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I'm Going To Write a Book!

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cgrinker
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States3824 Posts
March 02 2009 16:36 GMT
#1
Or, sort of. I'm going to write a short story (100 pages) and post it here so that we can all internet critique the shit out of my writing. Basically the book is about this college kid who wakes up and its the first day of high school again. Drama ensues.

Also its going to be a little Sci-Fi-ey so if you're into that it should be fun. (Of course you are into that why else would you be here?)

Stay tuned.

-Cg

micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24768 Posts
March 02 2009 16:53 GMT
#2
Put it on amazon and it will be a competition.

More seriously, what in inspiring you to do this? You just like the topic? How into writing are you? Are you studying it? Is this purely for fun?
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
DeepGreen
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States175 Posts
March 02 2009 16:55 GMT
#3
Sounds like a novella. Best of luck, 100 pages is a decent undertaking.
So I told him your car was like that when I got here and as for your grandmother she shouldnt have mouthed off like that
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24768 Posts
March 02 2009 16:57 GMT
#4
Honestly I love writing and I wish I could do a project like this (I'd choose a different topic, and not necessarily fiction to be honest). The problem isn't the length of the project, per say, but rather writing in a way that is generally accepted for that type of work. I put some stuff on fanfiction.net which had correct grammar, and nothing ridiculously wrong with it, but it just didn't stand out in any way. When I read 'good' fan fictions it seems so much better written, but I can't even put my finger on how/why. It's frustrating because I find writing to be very fun and rewarding when it goes well. And, it's also nice when you can type >100 wpm so you can flesh out your ideas very quickly 8)
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
Argoth.
Profile Joined December 2004
Germany1961 Posts
March 02 2009 17:02 GMT
#5
If you have the time, I recommend having a look at LaTeX. There is a special book class and the results really look professional (LaTeX is the standard for typesetting high quality documents).
Makhno
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Sweden585 Posts
March 02 2009 17:32 GMT
#6
On March 03 2009 01:57 micronesia wrote:
Honestly I love writing and I wish I could do a project like this (I'd choose a different topic, and not necessarily fiction to be honest). The problem isn't the length of the project, per say, but rather writing in a way that is generally accepted for that type of work. I put some stuff on fanfiction.net which had correct grammar, and nothing ridiculously wrong with it, but it just didn't stand out in any way. When I read 'good' fan fictions it seems so much better written, but I can't even put my finger on how/why. It's frustrating because I find writing to be very fun and rewarding when it goes well. And, it's also nice when you can type >100 wpm so you can flesh out your ideas very quickly 8)


Yeah, the feeling you get when you can't really type fast enough to put all your ideas into writing at once is really cool. You sort of struggle to calm yourself down and do it one step at a time, I got that alot when writing fiction in school. I would like to pick it up again to some extent but it just feels so... meh, when I read what I've written.
"If I think, everything is lost"
ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22212 Posts
March 02 2009 17:33 GMT
#7
Best of luck with this
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
Falcynn
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3597 Posts
March 02 2009 17:42 GMT
#8
Good luck with this. Oddly enough, I was just randomly thinking about what things I'd do if I somehow found myself a few years back in time without warning.
404.Delirium
Profile Joined May 2008
United States1190 Posts
March 02 2009 17:43 GMT
#9
I look forward to following it! I'll be glad to do give suggestions, particularly if it has to do with grammar or spelling >=). That's assuming Word doesn't give you red or green squiggles
seriously next disrespectful comment in this blog is ip ban. Be happy or get the hell out. // SC2 is like playing with neutral-colored Play-Doh while BW is like colorful Legos.
Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
March 02 2009 17:45 GMT
#10
meh ive written a 89 page script and a 59page "book" more like a story, before. i swear, after awhile i lose concentration and all that jazz. needless to say, writing is fucking fun. good luck.
lesser_good
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Canada698 Posts
March 02 2009 19:09 GMT
#11
ive thought about writing some shiz but i always fail and only i seem to like my storys :3 (see blog)
pew pew
DeepGreen
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States175 Posts
March 02 2009 19:54 GMT
#12
On March 03 2009 04:09 lesser_good wrote:
ive thought about writing some shiz but i always fail and only i seem to like my storys :3 (see blog)



It's a skill, just like any craft. You write a lot, and slowly you start to suck less and less, until one day you realize you're writing things that are pretty good.

Publishing is somewhat unrelated. Publishing is about some guy preferring your stuff to somebody else's stuff.
So I told him your car was like that when I got here and as for your grandmother she shouldnt have mouthed off like that
Proposal
Profile Joined December 2007
United States1310 Posts
March 02 2009 20:04 GMT
#13
Damn, in the back of my mind I always wanted to do something like this. Maybe I'll start too!
DoctorHelvetica
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States15034 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-02 20:20:07
March 02 2009 20:19 GMT
#14
Some of the greatest works were around that length (Of Mice and Men, Heart of Darkness).

Good Luck!
RIP Aaliyah
cgrinker
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States3824 Posts
March 02 2009 20:46 GMT
#15
This book was inspired by a nightmare I had like six months ago, actually. as far as wanting to write I've always been better at writing than I am at Sciences, so now that I'm studying CS I don't really have anything to put my writing energies towards. Also time travel is pretty cool so I like that. and time travel +high school drama =gg
cgrinker
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States3824 Posts
March 02 2009 20:47 GMT
#16
And I do like me some TeX (pretend I can print the "tec" )
deepBlu
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
31 Posts
March 02 2009 21:49 GMT
#17
y can't u write a normal sci fi military space opera?
from randomness we get innovation // charity, just charity! // laziness kills !!!// screwed up, RE // julio cesar escalante chocalata
R3condite
Profile Joined August 2008
Korea (South)1541 Posts
March 02 2009 23:22 GMT
#18
put starcraft in there somewhere

rofl maybe zeratul can help the kid out... or is taht going a lil overboard?
ggyo...
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
March 03 2009 00:01 GMT
#19
I'm writing something really substantial now , maybe I'll post it here when I'm done.
twitter.com/xerislight -- follow me~~
cgrinker
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States3824 Posts
March 03 2009 00:18 GMT
#20
Don't worry, as long as he is stuck back in 2004 he is going to be practicing SC
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