Any writers here on the Escapist?

[Hectix777]

My imagination is vivid and wild, remebering the good and bad that creates a confusing landscape to newcomers to mind. A land both beautiful and horrifying; breath taking and wretching; peaceful and chaotic; normal because its weird; in short:insanity

 

[Freechoice]

You know what would be cool? If the OP had asked everyone to post something of theirs. I'd be willing to bet that half the comments here would have vanished if that was a requisite.

If it hasn't already been mentioned, there is a group for writing on the Escapist.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/Writer-s-Bloc

You'll also find alot of us hanging around the RP section

I hit the button for it.

 

[Nickolai77]

Yeah, I'm a writer. Just finished the second act in my series, The Chainsmoker's Trilogy. It should be going up on sale in the next few months. I just love the whole process of writing. Sculpting the characters, the worlds, and so on. The best feeling, by far, is that warm fuzzy glow at a book signing when someone you've never met before comments about their favorite character and you realize that they're talking about something YOU gave life to.

Can i ask then how you went about getting your work published? Also, how do you fit writing into your day to day life? Do you work full-time as a writer or do you have part-time jobs on the side?


On topic:
Years ago, i used to write poetry but now i put my energy into writing short stories instead. I have written about three of such stories, they are about 30-50 pages long, and i am currently working on one right now. I have managed to get past the stage where you start writing a story but lose motivation after a few paragraphs, largely because it is easier to press on with a story which already has a framework to it than start afresh on a new one.

Whilst at university, i have started to write for the features section of the university newspaper. Only had one article published so far, but i've had more articles on the website where space is less competitive. I then do my own creative writing whilst on holiday.

My main problem i think at the moment is going back over a story, re-reading it and doing a heavy amount of editing after, in that i simply don't do that. I can re-read my own stories and correct spelling errors and make a few modifications, but not as much as you are meant to. Plus, all my stories so far have been open ended because i intended to write a sequel. Instead my imagination goes somewhere else after writing a story....Another problem is ensuring that my stories have an engaging structure, some pretty, meaningful language and interesting characters. Really, i'm not focusing on these things enough and instead focusing on trying to complete the story.

 

[awmperry]

Keen writer. Been close to going pro a few times, but never quite made the sale. But yeah, I write a bit. Novels, short stories, scripts... Whole bunch of fanfic, too.

 

[Dectomax]

As a writer myself I've found there are very few places on the net you can really go to be around other writers and make good discussion- believe me, I've looked. Makes me wonder just how many members of the hobby, casual or otherwise, we have here in the big E.
I take my writing pretty seriously even though I've only had a single minor publication in the past, but mostly just because I love getting into a project. Just started a whole new one today actually and hoping I'll actually be able to stick with it.

SO how about it, do we have any pen jockeys in the Off Topic~?

I have 1 finished short-story and an opening idea for a much longer story, plus a few other pieces of experimentation. I swear there used to be a short story thread hanging some around here?...

 

[derdeutschmachine]

After eleven years of serious writing I've still nothing published. Not for lack of trying mind you. I completed one book only to realized I hated the entire thing and have scrapped it to use some of its ideas for a completely different novel. I have two novels in the works at the moment as well as a short story that I'm really hoping can develop itself.
The problem with writing (at least for me) is the inability to be satisfied with my own work. for example my main project has been scrapped so many times an restarted it isn't even funny, I think I'm working on the fifth version.
Ah well I'm getting longwinded... hope everyone else has better luck than I.