11-18-2002, 09:31 PM | #41 |
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Wow Starr, good quote
Have you ever read a book called Sophie's World?..........it explores (in both literary and factual form) many of the the ideas you have included in your extract. |
11-18-2002, 09:55 PM | #42 |
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No, I haven't. I'll have to though, and make sure my story isn't too close to hers (I don't think it will be though). There is no time travel in my story. Well...no, there isn't.
The writing and some plot developement is going VERY slowly. For once in my life I'm having trouble with a beginning, but I know much of the middle. I usually have a head full of beginnings, but never get around to finishing them off and turning them into stories. I've written little excerpts from the middle of the book, and tried to write the beginning several times. I'm getting impatient. ::chants softly to herself:: It took Tolkien 12 years to write LOTR...12....
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11-18-2002, 11:08 PM | #43 | |
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11-19-2002, 12:53 AM | #44 |
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I wrote a short story back in the ninth grade that was a sort of satire on the classic film-noir detective story along the lines of Hammett or Chandler, involving a clash between a down-on-his-money guy trying to make his way in the private eye business, and his rival - not a villain, but an ace detective who seems to take all the business. It was a piece about archetypes.
I'm talking about this because ever since, it's been my ambition to turn the concept into a full-length novel. After several attempts to do so, involving sitting down and typing late into the night, and every time scrapping the thing entirely and never getting past maybe twenty pages at best, I finally made a stab at it that I think is a keeper. Trick is, it's only the first chapter, and I did it back in September... I want to get back to work on it but circumstances keep getting in the way. Oh well. You see, it's especially tricky to do a satire of archetypes because originality then becomes an issue... and in writing, unoriginal ideas aren't ideas at all.
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11-19-2002, 06:50 AM | #45 | |
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11-19-2002, 11:18 AM | #46 |
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Okay. Thank you. Now, if you get this published and I get a chance to read your book, I'll know that it's your book I'm reading!
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11-19-2002, 04:44 PM | #47 |
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Hey I'll PM you all the details and my pen name (which again isn't my real name because my real name is soooooooooooooooo stupid, prisy and boring!!!) so you'll know what to look out for when the time comes. I don't know how long this book will take but I'll keep you all posted- thanks for the support. No-one at college cares so its nice to find kindred spirits who share my love of poetry and writing. (*soppy tears of happiness*) Later Mx
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11-19-2002, 04:53 PM | #48 |
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Thanks! *gives Miranda HUGE bag of mushrooms* Since you're working hard on your novel, you might need these...
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11-19-2002, 04:55 PM | #49 |
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Thank you! Mx
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11-19-2002, 06:54 PM | #50 |
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You're welcome. Now I need to go work on my own novel. *gets a 2 by 2 and another bag of mushrooms, then trudges off to become a Writewraith again*
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11-19-2002, 07:38 PM | #51 |
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OK first of all congratulations Miranda!
I am working on this story right now (almost done) and it's really stupid. It's like really bad sci-fi. But I kind of did that on purpose jsut because it's so not my genre I thought it would be interesting. It's not that bad I guess but I've written better. Ishould go work on it. Every time i try to post here I feel guilty thinking about books I should be writing! |
11-19-2002, 10:30 PM | #52 |
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Is it almost like your CHARACTERS are pestering you sometimes? I know it's sometimes that way with me. When that happens I... *former Dark Lord Thallin Srevain finishes her statement* "She tells us to be quiet. Sometimes we listen. Other times, we do not. Occassionaly we take over her writing style and make her talk like US!" *evil laugh*
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11-19-2002, 10:37 PM | #53 |
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Early finish for me tonight (2.30am)
I wanted at least 5 pages added and I managed 7............just gotta edit those now.........but that will wait until tommorow. Miranda your plot sounds v.good.......keep at it When your published do the writewhights a mention in the dedications? |
11-19-2002, 10:44 PM | #54 |
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*giggles* If I ever get published, I, at least, will mention my fellow Writewights (LOL, "Dedicated to the Writewraiths.") Hey! I suppose that's how we'll know that we're reading a book by "one of us..."
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11-20-2002, 12:19 AM | #55 |
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Yea! We should all dedicate our books/fanfic to our fellow writewraiths! I know I am going to! I know what you mean Silverstripe! My charachters not only do that...but they come to life when I'm not even thinking about them...I just start acting like them! No joke!I finally figured out that sentance! Yea! wait... I think I said that last time I was here...o well. No I am going to figure out the rest of that chapter.*Grabs her dinner, supper, breakfast, second breakfast, and tea and trugdes to her notepad praying she will be able to put this on the computer soon.*
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11-20-2002, 12:56 AM | #56 |
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4.50am..........still here...........forgot some details.........had to add them........tired........so very tired.............lol
Sheesh more addictive than heroin this writing malarky Typical story, went to bed, an idea popped into my head, made a note of it but couldn't settle to sleep without expanding and adding it to the text proper. Yeah the 'wights will get a mention in my book as well ........ don't expect anything soon tho'.........I've been working on it for quite a while and it's nowhere near completion yet (I only write for fun, I'd hate to have to work to a deadline, although being published would be a nice bonus). Well anymore thoughts I have on my story will have to resolved in the dreamland............the book is asleep and soon (hopefully) shall I be. Good luck with that chapter Fred, and enjoy the second breakfast That's it.............sleeeeeeeeppp. Goodnight, said Zebedee |
11-20-2002, 01:24 AM | #57 |
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Okay, now I have writer's ignorance: what large, fairly powerful animals are native to England?
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11-20-2002, 05:49 AM | #58 |
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A domestic cat! We've got bugger all when it comes to decent animals in merry old England unless you look in a zoo!!!!!! We did have wolves at one point but they bogged off long ago. We do have the occassional Beast? of somewhere which turns out to be an over sized jack russel that likes scaring people but other than that there's nothing. I will be sure to mention all my fellow writewights when I'm published (sorry wishful thinking!) if I'm published. Its nice to finnaly have people to talk to who have th esame ideals as me and it has really inspired me to continue by work when everyone else here seems to have given up on me as the mad saddo who writes all night and spends her days on the internet!!!!- EXCUSE ME! I go to dance practice too you know- Jeez some people eh? Anyway later all, Mx
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11-20-2002, 10:59 AM | #59 |
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Actually, I think that I did find something after deciding what time period the creature had to live in England during: wild boars. They were rather frightening creatures by all accounts.
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11-20-2002, 11:08 AM | #60 |
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YEAH THEY WERE!!! Vaguely reminisent of my history teacher on a bad day. We were a pretty scary people before the Romans came and civilised us so if you want to go back to the BCs you can use the Celts. We had big, BIG brown hair, uggd a lot, painted ourselves blue and ran naked into battle!!!!!! SCARY!!!! Luckily I'm descended from the more civilised Irish- we had red hair!!! We do have scary beasts knocking about at the moment- they're called Essex girls- Don't ask babe!!! Mx
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