Introduce Yourself

[Mad Cowboy]

Thanks for the encouragement Fin. How it ends , "Happily ever after' easy I think I can do this. looking forward to hopefully become a part of the community here. Peace B. A p.s, I am also interested in freeware writing tools. thanks

[Lilly Davidson]

Hi Mad Cowboy

Welcome.
I like 'mad' and I think lack of formal education can mean a free mind in terms of creativity and ideas. So I look forward to looking at some of your work.

[Kakologia]

Hello
I'm a young writer, 14, though I use writer loosely. I am hoping that a community of writers will encourage me to write more. Telling stories is my passion but I don't wish to be strictly a writer, I also want to preform. Stand-up, namely. Right now I'm trying to break out of all of my 'people in my class are dumber than me and I hate the world' poetry and am attempting more thoughtful work. I don't really know how it's working out, though, so I want this community to critique my work. I also want to critique others work but please, take my opinion with a gain of salt.
Right now I want to write screenplays and TV shows that skew comically. I am currently writing personnel poetry that I like but I think I lack skill.
Books and plays that I am reading write now are the 'classics' like Shakespeare's plays and poetry and The Great Gatsby. I really hope this community helps me and that I can succeed in my goal of becoming a good writer and hopefully help you along the way.

[Lilly Davidson]

Hello Kakologia
Welcome - how wonderful to have such a young person in our midst! I hope you enjoy it on here and hope we can all help you.

[Ronenf77]

Hullo. I'm Ronenf77! I'm in grade six, and writing is my passion. I want to be an author when I'm older, and I figure this is a place to start.
I've filled notebooks with my work, mainly snippets of storys I've been thinking of. But I feel sharing my work others will be better. I'm fully aware that
I won't be able to write a book and get it published at this age, but you know what they say; "Practice makes perfect!"
So google has brought me here. After my request of; "writing forum." I believe I will be posting some work of mine.
I COMPLETELY welcome constructive criticism, with open arms, and a clear mind.
Thanks!
Ronen

[Olly Buckle]

Hi Ronenf77. I am English, year six in our reckoning would make you about eleven if I remember right, but I don't believe that, anyhow, still at school, not too young to get published. I have somewhere a copy of a book called "The young visitors", it was published sometime in the late 1800s early 1900s and there is a picture in the front with the legend "The author". She is a little girl in Edwardian or Victorian petticoats, stockings, boots, bonnet etc. sat on a cushion. It is what you might expect from a precocious young child and it caught the public imagination and went to 13 reprints of the first edition within a year, maybe more, mine is a thirteenth. Never say 'Cant!' or 'won't be able to', I will accept 'unlikely', or 'have difficulty' but there is always the chance, and difficulties can be overcome.

Or in Ronen terms; remember there are five guards, upper, middle, lower, right hand and left hand, but as Musashi says "Whatever guard you adopt, do not think of it as being on guard; think of it as being part of the act of killing."

welcome to the forum. I arrived here the same way some time ago and have found much here, hope you have a good time.

[Gerry_VDS]

Hi Everyone! My name is Gerry, and I am a high school student!! I have no writing experience, but hope to gain some by posting stories!! I love to read novels by many different authors from Clive Cussler to WEB Griffin! I hope to use this knowlege of books to write my own stories, and maybe, just maybe; my own novels!!

[Ligeia]

Hello all! I'd like to just go by Ligeia. I'm in my early 30's and have been writing on and off for a very long time. I've only been published in my HS literary mag but hope one day to do more. I'm hoping to hone my skills and develop my voice more.

[Terry D]

Welcome, Ligeia.

[JohnnyForest]

Hello everyone,

You can call me Johnny. I'm a twenty two year old student who is trying to pursue the domain of "Psychology". The reason why I'm here is to hone my writing skills profoundly and learn from writers more experienced than I(probably all of you here). As you can see, I'm still a beginner in this craft, but I'm willing to take advice from anybody, and receive intense constructive criticism. If you have any sources/threads/websites that you can recommend me to get started, I will be open to it.

Thank you!