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[TanithAeyrs]

Hey, at least you guys have finished something. Aside from some really bad poetry written in high school and one equally bad short story in middle school, all I have are piles of half finished things.



I have outlines for three different book series on a fantasy world I built (with my own take on the effect of magic on evolution). I have chapters written for all of these and an over arcing concept dealing with the corruption of good intentions that weaves through them all. I have been working on these for more than 20 years and all I have are snippets done. ARGH.

[TanithAeyrs]

Shadow of Light Dragon wrote...

Hehe...early-year writing attempts as campfire horror stories.

*lights a small fire, pulls up a log, grabs a flashlight and holds it below her face*

I'll bring the S'mores.

[Gilgamesh1138]

*puts flashlight under my own chin* And did I mention the werewolves? That's right, Atlantean werewolves! MUHAHAHAHA!

[Tasmen]

FYI, I sent an email to support at FFnet about the stats issue. Hopefully I'll get a response in the next couple days about it.

[Gilgamesh1138]

I sent one too, last Friday, after they went down. I forgot to check my junk email for a response! OOPS.

Checked, no response.  I have emailed them before they probably hate me. I feel like I am bugging them all the time.

Modifié par Gilgamesh1138, 22 mai 2010 - 06:12 .

[Gilgamesh1138]

Well, I didn't think of it that way. Thanks Ette, you doll you. But I have to confess, I am not feeling the love without the stats, to tell me despite reviews my lurkers are reading. ROFL! *pouts*

[Miri1984]

Shadow of Light Dragon wrote...

Tas - Nice XD

I just went to pull out some of my old stuff and yeah...the pain!

My characters/friends were subjected to the following in the space of one story:
1 - being shipwrecked on a small island while en route to California
2 - being captured by talking Bengal tigers (apparently the island was large enough to support over a thousand of them).
3 - one of the characters was crowned 'Tiger King', another 'The Chosen One' and a third was inexplicably selected to die by being strung above a snake pit
4 - the characters all escape the tigers and are very briefly pursued by Daleks before climbing a banana tree to evade them
5 - Then they escape the island by getting back on the boat, which they somehow got working again.

Good times

Edit - Oh, wait, the tigers didn't talk. They had communicators that *allowed* people to understand them. Like Star Trek. Or maybe the Babelfish. Either way, they were very clever kitties.

I SOOOO want to read this now . You could re-work it into the best scifi/fantasy/adventure parody ever! 

[Gilgamesh1138]

I agree with Miri, Shadow!

[westiex9]

Gilgamesh1138 wrote...

*puts flashlight under my own chin* And did I mention the werewolves? That's right, Atlantean werewolves! MUHAHAHAHA!

i think i heard something howl......

[Miri1984]

My first complete novel consisted of a Pirate spaceship (that looked like a pirate ship) and a lot of Vikings. For some reason I liked the idea of Vikings in space.



I also wrote a massive fantasy epic which I actually wouldn't mind revisiting but I don't know where it is now - I printed it all out on my incredibly high-tech dot-matrix printer and put it somewhere but I don't know exactly where. SOOO derivative though - it was one part LOTR, one part The Fionavar Tapestry and three parts SIMPLY AWFUL .

[Gilgamesh1138]

Ah I love these ghost stories of fanfics long dead, by the fire! *jumps in westie's lap* Hold me!

Modifié par Gilgamesh1138, 22 mai 2010 - 07:17 .

[Maria13]

I've sent FF several emails, haven't had a response to one... Very annoying.

[Rhys Cordelle]

Thanks all for your responses and sorry for the late reply. I definitely asked out of curiosity, with no nastiness intended

You can take characters places YOU want them to go rather than having to let the story lie

Fair enough. I guess it's just a change of mindset for me. I spent years playing on a Neverwinter Nights server, where everyone who chose to roleplay and post stories of their characters to the forums was adding to that world. In that situation, I thoroughly enjoyed writing for my characters, but in a singleplayer game like Dragon Age, it feels a bit odd. But to each their own, of course :-)



I do completely understand the emotional attachment people have developed with the world of Thedas. It's an amazing setting, and I do find myself wanting to experience it at a deeper level. I want to read stories about the Circle brotherhoods, and the Chantrys history and the various cultures that exist.

