Who are you and what do you write?

No though I want to.

Well if you wnat to know more about Turkey and its Ottoman past. There is a website were you could see the historic dramas for free in English.
www.kayifamily.com

 

I am trying to write something like that tho.
Introduction

 

I'm a 19-year-old man. I write fan fiction about equines, generally in the post-apocalypse.

I got into writing late last year, when I decided to take part in NaNoWriMo on October 27 with no prior experience in writing willingly. Since then, I've been working on a complete rewrite of what I did in November, and, given how long it's likely to turn out, it very well may be the only story I ever write.

 

A man, perhaps still a little boy who dreams a lot, dreams of horizons beyond time and space, never touched by human mind before. And these visions are what I engrave on the paper (or .txt). Sci-fi and fantasy is my jam, mixed both into one perfect blend.

 

I am Pete, married, dad of 2 and am studying an Open University English degree.

Depression robbed me of my job and I'm trying to find my feet again, but at the moment enjoying a stress free life being a stay at home Dad in the South of England (by the beach)

 

Hello
I am Candra or Candy I am a straight female in her late 30s.
I am new to this site and learning my way around.
I write poetry most of my poetry is from my emotions real life experiences.
I recently started writing dark poetry and I enjoy writing dark poetry.
I found I have an imagination fit for the darkside.
Poetry is healing for me I am able to write my pain.
I am from Arkansas but I reside in Idaho at this time.
I have three sons who are young men that are pursuing careers of their own.
That's enough rambling about myself I look forward to meeting everyone.

 

My name's Matt and I turned 50 last year. I've been writing in one form or another my whole life, though nothing I've ever pursued to completion beyond angst-ey teenage poetry. In my teens I can remember banging away on the old typewriter my mom bought me at the Goodwill, I was big into fantasy & Sci-fi and badly wanted to write a Conan the Barbarian-esque novel before I turned sixteen.

In more recent years I've written a lot of music, both lyrically and musically, writing and recording an album several years ago (rock genre). More of a hobby that got out of hand than any form of commercial endeavor though. I still play guitar but I don't write music anymore.

A few years ago I penned a cold-case short story as the background research for the fictionalized novel I'm starting work on now. (which is why I'm here)

The only thing I've ever technically 'published' is an 'epic' true-life love story that spans 40+ years, written in a serialized, online blog format, which I still contribute to occasionally, but it hardly counts.

I'm married and work from home here in the PNW, with a fairly open schedule to write with now that the kids are grown.

 

Guilty as charged. I'm a teenage girl who primarily writes about teenage girls - I guess that's just the demographic I feel most comfortable with.

I write primarily short stories, though I'm learning to dabble in poetry and just "finished" (by which I mean completed the manuscript, substantially edited it, found myself satisfied with it, shared it with a few friends, and set it aside) my first novel. Most of my stuff is realistic fiction involving pretty heavy topics - I just won an award for a piece based on real stories about children kidnapped by terrorist groups - but I want to try my hand at a sci-fi piece and have been trying to figure out how to take what I have from summary to outline to story. It's a piece I'm quite excited about, which is always a good feeling.

I'm really excited to meet all of you!!

 

I'm a young woman who enjoys writing YA speculative fiction. I enjoy writing YA because a) I've been writing since I was a little kid and so have never written about any adult and am sort of intimidated, and b) writing about someone going through that transitional a period in their life is really interesting to me, because they're mature enough to take responsibilities and act adult, and yet young enough that they're still very changeable and probably haven't really set their morals, their personalities, or their aspirations in stone. I like to write about teenagers in their later years (16-19) because then I get to write about the development of all those things. Let's be honest, most 13-15 year olds aren't thinking about their future jobs quite yet. As far as my reasons for enjoying speculative fiction, for dystopian and science fiction, I love being able to predict the future. Dystopian is also fun for me because I don't like authority and I'm very stubborn, and science fiction because...robot invasion. For fantasy books, I just love being able to build my own world, come up with my own social constructs, my own sayings, my own societies, and I guess I just like to play god. Sorry for making you read a veritable novel, but that seems to be a common theme in my posts on here.

 

I'm Josie, I'm 23.
I've been writing (badly lol) since I was 12/13. It started with a vampire fantasy series and progressed from there.
Now though, I mostly write New Adult romance novels. Sometimes these do fall directly into the romance category, but others include action, thriller and fantasy.
My books are nearly all 1st person, present tense (with a few exceptions) The MC's are both Male and female depending on the overall story with one featuring both. The youngest MC is 19 (female). The oldest is 32 (male).

My current novel which I have almost finished (grins excitedly) is a university, romance trope. If anything it's to get it out of my system whilst my own uni experiences are still fresh in my mind.
I intend to self-publish at least one book by the end of the year.

 

I just signed up yesterday. I don't consider myself a writer, but I know my life story would make an amazing novel.
If I heard someone tell me their story as I have lived mine, I wouldn't believe it.
There a lot of things I'be experienced that cannot really be shared with the people closest to me so I journal.

According to all the experts out there, I should be hooked on drugs, alcohol, sex and more. However, I refuse to become a victim of my circumstance.
I am a fighter. I have been all my life. However, I am at a point in my life where I'm exhausted. I can't keep bottling it all up inside. I'm tired of being alone in
this fight.

