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Does anyone have any aspirations to try to get published with your own original work one day? If so, do you have the idea yet? Is it just a dream? Are you writing it as we speak? We'd love to hear your aspirations. And if you're comfortable sharing it...your idea.
As for me, I do have aspirations. It's a dream I've had since I was little, and I can't even go into a bookstore anymore without looking at the shelf and wishing my name were listed on a book sitting there. I recently had the idea that I plan to write into an original idea, but whether it's the one that will get me published--or whether it's just practice--I can't say right now. But I am writing it, and I will see it through to completion. And those of you familiar with my writing methods will be proud of me. I have a plot planned out through completion. It's still a skeleton right now, but I know basically what's going to happen. I'm writing this one properly. Not all willy-nilly like my fanfictions!
So...let's hear yours, then.
Full Version: Any aspirations?
I've come to the conclusion that if I get published (which I probably will, in some form or another), it will probably be in academia. The fact of the matter is I would want to write a full novel if I were to write fiction. And, thus far, my novel-length fics bite b/c I get side-tracked and don't plan out well enough and blah blah blah. I simply don't have the persistence or the correct writing style to do that. Never mind that my career will 1) take me away from fiction altogether and erase time for writing, and/or 2) require academic writing (as in getting theories and essays published). So, for the moment I'm just writing for fun (although my dad is DYING to publish a book of my short stories- he works at Dartmouth Printing Company, so he's itching to use his power 
)
Of course, I'd never rule out writing fiction and getting it published... maybe a play or screenplay would be more realistic. Hm....
-Nicole
)Of course, I'd never rule out writing fiction and getting it published... maybe a play or screenplay would be more realistic. Hm....
-Nicole
I must say that i would love to be published and i am working on a story though its not very far or taht great either. I would probably right short stories like most of my fics are short my problem is that i see so many of the books i have read in my stories and that im afraid that it is sorta stealing.
I tried it and at some points I did already knew I wasn't ready for this yet. If all you ever wrote was one story, one idea you are narrow minded this what I was 3 years ago. In some ways I did knew that I could not publish if I hadn't yet started to think and write different as I did half my life before.
If I did write previous 2002 I did write in German, I did write in present and about that one story. I did start two other storys, two other ideas but never really finish it. But now I'm writing in english, in vain to think different to gain a new horizont.
I learned to write into different POV's about different events and different genre's. Something like Romance, Angst and even bit Humor something I never did before. Its even fantasy something I haven't done either before.
Being 22 years old is I say an age I can and should learn those things before I got published. I did set myself a goal after I have finished my novel-length storys I'll might vanish for a long time from the FanFiction-authors because then I think I'm ready to do what I always wanted. Starting to work on my novel again, editing it and even rewrite it.
Full off those things I learned in those years in this fandom and finally able to produce something I can show an agent without to be embrassed but being proud at it.
Its a huge step between own work and writting FanFiction thats why I think each step after another. Only if I believe in it 100% I can stand against all those publisher. Its why JKR got published, she did believe and never waver at her idea, not change her idea but kept it.
Something you can only if you made this world your own something I was desperate to learn.
If I did write previous 2002 I did write in German, I did write in present and about that one story. I did start two other storys, two other ideas but never really finish it. But now I'm writing in english, in vain to think different to gain a new horizont.
I learned to write into different POV's about different events and different genre's. Something like Romance, Angst and even bit Humor something I never did before. Its even fantasy something I haven't done either before.
Being 22 years old is I say an age I can and should learn those things before I got published. I did set myself a goal after I have finished my novel-length storys I'll might vanish for a long time from the FanFiction-authors because then I think I'm ready to do what I always wanted. Starting to work on my novel again, editing it and even rewrite it.
Full off those things I learned in those years in this fandom and finally able to produce something I can show an agent without to be embrassed but being proud at it.
Its a huge step between own work and writting FanFiction thats why I think each step after another. Only if I believe in it 100% I can stand against all those publisher. Its why JKR got published, she did believe and never waver at her idea, not change her idea but kept it.
Something you can only if you made this world your own something I was desperate to learn.
You go, Beth! I don't have any great aspirations for my writing, but I have been published several times as I worked briefly as a journalist. It was a real kick when I saw my first story in print with a byline. I was attacked (verbally!) when I wrote a story about birth control. What a storm in my little home town. I was shocked and unprepared for people's negative reaction. Luckily, I had great support and encouragement, too.
Some technical work I did was published, but then the whole project was scrapped, so that was disappointing. This year I wrote policies for the preschool I help run. That was not a joy, but I'm in print again.
My most recent publication was an obituary I wrote for my Goddaughter. Kinda depressing, but it's one of the pieces I'm most proud of, labour of love and all.
Some technical work I did was published, but then the whole project was scrapped, so that was disappointing. This year I wrote policies for the preschool I help run. That was not a joy, but I'm in print again.
My most recent publication was an obituary I wrote for my Goddaughter. Kinda depressing, but it's one of the pieces I'm most proud of, labour of love and all.
Filchescat has published poetry in small literary jouranls, and that is where her main writing interest lies; if Filchescat could publish a book or a even a chapbook, she'd die happy.
On another note Filchescat started a children's novel last winter. She wrote 3+ chapters, put it down for a month and decided it wasn't brilliant... So she's waiting a few months before starting it up again.
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On another note Filchescat started a children's novel last winter. She wrote 3+ chapters, put it down for a month and decided it wasn't brilliant... So she's waiting a few months before starting it up again.
meow,
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I've had aspirations of getting my work published for a long time now. I guess ever since my Fourth Grade teacher commented me on my really good writing skills. Ever since then a lot of people have been encouraging me to try to get one of my stories published.
Took to heart what my Fourth Grade teacher said and in the summer after Fourth Grade I began writing my first book. A year later, I wrote its two sequels.
My Fifth Grade teacher read all three and say they were really good. Now, whether or not she was just being nice or sincere - I'll never know.
In Seventh Grade, I reread, edited, and rewrote the first of the 3 books - while at the same time was writing another book. My Seventh Grade teacher read the newer copy of the 1 of 3. She said it was really good and she hoped I'd pursue my dreams of getting published.
Eight Grade was a big step for me. I got one of my essays entered in this 'Young Author's Award' and I won for my Region (go figure, it was an Essay on Banning Harry Potter
).
It seems however since seventh grade, I have written a novel-length story again. I mean, sure I have my ficcles and they certainly are becoming novel-length, but not one of my original stories to call my own. The characters, settings, plot my own. I get an idea for a story, I write it down... lately only ideas I get are for my little ficcles.
The books we're forced to read in English Class in the Ninth Grade were brutal on the average teenage mind. I remember half of my class hated the novel we had to read. I sat in English wondering 'Could I make a novel that an entire class could like?'
And I probably could - no I'm not bragging. I mean, knowing fresh what it's like to be a Ninth grader, I know what goes on in their heads. I know their worries, problems, concerns. I could write a novel on the Ninth Grade that hits so close to home, the person reading it would feel I was describing them in Freshman year. Problem is I have no drive to write. I have no time to write and I certainly don't have the energy. I mean all my energy already is consumed on editing and rewriting my ficcles.
Maybe one day in the near future I'll edit and rewrite all the novels I've completed. Hopefully I'll perfect them with 5 years of writing experience after having first written them. Maybe one day I'll see my name on the bookshelf, but not today. I mean sure my dream to get published is still alive as ever inside, but I know it's not going to happen any time soon. Last shred of hope I had of getting published sorta dried up in the past years. Maybe my hope will get ressurected and I'll be able to write again. *shrug*
Genres I thrive in seem to be romance and angst. Especially angst. I really know how to get them tears flowing
Action - eck I suck. .. Mystery - Suspense but nothing more.. Comedy - Maybe. Maybe.
Basically Romance and Angst. *pets Angst* LoL...
Took to heart what my Fourth Grade teacher said and in the summer after Fourth Grade I began writing my first book. A year later, I wrote its two sequels.
My Fifth Grade teacher read all three and say they were really good. Now, whether or not she was just being nice or sincere - I'll never know.
In Seventh Grade, I reread, edited, and rewrote the first of the 3 books - while at the same time was writing another book. My Seventh Grade teacher read the newer copy of the 1 of 3. She said it was really good and she hoped I'd pursue my dreams of getting published.
Eight Grade was a big step for me. I got one of my essays entered in this 'Young Author's Award' and I won for my Region (go figure, it was an Essay on Banning Harry Potter
). It seems however since seventh grade, I have written a novel-length story again. I mean, sure I have my ficcles and they certainly are becoming novel-length, but not one of my original stories to call my own. The characters, settings, plot my own. I get an idea for a story, I write it down... lately only ideas I get are for my little ficcles.
The books we're forced to read in English Class in the Ninth Grade were brutal on the average teenage mind. I remember half of my class hated the novel we had to read. I sat in English wondering 'Could I make a novel that an entire class could like?'
And I probably could - no I'm not bragging. I mean, knowing fresh what it's like to be a Ninth grader, I know what goes on in their heads. I know their worries, problems, concerns. I could write a novel on the Ninth Grade that hits so close to home, the person reading it would feel I was describing them in Freshman year. Problem is I have no drive to write. I have no time to write and I certainly don't have the energy. I mean all my energy already is consumed on editing and rewriting my ficcles.
Maybe one day in the near future I'll edit and rewrite all the novels I've completed. Hopefully I'll perfect them with 5 years of writing experience after having first written them. Maybe one day I'll see my name on the bookshelf, but not today. I mean sure my dream to get published is still alive as ever inside, but I know it's not going to happen any time soon. Last shred of hope I had of getting published sorta dried up in the past years. Maybe my hope will get ressurected and I'll be able to write again. *shrug*
Genres I thrive in seem to be romance and angst. Especially angst. I really know how to get them tears flowing
Action - eck I suck. .. Mystery - Suspense but nothing more.. Comedy - Maybe. Maybe.Basically Romance and Angst. *pets Angst* LoL...
Aspirations?
Well, I got some.
I completed my first novel rather recently. I'm currently taking advantage of being unemployed to review the manuscript, and to correct it in order to send it to a publisher.
Of course the novel is in my mother tongue, which is french.
I must say that I owe the snitch a lot for this. i got my motivation back on getting it published when i saw the wonderful reactions of my readers, here. their compliments were so nice and they seemed so enthusiastic that I thought: Hey if you can do it in english, maybe your french work is worth a real publishing.
This is a huge novel I finished. i started to write it when I was 19 and finished it on Word when I got 24! five years of work in this stuff.
It's 320 pages long in Word (Times new roman 12, I guess you get the idea...)
And the best in that... it's only the first part!
It is a fantasy Novel set in a world that combines almost all the stories I've written since I was 12. so this novel is the first part of two, even if it has an ending of its own.
To sum up the idea, well I deal with the same kind of concepts than in my fanfictions on Harry Potter.
The hero is a young boy who discovers in himself powers that go beyond anything known. He has a fate that no one can see yet, not even his mentor, a God that lives among mortals, and who teaches him how to master this power.
He's trained within a Cast of Warriors who dedicate their lives to protect the world from the invasion coming from the Mirror. The Mirror is a magical frontier separating two worlds that once were one (that's a very complex idea...).
So the Hero, along with his fellow apprentices discovers the life within this Cast, and also the dangers of the world.
And he must also understand what his power implies. He can do great things, both good and evil. He can be a savior or a destructor.
For those who read my ff, around here, my hero is a lot like Ian Malcolm, while his mentor is really like Alexander (except he's a god!). His best friend looks a lot like Kenneth Lionheart, etc...
There you have it. the first novel tells how the hero gets to enter the Cast, follows his training, and becomes involved in a struggle that can change the whole face of the world.
