Official Writer's Thread (Novel, Short Story, Poetry, Screenplay, etc.)

[jeremyfromva]

Is anyone interested in collaborating on a thriller/suspense screenplay with me?

[Tails_155]

I'm writing a poetry book, I linked it in the Poetry/Lyrics section, but here it is (http://tails-155.deviantart.com/gallery/#Life-Is-Beautiful-) for easy access.

[jeremyfromva]

I'm writing a poetry book, I linked it in the Poetry/Lyrics section, but here it is (http://tails-155.deviantart.com/gallery/#Life-Is-Beautiful-) for easy access.

Looks good...I bookmarked it after reading a part of one.

[LaviniaLudlow]

Pear Noir! ran my short "Percentages." http://ludlowlavinia.wordpress.com/short-works/percentages/

Very cool lit journal found at: http://www.pearnoir.com/

[Mitch]

Looking back on things I've posted in here, maybe I'm not such a terrible writer. I doubt any of you would call the little I've written "good,"" but I don't think anyone would call it terrible and that's all that matters to me, really.

Anyway, it has inspired me to try to write a story and actually finish it for once.

[crackedthesky]

Don't know how I never saw this thread. I'll have to stop by more often.

[I am Mick]

Just sent off my second book of short stories/poetry to be published, releasing it november 9th. Pretty excited

[pshh]

Is anyone interested in collaborating on a thriller/suspense screenplay with me?

logline?

[tottivillarossi]

Just sent off my second book of short stories/poetry to be published, releasing it november 9th. Pretty excited
Wow, congrats dude!

I have to ask though, have you made any money as of yet? I'm not implying that you're in it for the money btw, I'm sure having your work published is exciting enough, I'm just curious :)

[TheReckoner]

"I have yet to lurk and slither through this dark and crumbling world."
word.

[tottivillarossi]

"I have yet to lurk and slither through this dark and crumbling world."
word.
Who's that?

[fightinirish217]

Wow I've never seen this thread. I've had some poetry published in my school's literary journal a couple times. Will definitely be frequenting this thread now.

[TheReckoner]

Who's that?
I just wrote that.

[tottivillarossi]

Finally blew the dust off of the fiction work I've been outlining since junior year in college (and have written all of 2000 words for) and reread it. Beginning of chapter two:

I've talked about this a good deal in here, I think, and I want to flesh it out to at least novella length. I have 24 pages of notes and rough outlines, so hopefully I can finally do it.


Dude, I actually read enjoyed that little read.

[tottivillarossi]

I just wrote that.
I liked it.



"If you want people to tell the truth make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you".


Did I write that?

[TheReckoner]

I liked it.



"If you want people to tell the truth make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you".


Did I write that?

I just googled that shit bro. Oscar Wilde wrote thaaaaat.

[tottivillarossi]

I just googled that shit bro. Oscar Wilde wrote thaaaaat.
Damn. I can roll off a whole bunch of his quotes from memory. Sometimes I meet people who believe they are mine. Those people rarely understand the quote itself.

[TheReckoner]

Damn. I can roll off a whole bunch of his quotes from memory. Sometimes I meet people who believe they are mine. Those people rarely understand the quote itself.

Well you're rather covert about it. I just cheat.

[I am Mick]

Wow, congrats dude!

I have to ask though, have you made any money as of yet? I'm not implying that you're in it for the money btw, I'm sure having your work published is exciting enough, I'm just curious :)

I self-publish and sell it for the price it cost to print the books, so no. I've actually lost money haha. Just want people to check it out and maybe like it.

[Neo Cassady]

Dude, I actually read enjoyed that little read.

Why thank you. I haven't added much since then, unfortunately, because life has kind of gotten in the way. But I'm always thinking about it, jotting down notes, that sort of thing. I'll post more in here when I have a passage I'm happy with.

[tottivillarossi]

Why thank you. I haven't added much since then, unfortunately, because life has kind of gotten in the way. But I'm always thinking about it, jotting down notes, that sort of thing. I'll post more in here when I have a passage I'm happy with.
You should set yourself a daily task of writing for 20 minutes. That amount of time is nothing, but after a week you'll have quite a lot done; plus, once you start writing ideas start flowing.

