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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.
50
12%
I love book covers that have one object on them.
32
8%
I could really care less.
13
3%
Something different - out of the ordinary.
137
34%
I love books that look shiny!
24
6%
So long as the inside description is good, I really couldn't care about the cover.
104
26%
#Idkwhatsgoingonhere
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Re: { INKLINGS } A Thread For Writers

Postby Moonchaser » Thu Aug 30, 2012 2:18 pm

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@Soundwave

Seems fascinating! I would definitely 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?


I know exactly what you mean, I'm the same. Any novel either about people going insane or from the P.O.V of a killer (like the Dexter books, and Hannibal) I enjoy immensely. I think it's part of what's driving me now to study Psychology. Reading about the mind just spiraling down into madness is utterly fascinating, and being able to study that in depth will be awesome.
The Author's name is Mark Z. Danielewski
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Re: { INKLINGS } A Thread For Writers

Postby Espeon101010 » Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:36 pm

This is random, but I am going t be stuck in rehearsals every week for a few months. Does anyone have suggestions n how to keep writing while 'on the go?' I find I normAlly have to sit and take a day to myself really to get into writing. Any suggestions for writing with lots of interruptions?))
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Re: { INKLINGS } A Thread For Writers

Postby Moonchaser » Thu Aug 30, 2012 6:10 pm

When I get ideas on the go, I just write down the key words of the situation/scene on my iPod and elaborate on it whenever I have time...so at least when you finish being busy, you'll have a stack of quick notes to go back to for the story. Dunno if that will help any XD
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Re: { INKLINGS } A Thread For Writers

Postby crescent + cheep » Fri Aug 31, 2012 1:12 am

【ᴳᵘᵃʳᵈ ᴹᵉ】 wrote:
      Yay! I've been waiting for you to continue c: I'm glad to hear that.
      As for my own progress, I just finished chapter six of the last book.
      I'm going to sob violently when I finish. ;.; This has been my favorite plot for years now, and I'm finally a /decent/ writer. I really don't think I do it justice, but it's still a big stepping stone for me to complete an entire series if you know what I mean.
      And after I'm done.
      I'll edit it.
      Oh God.
      That editing.
      the editing.
      God.


yay! congrats! :)
I wish I was even half the writer you are <3
awww (: If you need anyone to read it.. *pants*

I'm finally starting a story with a half decent plot in mind.
This is the prologue:
[the very short prologue]
“Have you got all of our targets?” she asked a young man sitting as a desk covered with an electornic map of the world, with nine small, red dots. “Yes, all there,” he answered “All teams ready to move in?” the other asked, speaking this time into a headset, pressing a button on her headphone to transmit. “Yes, over” came eight answers almost immediatly, the ninth soming a few seconds later “Target just transformed into human form. ready for capture. over.”. She nodded “Move in. over”. All over the world, the workers moved in on their targets, luring them, and then turnign into the monsters they were. The boss and her co-worker left their self control slip, and turn back into their true form.

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Re: { INKLINGS } A Thread For Writers

Postby magnet » Fri Aug 31, 2012 2:44 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.


___

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 team free kick sass » Fri Aug 31, 2012 2:50 am

magnet wrote:
magnet wrote:
magnet wrote:
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.


___

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."

____________________________________________________________

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!


I love the story and whole plotline, it's fantastic. Maybe, to me, not the most creative or original plot, but it's still amazing :D My only other critique would be to, every time you end a sentence or write a comma, type a space before you begin the next sentence or next portion of the sentence ^_^
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Re: { INKLINGS } A Thread For Writers

Postby like a king. » Fri Aug 31, 2012 3:06 am

Woah. Haven't posted on here in awhile xD

Anyway. Guys, I'm stuck in a big, giant moat filled with camels. AKA, I need to write.
But that's not my problem. See, the trouble I'm having, is that I can not come up with a plot. I've tried many times over the past few weeks and have done what would happen if a penguin tried to fly.

Failed.

So I came here. I know you're all wonderful writers, and have great ideas, so now I'm asking you to help.

Please?
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Re: { INKLINGS } A Thread For Writers

Postby Cherry » Fri Aug 31, 2012 3:22 am

What story are you writing? Can't give ideas if you don't give us details. ;.)
I have writers block too, and I'm at a boring part on it so yeah… and I HAVE to finish, because it's an important part.
And it has to have a romantic part and I'm horrible at writing romance.
Might just ask my sis for ideas, she's so much better at it than me.
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Re: { INKLINGS } A Thread For Writers

Postby like a king. » Fri Aug 31, 2012 4:38 am

Cherry-girl11 wrote:What story are you writing? Can't give ideas if you don't give us details. ;.)
I have writers block too, and I'm at a boring part on it so yeah… and I HAVE to finish, because it's an important part.
And it has to have a romantic part and I'm horrible at writing romance.
Might just ask my sis for ideas, she's so much better at it than me.


Do you mean what genre do I like writing? Because I'm not writing a story yet. xD

If you did mean the "genre thing" though, I usually try to stay in the fantasy side when it comes to humans, though I can't stand vampires. However, I do enjoy writing about normal lives with humans, but sometime's it can be a bit more of an... "adventure-y" type of life. Dogs are also fun to write about, though I tend to lean to more realistic things when it comes to canines.

Does that make sense? <3
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Re: { INKLINGS } A Thread For Writers

Postby crescent + cheep » Fri Aug 31, 2012 4:40 am

Fanged wrote:
【ᴳᵘᵃʳᵈ ᴹᵉ】 wrote:
      Yay! I've been waiting for you to continue c: I'm glad to hear that.
      As for my own progress, I just finished chapter six of the last book.
      I'm going to sob violently when I finish. ;.; This has been my favorite plot for years now, and I'm finally a /decent/ writer. I really don't think I do it justice, but it's still a big stepping stone for me to complete an entire series if you know what I mean.
      And after I'm done.
      I'll edit it.
      Oh God.
      That editing.
      the editing.
      God.


yay! congrats! :)
I wish I was even half the writer you are <3
awww (: If you need anyone to read it.. *pants*

I'm finally starting a story with a half decent plot in mind.
This is the prologue:
[the very short prologue]
“Have you got all of our targets?” she asked a young man sitting as a desk covered with an electornic map of the world, with nine small, red dots. “Yes, all there,” he answered “All teams ready to move in?” the other asked, speaking this time into a headset, pressing a button on her headphone to transmit. “Yes, over” came eight answers almost immediatly, the ninth soming a few seconds later “Target just transformed into human form. ready for capture. over.”. She nodded “Move in. over”. All over the world, the workers moved in on their targets, luring them, and then turnign into the monsters they were. The boss and her co-worker left their self control slip, and turn back into their true form.

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