[prometheus]

I have been noticing a lot of writers here, how many we got? Speak up.

I just started four days ago and have just written the Three thousandth word in the book I've been meaning to write for over 2o years. I have always put it off...........If only I had the little cabin in the woods...........If only I didn't have to work full time.....................If only my family was more supportive .......... etc.......

Well this year I've got the cabin
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....mind you it isn't finished yet, and I'm in a tiny apartment in a tiny town close by. I don't have much work.......so I have lots of time and very little money to do things outside of the house. My family is backing me up, in fact my INFJ wife has started a book also (in a notebook).

[amei]

I have wanted to write a book since I was young and this year put it on my list of things to accomplish before I turned 25. Right now it's 68,000 words and I am pleased with it so far. The story line is finished, but I need to get it up to about 80,000 words to have a chance of getting it published. My progress has slowed down, but now I have a new goal of getting an agent & hopefully getting it published by my 26th birthday.

[mind_wander]

Originally Posted by amei To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

I have wanted to write a book since I was young and this year put it on my list of things to accomplish before I turned 25. Right now it's 68,000 words and I am pleased with it so far. The story line is finished, but I need to get it up to about 80,000 words to have a chance of getting it published. My progress has slowed down, but now I have a new goal of getting an agent & hopefully getting it published by my 26th birthday.

Oh cool, whats the topic about?

[HarleyQuinn]

Always fun to see other writers.

I've currently been going through creative writing classes and looking at a career in publishing/editing.

I greatly enjoy writing on the side (in particular, short stories centered around horror) although I hope to churn out a novel by the time I hit 30. Knowing that there have been popular writers who've been first published at 40+ years old gives me hope that I'm not too late to the party.

[MichaelH]

I'm not a full-time writer, but I've written much medium-length adult fiction as well as an unpublished novel.

Writing when the muse is with you is fun. I've been searching for him/her for a year now, but just haven't had the connection. I'll find it again...oh, yes, I will.

[justmeiguess]

I'm hoping to get into screenwriting after finally admitting that I don't have enough 'gift of the gab' to suit any other part of the film/tv process. That and I don't as yet possess the willpower to finish a whole novel (or I get bored of the idea half way through and start something else).

[Paul V]

I've started 5 years ago (with some of my friends), and the book isn't close to being finished. We're trying to step it up and finish the first tome before 2010.

If you were curious, the genre is Epic Fantasy.

[amei]

	Originally Posted by mind_wander To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Oh cool, whats the topic about?

It's a novel about someone writing a novel. The main character decides to write because she has no idea what to do with her life after university so most of the book is her writing process and how it affects her life. Part of the book is also the character's novel which is examining the role of expectations in people's lives.

[cielo market]

	Originally Posted by prometheus To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	If only I had the little cabin in the woods...........

Gonna try the Thoreau approach, eh?

Writing comes easy to me, actually. But I have yet to focus on a single topic I wish to dedicate myself to, so I dabble in short fiction.

[Doppelbock]

I've tried my hand at writing a novel but the problem is I'm too much of a perfectionist. I don't like what I'm writing, it's not good enough, so then I give up in frustration until I convince myself to take another try at it. I understand it typically takes years of practice to get to the point that what you write is actually good enough to be published and don't think I'll ever get the time to do that at this point in my life.

[prometheus]

	Originally Posted by cielo market To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Gonna try the Thoreau approach, eh? Writing comes easy to me, actually. But I have yet to focus on a single topic I wish to dedicate myself to, so I dabble in short fiction.

I tend to be easily distracted.....look a butterfly!

[Santana28]

i can't keep a coherent strong of thoughts long enough to write them down.... however, in short bursts, i have written some amazingly impactful stuff. Some day i'll figure out how to slow my brain down and write the books i have always wanted to write - and there's a few of them.

[radioactivez0r]

Wannabe here. I have a million and one ideas but nobody nudging me in a direction, so I have to rely on myself to get started...and that's a sucker's bet at best. The most fun I have had writing was when I learned about ballads, and their structure. It suited my style perfectly, and I only wrote two...but I've rarely been prouder of my own work. I harbor a delusion of completing (selling?) one screenplay, play, and novel in my lifetime, because I don't think I could stick to just one medium.

Anyone here ever give NaNoWriMo a shot?

[Solnath]

I write science-fiction and fantasy, approximately 50 000 words a month. Currently finishing up the opening novel for a series that is yet to be named.

Missed that last, yes, I beat NaNoWriMo this year so I could get a pineapple.

[chocky]

There's little chance of me sustaining a writing effort long enough to create a novel.

I'm a compulsive writer, but only because it is my one form of expression - the valve that prevents my interior life from imploding.

