Vercetti21 Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 The thing I don't get about it though is if people just need these sorts of prompts why aren't they just searching the net, or better yet, just open a dictionary and choose a word as a starting point? Not to be a naysayer, it's just... can't we come up with something that really pulls everyone together in some way? I do feel the competition formats are the sort of thing that can get really exciting here, and certainly have done in the past, but I dunno. Something is better than nothing. I don't know if it's writer's block or laziness that's keeping me from thinking as creatively as I used to, but I just can't come up with ideas lately. I don't see Scribbles as a long term solution but hey, it's a step in the right direction. The real question is whether it will get enough attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 So uh, I think Canofceleri had a damn good idea there. Two entries from the not so normal to this section, in fact. The whole aspect of the collaboration has to be both charming, easy and simple, but also needs to convey a piece of mystery or the unknown, to intrigue the person to participate. As for myself, I think all of the entries in that topic are coming along just fine. Typhus, you should know by now that Writer's Discussion is not the most active, so taking down your idea one day after posting it doesn't convey the image I think you wanted. Tell us about it if you really felt like helping out, man. Lord knows ideas are the fuel for writing. Scribbles should do good, as long as people realise that it's not going to make you any worse than you might be. It's all about doing writing something you probably haven't ever written about. It should stop your writer's block, fuel your passion for writing and stop your laziness. Anyway, with the recent destruction of my xbox360, I will most definitely be thinking more. Of course, with the new stream of thinking I will probably decide to write something, so keep an eye out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhoda Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 I'm hoping Scribbles does one of two things: i) puts you at ease, writing about something so simple and so meaningless may be the kick up the arse you need when it comes to your own ideas. ii) put you out of your comfort zone, makes it hard work to even get anything legible from what I draw for you. I'll have the first set of drawings, a new system and a topic up by the end of the weekend. Keep your eyes peeled, I'm excited about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy455 Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Well, I missed the f*cking discussion a page back... f*ck. "I might have laughed if I'd have remembered how." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhoda Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Doesn't matter if you missed it, if you have something to say go for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 How's the Scribbles working out Craigyy? By the way, it took me a while to realise that you changed your name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osric Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 So, my Deadliest Warrior game didn't turn out quite like I hoped, but then again, I did rush it. Also, it seems BUYG-bashing is back in. I would like to point out that BUYG is not dead, Landstalker revived BUYG in the San Andreas boards, and while I don't blame BUYG spin-offs for the decline of WD, it doesn't really help it either. I really want to do another BUYA, but I realize that this is not the place for it. However, I do belive we need another sub-forum for games like BUYG, Deadliest Warrior, BUYA, RP's, and even poll games and hurt-and-heal games. Also, I want to do a military story(Seperate from BUYA) of some sort, but can't think of the plot specifics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Bro, since I once felt like BUYG was needed again I'll explain this for you. People around here don't like BUYG because eventually it will dwindle down and die much like Elvis Presley - on the toilet. Like Presley, it was once very wonderful, and all of the ladies liked it, but now it's gone and ever coming back. No matter how many times you beat the body, it just ain't happening. Those fine folks that tried to redo it are just living a lie. There is a total of eight people in that topic, I wouldn't call that a 'revival' exactly, but hey that's just me. You need to understand, that no one in this forum is going to to a BUY whatever, so here's what you Can do. You can let it go, and even though it helped you write, kiss it goodbye. You don't need BUYG to write a good story, nor do you need any of that BUYbullsh*t all together. Just brainstorm ideas, or maybe just write a story about the army or gangs. Craig will soon be releasing something called 'scribbles', and I am sure that could help you if you were having any problems writing a story. Just keep trying to succeed in writing, and don't give up just because one thing you tried didn't work eh? I'm not saying keep making BUY whatever, because in all honesty, that will not work. But just keep your chin up and practice bro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eminence Posted October 6, 2010 Author Share Posted October 6, 2010 No but really, what's the point in scribbles? In the time Craig's been twiddling his thumbs about it I've given myself a few words and knocked