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Author In Progress
Naomi:
Hello. I am an author in progress, working on a novel. I've loved reading since I learned the craft. The first book I read by myself was "Put Me in the Zoo." This taut tale of intrigue -- would the critter ever be accepted in the zoo? -- left me with a taste for mystery, excitement, and adventure in books. And, a love of bright colors.
I enjoy words, and writing. The first lesson in writing I recall came from my junior high school biology teacher, who informed me that my paper on photosynthesis was "verbose." While I respected her knowledge of the inner workings of plant-life, I dismissed the idea of there being such a thing as writing too many words. I continued to turn in 4 pages of writing for every 2 pages assigned in all my classes. I skated through high school essay assignments with endless prattling, getting good grades for writing due more to volume, and word usage, rather than content. Until college.
My college creative writing professor sang the praises of the first short story I turned in to him. My word usage! My colorful, and descriptive, prose! My thrilling use of words with more than two syllables! At the end of his praise, he asked me what the theme of my story was, as stories should have a point. This was news to me. Previously, I had either been spoon fed a theme, and wrote copious pages about it, or just wrote copious pages. I began to learn about the craft of writing, although I struggled over the concept of a "theme." Many years, and books and web sites on writing, later I began my novel -- there are three friends, and stuff happens to them. Yeah... I have expanded on that basic idea, and am forming, and populating, a world for my story. I'm happy with the plot and characters I've developed. I also have a vast amount of respect for every author who creates a new world, or new rules for the contemporary world. My novel-in-progress even has a theme. Probably. I'm pretty sure it does.
LDWriter2:
Even though I have one story I listed on the other thread I feel like an author in progress since I seem to have forgotten how to write after that story. And not to mention working on various novels non of which are ready to send out. I am revising one and writing two others even though I have two waiting to be revised.
Actually years ago I sent two different ones out but only a couple of times.
JassTheGhost:
So im not big on typing out things about my self so here is video about me.
http://youtu.be/gSk5uxxbPpI
But i am an aspiring author. The book i am writing is called Three65 because the book follows a young man for three hundred and sixty five days and 4 hours in the first person. The book is meant to be a dark comedy of a satirical nature dealing with love, suicide, meaningless and meaningful sex, and overall the awkwardness of becoming something different. the book revolves around a young man who has a lot of problems and it follows for him as a year as he grows as a person. I hope to hear from you guys and look forward to any helpful suggestion's or words of wisdom.
cenwolfgirl:
welcome
good luck
(ps deposed king they helped her a lot thank you :) )
i am still working on my long project and school is curently taking up a lot of my time so am taking a brake
good luck every one ;D
CWG
Naomi:
Greetings. I've been away from the board for a bit. I missed you guys. I've been writing diligently. Everything was coming together with my novel. Until I realized when my story begins there is no reason for the MC to be there, and yet, there she was. What happens to her at that time, at that location, is the catalyst for the rest of what happens in the story. :o
This made me want to fall to my knees, rip my clothes, and shout Macbeth quotations from my front porch at passing strangers. Instead, I've spent the past few weeks thinking of a solution, and then re-working the rest of the story to fit with the necessary change.
Everything is all better, thanks to my love of writing, perseverance, and a few glasses bottles of merlot.
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