{ INKLINGS } A Thread For Writers

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What grabs your attention on a book cover?

I usually look for people on book covers - I like the personal note of them.
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8%
I like simple covers, with colors or an easy background.
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12%
I love book covers that have one object on them.
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8%
I could really care less.
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3%
Something different - out of the ordinary.
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I love books that look shiny!
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6%
So long as the inside description is good, I really couldn't care about the cover.
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#Idkwhatsgoingonhere
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Total votes : 407

Re: { INKLINGS } A Thread For Writers

Postby Zidane » Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:55 pm

Just great. It's absolutely AGGRAVATING!!!!

Okay, so my muse for Dance of the Magpie's back and my fingers have been itching to at least get down chapters 4 and 5, but I have no idea how to start ch. 4. Ugh! What say you guys, hmm? Should I go ahead and keep going with Eriu, or should I switch over to a surprise character?

For those of you guys who are new and/or haven't met me yet, I'm writing a book that's chalk full of Celtic mythology. Here's the link if you guys are interested: Dance of the Magpie
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Re: { INKLINGS } A Thread For Writers

Postby Dr. Paine » Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:58 pm

~<Soundwave>~ wrote:
*~S y m m e t r y~* wrote:
Does anyone here know Roald Dahl?
He has to be, like, one of my top FAVOURITE authors of all time. I think he's amazing.
Today I read his story, 'The Landlady.' Very intriguing story. It has no resolution, only forcing you to simply infer what the outcome will be. After a tad bit of thinking once I reached the end, I realized all the hidden messages and meanings. I was able to come to a conclusion about the ending, and I have to admit I was a bit stunned; though satisfyingly stunned.
It was a bit of a twisted, almost creepy story, and that's why I loved it. Never have I felt towards a simple short story that way before. It pulled me in completely.
The way Dahl uses his utterly clever way with words, the way he sneaks in adjectives that foreshadow the conclusion, it just wonders me.



That somehow reminds me of the novel 'House of Leaves'
Basically about a house with a mind of its own, and a group of people exploring it get lost when the house practically swallows them with its twisting, shifting hallways and staircases and random doors. They all start going mad, and the writing layout reflects their declining state of mind, like so:
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Some people find it to be a challenging read, and I suppose it can, at times, but overall it's fascinating.


Argh! Don't remind me of that book... I bought a copy like, a year ago (the full color illustrated version even), and before I got more than 100 pages in, I LOST IT T_T

I agree though, it was a truly fascinating thing the way it was written. I also want to get another book by the author, 'Only Revolutions', it seems really good.[/size][/center]
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Re: { INKLINGS } A Thread For Writers

Postby eden . » Wed Aug 29, 2012 4:31 pm

-Simple Sparrow- wrote:Username: -Simple Sparrow-, call my Sparrow though.
What we will call you: Oh gawd. I need to actually thoroughly read the form before I go willy nilly and tell you it where i'm just supposed to post my username.
Will you critique other's work?:
Yes c:
Links to your story if you have any:
None that are completely finished yet, but I'll add them when I'm ready ^^
Anything you want us to know?:
Uh, you know your story.... 'Dear Abby'. Well I accidentally gave the lowest option on the poll Dx I actually really like it, 'specially cos my name's Abby *lol*. So, like, sorry about that, asian to the knee.


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      OMG REALLY.
      YAAAAAAAAAAAAY I'M SO GLAD YOU LIKED IT.
      what option would you have given it otherwise, if you don't mind me asking? c:
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Re: { INKLINGS } A Thread For Writers

Postby Sila » Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:37 pm

Commander Shepard wrote:
~<Soundwave>~ wrote:
*~S y m m e t r y~* wrote:
Does anyone here know Roald Dahl?
He has to be, like, one of my top FAVOURITE authors of all time. I think he's amazing.
Today I read his story, 'The Landlady.' Very intriguing story. It has no resolution, only forcing you to simply infer what the outcome will be. After a tad bit of thinking once I reached the end, I realized all the hidden messages and meanings. I was able to come to a conclusion about the ending, and I have to admit I was a bit stunned; though satisfyingly stunned.
It was a bit of a twisted, almost creepy story, and that's why I loved it. Never have I felt towards a simple short story that way before. It pulled me in completely.
The way Dahl uses his utterly clever way with words, the way he sneaks in adjectives that foreshadow the conclusion, it just wonders me.



That somehow reminds me of the novel 'House of Leaves'
Basically about a house with a mind of its own, and a group of people exploring it get lost when the house practically swallows them with its twisting, shifting hallways and staircases and random doors. They all start going mad, and the writing layout reflects their declining state of mind, like so:
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Some people find it to be a challenging read, and I suppose it can, at times, but overall it's fascinating.


