Rhoda Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Alternatively, use this. It throws up some really odd questions and 90% of the time, you'll get bugger all from them. That 10% however... "Seventh Sanctum" Quick Story Idea Generator There are other tools there for when you're feeling blank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerner Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 The theme of this story: tragic conflict. The main characters: ruthless bartender and focused heir. The start of the story: resignation. The end of the story: spying. I'd certainly like to read that story... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhoda Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 The theme of this story: tragic conflict. The main characters: ruthless bartender and focused heir. The start of the story: resignation. The end of the story: spying. I'd certainly like to read that story... Write it then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eminence Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share Posted November 24, 2010 That's the sort of starting point that would work so well for a new sort of SSOTM type thing, but I'm guessing nobody would bother in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 I would... Yeh, used some random stuff to get some names and now I'm writing something about something cool. Eventually, if I feel like I can continue it I'll share more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerner Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 The theme of this story: tragic conflict. The main characters: ruthless bartender and focused heir. The start of the story: resignation. The end of the story: spying. I'd certainly like to read that story... Write it then! I need to think of how to end a story with a spying element. If I can, I'll get my mocks done and I'll get to work on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhoda Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 End it on a cliffhanger, with possibility of another story to follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 I'd love to read some spy novellas. Hey Craigy, what's going on in your writing domain lately? As for me, I've been checking out some twentieth century literature, specifically around 1910-1920 era. I got a great idea in my mind at the moment, and am trying to keep the story one a heavy narrative drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhoda Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 You mean ideas, or what I'm reading? I'm keeping what I read to a minimum at the moment, relying on music for inspiration. As for ideas, I'm stockpiling whatever I write for next year. I've got about 4 things on the go, all different things, seeing which I take to and which I neglect will be interesting. I'll finish them all but I'll lean more towards some than others. I've got this little brown paper book that I jot everything down in. Anyone else have something similar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy455 Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 (edited) The theme of my story: Conflict of Diversification. The main characters: Lazy teenager who is fostered and his best friend. The start of the story: Rape. The end of the story: Retribution. YYEEAAH! I've got this little brown paper book that I jot everything down in. Anyone else have something similar? I do, just an A4 lined pad full of ideas, It's falling apart. On another note, how come nobody has considered drawing a graphic Novel/Story? Would that fit into here or Visual Arts? Hmm? I wouldn't mind doing one, being an Art student and all. Would be cool. Edited November 26, 2010 by Ziggy455 "I might have laughed if I'd have remembered how." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eminence Posted November 26, 2010 Author Share Posted November 26, 2010 I guess people mustn't feel confident in their abilities in both... I know I can't draw for sh*t, haha. It'd be really cool if you put something together, I'd love to see that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhoda Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 I can draw, and I can knock up something pretty well but I'm not consistently good, so I couldn't draw the same thing twice for a decent looking row of panels. If I was to ever attempt it, I'd need a graphics tablet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerner Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 I'd read your story but my attempts would be mere stick men. My skills with a paintbrush can best be summed up as awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy455 Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 (edited) Well I am consistent at times, I might start reading a few how to books and I'll knock up a prototype page per say. I can draw, I just can't draw like a brilliant arteest. I guess what I'd do is hand draw each picture (Once I learn anatomical drawing skillz. As I can't draw bodies for sh*t. ) -Then place it into a scanner and color it using GIMP or any other software. Any help for books I could read would be a big help. Edited November 26, 2010 by Ziggy455 "I might have laughed if I'd have remembered how." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpain Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Hey guys I just want to pop a question here; is there any other website where it let you publish a story? I’ve already started a story and I’m actually getting serious about it. Here’s a preview, will appreciate feedback Chapter One Language Of The Mindless She started walking down the stairs, gracefully as if the screaming and the moaning around her were dust and echoes. I was fascinated by her the calmness even the felt like a mile away from me. I placed my palm against the glass wall hoping to catch her attention but it looked like my attention was all that she needed. I couldn’t see clearly but the shadowy figure of herself seemed like she was talking to her hand. Atlas, she reached my cell. She was talking to her hand, but there was a voice recorder in it. I wished the glass wall wasn’t here, I couldn’t hear a darn thing she was saying. There was this temptation right inside me and I couldn’t resist. I needed to hear her voice, she was different from the rest! I pumped my fist on the glass wall. Nothing happen but at least I frightened her a bit. I can never understand human emotions. She took a step back but lean forward to take a closer look at me. Finally I got close to her face and what marvelous impact it had on me. I never felt that feeling before. Then again, I never had feelings before. I sat down on this dreaded piece of carpet they called ‘my bed’ and observed her carefully. She paced around the glass wall while continuously speaking into that damn recorder. She looked back and someone else was calling for her. She began to walk away and I didn’t want to let her go. I kept banging on the glass wall pleading for her to come back but then the lights switched off and I was back into the screaming of that squared hellish room. Should have known that an asylum was not where I would find ‘a feeling’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VercettiTheNiter Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 I was thinking about a Call of Duty fanfic focusing on the S.A.S. I want to know if it would fare well here or if there is any interest in that sort of thing at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy455 Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 I was thinking about a Call of Duty fanfic focusing on the S.A.S. I want to know if it would fare well here or if there is any interest in that sort of thing at all. I'd be up for it. I'm just planning Friday: My Day. I was also writing a short story entitled 'Slender.' which is formatted as Diary entries by a young Nurse called Jenny Grove as she spends the night shifts on a Psychiatric Ward in a Mental Asylum. The book she is writing in keeps showing pages with words which show up randomly, each message violent and degrading, always hinting towards somebody called 'Slender'. "I might have laughed if I'd have remembered how." