Boring Introductions Spiced Up

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Okay, since the whole "Name, where you live, favorite TV show, favorite movie, etc" is really boring, I'm gonna try something new. If you have the time, you can try filling out these 10 writing-related questions.

1. When you get home, who in your family inspires you most to write? If you don't have a specific family member, friends will do.
2. Do you read your stories/poems a lot to your family/friends for advice?
3. What book are you reading now (if any), and what book do you plan to read next?
4. Do you aspire to be an author, or do you just plan writing to be a side job?
5. Is poetry your thing, or is novels what you do best? How about short stories? Essays (as boring as they are)? Articles?
6. Do you write in a notebook or on the computer?
7. Where do most of your ideas come from? Do you usually follow up with them?
8. Do you normally create outlines for stories, or do you write as you go along?
9. Is english your favorite subject? Does the teacher normally like your creative writing assignments, or is it a trend that you don't get the best grades for them?
10. Finally, what do you like to write about? Do you write random crap until you get an idea, or do you usually have an idea planned out already?

[LadyAuthoress]

1. When you get home, who in your family inspires you most to write? If you don't have a specific family member, friends will do.

Music inspires me the most. People don't really. Human themes are so basic; music (well the good, non-braincandy kind) can be more abstract and original. My goal in life is to write about something completely abstract and unheard of.

2. Do you read your stories/poems a lot to your family/friends for advice?

You all know I email you my stories. I occasionally allow my parents and grandparents to read my poetry, especially my grandfather who's a write because he can give me advice (I don't ask him for it often enough though, sadly)

3. What book are you reading now (if any), and what book do you plan to read next?

I want thoughts on what to read next! Something different and not too girly please (Random thought: Mia, make a section for book recommendations)


4. Do you aspire to be an author, or do you just plan writing to be a side job?

I will be the next JK Rowling! But I'm gonna do something like by an assistant teacher or something, on the side until I publish my first book so that I can have a steady income.

5. Is poetry your thing, or is novels what you do best? How about short stories? Essays (as boring as they are)? Articles?

Poetry switches on and off. Novels are fun but hard to finish. Short stories are hard if you're trying to make them good. Essays depend on how freeform my teacher is letting me be. Articles depend on the topic.

6. Do you write in a notebook or on the computer?

I have a notebook which I attempt to write in but I write most of my stuff on the computer.

7. Where do most of your ideas come from? Do you usually follow up with them?

All over the place. Remember my sundial story? I got that idea cause I was admiring some watch a kid was wearing. And no, I rarely follow up on my ideas.

8. Do you normally create outlines for stories, or do you write as you go along?

Never. Outlines will be the death of me.

9. Is english your favorite subject? Does the teacher normally like your creative writing assignments, or is it a trend that you don't get the best grades for them?

English is my favorite subject. My english teacher still hasn't handed back any of I disagreeignments so I really don't know. (But in lower school, one of the teachers loved my writing and the other, who I thought hated me (Mrs. N) told my cousins when they were interviewing that I was the best writer in the grade)

10. Finally, what do you like to write about? Do you write random crap until you get an idea, or do you usually have an idea planned out already?

I can never seem to bring myself to write about random crap. I write about whatever I think I will be able to put my own spin into.


Awesome intro questions!

[InspiringAuthor]

1. No one actually, most of the time random objects

2. I email my friends stories, but I don't really read them to my family, but I do share story ideas with them.

3. I am reading the first book in the Drama series and I want to read the second right after I'm finished with the first

4. Well, in a way yes. I want to be a writer for TV shows or Movies so does that count. Otherwise, I do want to write books as a side job.

5. Well, I must admit that when I see biography or book of poems I turn away. I love novels, and I like to write poems, just not read them.

6. On the computer.

7. Once again, most of my ideas come from random objects. Also, I start to write about 1/3 of my ideas, but most of them don't turn out so good and I start with a new idea.

8. No, just a waist of time.

9. This year it is. It depends on the teacher, but my grammar skills suck so pretty much that is the most common complaint about my writing. Also, same teacher as Abbie so we haven't gotten back any of our writing assignments.

10. I like to write about novels that after many short bits of thought, seem like a good idea.

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Since I am the special admin I'll answer my own questions. Because I'm special.