out a few vignettes and shorts based on each word. Anyone can do that for themselves... is this the best we can think of? Why's everyone sitting here waiting for said words when they can just do it themselves? It's like people use it as an excuse - oh, I'm waiting for it to come up there and then I'll write in response to it - when if anyone had the motivation to write they'd just do it regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Well, I guess you're right there. But by that logic we could pretty much do any idea that we come up with. Where's the fun in that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osric Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Well, you do have a point. I could bring BUYA to a Call of Duty Forum or something like that, but as for here, I'll just try to stick to narratives of some sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eminence Posted October 6, 2010 Author Share Posted October 6, 2010 Err, the fun of writing? But that's beside the point... the reason I'm repeating myself about this is because this is so simple. Coming up with an idea, working it out, writing it, that's totally different. But just coming up with a word to spark creativity? We really need to wait and wait and wait for that? Especially in its current format. I mean, it'd make more sense - to me - if it were a word given out to the entire forum, and then everyone takes it from there. At least then you can compare how everyone interpreted the word and the different stories they made from them. Osric, your obsession with the BUY_ format, after all this time, is worrying. You know, come to think of it, have you written anything in all the time you've been going on about it? Why is it so necessary to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Well that doesn't sound too bad at all. I mean, I know that was an arbitrary comparison, but what you proposed doesn't seem too bad, just giving one word, then the rest is up to whomever writes. I think it could easily be done, to say the least. Osric, come to think of it, have you ever written anything on this forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unvirginiser Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Been toying with a lot of ideas recently. Here goes.. tell me what you think: A sequel or two to The Master - The first featuring Aliens and Predators, and the second primarily featuring predators. The doctor of the ship has an accident and starts to develop sociopathic tendencies, and a hate for the captain. In the sequel, a demi-God is awoken accidently in a routine scientific exploration of a planet, which posseses the doctor and he gradually gains supernatural powers. His aim, is to destroy the Predator home world to help a race of aliens who are being defeated in a war against them. Not the best explanation, but I'm working on the two parter. Also, inspired by the gtadeepthroat stories posted on the IVums, about being chased by seceret agents. I had an idea about a General who blows the lid on the Goverment's true intentions live on a debate with the President, and has to escape to China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 I like the originality of the first one, but did you intend on using TM aliens and predators? I mean, you should try and create a different mental image if you can, at least for the stories sake. All the same it would be an interesting read, as I love science fiction with a vengeance. As for the general conspiracy, it would be pretty good, if you could deliver it well. Conspiracies go one of two way - thriller, or slow-paced psychological drama, and either could work well. Personally, I think you'd need to go fast-paced for the storyline, but that's only because I haven't read many military novellas that were slower in rhythm. Recently, I've been thinking about writing a short story about a man living in the 1960/70's, merely because I have wanted to touch down on the subject for some time now. It would either be a drug addict, famous politician or club goer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eminence Posted October 7, 2010 Author Share Posted October 7, 2010 I agree with Unoriginal there Will, why make it an unnecessary fan fiction? It could be great if you created your own creatures and all that. Unless you're really interested in those, I mean, if that's what you want to write about, don't let anything stop you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vercetti21 Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 No but really, what's the point in scribbles? In the time Craig's been twiddling his thumbs about it I've given myself a few words and knocked out a few vignettes and shorts based on each word. Anyone can do that for themselves... is this the best we can think of? Why's everyone sitting here waiting for said words when they can just do it themselves? It's like people use it as an excuse - oh, I'm waiting for it to come up there and then I'll write in response to it - when if anyone had the motivation to write they'd just do it regardless. I just like the cooperative side of it. It's cool to see how different writers interpret the same word. And also, I don't think a sub-forum in WD would do much good. Both BUY_ and WD aren't popular enough for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 Why the arf not? So does anyone want to make a specific topic with which all of the stories go into, or would you rather everyone make a separate topic? Personally, I'd like to think more people would join in if it were the former. