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Author In Progress
meg_evonne:
Welcome Twiggen...
As to determination Develan--WRITE ON! And yes, someone around this forum suggested that site and it was awesome. Welcome again!
Wyld Fae:
I am a wishful writer. I have many, many ideas and I just can't get them past the brick wall on my shoulder that stops the ideas from getting to my hand!!! UGH!!! I am however a GREAT editor and proofreader. I have been proofreading since I was 11-12, my Step-Mom was a writer. I guess I'm better at picking out mistakes than creating something wonderful....wow that was woebegone, sorry 8)
Any suggestions fellow authors in progress?
meg_evonne:
Be kind to yourself--turn the editor off. Remember a first draft, is just a first draft.
Some here have suggested (works) that when you sit down to write, edit the chapter you just finished the night before, then move on--always remembering the goal is the first draft not edit perfection.
Oh, and how can you edit the cr** out of an outline? I'm sold on them now. Get your ideas into a rough outline format. If you can't write without editing, move onto your next outline. When you're ancient looking for a hobby you can go back to this wonderful set of outlines. (No I'm not ancient, but I feel that way sometimes!)
You might want to set up a new thread to keep this to writer intros. I saw your AWESOME dragon on the frapper map! I think that was yours? The black/white/ink dragon? I so want you to do one for me if you made it??? :-) Look around for a thread call gallery or something. Lots of neat artwork that people have shared!
Wyld Fae:
Thanks for the feedback! I appreciate the advice. Been trying to get past this issue aince I was a teen (approximately 1 million years ago). As soon as this semester is over I can work on my writing and other art projects. Outlining does help with college papers...(scratches chin) so maybe, just maybe those profs actually know something that I can use in the "real" world. Brilliant!!!
Alas..that Dragon is not one of mine. I thought it was a great idea for a tattoo though. My husband and daughter are the drawers in the family. My son and I like to write. I do work in polymer clay, papier mache, metal, wood, etc.
Phoenix_Kayden:
Hello, hello!
I'm 21 years old and well I've been writing since pretty much the day I came out of my mother and only in the last year or so have I been focusing on trying to write a book (which I hopefully will get published). It's set in my own made up world where mages, vampires, and so forth exist. It's a non-technologically advanced society since most everything is done using their powers. The main character, Kayden, is kind of my alter-ego. She's pretty much an oxymoron because she works to protect the citizens in her world and yet she's part of a secret elite group of assassins.
That's pretty much my story, a lot has to do with defining what is "good", what is "evil", and knowing the difference in one's self as well as the complications and struggles about race.
I'm also a poet and I'm trying to get a compilation of the 150+ poems I've written in the last 10 years or so and get them all into one book. Which I will probably publish then sell to friends, family, and anyone who just wants something to read lol
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