Argh! Don't remind me of that book... I bought a copy like, a year ago (the full color illustrated version even), and before I got more than 100 pages in, I LOST IT T_T

I agree though, it was a truly fascinating thing the way it was written. I also want to get another book by the author, 'Only Revolutions', it seems really good.[/size][/center]


Oohh that looks interesting to read! I'm going to look it up! Lol
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Re: { INKLINGS } A Thread For Writers

Postby team free kick sass » Thu Aug 30, 2012 9:39 am

an asian to the knee wrote:
-Simple Sparrow- wrote:Username: -Simple Sparrow-, call my Sparrow though.
What we will call you: Oh gawd. I need to actually thoroughly read the form before I go willy nilly and tell you it where i'm just supposed to post my username.
Will you critique other's work?:
Yes c:
Links to your story if you have any:
None that are completely finished yet, but I'll add them when I'm ready ^^
Anything you want us to know?:
Uh, you know your story.... 'Dear Abby'. Well I accidentally gave the lowest option on the poll Dx I actually really like it, 'specially cos my name's Abby *lol*. So, like, sorry about that, asian to the knee.


      accepted
      OMG REALLY.
      YAAAAAAAAAAAAY I'M SO GLAD YOU LIKED IT.
      what option would you have given it otherwise, if you don't mind me asking? c:
      don't worry about it. ^^



I would've given it the highest option [whatever it was. Like I feel like going *all* the way to the thread and looking at the *whole* poll again. That's be waaaay to much work]. I really loved the whole plot idea, and how original it is. How the woman goes back and it's as if she's living in her childhood again. I was lying upside down on the couch today racking my brain for something that compared to it and it's coolness LOL. If I can dig out something I would've edited out or in, I'll let you know *lol*. Oh, and thanks for accepting moi ^_^
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Re: { INKLINGS } A Thread For Writers

Postby magnet » Thu Aug 30, 2012 9:40 am

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Stay with me.Let ME protect you Allie.Please,I can't do this without you!

Thorn's eariler words echoed through his head.Allie hadn't come near him in the past few months,ever since her mate,and the father of her pups,Sesshomaru,had died because of Max.Execpt for when he had begged her,pleaded her,to let him protect her.But she had hung her head,and walked away.Whenever he,or another male,even her brother,whom she trusted more that he,came near her,she would cower in fear,tears would run down his eyes.

He hated every single minute of it.

He hated having to stay away from his best friend,no,the girl he loved,hated having to watch her suffer,always from a distance,knowing he could do nothing about it without scarring her further.His heart ached everytime he saw her,and knew that they could no longer be like they used to.Full trust from both of them,laughing,having a good time,just being there for the other.

Nowadays,she mostly hung around Callie and Willow,and her daughter Toffe.Whenever she was with them,he would sometimes go and ask if he could join them.Allie would shy away,almost as if he was a danger to them,and ocasionaly bare her fangs at him.She would then run off,Toffe and Willow trying to catch up to her and calm her down.Callie would stand behind and apologize for Allie,tell him she's not sure of what's going on.

And he always said the same thing.

"I'm not upset."

But that was a lie.He was upset,but not at Allie.He was upset at the fact that now,more than ever,he needed her,craved her,but couldn't get anywhere near her to express his feelings to her.His heart stopped everytime she looked at him with fear,he almost cried when she started apologizing repeatedly,for running into him like he would hurt her.He would never think of hurting her.He would never think of touching her in a hurtful way.

But she though he would.He couldn't keep staying away from her,he HAD to tell her!He could hold it anymore!

He felt bad for the youngest couple in their pack though.Izaya,and Allie's daughter,Toffe.Whenever she though he was too close to her daughter,Allie was snap and snarl at Izaya,until the Omega gave submission,and slouched away from his Alpha.Howevermit hadn't been until a few weeks ago,that Izaya no longer gave the usual submission that Omega's gave.He stood tall,tail up,and Thorn knew he wouldn't move.He made no growls or hateful moves toward Allie,but stood beside his mate protectively.Allie,confused as ever,would go to Callie's side,shivering,and hide.Callie,just so Allie wouldn't feel like she was trying to betray her,growled at Izaya until he walked away,Toffe bounding faithfully by him,nuzzling his side.


He hadn't figured out until about a month after it happened the first time,that Toffe was pregnant.Izaya was only showing that he'd always stand by his mate.Huh,Thorn never would've guessed the little twerp had it in him.


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Thorn had decided that he had had enough.It could no longer wait.One night,Allie disappeared.But,he wasn't worried.He knew where she was going.She was going to "their place".It was a small hidden medow,complete with flowers and a tiny little pond,that was all too perfect for them.It had been discovered on a day when they had come back from hunting.

Truthfully,you couldn't find it unless you were looking.They had found it when Thorn tripped into it.After over tweny minutes of laughting her head off at him,Allie and Thorn went to explore it.They made it their place,a place they only knew about,and could go when something was troubling them,or they just wanted to count the stars together.


