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offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2004-05-05 06:30 [#01173939]
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Anyone interested in joining a group for reading and
discussing each other's works, please say so here; poetry,
fiction, non-fiction etc.


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2004-05-05 06:31 [#01173942]
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these guys are the thoughest posters, at least:

Ceri JC 2968939
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nacmat 2223599
tolstoyed 2045840
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marlowe 1699844
Zeus 1689234

IJEST!


 

offline nacmat on 2004-05-05 06:33 [#01173947]
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sadly I love to write.... but in spanish


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2004-05-05 06:34 [#01173948]
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You can't call it 'work'. You can only call it a string of
characters until someone tells you that it is a 'work'. I
would join but, as you have probably gleaned from out
previous exchanges, my language skills are far from perfect.


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2004-05-05 06:36 [#01173952]
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work mean something produced, lee. You sound like the ideal
candidate to join.


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2004-05-05 06:38 [#01173957]
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an image says more than a thousand words!



Attached picture

 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2004-05-05 06:41 [#01173962]
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Blind People Have Better Imaginations, by Gustav Palavar


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2004-05-05 06:46 [#01173971]
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Sure... if I ever get around to writing anything. Maybe we
could give each other an idea for a short story, but
adhering it to each other's desired genres/forms.


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2004-05-05 06:49 [#01173977]
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I was hoping you would see this :)


 

offline hyakusen from 8=============> on 2004-05-05 06:51 [#01173985]
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im in.


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2004-05-05 06:54 [#01173991]
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I used to write, largely philosophical stuff, re-reading it
now, it's very similar to Nietzsche (allbeit less eloquent),
but at the time I wrote it, I hadn't read any of his work.

I really dislike sharing my writing, unlike my music, I find
writing a lot more personal, it's almost like letting
someone read your diary. A couple of literary friends read
it a 4 years or so back and both said it was good and liked
it.


 

offline pOgO from behind your belly button fluff on 2004-05-05 06:54 [#01173992]
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I can't write for shit


 

offline princo from Shitty City (Geelong) (Australia) on 2004-05-05 06:55 [#01173995]
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Yeah, but you can type ? ;)


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2004-05-05 06:55 [#01173996]
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i can.

"for shit"

see?


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2004-05-05 06:56 [#01173997]
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I dislike reading too much. Thanks for the offer though. :D


 

offline aphextriplet from your mothers bedroom (United Kingdom) on 2004-05-05 06:56 [#01173998]
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i had an idea for a short story once.

the end


 

offline staplemouth on 2004-05-05 06:57 [#01174002]
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yeah i would probably be interested, I write fiction short
stories, short film scripts and poetry etc. I recently took
up a creative writing elective subject at uni and totally
blown away by good responses, so ive really got into it
recently.

But i also find it quite personal, and hard to put out for
people to read. But it sounds like fun eh. At uni we
workshop our current works and stuff, and people give
comments and suggestions and everything and its really quite
good.


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2004-05-05 06:58 [#01174004]
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Right now I'm really in limbo in regards to writing, I want
to knock some short stories out and then head straight into
a novel. But my ideas for short stories aren't really
interesting me, plus they come from an original thought but
the natural progression of the idea leads into done to death
territory. I'm also torn between styles as I'd like to do a
first person present tense character study as well as the
more conventional third person past tense stories. So in
conclusion... I better do some work.


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2004-05-05 07:01 [#01174011]
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Every time I write a story I have the opposite problem, shit
strays off into weird territory..Like I wrote this story
once about a mafia family. The godfather was assasinated
and the only thing with enough knowledge to continue running
the family was his pet parrot who lived in his office. The
parrot became the head of a major crime syndicate for 4
years before being horribly gunned down :(


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2004-05-05 07:03 [#01174014]
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Haha! I envy you.


 

offline dog_belch from Netherlands, The on 2004-05-05 07:03 [#01174015]
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I am trying to write one of those Mills&Boon romance type
novels. Here's as far as I have got....

"Ahhh, my penis!" cried Thosos, gurning manically at his
reflection in the medicene cabinet mirror. In the bedroom
Janus flapped annoyed and annoyingly. Crappo rose from the
floor and padded scratchily to the kitchen, pausing only to
spray Thosos' discarded, filthy kimono.

After going blue in the face, Thosos spun round and fell
heavily to the floor. When I returned 5 minutes later to see
if he'd recovered I found him unconcious and in a state of
advanced befoulment. I carried him then, beshitten, back to
the Manor House. The Duc de I_____d was playing The
Cardigans very loudly in the master bedroom as I tried to
summon a maid to assist me with the reeking cadaver. Yet my
bellowings went unnotice, or, as likely, ignored.

My balls felt heavy and yearned to splash a maid's face
a-fully. I dropped the heavily soiled chief of police onto
one of the servant's beds and took the stairs into the unlit
bowels of the kitchen area. My snake twitched and I knew
immediately that it's preternatural ability to sniff out hot
wench had once again been unconciously employed. I made my
way towards the washing area from where came a faint glow of
candlelight. I loosened my belt in readiness and gave the
old chap a manual once over.

"Sir Janus," gasped the maid "whatever are you doing down
here at this hour? You gave me quite a start! " I noticed
her hand reflexivley unfastening the top button of her
service blouse....


 

offline bill_hicks from my city is amazing it is calle on 2004-05-05 07:20 [#01174029]
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i'll discuss it as long as it's none of your judge dredd
sci-fi crap.


 

offline optimus prime on 2004-05-05 07:25 [#01174035]
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hahaha.


 

offline horsefactory from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2004-05-05 07:37 [#01174050]
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Marquis de Sade fan?


 

offline dog_belch from Netherlands, The on 2004-05-05 08:05 [#01174086]
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Basically, yes, i was trying to jazz up "120 Days of Sodom"
for a modern audience.


 

offline cie jiks mawp from motion to descend (Australia) on 2004-05-05 08:57 [#01174137]
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some of my writing can be found here

dog belch, i look forward to further adventures of sir
Janus!


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-05-05 10:16 [#01174176]
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maybe I'd like to join.

kind of depends how much time it would take.

also bear in mind that I'm studying to become a professional
writer, so I've been smothered with years of feedback-giving
crap by now! :D
this kind of means I can get pretty harsh when trying to
give feedback. it's not meant to be mean, just to be honest
- it saves time.

I'm not sure people would want that.


 

offline Komakino from Tan-giers USSR (Russia) on 2004-05-05 10:24 [#01174188]
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maybe the old Sturgeon Law could apply to this thread..


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2004-05-05 10:25 [#01174191]
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i'll just carry on posting pretentious quotes and jokes only
i laugh at


 

offline ambsace from canaDUH. on 2004-05-05 10:26 [#01174192]
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hmm. i could try and come up with some stuff again. i, too,
took one of those creative writing workshopping classes a
while back, and it was good fun. i don't feel like anything
i wrote for that class was all that great, but. eh. it was a
good experience, i s'pose. but mostly i'd just be interested
in reading your guys' stuff and giving some feedback. i'm
always up for that.


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2004-05-05 11:51 [#01174315]
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OK, then - ideas on how to go about doing this?


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2004-05-05 11:52 [#01174316]
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Start off small, everyone present an original work under
10,000 words?

*whispers* how many pages is that?


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2004-05-05 11:56 [#01174323]
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O.K. then ... so, uh, how should we go about doing this?:D
Do you want to be Club Secretary?! ;)


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2004-05-05 12:01 [#01174331]
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Hey, YOUR thread man, not mine. :D

.. maybe we all write something at least partly connected, a
centralised theme so that it makes it more interesting. And
definitely keep them short.


 


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