1. I find my mom inspires me somewhat because she works hard during the day and has little time for anything else, so whenever I read something to her she gets really excited and says I did a wonderful job. But all of my friends that write also inspire me because they have an endless amount of story ideas and never get tired of writing. Thank you guys!
2. I read my stories/poems to my grandmother and my mom, and I let my really cool aunt read them too. Like novelist and awesomeauthor, I also email my friends my stories. I don't really let anyone read them for advice, but just to see how they respond to what I write.
3. I'm reading "Silver on the Tree" from The Dark Is Rising Sequence, but honestly, I hate the entire series, so I hope I can finish this last book soon. Then I'll start reading the Drama! series, then the Golden Compass.
4. Sort of both. I want to be a really good writer and communicate to the rest of the world my feelings and ideas in a really experienced format, but I know it's hard to get anywhere with writing as your main career. So I plan to have an obviously-gonna-be-successful job with writing on the side.
5. Unlike most of the people I know poetry is actually strong for me and it's not that bad to read. There is some really good poetry out there! Novels are what I like the most because I like developing ideas into a full-fledged story. Short stories are also nice, but I'm weaker with them and essays because it's a) hard to write a page limit and b) hard to figure out what to write in that page limit so it's satisfying.
6. I write on the computer mostly, but if I have no access, like at camp, then I use a notebook.
7. My ideas can come out of nowhere. Like one time a friend showed me this really cool way to write "This Life", and it became a really good idea that I'm eventually going to write. But since I have a hard time writing more than one story idea at once, I have this gigantic archive of ideas that I can choose out of so when I finish I can start a new one right away.
8. Outlines are helpful if you know exactly what you want to write, but I'm more of the write-as-I-go-along type. If I feel like it I might write a first draft outline for an idea I'm not currently working on.
9. Teachers have been in and out, but most of the time they really like what I write. My fourth grade english teacher thought I had done a great job on a report and asked everyone else what they thought of it. Fifth grade not so much because the exercises were extremely limiting. Sixth grade my teacher would have loved it if I came up with something, but I didn't. Go me. And seventh, I got a really good grade on an epilogue of Lord of the Flies the first time around, so that's good. And yes, english is my favorite subject.
10. When I write something that's not my current project it's normally a) an outline for another story idea, b) a snippet of a story idea or c) random crap if I can't think of anything else.

Enjoy! ;D

[Camaraderie]

1. When you get home, who in your family inspires you most to write? If you don't have a specific family member, friends will do.

Honestly, I'm not inspired by my family all that much. I'm not super close to them. My brother is quite character, with all his problems- I think he's the most interesting person in my family. He inspires a lot of the characters in my stories. (Most of my favorite OC's that I've created are bipolar or have ADHD, like Matt.) My most major inspiration is the music I listen to. (Mostly Alternative Rock and some really old jazz and blues from my Dad's enormous CD collection.

2. Do you read your stories/poems a lot to your family/friends for advice?

Sometimes, but not much. I'm constantly changing things around and am a little nervous about what my family would think about the things I write. I share really unexpected things sometimes, though- I let almost all my Delta friends read my uber-explicit yaoi that I wrote about some of my class members.


3. What book are you reading now (if any), and what book do you plan to read next?

Right now, I'm reading 'War and Peace,' by Tolstoy. It's amazing, and I absolutely love it. The translation is a little difficult, but I'm hooked. [only 860 pages left!] Next I want to read Anna Karenina, also by Tolstoy. My mom recommended it to me, so that's probably next. My mom and I have a really similar taste in books.

4. Do you aspire to be an author, or do you just plan writing to be a side job?

I don't know. There are so many things I'd love to do besides writing that it's hard for me to answer. I love forensic anthropology, photography, and horseback riding as well, so I have no idea what I want to do with my life.

5. Is poetry your thing, or is novels what you do best? How about short stories? Essays (as boring as they are)? Articles?

I love poetry, but it's hard to write unless I have a strong emotion to model it on. If I don't, my poetry is shoddy at best. I can't complete one single thing, but I'm working in a novel right now that I really like. And I'm a sucker for well written essays about nothing, like the ones in A.A. Milne's [yes, the guy who wrote the Winne The Pooh book] 'Not That It Matters.' I guess short stories are my best thing with my short attention span.

