Hello writingforums.org, hello fellow writers. Yes, I suck at openings, thank you for noticing 18 year old student from the Netherlands, currently in my 6th year of a bilangual education. Have been writing short stories and poems for some time now (ever since I could write down coherrent sentences) and have just started on a new project; writing a fantasy novel. Don't worry, I'll bug you with more then enough details as time passes. I'm a huge fan of fantasy, especially "Dark fantasy" ever since I saw the anime "Claymore". Gruesome is better. Yes, I'm a bit of sadist. But in a good, happy way, filled with bunnies and rainbows. I'm not making sense anymore, am I? I can assure you that my stories are a lot clearer then this message. Favorite writers: Feist, Hobbs, Tolkien, plenty of others whose names I forgot Favourite music: Withing temptation to Red Hot Chili Peppers and anything inbetween Favourite book: The Name of the Wind was awesome... but so were all the books from Hobbs... and Feist... and Tolkien... don't make me pick 1, please? Pretty please with sugar coating? Favourite way to kill a vampire: The religious artifact I stole from... waith, what? You'll get to know me better as I post more, I guess. See ya fellows (and gals) around! CommonGoods
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Lots of warm replies Me like. Wasn't planning on posting a lot of my work just yet, for the time being I just have some questions about plot development and character creation. Used to writing shorter stories and poems, not a lot of character development or plot twists in those :redface:
