · 04-22-2002, 03:41 PM

Yes, I'm aspiring. I'm definitely writing in the fantasy genre. It's amazing how much influence Tolkien has on us in this genre. We either accept the terms he laid down or react to them by laying down our own terms. That particular struggle is what's on my mind at the moment.

If I ever do manage to sell some books, I won't tell. I was on an SF list that had a successful writer on it, and he had so much clout that he accidentally dominated it. I think he left and returned with a pseudonym. People would respond to him in weird ways that they didn't respond to just regular posters.

Finrod Felagund · 04-23-2002, 01:45 PM

Well my First series, the one I created myself, was heavily influenced by Tollkien but My Arthurian and Legend of Zelda ones have a bit less of the similarities to Tolkien.
I'm niot trying to copy Tolkien, my story(ies) are very very different.

samwise of the shire · 04-23-2002, 04:01 PM

I'm fourteen and I've been mulling a fantasy plot around in my head since I was ten. And I'm only on Chapter One. NOTHING is happening and I cant figure out how to get my characters to talk so I think that the characters wont be too talkative. I can only write stuff like feelings and natural stuff. I cant write dilaogue though so I sound like a little kid.

Sam

Elfmaster XK · 04-23-2002, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by samwise of the shire
I'm fourteen and I've been mulling a fantasy plot around in my head since I was ten. And I'm only on Chapter One. NOTHING is happening and I cant figure out how to get my characters to talk so I think that the characters wont be too talkative. I can only write stuff like feelings and natural stuff. I cant write dilaogue though so I sound like a little kid.
Sam

If you have problems with character speech don't worry. Its hard. What you need to do is write down a basic plot, then a sort of synopsis of each chapter. That way you'll know wheree you're going with the plot...then think of the characters. I swear, it works. Once you know exactly where you're taking it you kind of know what needs to be said i suppose.

Oh yeah, character profiles help too. And trying a bit of dialogue out of the context of the story. But don't get too carried away with that one.

Hope thats helpful to you. Helped with my story, i've finished it now!!

samwise of the shire · 04-24-2002, 10:47 PM

Did you publish it? And thanks for the tips. I'll have to find a notebook where I can write down the ideas an' all.
Speaking of fantasy did anyone here know that Frodo's original name was BINGO? YIKES!
Thanks for the tips Elf.

Sam

Menelvagor · 04-24-2002, 11:46 PM

Hey Elfmaster XK (or anyone else for that matter), any ideas for plot inspiration?

Tanoliel · 04-24-2002, 11:57 PM

I'm a writer....not published, though someday I will be. Um...yeah...hopefully...

Think positive!

Kashka (I still like that...easier to type!) one thing to do is, if you don't mind others reading your non-finished work, is to sit down with a friend and bounce ideas off them. Sometimes that helps a lot.
Also, if you just look at where you are in the plot, and then make a list of absolutely anything that could happen from that point (obviously you won't get everything...six or seven ideas is probably plenty to start out with). Then just pick a random idea (wacky ones are fun, and suprisingly, they sometimes work better than "normal" ones) and write a bit, see where it takes you. Youc an play around with other ideas on your list, and find one you like the best.

Another thing to remember: what you're writing now might not be at all how it ends up....don't get TOO close to your "baby."

um...sorry if I sound like a preachy author....I've been reading too many "how to write books", most of which are not very helpful, but some are, and they're all really fun to read...

-tano

Menelvagor · 04-25-2002, 12:05 AM

thanks Tano, I'll try some of that next time I get stuck. I think my problem is that I just don't like to write plot, so I don't get much practice. *shrugs* (btw, you don't sound preachy! In fact, I might just dig out some of those dusty 'how to write' books myself, I know they're somewhere on my bookshelf...

)

Ocarina654 · 04-25-2002, 12:23 AM

im an auothor. not published, not even finished actually. im writing like a dozen stories, some further than others. The one i think im doing best in is a Star Wars one. It takes place about 100 years after episode 6, you know, Return of the Jedi. Its kinda out of place. Its a good story though. MY fantasy story is really poorly writen. It has a good storyline. Its too long. all my stories are too long

. im sorta writing a Sci-fi. I wrote the outline. I need to write the charectorazation. i usally write one or the other, i dont know why. Sometimes i dont write either. i g2g bye

Elfmaster XK · 04-25-2002, 05:55 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by samwise of the shire
Did you publish it? And thanks for the tips. I'll have to find a notebook where I can write down the ideas an' all.
Speaking of fantasy did anyone here know that Frodo's original name was BINGO? YIKES!
Thanks for the tips Elf.
Sam

That's okay sam, here to help..

No sadly not published yet. Im redrafting it right now for the last time then (yipee!!) im sending to the publishers!!!

