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Post by steelsheen on Feb 10, 2006 22:02:25 GMT -5
My personal hobby- writing!
My reasons for this hobby is it makes me understand things. Or at least helps me pretend to. Writing encourages my subjectivity and imagination, and also improves my skills!
Anyone else like writing?
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Post by Geberia on Feb 11, 2006 8:35:42 GMT -5
I love to write! I'm just not very good at it. I have like 10 long novels that I've started but have never finished. But I enjoy doing it and it comes in handy on essays!
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Post by falklands on Feb 13, 2006 14:04:50 GMT -5
I love writing! As you can tell by my pace of posting on this forum ;D Most of the serious essay writing I do is assigned in my Great Books class I take online, but I do that frequently enough to keep me on my toes. Personally, the way I learned to write well was simply reading, reading, and more reading. All those eloquent philosophers from the Classical period had impeccable grammar, graceful lines, and clever notions. Because of reading them, I have good grammar (anyone reading them over time will get good grammar), but funnily enough, I generally can't tell you any grammatical terms or anything of that sort. It's rather weird.
I also have written a (very large) fragment of an unfinished book, but looking back on it, it's filled with cliches, simplistic characters, and not very imaginative scenes. I have realized the importance of careful planning before you attempt any kind of novel. But I haven't actually followed through with the principle ;D
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Post by heartofgold on Feb 13, 2006 14:11:08 GMT -5
Yea, I write random short stories. Believe me, random is the right word here. The characters all end up with strange names (Lenny Leptude), I could never do names, and they're all really wacky (in case you thought someone named Lenny Leptude was normal). Some of the stories end up with plots like crashing planes on the way to Hawaii, others are straight out of Fractured Fairy Tales from Rocky and Bullwinkle (love that show), usually involving inept princes. So yea, I can fuel my sense of humor into something besides people (scary isn't it).
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Post by Siko Michael on Feb 13, 2006 14:23:06 GMT -5
writing....is not my specialty...nor do i like to do it
siko
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Post by Geberia on Feb 13, 2006 14:31:52 GMT -5
Yeah, I guess you can tell who is a writer here and who isn't.
And I agree with Falklands, the more you read, the better you get at writing. And I also have th same problem. Either my story style seems too dry, or its so exciting its unbelievable.
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Post by steelsheen on Feb 13, 2006 17:27:18 GMT -5
I write fanfiction and some original impressionistic writing and poetry.
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Post by falklands on Feb 13, 2006 17:44:54 GMT -5
Yea, I write random short stories. Believe me, random is the right word here. The characters all end up with strange names (Lenny Leptude), I could never do names, and they're all really wacky (in case you thought someone named Lenny Leptude was normal). Some of the stories end up with plots like crashing planes on the way to Hawaii, others are straight out of Fractured Fairy Tales from Rocky and Bullwinkle (love that show), usually involving inept princes. So yea, I can fuel my sense of humor into something besides people (scary isn't it). Wow...Lenny Leptude is a rather strange name... But you should send some of your stories to me, or post them here. It'd be very entertaining. No, really. |
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Post by heartofgold on Feb 13, 2006 19:28:53 GMT -5
I would, but my recent stories (Lenny Leptude and the other inept prince one) were all lost in a computer crash  , so now I have to write some more. |
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Post by steelsheen on Feb 13, 2006 20:07:49 GMT -5
I hate that! I lost a 300 page document (that IS three hundred) to a virus- but eventually I got most of it back!
I love to write....
I mean, look at my signature!
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Post by Geberia on Feb 14, 2006 10:53:42 GMT -5
;D
Lenny Leptitude sounds like a name for a leprachaun. (sp?)
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Post by falklands on Feb 14, 2006 11:23:39 GMT -5
I love to write,
it shows my might,
for when the light,
shines in the night,
I'll put up a fight,
with a pen. The end.
(I took a whole thirty seconds to write that!)
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Post by gynovia on Feb 14, 2006 11:29:19 GMT -5
My dog does my homework
at home every night.
He answerers each question
and gets them all right.
There's only one problem
with homework by Rover
I can't turn in work
thats been slobbered all over.
wow. thats not a real intelligent poem LOL
oh, well, its kinda funny. ;D
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Post by falklands on Feb 14, 2006 11:35:20 GMT -5
That reminds me of the Far Side comic: in a school for dogs, the teacher asks all the little puppies, "Ok, who DIDN'T eat their homework on the way to school today?"
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Post by gynovia on Feb 14, 2006 11:38:09 GMT -5
alas! I have no excuse, as I have no dog..... mabey I can get our cat ........ LOL
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Post by falklands on Feb 14, 2006 11:40:01 GMT -5
Schoolwork is a peculiar diet for cats...
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Post by gynovia on Feb 14, 2006 11:43:02 GMT -5
hmmmmm.........I'll mix it in with some cat treats! wohoo! a plan!
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Post by falklands on Feb 14, 2006 11:45:12 GMT -5
Still, I have to admit processed wood probably wouldn't be too good for a cat's stomach...
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Post by gynovia on Feb 14, 2006 11:50:03 GMT -5
well, this cat would eat anything , but I have to agree. It would be a bit hard on the digestive system huh? lol
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Post by falklands on Feb 14, 2006 11:51:39 GMT -5
This cat would eat anything? Oh, I can't wait to try out my new "formula" on it... *evil laugh*
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Post by gynovia on Feb 14, 2006 11:54:31 GMT -5
NO!!!!!!Don't touch my cat! I'll do my home work, i promise! LOL
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Post by falklands on Feb 14, 2006 11:59:36 GMT -5
*Bwahahahahahaaaa!!!! You cannot stop me now!*
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Post by gynovia on Feb 14, 2006 12:01:18 GMT -5
stand back, or on my command, my cat will attack! lol
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Post by gynovia on Feb 14, 2006 12:11:52 GMT -5
I'm sorry. I'm off topic. (again)  please continue. |
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Post by falklands on Feb 14, 2006 12:16:24 GMT -5
Well, we could plead not guilty to going off-topic by the mere fact that we were writing... ;D
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, so now I have to write some more.
please continue.