Thread: My Introduction

...well didn't I just go a bit chaplinesque in the title...

Well, ahem, good evening everyone! I am an 18-year-old girl from Finland, the Northern part of the world. I enjoy doing and going to the theatre, reading and producing prose and poetry and listening to music. I have a passion for politics, philosophy and especially history and certain historical figures. I am a great fan of the English, French, Russian and German language and culture. My greatest idols and/or mentors are sir Charles Chaplin, Ronnie James Dio, Rob Halford and Sylvester Groth.

I've been writing since I was a young girl, and I remember my first story about a witch and a princess. I dictated it and Dad typed it. I still have the printed version of it somewhere. Then I remember, when I was somewhat twelve years old, my mother gave me a small notebook with rose patterns on the cover, and told me to write poems if and when I feel or think about something special. Knowing that she wrote poems too, I followed the advice.

And here I am. Writing poems every week of the year, producing text whenever I have the possibility to, beginning to see the writing style that is forming to be typical only of me, and proceeding with my novel. I never before have actually believed I could ever write anything longer than maybe three sheets. It all changed after finishing a 57-page story for my friend last December; I began to feel a bit more optimistic about perhaps writing a novel one day. I created the characters for it later last year and constructed most of the plot this spring. In June, I began writing it. I am feeling very optimistic about this project and I hope I will finish it - no, I won't hope for it. I WILL do it.

I am here to read about and share experiences. This seemed such a great and vast forum I felt it could give me a lot as a writer! So I signed up. Now, I'm off to browse the forums!

Cheerio!

Please accept my most interested welcome. Poetry is my favourite medium of writing at this particular moment in time, and due to such I am interested in reading some of your own; especially prose.

Oh good, I really enjoy fresh company... Tee hee.

P.S Question; what genre of writing do you direct your written word at? If one may politely ask?

Wow, NORTHERN Finland. Just south of South North Pole? You're only the second Fin I met. She was a poet, too. Living with a jazz pianist in Mazatlan, Mexico.

So seem to be interesting people.
Looking forward to seeing your further comments and work.

welcome, J.E.! If you have any questions, let me know!

I had to smile when you said you wrote and your Dad typed, how sweet. Glad to have you, JE.

Hello there, and welcome to the forums. I'm sure yiou can finish that novel if you set your mind to it!


Nickie

Thank you all for the warm welcome!

MeeQ, I do not direct my writing at any specific genres intentionally, but most of my writings tend to fall to the historical, horror- or romance-categories. (I am a romantic, and a huge fan of Edgar Allan Poe, maybe this explains it?)
I am open to new genres, and I am very interested in writing scifi or even detective stories one day. I just have to get practicing!

Edgar Allan Poe

...Is god.

Welcome J.E. hope you enjoy the forums, there are a lot of good, helpful people here.