{ ＩＮＫＬＩＮＧＳ v.4 } A Thread For Writers

[Simplistic Beauty]

So, I wrote a story. Not sure how far I'm going to go with this but you guys can read it and give your opinions/comments/critique if you want.
boop

[Tsar]

thanks to bliss for a new front page look! c:

It looks awesome! Good work Bliss!

[shade.]

ah, it's been a very long time since I posted here
hello everybody ^.^
the front page looks awesome now!
I was just gonna leave a tidbit about the fact that I am currently having that mess of feels that happens when you kill of a character. Or in this case, many characters.
Don't you just hate it when your character is taken over by dark magic and does a lot of evil things?
Especially when you know that she'll end up hating herself for the bad deeds she's done.
Her mom is already killed off... must she lose her love and best friend as well?
*sighs* the things we endure for good plots

[TheSongOfTheStars]

I feel ya shade.
Shift, oh man, I seriously have gotten way too much into her head, or maybe she's in mine. Either way its scary how much I get her

[mantlepiece]

Hey! Just popping in for a moment!
I was looking on an old thread called O.A.W.L (Our Aspiring Writers League) and they had a whole list of these helpful links! >u<
Thought it'd be worth quoting here! I'm looking forward to checking them all out!

Useful Links:
You know, writing links...

Mary-sue Test
Bad Creative Writing Advice
Phrases to be avoided like the plague
Checklist of 17 Character Qualities
Character Building Workshop
Word Frequency Counter
60 Awesome Search Engines for Serious Writers
12 Character Writing Tips for Fiction Writers
Character Chart
Famous Author Writing Style Comparison
Plot Scenario Generator
Basically another character profile sheet
Writing Realistic Injuries
Other Words for Said
Creating Fictional Characters
Synonym Finder

[kafka]

hi there!
i've signed up for nanowrimo this year and i was wondering if anyone here has done it before and has tips?

i literally just came up with an idea for a novel an hour ago and i'm really feeling it, although i need to flesh it out. it's set in a universe where war broke out across the world and we resorted to fighting with armies of advanced robots. the story takes place about half a century after the war ended. it goes like this:


Years after the Great Machinery Wars, planet Earth has resumed peace. Most of the leftover debris has faded to dust, and nature flourishes through all the land. Florence [Florah? Florida? I haven't decided yet] is a young teenage girl who loves to read and write. Stuck in a small town where she doesn't belong, she yearns for the adventure she finds in the pages of fantasy books. As a lonely, curious girl, Flo studies ordinary objects and robotics, learning how things work. One day, when venturing in the woods nearby, she finds a robotesque soldier, still completely intact. With her knowledge of technology, she brings the part-machine, part-man soldier alive, and so her real-life adventure begins.

The story goes on to explain how Flo gives her robot friend a name [Ebony] and takes him around town as her only friend. However, with her dreamy, author-like mind, she begins to devise a plotline for the two of them, and becomes increasingly determined to take the soldier across a border into what used to be an old battleground. She claims this is his home, but in reality Flo just wants some purpose and excitement to her life. The book is essentially about how Flo's need for zest and a "story-book life" endangers both Ebony and herself, as well as her final decision on what to do with the robot she abused for her own whimsical wants.

the title is almost certainly going to be Ebb and Flo. what do you guys think of it so far? i'm not sure if i can get 50,000 words out of it for nano though ;;

[Megaguirus]

hi there!
i've signed up for nanowrimo this year and i was wondering if anyone here has done it before and has tips?

i literally just came up with an idea for a novel an hour ago and i'm really feeling it, although i need to flesh it out. it's set in a universe where war broke out across the world and we resorted to fighting with armies of advanced robots. the story takes place about half a century after the war ended. it goes like this:


Years after the Great Machinery Wars, planet Earth has resumed peace. Most of the leftover debris has faded to dust, and nature flourishes through all the land. Florence [Florah? Florida? I haven't decided yet] is a young teenage girl who loves to read and write. Stuck in a small town where she doesn't belong, she yearns for the adventure she finds in the pages of fantasy books. As a lonely, curious girl, Flo studies ordinary objects and robotics, learning how things work. One day, when venturing in the woods nearby, she finds a robotesque soldier, still completely intact. With her knowledge of technology, she brings the part-machine, part-man soldier alive, and so her real-life adventure begins.

The story goes on to explain how Flo gives her robot friend a name [Ebony] and takes him around town as her only friend. However, with her dreamy, author-like mind, she begins to devise a plotline for the two of them, and becomes increasingly determined to take the soldier across a border into what used to be an old battleground. She claims this is his home, but in reality Flo just wants some purpose and excitement to her life. The book is essentially about how Flo's need for zest and a "story-book life" endangers both Ebony and herself, as well as her final decision on what to do with the robot she abused for her own whimsical wants.

the title is almost certainly going to be Ebb and Flo. what do you guys think of it so far? i'm not sure if i can get 50,000 words out of it for nano though ;;

That sounds amazing! I would definitely read it, and I'm not even one for robots. I think you should go for it. And don't worry about how you aren't sure if you can get it to 50,000. Usually for me, once I get started, my books tend to drag. What I meant to be a short five page story, blossoms into this magnificent 40 page novella. You'll probably find bits and pieces to add to extend it the more you write, that's how I go past my set limits.

Also, I know you didn't ask for name help, but I personally like the name Florida for her. I always go for the unique names.

[Simplistic Beauty]

I want to work on my story but the most updated draft that I have is on the school computers which I have no access to getting. Like I have so many good ideas for it but a chunk of my story is missing so I can't continue it. I.Hate.Everything.

[watermelon.]

this is way late but the new front page looks amazing!

I haven't been here in forever it feels like ;.; sorry about that!
School started and honestly I haven't had much time at all to do anything other than homework and things like that. Writing does take up a lot of time, and I can't just write little bits at once because I get way too easily distracted and write tons, or can't write at all. XD

[WilloweWolf]

this is way late but the new front page looks amazing!

I haven't been here in forever it feels like ;.; sorry about that!
School started and honestly I haven't had much time at all to do anything other than homework and things like that. Writing does take up a lot of time, and I can't just write little bits at once because I get way too easily distracted and write tons, or can't write at all. XD

Amen, sister.

I can't wait for November, because then I get to start Phoenix Rising, which is what I'm doing for NaNoWriMo.
Gah.