Thread: Introduce Yourself

Welcome, Amanda. I double-majored in English Lit and history too. My Masters is next. PhD after that.

Not that I'm getting ahead of myself or anything.

Hello, I'm Kat. I suppose I've been more of a storyteller rather than a writer when I was growing up. I was often asked to make up a story on the spot to entertain my friends on long car rides. Sadly, I never wrote them down, but they seemed to have entertained the adults who happen to be listening too. Now, I know that written storytelling is very different from oral storytelling, and I really hope that one day I can eloquently put some of my stories down on paper. I've started a few stories and have gotten good reviews from readers, but I seem to have a problem of running out of steam before I can finish any of the works. Hopefully I can get advice and tips from everyone here.

Welcome, Kat!

I have been writing on and off since childhood. I have been in the medical field all my adult life. I would like to better learn how to relate my experiences in a way that would make for interesting reading...that's why I joined...that's why I'm here...to improve my self-image in relation to writing.
I started with poetry when I was 11, and fell in love with that...Coleridge (for many reasons) being my favorite. The realization as I have become an adult, that poetry is not what I imagined it would be in the modern world, was my main impetus to quit. I must admit that I am out of touch since about ten years ago with that crap...another reason I joined this site.
Anyway...I think this site may be an interesting avenue to explore the creative side of myself that I have left to languish as I have learned to care for sick people.
Be cruel, be honest, be real...I want to get to the knitty-gritty; I want to learn, I want to be mentored, I want to really write in a way I haven't since I was young (at least with the same sense of enjoyment I had, since I didn't really know or have anything relevant to say then).

Hi people. Dont really know how to introduce myself but here we go!

I love writing!

I joined the forums to read other peoples work, to get help with my writing issues that no matter how hard i try, i just cant quite seem to smooth out. And mainly to post pieces from my first novel, to get any feed back. Both good and bad critique welcomed .... but mainly good!!


So here i go!

Welcome to the forums, Neverland. Don't worry, all of your writing problems are correctable.

Hello all! I'm here trying to improve my writing and hopefully help out others. I've been writing for years, since I was a kid, wrote tons of short stories, and poems, got a couple poems published about ten years ago, but no major work since. I've been working on my novel over the past couple years, slowly, when I have free time. Now I am hoping to be able to post it and get some real feed back since none of my friends will actually give me feed back on it, and its been like pulling teeth to even get a few of them to read what I have. The only responses I've been able to get out of them is various forms of, "I really like it so far..." which is nice to hear but not what I'm looking for. I need constructive criticism on the story, the characters, the world, pretty much everything, except of basic grammar faults and spelling, I'm dyslexic, that stuff is going to happen.
I cant wait to work with everyone here who wants me.

Hello everyone,

I just stumbled upon this site and thought, why not, I should try immersing myself into a forum and make an effort to become more socialable and to discuss ideas with others on a similar path. I shall try and remain dedicated to this one and not vanish into thin air - I hope. I do write by the way so I'm not just here to waste anyone's time. Writing is my getaway and something I've been doing all my life. My work is nothing profound or deep, neither do I intentionally relay messages of any kind. I just write. I've published nothing but I hope to soon, that at least, is my dream.

I hope to 'speak' with some of you soon!

Hallo, I'm Cat, and even though I'm young and inexperienced, I'm a writing addict. I write young-adult fiction (obviously) and my best genres are sci-fi, mystery, and suspense. I'm working on a very big project right now with the working title, "The Ballad That the Crazies Sing," which I'm going to post as soon as possible. It's reminiscent of the book, The Name of the Star, by Maureen Johnson, except with no supernatural interference. My favorite author is Edgar Allen Poe, and I have a 60-year-old first edition of his, which I cannot possibly be separated from.
Enough about my writing, maybe myself? I'm pretty artistic, quite geeky, and I'm on the school Cross-Country and Track team, which is an odd combination. Yes, I'm still in school. I've always wanted to be very small (i.e. about 5 inches) so I could explore and see the world like Alice did when she ate the White Rabbit's cookie in Alice in Wonderland. I really like skeleton keys, and almost anything that's misplaced, like lost shoes in New York or something hidden a long time ago in an old house. I love searching for memories, old ones, and I may be the only person I know who is my age and listens to the Beatles shamelessly. (I hate mainstream pop!)
Alright, I think I'm overstaying my welcome (I'm not good with idioms, I think I got that wrong) so I'd better be off! I wish everyone a good night and, hopefully, patience with my long post.

I'm DJay. I'm here because I've been writing for years but I honestly think I'm pretty bad. I've had a billion stories in my head and they all seem to disappear as soon as I go to write them down. I have ton's of books on creative writing and have taken classes for it, but I seem to get no where. I guess I'm trying to do this to push myself along. I'm also trying to write out the story so I can turn it into a video game...hopefully. We all have a dream right?

Hi, I'm C.L. Aspiring writer. But aren't we all?

I live in the kind of place where the only place it is acceptable to express yourself is on your Facebook status.

Set Goals. Dream big. Achieve bigger and all that!

Welcome to the forum wee clair

I live in the kind of place where the only place it is acceptable to express yourself is on your Facebook status.

Set Goals. Dream big. Achieve bigger and all that!

Good on you, but you are not totally alone, our SamW is from your part of the world, and recently got himself a regular publisher, it can be done, carry on believing.

Hi! I used to be a molecular biologist (worked on the Human Genome Project), dabbled in some programming (worked on the information system for the EUCLOCK Project), and now I can finally say I'm doing the writer thing without being self-conscious about it.

After 17 years of writing, starting with fanfics, and working my way through 4 original manuscripts to which nothing much happened, I got an agent last year and a book deal this year with sci-fi manuscript number 5. Booyah! I hope that doesn't count as spamming =)

Still, this is barely the beginning of anything. I'm here to keep learning, to talk to other writers, possibly give what help I might be able to, and hopefully, figure out the things that will eventually help my sales.

It's not enough for me to have one book, and I know it won't make much money. I kind of consider this an apprenticeship period, like with how scientists with a bachelor's degree still have to get a master's and then a PhD to eventually get their own grants and do things their way. I want to write 50 books by the time I die! So I'll need all the help I can get.

Hello,

Brand new here and decided, as suggested, introductions would be the best place to start. I'm currently just looking to get a start in writing full time. Though I've done it off and on over the years, mostly in a commercial capacity, I want to dedicate myself to making a life of it. Up until now I've only really written online for content and I just recently went into that field again. I set up an account with an online client/author site for article writing.

My dream is in fiction writing and I do have a complete plot outline for a novel, which I'm eager to get started on. I can't wait to see where it goes and I'm looking forward to browsing this forum for insight and advice, since this is my first venture into the more challenging world of becoming a known author of fiction.

With all that said, my name is Josh and it's a pleasure to be among like minded individuals. I look forward to a lot of good information and conversations.

Hi David,

Just got here myself and saw your introduction. It caught my attention because you mentioned you were a molecular biologist and had worked a bit in the Human Genome Project. The novel that I'm going to write focuses heavily on genetic engineering. Though it's fiction and I'll obviously have to take some liberties with the actual field, I have surrounded myself with a lot of research on the subject. Would you be willing to talk with me about in the future as I delve a bit deeper into it?

I would absolutely love and appreciate the insight from someone who's actually been involved in that field and would be more than happy to credit you with anything that's useful for the book.

Thanks!
Josh