Fellow Writers - Come Chat! - Page 4

July 5, 2008, 2:10 AM

Sorry, about that. I lumped you two together when I shouldn't have.

My bad.

But my advise still stands for those that are thinking "I'll quit, if no one posts soon." You should do it because you want to write it, not because you want people to applaud you. You're usually not going to find people willing to post.

Sad, I know. But, that's just now the Net entertainment works out. You can threaten to not update, but people won't care. If you won't produce, they'll just get their fix someplace else. Everyone is giving it away for free, so people will turn to someone else who's not so needy.

July 5, 2008, 2:18 AM

I thank you for the review anyway, thanks. I enjoyed reading it and have taken it on board, but I planned to describe him later, the next chapter actually.

July 6, 2008, 9:58 PM

Well, currently I'm writing both Heroes: Another Story (A fanfic based on the epic series of Heroes

) And Darkness Of Destruction (A story with many characters from FFF in, specifically Rene Skylar, Faith Crest and Filden Gurito) Currently I'm taking a break from DoD and concentrating mainly on Heroes, though I will slowly be writing the next chapter for DoD you're more likely to see more chapters of Heroes than DoD

July 7, 2008, 10:28 AM

I'm taking my stories a bit slow at the moment too, considering I don't have a computer to use, apart from when I'm in college.

July 7, 2008, 11:01 AM

i don't really type my stories anymore, as for Darkness of Destria, i'm re-writing the whole thing... so that will take me a while, plus i'm wiriting alot of one shots right now as well

July 7, 2008, 2:43 PM

Hm, a chatting place for writers? That could be the place to ask something.
I've been writing fantasy stories so far. And nobody in my family wants to read them. (They all don't like fantasy <<") So I decided to write a "murder story" for my mother. It also has to be a murderer who has psychological diseases.
Now that sounds easier than it is, because I have NO IDEA where to start. '-'
So my question is: Has anyone written a thriller or a "short murder story" (that sounds stupid, but someone has to die XD) yet and could help me a bit?

July 7, 2008, 10:34 PM

I dont tend to write stories, i'm prefer writing poetry more. Theres more feeling in it for me

I posted a few a while back but they're not there anymore :(

July 8, 2008, 12:33 PM

Yes, this thread isn't just about writing. It's for poets, too! I just put the "Fellow Writers" bit in because that's what this section is all about ...

July 8, 2008, 4:14 PM

What I'm trying to put through is, I'm quite lacking of freetime, and due to the small amount of comments, I would assume that the quality of my story is poor, therefore, there is a lack of sense in continueing (it's just like broadcasting a show that get's poor view ratings and bad reviews, but continueing it nonetheless)

As I said before though, if the thread receives a fair amount of posts, then I will continue. I was thinking though about doing a comedy, it's what the comedy should be is that I'm thinking off, I'm either going to do one of four things:

1. A Big Brother House that stars some of either the FFF community or Final Fantasy characters, and offer the readers a chance to vote.

2. A story about a school with various FFF members that often lands themselves in funny and akward situations

3. A story about a few FFF members as they have trouble with their jobs and, like with the school, often land themselves in akward situations.

or 4. A Story of very obsessed FF fans, (Still deciding whether to have it star FFF members) set in the year 2020, where science has developed the closest thing to magic it could make, and these FF fans have offered themselves as test subjects to this experience they have named 'Project Materia' (Yes, it will be in the form of materia, but unlike the game, the materia will be surgically installed.) The story will show them both gain and suffer with this, using the powers to help themselves and have the upper hand in fights, but also suffer due to side efforts (Due to this, expect some dark humour)

All three will be written in an anime-ish fashion.

If there is a story you want to see in particular, tell me, because I'm having quite a bit of trouble deciding, however, I think I may enjoy the Big Brother idea the most. Also, if you do recommend the Big Brother idea, tell me who you want it to be in it. (Remember, either FF characters or FFF members)

July 8, 2008, 4:50 PM

Bahamut's Heir: Seems to me, that if you do a, how would you call it, "friends insert" fic, then you should really only expect for whoever you're inserting to be reading it. Which limits your reading base to however many FFF Members you insert.

In addition, it seems unlikely that you'll nail the personalities of the members you're inserting, so, in the end, you'll be using characatures that happen to share members names. Inserting Members into your last story didn't bring the post count up, so what evidence is there that it'll work this time?

You should skip the middleman, and write your comedy with characters that you can make up yourself, and name them yourself.

If you need a gimic, the cast can be Final fantasy Job classes, and you can play against type, or go with the flow. Like a story version of 8-Bit Theatre. Or, don't limit yourself to just the Big Brother house, instead expand into an Animal Crossing town, with 4 main characters planting flowers, choping trees, digging for fossils, and fixing the town. And, writing letters to neighbors, or angry letters to other characters.

I think that has more potential for hijinks.