Poll: Do you write as a hobby?

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walls of cetepedes

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I'm currently writing about what would happen if Ellis isn't interrupted during one of his little stories.

So far, it takes 15 minutes for me to say.
 

AdmanUK

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Awww thanks dude =) I have what must be an anthology by now haha and I also have about 4 novels on the go haha
 

plastic_window

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Mostly I write short stories that very rarely make sense. Occasionally, I'll write a review, but they're really not all that good so I never post them on The Escapist any more.

I used to write poetry, but I was never happy with what I'd end up with, so I've not written any of that in a few years.

At the moment I'm doing Journalism at university, so predictably I have to do quite a bit of writing for that, but I'm not very good at it. I'd much rather be doing analytical essays or reviews.
 

Pariah87

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I like writing film reviews or random stories, I wouldn't mind trying a script or two.

Nothing I write is ever seen by the eyes of others though because I have this crippling lack of faith in my own abilities lol.
 

NoNameMcgee

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I only write video game reviews but lately I'm finding myself less interested in doing them.
 

Trivun

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Jester Lord said:
Trivun said:
Can you send me your version of Red Riding Hood and,when you're done with it, Hansel and Gretal please?
No problem, just let me know your email address and I can send the original file straight away :D. Just to inform you, it's licensed by me under a Creative Commons license, so you can do what you want with it that's not for profit and without actually changing it without my permission. Not that I reckon you'd do anything like that, but it's in case you decide to show anyone, just wanted you to be aware of that :).
 

Aesir23

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All the time, though I have a major problem with procrastination.

I mostly write short stories in a fantasy setting. But I've been TRYING to write a novel since I was 15. I had to restart a few times for various reasons (I was up to Chapter 5 at one point), but my latest attempt...hasn't even begun and I decided to restart my attempt at a novel 2 years ago!

See what I mean by procrastination?
 

Beffudled Sheep

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Trivun said:
Jester Lord said:
Trivun said:
Can you send me your version of Red Riding Hood and,when you're done with it, Hansel and Gretal please?
No problem, just let me know your email address and I can send the original file straight away :D. Just to inform you, it's licensed by me under a Creative Commons license, so you can do what you want with it that's not for profit and without actually changing it without my permission. Not that I reckon you'd do anything like that, but it's in case you decide to show anyone, just wanted you to be aware of that :).
No, this is mine. I shall show it no one... unless I get drunk.
 

Question Spark

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As I rest my dreary head,
I ponder while I sit in bed,
I try to change my evil ways,
For my weak heart slowly decays,
I try to see that which is good,
And not the lies under the hood,
If I do not stray from this path,
I will suffer more peoples wrath,
My feelings hidden dark away,
Until I have the guts to say,
This hole I have been hiding in,
Has made my courage very thin,
So now I break out of this shell,
And face this world that I call hell,
And once I have done this great task,
I can remove this horrid mask,
And show the world my better side,
And realize there's nothing to hide.

i wrote that at 3 am a few days ago waiting for a game to load... blah
 

Pimppeter2

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Yes. I posted a play I wrote here a while ago. I wrote two poems today in class (not as part of class) and I also Review [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/326.166483]
 

MadTix

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Yes. I just start writing parts of stories, but nothing really cohesive: plot points, monologues, dialogues, set pieces, character bios, etc.

I'll get around to tying it all together eventually.

I even have a notebook lying around somewhere, with character and location sketches.
 

Takabaka136

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I used to hate writing so much but then i got my college comp professor who let us basically have a freedom of what we write and i started to really enjoy it and im starting to throw around some novel ideas
 

Ocelot GT

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Yes, I have been writing as a hobby now for fifteen years. The shortest book, 12,000 words. The longest thus far is 79, 000 words and 142 pages long.
 

Kortney

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Nope. Unless I was going to be published, then I don't see the point in writing.
 

Kif

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Nope, I write for a living (code) the last thing I want to do when I get home is spend more time typing.

Music is my hobby.
 

Zacharine

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Yes, quite often.

I mostly write story ideas, fanfics and original short stories. Only a few ever leave my HDD, and some of the ones I've decided to flesh out beyond a measly 10k-15k words or so get put online. I've got at least 15 seeds (as in, story beginnings) at 8-18 pages long, waiting to see if I decide to go anywhere with them.

I've dabbled with poetry enough to know that I shall never be even a part-time poet.

I made a promise to myself that this year at last I'd finish writing a full manusript and take it to a few publishers, see what they think. 150 pages of raw text done so far on that one...