1. Risktakers

    Risktakers New Member

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    New Fish

    Discussion in 'New Member Introductions' started by Risktakers, Jul 22, 2013.

    Hello my name is James. I'm a 26 year old from the United States. When I was younger I was encouraged towards sciences as due to my bad writing structure and horrible grammar. English teachers were stringent and tended to value these more than creation. I shed my back on it. Leaving it to be left for students who had better hand writing. However while in High School I took a drama class and wrote a screen play. My teacher told me it was while their were grammar mistakes the concepts were brilliant. I then began to read and it was like a breath of fresh air into a dying soul. Fantasy became reality. Wizards, Elves, Robots, Monsters inspired passion. The poetry of Frost and the writing of Dickens spoke to me. Yet my writings went off and on. Poetry here a chapter of a novel there. Until recently when I attempted to write a apocalyptical novel and ended up writing 30,000 words. However I could never connect with characters. Nor did I envision writing horror novels for the rest of my life. Thus, it is now on the self. I have began work on my high school screenplay into a novel. I hope I can gain knowledge from this forums members and I can provide what I can to its members.
     
  2. Pisatelj

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    Hello James
     
  3. Cogito

    Cogito Former Mod, Retired Supporter Contributor

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    Hello James, Welcome to the Creative Writing Forums.

    Please read How to Use the Writing Workshop before you try to post there. Posting your own writing for people to comment on should not be among the very first things you do here anyway. It is worth taking the time to see what other people have done to improve their writing, and see if some of it applies to your writing as well. That is part of why we require members to review other members' work before posting their own for review. On the other hand, there are no restrictions, other than content and copyright rules, on showcasing your work in your member blog.

    Also, be aware that posting a piece of writing on any public site, including this one, will greatly diminish your chances of selling it for publication. Removing the writing later does not alter that fact - once posted, it is irreversibly considered published. So do not post anything more than a small excerpt of any piece you are planning to submit for publication.

    If you haven't explored the site yet, you should probably do so soon. Newcomers often gravitate to the Lounge, the Writing Prompts, or the Writing Workshop, but there is much more to be discovered if you poke in the corners. Remember to check out our FAQ as well, and be sure to read through the site rules, too, to avoid any misunderstandings or hurt feelings. Respect for one another is our principal mandate.

    As for the Writing Workshop, new joiners often wonder why we do things a bit differently on this site than on other writing sites. We emphasize constructive critique as a vital writing skill. Training your eye by reviewing other people's work helps you improve your own writing even before you present it for others to see. Therefore, we ask members to review other people's writing before posting work of their own. We also impose a two-week waiting period before you may post writing for critique, to give you time to become familiar with what is expected and how the site operates. The Writing Workshop forums on this site, therefore, are true workshops, not just a bulletin board for displaying your work (and on that note, please only post each item for review in one Writing Workshop forum). Also, please use the same thread for all revisions and additional excerpts from the same piece of writing. See this post, Why Write Reviews Before Posting My Work? for more information.

    And while you're looking around, don't forget to check out the RPG forum for improvisational fiction. Also try our Weekly Short Story Contest and Weekly Poetry Contest. They actually run more than one week apiece, but any member may enter, and all members are urged to vote for their favorites.

    Enjoy your stay here, and have fun!
     

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