All of this is full of Dragons, swords, magic and some magical technology, like wings carrying the warriors on the wings of the Storm...
Well, that's the idea. And my story can go over five more books, after the first. i can also add the legends of the world, a lot like the silmarillion or the prequels of David Eddings.
Eddings is my main inspiration in the writing style.
Well, tell me what you think...
Well, I got some.
I completed my first novel rather recently. I'm currently taking advantage of being unemployed to review the manuscript, and to correct it in order to send it to a publisher.
Of course the novel is in my mother tongue, which is french.
I must say that I owe the snitch a lot for this. i got my motivation back on getting it published when i saw the wonderful reactions of my readers, here. their compliments were so nice and they seemed so enthusiastic that I thought: Hey if you can do it in english, maybe your french work is worth a real publishing.
This is a huge novel I finished. i started to write it when I was 19 and finished it on Word when I got 24! five years of work in this stuff.
It's 320 pages long in Word (Times new roman 12, I guess you get the idea...)
And the best in that... it's only the first part!
It is a fantasy Novel set in a world that combines almost all the stories I've written since I was 12. so this novel is the first part of two, even if it has an ending of its own.
To sum up the idea, well I deal with the same kind of concepts than in my fanfictions on Harry Potter.
The hero is a young boy who discovers in himself powers that go beyond anything known. He has a fate that no one can see yet, not even his mentor, a God that lives among mortals, and who teaches him how to master this power.
He's trained within a Cast of Warriors who dedicate their lives to protect the world from the invasion coming from the Mirror. The Mirror is a magical frontier separating two worlds that once were one (that's a very complex idea...).
So the Hero, along with his fellow apprentices discovers the life within this Cast, and also the dangers of the world.
And he must also understand what his power implies. He can do great things, both good and evil. He can be a savior or a destructor.
For those who read my ff, around here, my hero is a lot like Ian Malcolm, while his mentor is really like Alexander (except he's a god!). His best friend looks a lot like Kenneth Lionheart, etc...
There you have it. the first novel tells how the hero gets to enter the Cast, follows his training, and becomes involved in a struggle that can change the whole face of the world.
All of this is full of Dragons, swords, magic and some magical technology, like wings carrying the warriors on the wings of the Storm...
Well, that's the idea. And my story can go over five more books, after the first. i can also add the legends of the world, a lot like the silmarillion or the prequels of David Eddings.
Eddings is my main inspiration in the writing style.
Well, tell me what you think...
Erwan - That idea is just brill! I mean, already it seems so intriguing and it must have been so complex to write! I tell you, if you get it published I'll be first in line to buy it! Of course, I'll keep my french dictionary on hand. Hopefully though, they'll publish it in English Hehe.. I mean, my French Teachers would love me if I were able to read at least one chapter of full-out French and comprehend it... but I'm not gonna spend one month reading one chapter LoL.
The novel's that I've written are basically "fantasy" set in this century. Actually.. it's sorta fantasy-action. It's all based around one particular girl, Kristine Lee. During her Freshman year at high school, she begins to see odd things happening around her. After saving her rival of 6 years from plummeting to her death, Kristine is met up with an Angel sent to guide her saying that Evil is afoot and Kristine - obviously- is the only one who can stop it...
*takes out books* I'm getting their plots mixed up now >.<
Okay, I was going to explain a little further about it but upon realizing how young I was when I first wrote those 3 books... I now realized how completely cliché my books are *bangs head on table*
Anyhoo. The other novel I wrote when I was in Seventh Grade is set in the future. *opens original story* I'll just copy and paste a paragraph. It explains the time setting in this story:
The year is 2502. A battle had started just 7 years ago and it still continued. How it started, no one knew. Some thought it was an argument between several over powering industries gone out of control. Others thought it was a battle that was never meant to be; an accident. However this battle, or war, started, no one bothers to think about because no one quite remembers. The only reason why it still remains in affect is because people have grown a strong stubbornness and had pride as large as the universe.