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vercetti21 Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 Yeah I don't see a problem with making a topic for every scribble for now. Not like there's too much activity here anyways haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eminence Posted October 8, 2010 Author Share Posted October 8, 2010 So you both just supported opposite ideas? Vercetti, you're liking an aspect of it that I just created and wasn't there before. I was talking about the seeming pointlessness of each getting a different word and writing about it. The fact that it's "cool to see how different writers interpret the same word" wasn't there before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 Interpretation is irrelevant in this exercise, at least from a writing stance. I think a main goal that we should be looking for is plain improvement, rather than comparison. True, comparison does breed ideas and ideas go into positive progress, but since we already give the topic, I don't see a personal need for a cross-reference between pieces. But let me try and present you with an idea you might remember, in a different way. Give a simple idea, too broad to actually be a story without intervention, and see what everyone here writes about. Say I were to give the idea ' Eternity ' , then we could just see what that idea (Rather than the word itself) means to everyone. For some, eternity is impossible, but impossible means that eternity must end, because without eternity nothing can be impossible forever. To another, Eternity might mean the belief of divinity is implausible by all means, but this is to say that with eternity comes the secular movement. Which we all know isn't what history has shown us. I might be a bit over estimating your depths of thought into the matter, but hopefully that will intrigue you enough to think deeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eminence Posted October 8, 2010 Author Share Posted October 8, 2010 Err, I thought that was already the point? Whatever connotations a word brings to mind, you write about. Doesn't matter whether it's literal, metaphorical, whatever. An idea or a dictionary defintion. Overestimating our ability to think deeply? Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Garcia Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 Pretty much agree with everything Em said. Laziness is laziness, and Scribbles won't change that. If you need someone to tell you what to write about, your heart's not in it. Not killing the idea though. If it causes someone to use their brain to craft a story, kudos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vercetti21 Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 (edited) Sigh. Yes, I'm a lazy, poor excuse for a writer because I can't come up with my own ideas. I'm okay with admitting that. But that doesn't mean my heart isn't in it. Whenever I find myself in a ditch I know I can always come here for a sense of community and mutual encouragement that, in the past, has gotten me back into writing for myself. And I do see it as a means of improvement, not comparison. When was it ever okay to say "this piece is better than this piece" rather than "here's where you need to improve"? Can't do that unless you have other people interpreting what you write and vice versa. That was the beauty of the short story of the month thing we had going - sure, we picked a "winner" by the end of the month but the real intrigue of it was coming across a piece in which the writer really thought outside of the box. Those pieces are inspiring. Edited October 8, 2010 by Vercetti21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxidizer Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 I think it was the critique stuff that actually killed WD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unvirginiser Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 I think it was the critique stuff that actually killed WD. What you saying about my Mam, you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Oxider's such a womaniser. Hey, someone here should try to add to Canofceleri's little topic about revenge. It'd be nice to get that up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osric Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Emi, Unoriginal.... I've tried twice, but got distracted with other real-life things. As for BUY_, I'll probably let it go. As for a narrative, where to start? I have ideas for a Vampire: The Masquerade fanficition, as well as other fanfics. There's also an idea for a story involving dinosaurs. It may sound silly, but when I was a child, I was obssessed with dinosaurs and I must've watched the first two Jurassic Park movies a million times back then. I also am a fan of the old Dino Crisis games for PS1. I may end up doing a Dino Crisis fanfic, or an original story involving dinosaurs. Plus a re-watching of the BBC/Discovery Channel 1999 classic, Walking With Dinosaurs just fuels my nostalgia even more. It'll be more like Jurassic Park and Dino Crisis, not Land Before Time and Barney. I assure you that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unvirginiser Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Well I am extremely scared of the future now. Got some inspiration for a story, though. It will be mainly Science Fiction, just sayin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
