Hi, everyone. I'm a new member. Took me quite a while to decide if I was going to post this or not. I tend to stay as an observer (or lurker, as netizens would call it), but I thought it's about time to get myself involved in something new. I'm a teen, typical and normal. I never had the interest in reading books, nor did I have the interest in writing. That is until I visited this forum. I'm mainly a musician, and I'm pretty confident about my taste in notes. But I never tried writing lyrics before. My one fear is that my words won't be enough to express what my notes really wish to deliver. Then I happened to have stumbled upon this forum a few days back, and saw that you guys had a songwriting sub-forum where I could learn a bit about how to write song lyrics properly. I'm sort of wishing to find a few guides in there, as I tend not to trust guides made by fellow musicians. Most of them seem to end up cliche, completely disregarding the compatibility of the notes with the essence of the lyrics... but that's just me. I also began reading the short stories compiled in this forum and I must say I was completely astonished and addicted. I never knew short stories could be so good. I began wanting to learn how to write short stories properly after reading a few works. And as such, I'd like to ask my seniors if they could guide a lost lamb such as myself, towards the enlightening path of creative writing. I'm nowhere near talented but I do work hard. My friends say I'm a fast learner, so I hope that would prove to be true in here. Thank you in advance and I'm looking forward to meeting people, and learning from the best.
Welcome to Writing Forums, Echidna! I hope you find what you're looking for here, whatever your interests in writing. This forum aims to provide the best workshopping resources on the internet, and to that end we have a few rules which you should familiarise yourself with before you get stuck in. The main section of the site is the Writing Workshop, where members can post their writing in order to receive critique of their work. However, before we allow members to post their work, they must have met some basic requirments. Firstly, you must have been a member for fourteen days, and have made twenty posts on the forum overall (please note, posts in Word Games do not count towards this). This is so that members, when they post their work, have familiarised themselves with the forums and contributed to them (as well as hopefully learned something for themselves). Secondly, members must provide two constructive reviews of other people's work for each piece of their own that they wish to post. This is because we believe that the focus of workshopping should be equally upon giving reviews as receiving them, as they allow a writer to practice and improve their editing skills, which they can then apply to their own writing. Beyond the Writing Workshop, you will find that we have extensive forums for discussion of aspects of writing, as well as a community area for general discussion. We also run periodic short story and poetry contests, which are good for challenging yourself and expanding your skills. If you have any questions or problems, then the moderators (myself Cogito, Lemex and Dante Dases) should be your first port of call. Any technical problems with the site itself should be directed to Daniel, the site administrator and owner. I would recommend you have a look over the rules so that you know what to expect, and what is expected. But aside from that, I hope you enjoy your time here. Banzai
Gday Echidna, Welcome to the forums, we don't see many monotremes here. Hope your song-writing goes well Quentin David Jones