[chokemeout]

I write what I suppose people would call Poetry.

I have a piece available to read and a chapbook for sale at www.sophie-marie.co.uk (http://www.sophie-marie.co.uk)

Any feedback is always appreciated :)

[Clockwise]

When I was younger, I wrote a lot of short stories, which I liked. I never really thought I could write that well, until a little while ago.

I'm currently working on a sci-fi comedy based in a parallel universe that resembles modern day Earth (and exaggerates alot, but not too much) that involves short stories, diary entries from the characters and eventually (hopefully this summer) a mini-series that my friends and I are going to film. I'm so extremely excited about this project, I have a very strong feeling about it. So far, I've written the opening scene and two diary entries, but I have most of it planned out in my notebook. My friend wrote a very cool short story for it.

I've read a lot of other peoples work on here, and you guys are really great! Such an awesome thread.

[allthewaysaid]

I really enjoy writing. I started writing as a thing to do while I was in detention during my high school years. I have these great stories that keep coming to me, alot of my stories come through photography. I see a picture that catches my eye and I write a story for it.
I've had this zombie story that I'm really excited about, I had the idea while watching movies like Diary of the Dead and 28 Days Later. I really need to start working on it more. It is something original, I will not be ripping off George A. Romero or Kirkman. Since zombies have become somewhat mainstream in the last couple of years I think this story could really work and appeal to a large audience.

[I am Mick]

I posted the first short story "Squib-Kick. The Oceanic Living Room" from my new book awful sounds at www.mickmalone.tumblr.com if anyone is interested in checking it out/letting me know what they think.

[Erik the Orange]

My newest idea: A high school student who wakes up with the gift.curse to see a few seconds into the future. Kind of a real-life deal with a twist of the supernatural.


I also want to try my hand at a neo-Western

[fakehandbags]

Our company provides you all kinds of Tibetan jewelry

[JuneJuly]

I've been trying to write novels since probably the 4th grade. ;-)

do you guys have any suggestions on good writing books? I don't really know if you guys use any as guides or references...but if you do, point me in the right direction.

[FigureItOut]

I've been trying to write novels since probably the 4th grade. ;-)

do you guys have any suggestions on good writing books? I don't really know if you guys use any as guides or references...but if you do, point me in the right direction.

I just got Stephen King's On Writing from the library. Supposedly it is part autobiography, part writing guide. I've only read a couple pages so far, so I can't really tell you if it's worth your time, but I have heard good things.

[odizzle_word]

I've been trying to write novels since probably the 4th grade. ;-)

do you guys have any suggestions on good writing books? I don't really know if you guys use any as guides or references...but if you do, point me in the right direction.

http://www.nickpage.co.uk/Reading/bird.jpg

Had to read this for my creative non-fiction class last semester. I'm not really a fan of books that teach how to write, but Lamott's a good writer and the advice she gives is helpful for people struggling to get started and maintain motivation throughout the writing process. Check it out.

[JuneJuly]

I'm beginning to maybe working on an idea that I'm starting to grow on.

Based on the Garden Cities Movement.

[sjb2k1]

i feel like writing about Tibetan jewelry for some reason.





seriously though, i broke out my typewriter last night and it was glorious.

[I am Mick]

I just released my second collection of short stories, flash fiction and poetry if anyone is interested in checking it out

awful sounds
http://www.wordclay.com/BookStore/BookStoreBookDetails.aspx?bookid=62 186

You can preview the first story of the book and some other pieces at www.mickmalone.tumblr.com

[odizzle_word]

I just released my second collection of short stories, flash fiction and poetry if anyone is interested in checking it out

awful sounds
http://www.wordclay.com/BookStore/BookStoreBookDetails.aspx?bookid=62 186

You can preview the first story of the book and some other pieces at www.mickmalone.tumblr.com (http://www.mickmalone.tumblr.com)
I love the colorful assortment of keywords.

