Our Aspiring Writers League (O.A.W.L)

[Helreith Brynhildar]

A little plain, but it could be cool in its own way. As long as they're astrngly defined group. Would the Higher Order work? Sort of snobbish, a little understating.... I don't know if it's what your thinking of.

[MoonheartTheWarrior]

I just remembered part of a plot idea I got a couple years ago, but it's about humans and I can not write anything from the perspective of a human... And I have a feeling that this has already been done a lot. Also, part of it was influenced by Avatar. -is obsessed with Avatar. Especially the giant mushroom scene- o3o

Anyways, I think this is what the plot was:
The main character is a spoiled 13 year old who is turning 14 when a bomb strikes her town, very close to her house. Her mother, who has walking nearby, gets injured by it and has to go to the hospital. On the main character's birthday, her mother dies and her best friend gets killed by a bomb that exploded near her school. Shortly after that, the school day ended early and her best friend went to the hospital, and the main character gets depression and refuses to do anything for a few days, and she barely eats or drinks anything.
~~~~Time Skip~~~~
A few days later, the main character finally feels better and she leaves her room, starving, and looks for food, when she notices how quiet the house seems. Then she hears some gun shots, a sound completely foreign to her, and something hitting some rocks. She looks for a window, and finds one after a few minutes and sees an elderly man lying on the ground, bleeding from his forehead. The main character screams, and some more gun shots can be heard in the distance. The main character faints after this.
~~~~Another Time Skip That Lasts a Couple Hours~~~~
The main character wakes up in a strange looking place. She notices it smells like a bunch of flowers she often smelled near her school, and she also sees some berry stains on the walls surrounding her. She thinks the stains look a little bit like a map of her town, but more messy, and with a bunch of "X's on some places. A few shapes on the "map" are where the main character believes her house and school are, and she notices a few "O"s all over the "map", but she has no clue what they mean. She guesses the "X"s are supposed to show places that got blown up. She sees a small "O" nearby where she thinks her house is. Then, she hears a noise behind her, and see someone walk in. (I believed I was going to name that person "Willow") Willow has long, dark brown hair, with a few areas of it that looked like it got dyed green in some areas, and the main character stares at Willow in confusion. After a few seconds, two cats walk in, and she realizes she's in someone's house. Willow notices the main character, and glares at her.

And I forgot what the rest of the plot was going to be. I think it reminds me a bit of the Hunger Games, and maybe some of Avatar before the last season/"book". o3o

Yay! People think it sounds interesting. I would write it, but there's two problems... I have writers block, and I fail at writing stuff from a human's point of view... :/

[Lasesi]

Cool. :3

Okay. Plot test.....

Character is a normal person. Character begins having dreams that are... Real, and that transport her to this Narnia-ish place. Minus the fauns. Anyway, it is very, very cold there. Also quite surreal. The little magic that exists is in the hands of odd, slightly mental creatures known as myrkye, and select persons. There is also a war brewing there. That is all I have so far.... Hoping more plot will appear.

Sound plagiaristic or outlandish?

And Chef: how about the Select?

Doesn't sound plagiaristic as long as you don't make it totally "narnia" XD! and not sure what's wrong with outlandish Actually - it sounds so much like one of my plot idea's i had a while back it's kinda scary XD (Though mine is quite different at the same time, but stil the same sort of dream transportation-esk thing )

That's not quite what I was looking for. It's interesting, but not quite the name a group of scientist-people would call themselves. I need more of a group name, but thanks anyways!
((Honestly, I was somewhat-planning on keeping The Society as the name, but I told my friend and she thought it was weird/plain. I agree))

Are they an organization? XD Cause the first thing that popped into my head was like.. something with an acronym at the end "evil Inc" (for a really bad example - what the first name would be, i have no idea :3) But then i guess if you look at other "evil" organizations they always have, uh, interesting names "cobra" "hydra" etc.. Though a little more information could help?

Yay! People think it sounds interesting. I would write it, but there's two problems... I have writers block, and I fail at writing stuff from a human's point of view...