6. Do you write in a notebook or on the computer?

Generally in a notebook, so I can work on my stories during class. My computer is more for schoolwork. I'd like to write on the computer more, but I always carry my notebook with be, which is much easier than carrying a laptop everywhere.

7. Where do most of your ideas come from? Do you usually follow up with them?

My ideas come from the outer reaches of my brain and are inspired by the people I meet and the songs I listen to. I almost never follow them up though, that's definitely my biggest challenge as a writer.

8. Do you normally create outlines for stories, or do you write as you go along?

I almost never do, but sometimes I write a quick summary of how I want the plot to go, so I don't get intensely sidetracked. Outlines make writing seem far to mathematical, which is the opposite of my style of writing.

9. Is English your favorite subject? Does the teacher normally like your creative writing assignments, or is it a trend that you don't get the best grades for them?

At my school, I don't get the option to take English, or do Creative Writing. Last year the teachers liked my stuff well enough, but Ms. S had it in for me. Ms. R, in the Lower Div, loved my stuff. So did Ms. E.

10. Finally, what do you like to write about? Do you write random crap until you get an idea, or do you usually have an idea planned out already?

I just write random crap until I come up with something good. Otherwise I get writing backup, which is really hellish. And sometimes one writer's crap [not literally, freaks] is one reader's treasure. I wrote one crap poem last year, and Ms. S liked it better than the poem I spend two hours writing, crying all the time because it was about something deeply personal to me. [I'll post it them on here sometime, so you guys can compare]I was so annoyed when she gave me a low grade for it, and loved 'A Leaf on the Terrace.' I spent ten minutes writing it the night before as filler for the portfolio, and she gave me a high grade for it.

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Wow...

KAT'S HERE!!!

[Camaraderie]

Hell yeah I is.

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Wo0tness. Party anyone?

[Camaraderie]

TTLY!

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*parties and totally spazzes*

[Camaraderie]

*uber spazzes*

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For a second I thought I wrote boozes, but I'm wrong. Heh.

[Camaraderie]

Lawl. Booze.

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What? Are you addicted to it?

[Camaraderie]

TTLY. I'm so embarrassed that you know.

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It's okay. I still accept you.

[Camaraderie]

Thanks. It's great to have such understanding friends.

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I think you're confused; just because we accept you doesn't mean we understand you.

[arithmophobe]

1. When you get home, who in your family inspires you most to write? If you don't have a specific family member, friends will do.

I think that as an only child, I face many opportunities to think really hard about writing, so ultimately, I don't think I get my inspiration from family nearly as much as I get it from things like music, reading, dreams, special experiences, flashbacks, or nightmares.
2. Do you read your stories/poems a lot to your family/friends for advice?

Actually, I find it difficult to read my literature to others because it stunts my courage to move on. I like my stories to be a surprise.
3. What book are you reading now (if any), and what book do you plan to read next?

I am reading the Chrestomanci series and also the book by Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped. I plan to read the New Moon series next and such...
4. Do you aspire to be an author, or do you just plan writing to be a side job?

I think that I could definitely see myself as an author, but I do have many other dreams for my future that I would really love to accomplish.
5. Is poetry your thing, or is novels what you do best? How about short stories? Essays (as boring as they are)? Articles?

Definitely novels and short stories.
6. Do you write in a notebook or on the computer?

Both.
7. Where do most of your ideas come from? Do you usually follow up with them?

Uh, most of my ideas, I would say, come from dreams and flashbacks.
8. Do you normally create outlines for stories, or do you write as you go along?

I write as I go along.
9. Is english your favorite subject? Does the teacher normally like your creative writing assignments, or is it a trend that you don't get the best grades for them?

English is my favorite subject, but we really do not to creative writing at all.
10. Finally, what do you like to write about? Do you write random crap until you get an idea, or do you usually have an idea planned out already?

I usually have a sketch of an idea planned out somewhat already, but it is really rare that I write "random crap."

So, in conclusion, I hope I did this right... cmnts plz!

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You seem like a really interesting writer! Good for you!