Quote:

Hey Elfmaster XK (or anyone else for that matter), any ideas for plot inspiration?

Gimme a min, i have a page of tips somehwere for inspiration. I'll post em when i find em

04-19-2002, 02:05 PM	#1
Finrod Felagund King of Nargothrond Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Canada! eh? Posts: 2,002	Any Aspiring Fantasy Authours Out There? Hey, any Fantasy writers out there? Currently I'm working on a Legend Of Zelda novel with my brother (for fun) where a boy from modern day NY City is transported back to Hyrule, an Arthurian Saga/Series; and a series of my own creation, my firstwork. My Arthurian saga featurtes some of my elves from my other series so whichever I get published (crosses fingers) first will tie in with the other one. __________________ "THE EAGLES ARE COMING, THE EAGLES ARE COMING......AND A MOTH!!!!!"

04-19-2002, 04:22 PM	#2
Elfmaster XK Possessive Villain Fancier Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: On my ship, riding the waves YARR! Posts: 2,008	I am a writer...or i call myself one I'm currently re-working my first novel in which a prophecy is set into motion and there's a dragon in it...i can't be bothered explaining as it's complicated. But it has a second and third book to go with it and i'm trying to write those aswell, but first things first. Finish one before going onto the next It's all my own creation though so im proud of it. __________________ My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies, Fairytales of yesterday will grow but never die, I can fly - my friends. XK

04-20-2002, 08:08 PM	#4
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	i'm kinda a writer, i've got a story going, but i haven't gotten very far (1.5 chapters). people tell me it's great. i think the second chapter (what there is of it) is absolute crud. i'm reworking it, but the plot is kinda drifting all over the place and i'm trying to figure out where i'm going with this. shrug i'll figure it out eventually. __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

04-20-2002, 08:12 PM	#5
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	one of my friends has 3 books that he's written (not published yet tho), sci-fi. they're really cool! i have to finish reading the second one. he tells me the 3rd one is the best, but i think the second one is really good (i haven't read the 3rd one yet, obviously, as i'm still in the middle of the 2nd one). and i am rambling so i will shut up now. __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

04-20-2002, 08:31 PM	#6
*HOBBIT* Saviour of Entmoot Admiral Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: NC/NJ (no longer Same place as bmilder.) Posts: 61,986	no its not emplynx, and you know, when you say things like that we really don't want to move it or close it. You have been 'wrong' many, many times about threads being closed, and yet you say that you've never been wrong. Maybe thats because a majority of topics in which you've posted that have been closed. But its not because of your suggestion, its because those threads were obcviously going to be closed. he he. I'm an author, but I haven't written anything yet __________________ President Emeritus (2000-2004) Private message (or email) me if you need any assistance. I am here to help! "I'm up to here with cool, ok? I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis" - Zaphod Beeblebrox Latest Blog Post: Just Quit Facebook? No One Cares!

04-19-2002, 05:10 PM	#3
emplynx Self-Appointed Lord of the Free Peoples of the General Messages Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,214	I don't like to write, this is going to get moved to the lit forum.

04-20-2002, 09:08 PM	#7
Menelvagor Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: lurking on the edge of conversations Posts: 924	I am a writer of short stories. I cannot write a decent plot. I can write characters, emotion, places, what have you, but I cannot write a plot. What I do write is good though!

04-21-2002, 07:38 AM	#8
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	I have started two novels and one fanfic. I don't like to speak about the plots, because I'm worried that if I've told it, I will lose all motivation to write it. __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

04-21-2002, 07:58 PM	#9
elf_princess Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: la dee da Posts: 275	I love to write... but I have a little bit of trouble... I get so far and then get a block... but one day I'll make it... one day... there's a girl in my class that is going to be a famous author some day... she's already written tons of poems and short stories... I've already got her autograph for when she makes it big.

04-21-2002, 10:14 PM	#10
crickhollow The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas). Posts: 1,345	I've begun my first book this semester--it sprung from a dream I had, but I'm not quite sure where it's going. Maybe I'll post some of it someday. My roomate will be famous someday. __________________ A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

04-22-2002, 03:41 PM	#11
Elfhelm Marshal of the Eastmark Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,412	Yes, I'm aspiring. I'm definitely writing in the fantasy genre. It's amazing how much influence Tolkien has on us in this genre. We either accept the terms he laid down or react to them by laying down our own terms. That particular struggle is what's on my mind at the moment. If I ever do manage to sell some books, I won't tell. I was on an SF list that had a successful writer on it, and he had so much clout that he accidentally dominated it. I think he left and returned with a pseudonym. People would respond to him in weird ways that they didn't respond to just regular posters. __________________ cya

04-23-2002, 01:45 PM	#12
Finrod Felagund King of Nargothrond Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Canada! eh? Posts: 2,002	Well my First series, the one I created myself, was heavily influenced by Tollkien but My Arthurian and Legend of Zelda ones have a bit less of the similarities to Tolkien. I'm niot trying to copy Tolkien, my story(ies) are very very different. __________________ "THE EAGLES ARE COMING, THE EAGLES ARE COMING......AND A MOTH!!!!!"