Have you ever tried doing a writers MeMe? They're TONS of fun and they're a great way for me to both get over writers block and potentially create some new and interesting characters I'd suggest you give one a go - i can send you a link to one if you want The only way you'll get better at writing from a humans Point of view is to practice ! You might find it's easier than you think

[Helreith Brynhildar]

Cool meme thing, and thanks, Laseh!
Y'all still on, or am I running you off? :3

[KoolAid&Cyanide]

Username: OneDayMore
What will we call you: Call me anything, just don't call me late for supper. But if you're looking for a specific name, I usually respond to Birdie.
What are your goals as an author? (list at least three) 1.) Get a piece of my work published 2.) Finish a full-length novel (I primarily write short stories) 3.) Successfully do a collaboration with another authour 4.) Get my own fan club!
Can you give us a sample of your writing? (one paragraph or more) No. Just kidding. This is the first part of Empty, one of my short stories:
Just a few drinks. A few drinks will help me forget him. Take away the pain and emptiness. Just a few drinks.

* * *

Everybody else is having so much fun. Why am I trapped here, all alone, the emptiness there more than ever? What time even is it? How many drinks have I had? One more beer and I'll head home.

* * *

That was more than one beer. I still miss him. Why did he break up with me? He didn't even have a good reason for it. Dammit, I'm going to go find him. And he's going to take me back. This time, he'll listen.

I hear someone call my name as I walk out. It's Olivia. Now she's beside me. She asks where I'm going. Evan. I need to find Evan.

She thinks it's a bad idea. Tries to keep me from going. I'm not going back to the bar, dammit. This time, he's going to listen.

***
Not my best, but it's what I could find.
Are you currently working on any books? Yeah, a bunch of shorts, and as far as novels go my main focus is currently on a new story, it doesn't have a title yet, but it's kind of about revolution and our future as a religious society. I also have a few that are in that frozen stage, and on the side I'm working on continuing my NaNoWriMo novel, and two companion novels, both of them entitled Nine Months and Forever.
Why do you want to join? Because of the free stuff! Just kidding. I don't even think there is free stuff. But, actually, I like being a part of a writer's community, and it's nice to have someone to talk to about your writing who kind of gets it.
Do you have published books yet? Absolutely! Not. Not even close. Aside from some poetry I recently released for the sake of English class, and some stories I complied for a Christmas gift for my mom, no one (other than a bunch of strangers on the internet) has ever even read my writing.
Do you wish to find a "writing partner"? No thank you
What Role(s): I'm confused...
What's your favorite Genre? Well, seeing as I'm a teen, I like teen fiction. I like reading stories with a more religious theme, I like funny stories, and I like finding great stories that none of my peers have ever heard of, like The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Going Bovine, Stop Me if You've Heard This One Before, and It's Kind of a Funny Story. I also really like mysteries, humour, and Greek Mythology. I usually don't read fantasy, my brain has trouble processing it. Harry Potter, however, is much too cool to be considered fantasy, and is completely its own genre.
What kind of books do you write? Books for teens, usually with a religious theme or some sort of religious component, and usually with some romantic component. Lots of stuff concerning relationships (whether family, platonic, or romantic) and struggles in them.

[Arm]

Username: Arm
What will we call you: Arm is fine.
What are your goals as an author? 1. Get Willow (working title) ready to send to publishers. 2. Deal with Liatris, Lilly, and [unnamed other character] who won't leave me alone. 3. Some decent transitions might be nice e.o
Can you give us a sample of your writing?
The man wore a thick black cloak, and his face was in shadow. Willow watched him closely anyway as he went up to his horse and guided the thing back out of the house, out into the forest. Then he reached up and touched the edge of the doorway—actually just a break in the wall—and pulled it slowly, pressing it to the opposite side. Where the two parts met, they molded together, so that they were in a contained space once the door had been closed. The way the man worked with the substance made it look like some sort of watery clay.
The man turned back into the center of the house, watching Willow as closely as she was watching him.
Gale cleared his throat. “Would you like me to introduce you?” he said scathingly to the man. “Take the cloak off, she’s a friend.” Willow gritted her teeth at the title but said nothing.
“Storm Rogue,” the man said. His voice was high and soft, kind of immature, Willow thought, until he took off the hood shrouding his face. Storm wasn’t a man, he was a boy. His hair was long and dark, hanging limply almost to his shoulders. His face was very narrow, with sunken eyes like a skeleton’s, and his skin was pale. He couldn’t have been older than Willow, and might have been younger.