The main character is Kyana who isn't completely human. At the beginning of the war in 2495, a brilliant scientist - Dr. Delitar - wanted to create a machine that could destroy all or heal all. He wanted to create the machine to stop the war. With the technologies of the distant future he was able to plan a machine with the properties to age like a human and even have a heart. His daughter who had been killed only months before he came up with the idea was being held in preservation. He used his daughter's body as the home of this "machine". Using the technologies and his plans, he was able to revive his daughter in a way. She was alive, but within her brain were components of a machine. Also memories before her death could not be replaced. - It's a really complicated thing. It killed me when I had to write the history on her creation >.<
Anyway, the story is based on her and the life of her collegues in Alpha 3 which is some-what an underground hospital for refugees of the war on Earth. In the end, she stops the war (don't ask how.. the way I have it written at the moment is completely weak) and slowly the Earth goes back to peace.
It's really complicated if you think about it - therefore I try to not think about it much LoL - but it was fun to write. If anything I'll reread,edit and rewrite this one. I swear, when I first came up with that idea it was awesome. Problem was I never could think of a way to "end" the war. Came up with the lamest excuse of an ending to that war LoL. Eck. I smack myself now for that horrible ending, but people grow from their experiences and hopefully when I rewrite it I'll come up with a better ending >.< But please tell me what you think about it.
Hehe.. I mean, my French Teachers would love me if I were able to read at least one chapter of full-out French and comprehend it... but I'm not gonna spend one month reading one chapter LoL. The novel's that I've written are basically "fantasy" set in this century. Actually.. it's sorta fantasy-action. It's all based around one particular girl, Kristine Lee. During her Freshman year at high school, she begins to see odd things happening around her. After saving her rival of 6 years from plummeting to her death, Kristine is met up with an Angel sent to guide her saying that Evil is afoot and Kristine - obviously- is the only one who can stop it...
*takes out books* I'm getting their plots mixed up now >.<
Okay, I was going to explain a little further about it but upon realizing how young I was when I first wrote those 3 books... I now realized how completely cliché my books are *bangs head on table*
Anyhoo. The other novel I wrote when I was in Seventh Grade is set in the future. *opens original story* I'll just copy and paste a paragraph. It explains the time setting in this story:
The year is 2502. A battle had started just 7 years ago and it still continued. How it started, no one knew. Some thought it was an argument between several over powering industries gone out of control. Others thought it was a battle that was never meant to be; an accident. However this battle, or war, started, no one bothers to think about because no one quite remembers. The only reason why it still remains in affect is because people have grown a strong stubbornness and had pride as large as the universe.
The main character is Kyana who isn't completely human. At the beginning of the war in 2495, a brilliant scientist - Dr. Delitar - wanted to create a machine that could destroy all or heal all. He wanted to create the machine to stop the war. With the technologies of the distant future he was able to plan a machine with the properties to age like a human and even have a heart. His daughter who had been killed only months before he came up with the idea was being held in preservation. He used his daughter's body as the home of this "machine". Using the technologies and his plans, he was able to revive his daughter in a way. She was alive, but within her brain were components of a machine. Also memories before her death could not be replaced. - It's a really complicated thing. It killed me when I had to write the history on her creation >.<
Anyway, the story is based on her and the life of her collegues in Alpha 3 which is some-what an underground hospital for refugees of the war on Earth. In the end, she stops the war (don't ask how.. the way I have it written at the moment is completely weak) and slowly the Earth goes back to peace.
It's really complicated if you think about it - therefore I try to not think about it much LoL - but it was fun to write. If anything I'll reread,edit and rewrite this one. I swear, when I first came up with that idea it was awesome. Problem was I never could think of a way to "end" the war. Came up with the lamest excuse of an ending to that war LoL. Eck. I smack myself now for that horrible ending, but people grow from their experiences and hopefully when I rewrite it I'll come up with a better ending >.< But please tell me what you think about it.
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