I signed up hoping I can write/ journal about everything inside the bottle. I can't be the only one out there. Perhaps someone will share their experience
and/or perspective. Sometimes a different perspective can make all the difference. Perhaps my journals will help others work through similar situations,
give them hope and let them know they are not alone in their fight.

 

Hi Spainglish!

I’m one of the forum moderators, and I want to welcome you to the forum.

I'm hoping you can settle in here, and that you can get started with your journaling. You might want to try opening a forum blog, which you can do, even if you are a new member. A blog can be your forum 'journal.' You have some control over who can see your blog, and you can write anything you want in it, provided it doesn't violate our Forum Rules for certain types of content, etc. The good thing is, unlike our Workshop, you can post your own work there right away. However, it's just for other people to read and maybe make a comment or two on it. It's not intended for feedback on the writing itself, so keep that in mind. (If you want feedback, you'll need to put your work in the Workshop area, after you've met the requirements for posting there.) But you're welcome to start a blog. https://www.writingforums.org/faq/blogging.22/category

After reading your post above, I do want to caution you a bit, though. This is a writing forum—with a Lounge area to let off occasional steam and have a bit of fun. WritingForums isn't meant to act as a support group for life issues, so we hope you'll keep that in mind. Concentrate on WRITING about your life issues—rather than debating these issues with other members or attempting to get advice on them—and you'll be in good company.

In order to help you get oriented and get settled, here are a couple of links I strongly recommend that you read at the start, if you haven’t already. They will give you a good idea of how we operate here on the forum:

New Member Quick Start

Forum Rules

You will notice in the New Member Quick Start that in order to post your work in the Workshop area—the only area of the forum where you are allowed to post your work and ask for feedback—you will need to do at least two critiques for other people, in exchange for receiving feedback on one of your own pieces of work.

This site is designed around the concept of members helping each other out by ‘paying it forward’—through our two-for-one critique system. So do two critiques, THEN you can post something of your own. This advance 2:1 ratio lasts as long as your membership here.

In order to help you get started doing critiques, here is a link to a good article written by one of our former moderators: https://www.writingforums.org/threads/constructive-critiques.20627/

One of the popular areas of our forum is our contest section. There is a monthly contest running for Short Stories, Flash Fiction and Poetry. You can enter these ongoing contests, even as a new member. And we really encourage you to visit the site, read the current entries, and vote for your favourite when the voting period starts. This means a lot to the people who have written these entries. And it will also give you a good idea of what our members are capable of writing.
https://www.writingforums.org/writing-contests/

While the Role Playing Game section is not new, it’s being given a revamp. So if you are interested in playing and writing Role Playing Games, you might want to visit this section and get in on the fun. https://www.writingforums.org/threads/resurrecting-the-dead-rpg-section-rebuild.165055/

I hope you have fun getting to know us and let us get to know you, via the posts you make. Please feel free to explore the forum. There is a lot under the hood. This site map might help you find your way around more quickly than the menu bars do, so feel free to use it. https://www.writingforums.org/faq/

If you encounter any difficulties, don’t hesitate to contact me or one of the other moderators, whose names appear in yellow at the bottom of the Community page. We will be glad to help.

Again, welcome!

Cheers for now,
Jan

 

Thank you, Jan. After looking around the site, I determined the Blog and Poetry sections would probably be the best fit for my journaling.
However, I could not post in either section. It says I do not have permission. Is there something I need to do to get access to those areas?

 

Thank you. I wasn't going to use the Poetry section for journaling. I actually have a lot of poems I've written over the years. I once considered trying to publish them. I would love some honest critique to see if they're worthy.

 

One thing you should know about the blogs here—they run on the Xenforo plugin, and apparently that will at some point be discontinued. No idea when, but the blogs will all cease to exist. You can download your blog as a series of PDFs, but it will no longer exist here on the forum. You might want to instead use the Progress Journals section. Those will be sticking around. Seems kind of weird blogging on something called a progress journal, I decided to just use the blog, knowing it could all disappear at any time.

Actually, I should ask—to a mod—would it be ok to use a progress journal as a blog? Not sure I've seen anybody do that.

 

That's not really their intended purpose. If anything, you would hurt yourself more than not because not many will follow a blog not found in the blog section. On the other note, I save all blog post by date to a storage drive I have at home. This double back up I do with all works to prevent loss.

 

Thanks guys—makes sense.

 

I did think about using the Progress Journal initially, but when I read the description I determined it wasn't the proper place for me.
Who knows? I may be inspired to write after completing more poems and journals. I could start with Short Stories in the Non Fiction section for critique.
This could be the catalyst to a great novel. Stranger things have happened!

 

You know what, I might have mixed up blogs with the Gallery. When I first joined it was with the understanding that there's a Gallery here where we can post our stories. There is, but it's also a Xenforo thing, and that one I think is going to just disappear when the switch is made. I don't know if the same is true for the blogs, Xenforo 2 might still have blogs, and the old content might transfer over. Sorry to confuse the issues here, but it's because I was confused, and this is clearing it up for me.

 

Thank you. I appreciate your feedback greatly.
All of this is new to me so any information you provide is helpful.
I"m also glad my confusion helped you clear up your confusion. ha ha!