Are you currently working on any books? Rewriting Willow, which is what the above sample came from; doing a first draft of Pearl, which is not actually a great book in its own right but would clarify a lot of things in Willow; and Liatris, which is something of a sequel to Willow. All of these are working titles.
Why do you want to join? Because I like meeting other writers.
Do you have published books yet? I wish.
Do you wish to find a "writing partner"? Heck no! I have the cooperation skills of the socially awkward penguin.
What Role(s): Novelist
What's your favorite Genre? Fantasy. Rowling is my queen and Tolkien is my god.
What kind of books do you write? Fantasy, specifically high fantasy, specifically mythopoeia. Willow, Pearl, and Liatris are all part of the same mythopoeia and deal with the reason why magic was revoked from humans.

[Redwall]

I usually get all my ideas from music. I have to have music in my ears around the clock, I'm not sure why xD. The words usually bring up characters to mind and then I just go along with the song and set a plot line to it. xD It's weird, but hey, oh well.

THIS. And when I write a story, I have to listen to whatever song went with it when I was thinking it up. It helps put me in the "mood" of the story.

I also find that when I'm doing my chores, I get a lot of ideas and am able to write easily in my head, but as soon as I sit down to my computer the words stop flowing in. It's frustrating, but at least I usually have an idea of where I want to take my story. I think I work better when I'm busy doing mindless tasks, but if I'm just sitting still, like in a boring class, my brain shuts down and I can't think of anything. I've tried brainstorming in class and its always a failure.

Question for you guys though - do you write in order, or in bits and pieces and then join them up? I've tried both ways (different way for each story) and i've found that the one i've written in order, i have a lot more actually written down (say, easily 70-80 pages) but the one that is in bits and pieces i have more of the story/plot thought out and in wayy more detail...

I go in order, though I have been considering trying bits and pieces. 'Cause a lot of times I have already thought out a major part of the story in detail, but it doesn't happen for a long time, and I don't want to lose it. So I'm thinking that I will write out some of the big scenes, then add them in later.

[Helreith Brynhildar]

Ya I write both ways too. The Narnamajig is bits and pieces right now. :3

Same thing, Red! Whenever I need an idea (as in, situation with access to paper and pen, or boring place) my brain seems to hit its little panic button....And I write complete garbage. XD

Bits and pieces is easier to write, In a way, because you can procrastinate at your leisure, and then when you get a really good idea for chapter XYZ and you're working on chapter ABC, you can just do it and fill in the rest later. It's harder to write yourself into a corner.

[*~.Imagination.~*]

D: I hate wimpy heroines... but mine is a complete wimp. I guess I was trying for a heroine that wasn't going to be perfect, you know? Shes a teenager, she doesn't have it all figured out, etc. But now that I look at it its like she can't do anything or always needs help or is always injured or hurt in some way or is always trapped, etc.

And. She. Always. CRIES!

Grr.... I seem to be using the phrase 'silent tears dripped down her face...' a whole lot more than I should be. Garghh! Bleh! Rawr! BLARG! >:( Bad heroine! Bad!

I think I may give her a bit of a personality change. I mean, currently she is trapped in a dungeon and knows that she will most likely be dead in a few days by execution. I think after she gets rescued (yeah, I am just SO original... ) then she'll tell herself
"This is war; no room for emotions." or something like that and will get super determined or something. I may also have to change my ending where she stupidly goes to the last battle even though she is still weak, almost gets killed, and is then saved by her friend who dies in the process.

[Chef Kitty]

That's not quite what I was looking for. It's interesting, but not quite the name a group of scientist-people would call themselves. I need more of a group name, but thanks anyways!
((Honestly, I was somewhat-planning on keeping The Society as the name, but I told my friend and she thought it was weird/plain. I agree))

Are they an organization? XD Cause the first thing that popped into my head was like.. something with an acronym at the end "evil Inc" (for a really bad example - what the first name would be, i have no idea :3) But then i guess if you look at other "evil" organizations they always have, uh, interesting names "cobra" "hydra" etc.. Though a little more information could help?

Well, they're always planting bombs, not extremely smart (after a while of the bomb-thing, the main character Daniel has his ear tuned to find bomb ticking), they wear dark grey suits with black ties and a white shirt (official uniform), in the part wear you first meet them the kidnap Daniel's friend Celia's parents, who Celia cares very much about.
Oh, and they have sources.
And... They manipulate the main character with people he loves.