[pshh]

kind of a longshot here but i'll throw it out here anyway

i'm a director and writer, i direct the films i write. I've written 2 feature lengths and wrote about 5 short films. i'm working on my next project and i'm looking for writing partners. I've never wrote with partners but want to give it a shot for a webseries i plan to start filming. i'm really just looking for enthusiastic and passionate writers willing to take some risks.

if any of you are interested let me know via pm or whatever, i have the basic outline of the series written and we can go from there if youre interested

[Protested Hero]

First time posting in here.

I'm graduating in a month with a Bachelor's degree in English Writing. I have a ton of short stories and poems, but no avenue in which to get them out into the world. Any tips?

http://jonathanobrien.tumblr.com/

[LaviniaLudlow]

exciting stuff! http://www.casperianbooks.com/catalog/1-934081-29-9.html

[pshh]

First time posting in here.

I'm graduating in a month with a Bachelor's degree in English Writing. I have a ton of short stories and poems, but no avenue in which to get them out into the world. Any tips?

http://jonathanobrien.tumblr.com/

get an internship at some magazine? my friend wrote a ton, graduated with an English degree an landed an internship at the New Yorker.

[popdisaster00]

Pretty interesting stuff:

They sell books, toys, music, games, clothes, appliances and soon Amazon.com will help you sell your script to Warner Brothers. Amazon just launched a new website called Amazon Studios in which users can sign up, upload their scripts, movies, storyboards and more, then edit and evaluate each others work and ultimately have that work shown to Warner Brothers, which has an exclusive first look deal with the site. It’s also giving away over a million dollars a year in monthly prizes to the best received work on the site. Read more about it after the break.

http://www.slashfilm.com/amazon-film-production-amazon-studios/

Would anyone have interest in doing this?

[Indoor Living]

I've written three feature length scripts over the past five years, and have started extreme preliminary work on a fourth as of last night. It's a comedy in space (Think 'The Office' meets 'Star Trek'). I've just always been intrigued by the idea of a comedy in space, so I'm going ahead with it. If anybody is interested in helping at all (though I don't know how that would work), then please, let me know.

[popdisaster00]

I strongly recommend this to anyone who has a little free time:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/awards-watch-roundtable-writers-43426

Interview with Writers Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network), Simon Beaufoy (127 Hours) , Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3), John Wells (The Company Men), Todd Phillips (Due Date) and David Lindsay-Abaire (The Rabbit Hole).

[8SlicesOfPie]

I'm not doing the NaNoWriMo thing this year because the story I want to tell I know is going to go far over the 50k word limit, but I've made it a personal goal to write at least that many words by the end of the month for my book. As of right now I've written about 32,500. It's been great fun.

[Bob Payne]

Bringing this thread into 2011 with the first part of a novella I'm serializing:

www.bobbyjpayne.com/downhere

[I am Mick]

For my creative writing class, I have to present three places that undergrad writers can submit short stories to, can anyone help me out? I need two online, and one physical.

So far I only have IsGreaterThan.

[Bob Payne]

For my creative writing class, I have to present three places that undergrad writers can submit short stories to, can anyone help me out? I need two online, and one physical.

So far I only have IsGreaterThan.

http://bit.ly/gI2PeM

hope this helps.

[I am Mick]

http://bit.ly/gI2PeM

hope this helps.

seriously? You don't think I would have tried that first? Googling something like that gives you like a thousand pages of shit and most are sketchy websites or scams. God forbid I ask a bunch of writers where they like to submit their work to.

[FondestMemory]

i co-wrote a sitcom about juggalos. it's called juggalohio and there are gonna be six episodes in this run. episode one just went up yesterday.

i'd feel like too much of a whore embedding the video, so instead, here's a link to the first episode: http://youtu.be/zaFKCNMky7c

or find it at www.juggalohio.com or on facebook and twitter.

[Viva Sonata]

i co-wrote a sitcom about juggalos. it's called juggalohio and there are gonna be six episodes in this run. episode one just went up yesterday.

i'd feel like too much of a whore embedding the video, so instead, here's a link to the first episode: http://youtu.be/zaFKCNMky7c

or find it at www.juggalohio.com or on facebook and twitter.

