The 2nd Writing Group Sign Up Thread

[The Stranger]

The 2nd Writing Group Sign Up Thread

Signed Up Writers:

Introduction:

This is the 2nd writing group, the first being created by Warluster, credit to him for this great idea. I'll assume that the lack of PM's I've received is more due to the holidays than due lack of enthusiam. I'll also assume that Warluster won't mind me doing this, because I haven't gotten reply of him yet.

The aim of this writing group is to really systematically improve as aspiring writers. We will hold a meeting either once in one or once in two weeks. I will then post the previous assignment you pm'd me and post the new assignment.

I will keep the people who signed up posted of changes but offcourse the assignments are not solely for people who signed up. When you see a fun assignment or a helpful one and you want to do it, go ahead.

When you have made your assignment, it must be pm'd to me and I will post it in the Submission thread, after that critique can be given by other members and we will analyse the assignments.




For all the people who want to join the group, this is their first "assigment". I want you to answer these questions:

Favorite Genre:
Favorite Writer:
Favorite Book:
Writing Experience:
Strengths:
Weaknesses:




Helpful Websites:
http://www.fictionfactor.com/characters.html
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=35723
http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/wordines.html
http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/004175.html

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The Stranger

[RoadKill]

I would like to join please.

Favorite Genre: Horror, Action, Mystery
Favorite Writer: David Michaels
Favorite Book: Zero Hour
Writing Experience: Average
Strengths: Creativity and ideas
Weaknesses: Grammer

[The Stranger]

I think after new year more will join...
this is mine.

Favorite Genre: Medieval, WWII, Thriller
Favorite Writer: -
Favorite Book: -
Writing Experience: Average
Strengths: Ideas, Storytelling (narrative style)
Weaknesses: Conversations, Storybuilding (getting ideas on paper)

[Motep]

Eh, what the hell. Im bored enough.

Favorite Genre: Mystery, Sci Fi, Fantasy
Favorite Writer: David Eddings, Weis, Hickman, Robert Jordan
Favorite Book: ...thats really mean...
Writing Experience: Cant really say...
Strengths: Ideas, maps, histories
Weaknesses: names, focus

[Prince Cobra]

Favorite Genre: History with a little mystery
Favorite Writer: James Clavell; Umberto Eco
Favorite Book: Shogun; The Name of the Rose
Writing Experience: I'd say beginner, though I started my own story almost two years ago.
Strengths: passion for writing and the ability to develop a story from a single flash of inspiration
Weaknesses: too much thinking ; grammar; and often lack of organisation

In! :stupido:

[mrdun.]

Favorite Genre: Fiction, Comedy
Favorite Writer: JK Rowling
Favorite Book: lotR
Writing Experience: Imagination
Weaknesses: Motivation

[The Stranger]

Favorite Genre: History with a little mystery
Favorite Writer: James Clavell; Umberto Eco
Favorite Book: Shogun; The Name of the Rose
Writing Experience: I'd say beginner, though I started my own story almost two years ago.
Strengths: passion for writing and the ability to develop a story from a single flash of inspiration
Weaknesses: too much thinking ; grammar; and often lack of organisation

In! :stupido:

ah, yeah Eco is very good indeed, though i like his short stories better, the name of the rose is great, but hard to get through.

I will keep this going till next friday, then i will post the threads and the first assignment. Howevcer people can still join fully or partially after that.

[edyzmedieval]

Favorite Genre: Adventure, Historical Novel
Favorite Writer: Clive Cussler
Favorite Book: Atlantis Found, Red Storm, Sahara
Writing Experience: Medium (I started my story about 2 and a half years ago)
Strengths: Fast paced action, imagination, image-creating
Weaknesses: Too much description, action is too short sometimes

In!! :book:

[Meldarion]

Favorite Genre ~ Realist Fiction and Fantasy
Favorite Writer ~ Tolstoy
Favorite Book ~ Anna Karenina or Venus in Furs.
Writing Experience ~ Tales of a Wandering Knight and some erotica (thats it).
Strengths ~ Over active imagination.
Weaknesses ~ Perfectionism, Grammar and tending to let previously stated imagination get ahead of itself.

[The Stranger]

im working on the first assignment now... hint it has something to do with characters... ill post it saturday... so the project will start then

[Innocentius]

I'm not sure exactly how actively I'll be able to participate (with school and all), but this seems interesting nonetheless, so what the heck.

Favorite Genre: Naturalism, Realism, Historical, Philosophical
Favorite Writer: Dostoyevsky
Favorite Book: Crime and Punishment, Notes from the Underground and Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier)
Writing Experience: Minimal (in English); basically what I've written here in the Mead Hall
Strengths: Characters, good imagination
Weaknesses: Not a native speaker, so everything really

[The Stranger]

Innocentius, don't worry about your ability to write in english, because this is about improving as a writer and english is not a prerequest to write... We won't be doing any grammar, simply because i don't know anything about english grammar and im a drama in grammar in general... So it doesn't really matter if you make spelling mistakes (except the really annoying obvious ones) because its not supposed to improve your english skill, which it will do inevitably(?) however...

[mrdun]

Lets get writing, this saturday?

[The Stranger]

yeah ill post the assignment this saturday... do you want to join as an active member? if so please answer the questions... if not, still feel free to do the assignments you like...

[mrdun]

Oh of course, sorry I failed to mention that I am ManOnFire. It was in my sig but it has been updated...sorry stranger. So yeah/..

Favorite Genre: Fiction, Comedy
Favorite Writer: JK Rowling
Favorite Book: lotR
Writing Experience: minimal
Weaknesses: Motivation

I have just noticed that I cannot actually read..

[The Stranger]

i suppose you have strenghts as well :P please share them with us :)

if i may ask, why are you also man on fire?

I've got you on msn havent i?

[mrdun]

you have me on msn i think twobitwarlord[at]hotmail[dot]co[dot]uk

I had a mishap with my account, wouldn't let me log. I created account to contact TosaInu.

My strengths would have to be imagination although that could be a weakness aswell :yes:

[mrdun]

This is my experience:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=97291

[The Stranger]

I just found out that i have a footballmatch tomorrow, and because i also have to arrange some business, i will post the threads today. You have till next week saturday to do the assignement, then please pm it to me (you can pm it if your done before the deadline aswell)

For those who say they have not enough time, but do find time to post here and say so are doing something wrong :P it will not be a big assignment, you can do it with an hour, so i hope to get it from everyone of you.

[Julian the apostate]

Hey there Can I join in on this?

Favorite Genre: History is nice fiction and nonfiction
Favorite Book: Pilliars of the Earth
Favorite Author: Tolkien, Dostoevsky
Writing experience, a fiction class that produced this: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=71861
Weakness...editing and grammar as well as a tendency to get carried away
Strengths: I'm relatively descriptive in my writing

[The Stranger]

yeah you can... the assignment is up already...