...I was being chased about by a raving rhino! This was my favorite excuse when I was late to class, it was actually accepted so I hope to get away with that here, too So, here is my late introduction. I thought I'd post one still, because it may be kind of rude not to. There has been a subtle gender question about me, but I hope the pics in the tavern pic thread settled that You can guess my age as I'm not giving it away I probably did at some point, now embarrassing myself with post-spilling secrecy. I came here looking for occasional help with writing but as it turns out, I hardly ever write in English which isn't my mothertongue either. That would be German. To make it more confusing, I am not German but Israeli, and I'm currently living in Belgium. But I hope that by new year's eve, my IP will be Israeli as I'm making Aliyah. I've been writing ever since I was a child. I'm trying to write fiction but I usually end up writing about things I recognize from my own life. Which has enough to offer, in a bad way. My other hobbies are mostly about making movies, drawing, photography, my pets, Israel, and shopping. I got a high school degree in arts and spent 3 years studying film direction and screenwriting. So this is that for now. Nice to meet you
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:O you spent three years studying film direction and screen writing? I think we will get along very well Ive been directing movies for two years at my high school, been writing for longer, its good to see more screenwriters around here