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osric Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 I think both the SAS COD idea and the Slender idea would be great stories, and I look forward to reading them, as well as doing writing myself. I've finally started writing again for BUYG IV, which has made a small comeback, with new members, and both me and Jacky Fiend have rejoined. I know it's not much, but at least I've started writing something. I don't want to beat a dead horse, but I would do another shot at an improved BUYA, but it's time we moved on. WD is not really the place for BUYA, at least not right now. Maybe when activity picks up or we get a sub-forum for Role-Plays and other games, but for now, I'll just enjoy BUYG IV and writing narratives and one-shots. Also, as stated before, Jacky's back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VercettiTheNiter Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 I posted the COD story. I want to know what everyone thinks about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 The only advice I can offer is the same stuff as always. Diversify your language and learn to describe without seeming mundane. Take plot into original and refreshing places, and don't just tread over the already beaten path. I'm not all for call of duty fanfictions, and I really don't like Call of Duty, so my opinion would be too obscure for an honest opinion bro. I will say that I did not enjoy how forced the sentences felt. He rarely talked, so he listened when people talked Just doesn't feel right to me. Work on your fluency and keep on practising. Sorry I'm not being too terribly positive here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VercettiTheNiter Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Thanks for the feedback. I take both positive and negative into account. I also wanted to say that in that sentence in particular, what I really wanted to say was: "He rarely talked, so people listened when he spoke". Once again thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 What I was getting at was it's still clunky. Is it necessary to the story to mention he doesn't talk much and likes to listen? If so there are different ways of going about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VercettiTheNiter Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 What I'm trying to say is that he rarely speaks, so when he does people listen to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 Now that's a good way of going about it. "When he spoke, nothing was ignored" Or something like that. I'm really not feeling in a writing mood today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerner Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 "He seldom spoke, but when he did nobody ignored him." Gets the point across and is reasonably concise and to the point. Apologies if it's unreadable as I have what seems to be the beginning of a migraine hammering at my forehead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eminence Posted December 1, 2010 Author Share Posted December 1, 2010 Out of all the suggestions you guys have put, I think the best remains his initial intention. Some are trying to be a bit too wordy and get even more clunky because of it. "He rarely spoke. When he did, people listened." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxidizer Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Out of all the suggestions you guys have put, I think the best remains his initial intention. Some are trying to be a bit too wordy and get even more clunky because of it. "He rarely spoke. When he did, people listened." I concur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy455 Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 (edited) I've written the Prologue to Friday: My Day and it's up, unfortunately it don't bump the topic so check it out! “Pass it.” was the simple request from Danny, the short fat one. The joint's smoke was thicker and white due to the cold. It was slowly heading upwards into the night as it filtered along to the next hand. “This is your mom's sh*t?” asked Daniel sporting the exterior of Busta Rhymes. The other kid in Danny’s company was Axel Jones, the only one who actually took the time to go to school here in Getzville, although Danny could see it didn’t help much. “Yeah,” replied Axel before he inhaled his breath of chronic. “Why? Not up to your expectations?” his voice was croaky as he tried to keep the smoke in his lungs for as long as possible. It didn’t last long as his eyes widened in panic, his face strained and the smoke came out in one big spluttering cough, phlegm and all. Daniel sneered at his friend once more. It's on the original Topic. Edited December 4, 2010 by Ziggy455 "I might have laughed if I'd have remembered how." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 “Pass it.” was the simple request from Danny, the short fat one. The joint's smoke was thicker and white due to the cold. It was slowly heading upwards into the night as it filtered along to the next hand. “This is your mom's sh*t?” asked Daniel sporting the exterior of Busta Rhymes. The other kid in Danny’s company was Axel Jones, the only one who actually took the time to go to school here in Getzville, although Danny could see it didn’t help much. “Yeah,” replied Axel before he inhaled his breath of chronic. “Why? Not up to your expectations?” his voice was croaky as he tried to keep the smoke in his lungs for as long as possible. It didn’t last long as his eyes widened in panic, his face strained and the smoke came out in one big spluttering cough, phlegm and all. Daniel sneered at his friend once more. The red is just a grammatical error. I'll be sure to read the rest of this in a bit man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerner Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 The red is just a grammatical error. I'll be sure to read the rest of this in a bit man. I don't see any errors there. The apostrophes are indicating possession. Unless I'm missing something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