04-23-2002, 04:01 PM	#13
samwise of the shire Radically Tolkienited Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: If home is where the heart is, and my heart is in heaven...that should answer your question. <+>< Posts: 967	I'm fourteen and I've been mulling a fantasy plot around in my head since I was ten. And I'm only on Chapter One. NOTHING is happening and I cant figure out how to get my characters to talk so I think that the characters wont be too talkative. I can only write stuff like feelings and natural stuff. I cant write dilaogue though so I sound like a little kid. Sam __________________ Jesus is my all in all <><+<><+<><+<><+<><+<><+ People who are so concerned with escapism do have a name...we call them jailers. ~J.R.R Tolkien Radically Saved, Totally Tolkienited GOD... BLESS... AMERICA...

04-24-2002, 10:47 PM	#15
samwise of the shire Radically Tolkienited Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: If home is where the heart is, and my heart is in heaven...that should answer your question. <+>< Posts: 967	Did you publish it? And thanks for the tips. I'll have to find a notebook where I can write down the ideas an' all. Speaking of fantasy did anyone here know that Frodo's original name was BINGO? YIKES! Thanks for the tips Elf. Sam __________________ Jesus is my all in all <><+<><+<><+<><+<><+<><+ People who are so concerned with escapism do have a name...we call them jailers. ~J.R.R Tolkien Radically Saved, Totally Tolkienited GOD... BLESS... AMERICA...

04-24-2002, 11:46 PM	#16
Menelvagor Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: lurking on the edge of conversations Posts: 924	Hey Elfmaster XK (or anyone else for that matter), any ideas for plot inspiration?

04-24-2002, 11:57 PM	#17
Tanoliel Eccentric Chocolate Crow Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Emerald City--Seattle, WA Posts: 1,861	I'm a writer....not published, though someday I will be. Um...yeah...hopefully... Think positive! Kashka (I still like that...easier to type!) one thing to do is, if you don't mind others reading your non-finished work, is to sit down with a friend and bounce ideas off them. Sometimes that helps a lot. Also, if you just look at where you are in the plot, and then make a list of absolutely anything that could happen from that point (obviously you won't get everything...six or seven ideas is probably plenty to start out with). Then just pick a random idea (wacky ones are fun, and suprisingly, they sometimes work better than "normal" ones) and write a bit, see where it takes you. Youc an play around with other ideas on your list, and find one you like the best. Another thing to remember: what you're writing now might not be at all how it ends up....don't get TOO close to your "baby." um...sorry if I sound like a preachy author....I've been reading too many "how to write books", most of which are not very helpful, but some are, and they're all really fun to read... -tano __________________ Wisdom for Short Attention Spans...Ozy and Millie. It rocks. Food Of The Gods: 3,7-dihydro-3,7-dimethyl-1H-purine-2,6-dione Feed Me.... Another Online Dwelling Place... "All right, I confess. It is my intention to comandeer a ship, pick up a crew in Tortuga, to rape, pillage, plunder and otherwise pilfer my weasely black guts out." -Captain Jack Sparrow "The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify." -Amelia Peabody Emerson "Most people obey the orders of someone who is pointing a gun at their head." -A.P. Emerson

04-25-2002, 12:05 AM	#18
Menelvagor Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: lurking on the edge of conversations Posts: 924	thanks Tano, I'll try some of that next time I get stuck. I think my problem is that I just don't like to write plot, so I don't get much practice. shrugs (btw, you don't sound preachy! In fact, I might just dig out some of those dusty 'how to write' books myself, I know they're somewhere on my bookshelf... )

04-25-2002, 12:23 AM	#19
Ocarina654 Sapling Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: A box under the stairs in the corner of the basement half a block down the street from Jerry's Bait shop. You know the place. Posts: 13	im an auothor. not published, not even finished actually. im writing like a dozen stories, some further than others. The one i think im doing best in is a Star Wars one. It takes place about 100 years after episode 6, you know, Return of the Jedi. Its kinda out of place. Its a good story though. MY fantasy story is really poorly writen. It has a good storyline. Its too long. all my stories are too long . im sorta writing a Sci-fi. I wrote the outline. I need to write the charectorazation. i usally write one or the other, i dont know why. Sometimes i dont write either. i g2g bye

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