The first episode was pretty great. Loved the Entourage back and forth. "Not Turtle~!"


Campus Movie Fest looped me into writing a movie with my friend Heather about the area I go to school in, and I'm getting the idea to write my own series in a similar format to your series.

[FondestMemory]

The first episode was pretty great. Loved the Entourage back and forth. "Not Turtle~!"

Campus Movie Fest looped me into writing a movie with my friend Heather about the area I go to school in, and I'm getting the idea to write my own series in a similar format to your Juggalohio series.

thanks. the entourage thing was actually adlibbed last minutes. was just something we came up with in the moment.

i've grown to love the webseries format. i wrote a 10 episode series right before this one that i plan on filming in sept/oct, and i've started outlining a second run of episodes for juggalohio in case we do more. i've considered starting another idea in that format too. there's a lot of freedom, and you can do some cool things with it from a writing point. i've become a big fan.

[Viva Sonata]

thanks. the entourage thing was actually adlibbed last minutes. was just something we came up with in the moment.

i've grown to love the webseries format. i wrote a 10 episode series right before this one that i plan on filming in sept/oct, and i've started outlining a second run of episodes for juggalohio in case we do more. i've considered starting another idea in that format too. there's a lot of freedom, and you can do some cool things with it from a writing point. i've become a big fan.

Have you seen The Confession on Hulu? That's a great example of how well the format can work. I found my free time waster this summer - even if it never gets produced, I can still say I have the experience.

[over.reaction]

Why didn't I discover this thread sooner?

[FondestMemory]

Have you seen The Confession on Hulu? That's a great example of how well the format can work. I found my free time waster this summer - even if it never gets produced, I can still say I have the experience.

i've heard of it, but never watched it. to be honest, i haven't really watched many web series.

i need to start.

[Viva Sonata]

i've heard of it, but never watched it. to be honest, i haven't really watched many web series.

i need to start.

The Confession is a great place to start. Jack Bauer walks into a church run by John Hurt.

[pleasedontask]

Been trying to write some screenplays for a while but I can't seem to do it. I've got some great concepts (or at least hopefulyl they are, haha) and I know where the story should go about, but getting into the specifics is so hard for me. If someone wants to collaborate and work on one with me so I can have it ready to shoot this summer that'd be awesome.

[over.reaction]

Been trying to write some screenplays for a while but I can't seem to do it. I've got some great concepts (or at least hopefulyl they are, haha) and I know where the story should go about, but getting into the specifics is so hard for me. If someone wants to collaborate and work on one with me so I can have it ready to shoot this summer that'd be awesome.
oh my god everything about this is my problem, haha.

[FondestMemory]

i co-wrote a sitcom about juggalos. it's called juggalohio and there are gonna be six episodes in this run. episode one just went up yesterday.

i'd feel like too much of a whore embedding the video, so instead, here's a link to the first episode: http://youtu.be/zaFKCNMky7c

or find it at www.juggalohio.com or on facebook and twitter.

episode two is now up at www.juggalohio.com

[seventwenty3]

I just started putting up poems and stuff on projectneverending.wordpress.com but,I'm currently writing a book now with a friend who just published his book on Amazon. www.jonkershner.com is his website that has samples of his book and short stories check both out!

[wileythekid]

I'm a writer/director and just started writing my first official short film, going well so far

[Viva Sonata]

8SqrGP5jChQ

Cowrote this movie, did all the voiceovers, and I'm in the final scene.

What started off as a bum idea at two in the morning got us nominated for Best Comedy at a film festival.

[TJ Wells]

I've just started working on a spec pilot idea I had about a post-apocalyptic sitcom. Yes, I already Googled and know it's been done before, but that was twenty years ago and barely lasted. I'm still in the early stages, brainstorming, coming up with characters, outlining, etc., but I wanted to get this question out there just to get some thoughts: should I include a teaser/cold open? I've been trying to think back to other sitcom pilots I've seen, trying to remember if they used them, or if it doesn't work because the audience doesn't know any of the characters yet. Any thoughts would be great.