[Gilgamesh1138]

Hi Rhys! *waves and gives a hug* Don't mine my grumpy wumps from earlier. Like I said, it wasn't you! It was a craptastic day at work, and a pet peeve about a word in the English language. You are a sweetie. I understand where you are coming from.



Shadow was right to call me on being a b****. So welcome, and I am very glad you didn't let me chase you off. I would have felt so guilty! Okay, guiltier than I feel already.

[Rhys Cordelle]

haha, no you were fine :-) I wasn't at all offended by what you said. You all made a good case for fan fiction

[Gilgamesh1138]

Thanks Rhys you are a love. And thanks for saying that. But I do I hate when I get all "Gil the Gorgon." I do not like to be that way at all. Hell's bells, Mabel! I can't even play evil in the DA:O universe. How sad is that?

[Shadow of Light Dragon]

Hey again, Rhys I don't know any Chantry or Circle-specific stories off the top of my head, but (until someone here suggests a good one?) you could try looking at the fanfic synopsis thread near the top of the page and do a word search. Might find something good.

I spent years playing on a Neverwinter Nights server, where everyone who chose to roleplay and post stories of their characters to the forums was adding to that world. In that situation, I thoroughly enjoyed writing for my charactersp[...]

I did similar, posting stories of my characters on a forum where the server was an RP-based Ultima Online world. Good fun!

[soignee]

it's reeally weird. I just wrote an overly emotional, wrought chapter and this now that it's out of the way everything is easier to write and I got over my block. Stupid feelings!



*punches arm awkwardly Missa-style*

[MireliA]

EtteStarz wrote...

My stats are working, but I wonder if it's all you heavy traffic authors who are having problems.  I'd take that as compliment

As I've not put anything up there for heading towards 2 weeks and mine aren't working either still, I'd say not

And as for the part-finished stories, I have a part-finished Vampire novel set in the city I used to live in, lost somewhere. Thats probably the best place for it . And it was long before the twinkly vampires!

[Maria13]

MireliA wrote...

EtteStarz wrote...

My stats are working, but I wonder if it's all you heavy traffic authors who are having problems.  I'd take that as compliment

As I've not put anything up there for heading towards 2 weeks and mine aren't working either still, I'd say not

And as for the part-finished stories, I have a part-finished Vampire novel set in the city I used to live in, lost somewhere. Thats probably the best place for it . And it was long before the twinkly vampires!

Twinkly vampires suck.  I much prefer sexy vampires a la Charlain Harris

[soignee]

see I think the Harris books are sucky too. I prefer my vampires in the flavour of how they come in the Dresden Files.



Not denying they're not sexy in the TV series though, just that the books are LULZ.

[Rhys Cordelle]

MireliA wrote...

EtteStarz wrote...

My stats are working, but I wonder if it's all you heavy traffic authors who are having problems.  I'd take that as compliment

As I've not put anything up there for heading towards 2 weeks and mine aren't working either still, I'd say not

And as for the part-finished stories, I have a part-finished Vampire novel set in the city I used to live in, lost somewhere. Thats probably the best place for it . And it was long before the twinkly vampires!

*ahem* twinkly wannabe vampires.

If it doesn't burn in the sun, it's not a friggin vampire <_<

[Tellervo]

soignee wrote...

see I think the Harris books are sucky too. I prefer my vampires in the flavour of how they come in the Dresden Files.

Not denying they're not sexy in the TV series though, just that the books are LULZ.

Carmilla... 

I think most modern vampires are a little silly.  I don't mind the sexualization of the myths, but modern authors should take a look back before they decide how to go about it.

Edit: This said, Butcher does at least cursory research before writing.  I have trouble getting through his books, but I do really like his vampires.  Also, in the short-lived Dresden TV series... excellent casting of Bianca, IMO.

Modifié par Tellervo, 22 mai 2010 - 10:39 .

[soignee]

you're the first person to say to me you stuggle with Butcher--- his books are like crack and are sped read by me and everyone I've pimped them at.