[Zilal]

I'm a writer. (Look, I'm doing it right now!) Fairly compulsive. I'll sit down to write a little bit and the next time I look up it's three hours later.

[chocky]

	Originally Posted by Zilal To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	I'm a writer. (Look, I'm doing it right now!) Fairly compulsive. I'll sit down to write a little bit and the next time I look up it's three hours later.

I've noticed this. Where does the time go? It simply vanishes while writing.

Must be indicative of the writer entering that certain zone. Things just flow and the perception of time is suspended. Pretty special place!

[TruorTupnm]

I am in that stage where I have come up with all kinds of ideas but not enough time or motivation to actually write them all down. I carry pens and papers all of the time for writing ideas that strike me or solutions to problems, that I might not forget, but I haven't actually forced myself to sit down and write a whole story out in a while. Dang. Besides a few little things, I am actually attempting to stop thinking things up, since I'll just be frustrating myself with more for me to never get to. oh well. I need a secretary. Or, isn't there some kind of machine that can listen to you and type down words for you? Besides, speaking aloud helps me out with obtaining the correct moods.

[deicruxified]

i am a frustrated writer.... i took literature as a minor in hopes i could polish my writing skills and to my luck was under the wings of famous writers here in the country. downside: mental block and my schizoidal tendencies are the things that stand between "my" fame hahaha. i started my first novel when i was 15 years old until now i can't polish it. i just need some uber-psyching up probably a cult of entj's can do the job.

:edit: i am willing to pay a fortune to get a ph.d so that people would take my writings seriously. there's a difference between "i want my writings to be famous" and " i want to be famous in writing". i choose the former and pick a pen name so people won't invade my private life.

[HarleyQuinn]

Anybody else woken up out of a sleep and written things down?

I find I'm often thinking of story ideas when I start to fall asleep and I actually got up out of bed (nearly knocking myself out while tripping over my shoes) and wrote down my first story idea for next semester's creative writing class
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[mind_wander]

	Originally Posted by amei To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	It's a novel about someone writing a novel. The main character decides to write because she has no idea what to do with her life after university so most of the book is her writing process and how it affects her life. Part of the book is also the character's novel which is examining the role of expectations in people's lives.

You know, so many people can relate to this, there got to be someone going to buy a copy of this. Plus, people has mentioned to me, "Hey, you should go write a book or something about this. Your life sounds much interesting than mine's." Maybe we should collaborate or something; Writer's group think.





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Originally Posted by Doppelbock To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

I've tried my hand at writing a novel but the problem is I'm too much of a perfectionist. I don't like what I'm writing, it's not good enough, so then I give up in frustration until I convince myself to take another try at it. I understand it typically takes years of practice to get to the point that what you write is actually good enough to be published and don't think I'll ever get the time to do that at this point in my life.

You know, if you have trouble with this, same goes to me. Remember thats why ENTP's are around, you spit ideas out, they help you focus in on what you want. Yes, arguments will start on what works and what doesn't. The end result, you at least get a few pages written out. ENTP's are like your great think tanks, they do not mind to share that with you. Just say something once awhile, thats it.

[TruorTupnm]

As a matter of course, I, at the least, have awakened to write down ideas. I woke up and worked through some ideas and promised myself that I'd remember them, but I disappointed myself too often and now keep writing implements close by. When it came to stories for school, I would always wait until the last second, that creativity would really have to spew to get out in time. Okay, ew.
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But anything else, I gots to work myself up into a zone, unfortunately.

[deicruxified]

Originally Posted by HarleyQuinn To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

Anybody else woken up out of a sleep and written things down? I find I'm often thinking of story ideas when I start to fall asleep and I actually got up out of bed (nearly knocking myself out while tripping over my shoes) and wrote down my first story idea for next semester's creative writing class To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

after 10 bottles of beer, yes... hang over does a lot of wonders in my life.





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	Originally Posted by mind_wander To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	You know, if you have trouble with this, same goes to me. Remember thats why ENTP's are around, you spit ideas out, they help you focus in on what you want. Yes, arguments will start on what works and what doesn't. The end result, you at least get a few pages written out. ENTP's are like your great think tanks, they do not mind to share that with you. Just say something once awhile, thats it.

but it's not always the case you get/need help from others and screen people if they're xxxx just to have your stuff done. writing a dissertation or school paper is way too different than writing poetry or short stories.

[mielikki]

I'm a Technical Writer. Does that count?

	Originally Posted by radioactivez0r To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Anyone here ever give NaNoWriMo a shot?

I've signed up the last two years.
I didn't write a damn thing either time.

[rasoirviolon]

	Originally Posted by radioactivez0r To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Anyone here ever give NaNoWriMo a shot?

I was actually considering participation in it this year but time was against me.

...on another note, is anyone here (or has been) a ghostwriter?