[FondestMemory]

im always a fan of using a cold open. i like the idea of having an idea what youre getting into before the credits even roll.

every pilot ive ever written has one.

doesnt have to be anything too big, just something. the cold open for episode one of juggalohio was actually the most elaborate one ive ever written. but we got a lot of information out there right away and i think it worked great.

[PepsiOne]

I think I might be signing up for a sketch writing course at UCB within the next few weeks. Really excited about it.

[Indoor Living]

I think I might be signing up for a sketch writing course at UCB within the next few weeks. Really excited about it.

I'm taking an improv course there in December, honestly never been more excited for anything in my life.

[PepsiOne]

I'm taking an improv course there in December, honestly never been more excited for anything in my life.

Yeah, I'd be starting on the first of December. I was thinking about doing the improv course but I'd kill to write for a living, and there's only two required writing courses before you can apply for the advanced classes. I'm really excited. Are you taking the classes in LA or New York?

[Indoor Living]

Yeah, I'd be starting on the first of December. I was thinking about doing the improv course but I'd kill to write for a living, and there's only two required writing courses before you can apply for the advanced classes. I'm really excited. Are you taking the classes in LA or New York?

Im moving to California, so I'm taking them in LA.

[PepsiOne]

Im moving to California, so I'm taking them in LA.

Awesome. I just moved out here about a month ago actually. It's pretty cool so far, I'm just now getting acclimated. I'm sure you'll like it.

[Indoor Living]

Awesome. I just moved out here about a month ago actually. It's pretty cool so far, I'm just now getting acclimated. I'm sure you'll like it.

Yeah, I'm getting very nervous. Hve you had troubles getting used to life there?

[PepsiOne]

Yeah, I'm getting very nervous. Hve you had troubles getting used to life there?

I know the feeling, haha. I was really excited for the first four months leading up to the move and then within a week of my flight I was shitting myself. That's probably more due to the fact that I didn't have a place to live, but luckily I had a couch to sleep on for the first couple weeks until I could figure something out.

The only thing I had trouble getting used to was the time change, pretty much. I lived in South Florida before this so this three hour difference was pretty weird but I got over it quick. Nothing else too crazy, though. I only have a bike to get around on so learning the public transit system was a pain, too. But overall I like it a lot. Just like most everywhere else there's good and bad areas, good and bad people, etc. Do you know what part of LA you're going to be living in?

Edit: I also can't get a grip of when all the things I want to watch will air. Just missed half of TJ Miller's special because I figured it was coming on at 11.

[JuneJuly]

I'm working on this post-apocalyptic idea. Super early stages. One of the things I'm going to try to do is have a before/after perspective running through the whole thing. But I can't figure out how to make some sort of plot out of the before parts...I know exactly what I want to happen after the event/whatever happens (I don't know yet). I feel like simple back story isn't really enough.

I'm taking an improv course there in December, honestly never been more excited for anything in my life.

have you started the classes yet? I fucking love improv, I took imrpov/sketch writing summer camp at The Second City five years in a row from 11-16. Such a great experience.

[Indoor Living]

I'm working on this post-apocalyptic idea. Super early stages. One of the things I'm going to try to do is have a before/after perspective running through the whole thing. But I can't figure out how to make some sort of plot out of the before parts...I know exactly what I want to happen after the event/whatever happens (I don't know yet). I feel like simple back story isn't really enough.



have you started the classes yet? I fucking love improv, I took imrpov/sketch writing summer camp at The Second City five years in a row from 11-16. Such a great experience.
I'm at the airport right now, actually. Leave in an hour or so, for three weeks. I'm going to a huge comedy show (here (http://www.ticketfly.com/event/80839/)) tomorrow night, and the classes start Wednesday. I've taken a bunch of improv here at Brave New Workshop, but nothing will be like UCB.

[Viva Sonata]

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Co-wrote, directed, starred in this. :D