He knew,for a fact,that if he went there too,she'd still be scared,but she'd know it was him who was there with her.He didn't want to scare her.He didn't,no he couldn't hurt her,even if he tried.Phyically or metally,he couldn't hurt her.He wouldn't.Be he had to tell her that he was in love with her,whether he scared her or not.


He set his nose out,following her sweet scent,soon arriving at the entrance.He ducked under,heaving through the strong bushes.He saw that she was at the pond.As he moved through the bushes,her head snapped up,and she stared at him a second before backing against a tree,and snarling.


"Get out of here!D-don't touch m-me,leave me a-alone!Pl-please,don't hurt me,I-I..."


He felt his heart shatter at this.At her,so scared of her best friend,enough to beg with him not to hurt her.He lowered his head,and tucked his tail.He was given submission like an Omega.It had surprised her enough,that she had stopped growling.He had never given submission to anyone.He was too proud.But,for her,the girl he loved more than his own life,he made an exeption.Exept,he didn't keep his head lowered.He looked up at her,tears running down his face,hurt breaking his heart,and spoke.

"You don't have to come near me if you don't want.Truth be told,all I want to do right now is hold you,tell you it's okay to cry,tell you it's okay to be scared,to hurt.But I'm afraid to,because I know I'll scare you.And I don't want to scare you.But,I can't get close to you without you looking at me like I'll hurt you.You should know by now that I wouldn't throw all of our friendship away just so I could take advantage of you.I'd never even think of that.I'd hurt my own self if I ever hurt you like that.But,even though I know you're scared,that I know this probably won't make any differance,I have to tell you this."


He slowly sat down in the smooth grass,and met her eyes with his,her eye's filled with fear.He sighed softly,and took the biggest leap he had even taken in his life.


"I love you Allie.I love you more than life itself,more than anything on this Earth.And it breaks my heart to see you break down like this,to hurt this bad,and having to stand on the side and watch it,knowing I can't do anything but watch like it's a freak circus show that turns good natured dog's like you into someone who scared of her brother even.Her son."

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I had an idea for the other half of this story.The very last part is mature,but most of the rest of it is fairly fine for this forum.If I get at least 6 comments,I'll contine it.And if I get 9 comments,I'll post the whole thing on DA!
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Re: { INKLINGS } A Thread For Writers

Postby crescent + cheep » Thu Aug 30, 2012 11:09 am

~<Soundwave>~ wrote:
*~S y m m e t r y~* wrote:
Does anyone here know Roald Dahl?
He has to be, like, one of my top FAVOURITE authors of all time. I think he's amazing.
Today I read his story, 'The Landlady.' Very intriguing story. It has no resolution, only forcing you to simply infer what the outcome will be. After a tad bit of thinking once I reached the end, I realized all the hidden messages and meanings. I was able to come to a conclusion about the ending, and I have to admit I was a bit stunned; though satisfyingly stunned.
It was a bit of a twisted, almost creepy story, and that's why I loved it. Never have I felt towards a simple short story that way before. It pulled me in completely.
The way Dahl uses his utterly clever way with words, the way he sneaks in adjectives that foreshadow the conclusion, it just wonders me.



That somehow reminds me of the novel 'House of Leaves'
Basically about a house with a mind of its own, and a group of people exploring it get lost when the house practically swallows them with its twisting, shifting hallways and staircases and random doors. They all start going mad, and the writing layout reflects their declining state of mind, like so:
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Some people find it to be a challenging read, and I suppose it can, at times, but overall it's fascinating.


Oh, I really need to keep a lookout for that! (:
I love the way Dahl writes, too. Realy intriguing the way that short stories can contain such a lrage and [often] funny or twisted meaning.
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Re: { INKLINGS } A Thread For Writers

Postby tide. » Thu Aug 30, 2012 12:40 pm

    Sorry to interrupt any previous conversation, but I have something to say. x3
    So my wip novel, the eight, is finally getting continued.
    Terribly sorry about the wait, it's just that school started so I've been rather busy.
    For those of you that were interested, I just finished chapter two. c:
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Re: { INKLINGS } A Thread For Writers

Postby Sila » Thu Aug 30, 2012 1:04 pm

You know I thought a change of scenery would brin new ideas to my mind and help me, but no... School has fried my brain already now I have writers block and I haven't even written more than a paragraph lately DX
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Re: { INKLINGS } A Thread For Writers

Postby skrundle » Thu Aug 30, 2012 1:05 pm

@Soundwave

Seems fascinating! I would definetely read that!
I have no honest idea why, but stories that involve people going mad or insane alwats intrigue me in a pleasant way. It almost has a hypnotic effect on me. When the story itself becomes twisted and filled to the brim with insanity, it excites me. I'm strange in my own special ways, ha. :)
Do you mind me asking who the author is?
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