What Type Of Writer Are You?

[Kevin]

i know, i just created a thread a little while ago, but this is different (at least i hope so) anyway, like the title says, What type of writer are you? i write a comicbook (i know, i've said this already and you're tired of hearing it) i'm not too big on action, although there is some in it. i focus more on my characters.

What's your writing style and Why'd you choose what you chose?

look, i'm sorry if you think the threads i create are stupid and pointless, but i'm just trying to find more people like me. reeses. (that means like peace)

 

[Boba_Fett_123]

Well, I do a little bit of everything, but lately my focus has been on screenplays. I don't really like writing comics because everything is so static. I prefer the motion of film, or of prose.

 

[Master Chief]

I tried writing in novel form, but I found it really hard because I really love writing dialogue. So now I write things in screenplay format, because it's just easier to do conversations since all you really have to do is describe the setting and then some little actions in between.

 

[Kevin]

i do a bunch of dialogue also.

 

[spdrknight]

I've written a lot of short stories and novellas, I prefer this medium because I can control the setting and the characters... describe them how ever I want with real great detail. To me its like having a movie running through my head and I just play the director and editor and choose what and how my readers see things.

I've also written a novel and I am working on another right now, which is very close to being completed.

 

[javon]

I do lots of diologue and action. Even though I don't write much, i'm good at it and enjoy doing it. But actings more my thing.

 

[JLBats]

Mostly I like the idea of being able to mix high culture with low culture. I'm not necessarily into writing a pretentious art movie, and I'm not into writing an explosion-filled action movie, but if you can create a hybrid of the two in which you get the intellectual and philosophical message while still being entertaining on a more visceral, immediate level?

That's what I look for.

 

[Kevin]

I've written a lot of short stories and novellas, I prefer this medium because I can control the setting and the characters... describe them how ever I want with real great detail. To me its like having a movie running through my head and I just play the director and editor and choose what and how my readers see things.

I've also written a novel and I am working on another right now, which is very close to being completed.

how long is the novel and how'd you do it? how long did it take? i wouldn't be able to write something that has too much details. i write my comics like they're an episode of a tv show. everything's in my head like it's real.

 

[spdrknight]

how long is the novel and how'd you do it? how long did it take? i wouldn't be able to write something that has too much details. i write my comics like they're an episode of a tv show. everything's in my head like it's real.

It is hard to say 'how long' the novel is, in Microsoft word it is 252 pages (single space, 12-point Times Roman). But I would say if you put it into a format of a book you would find at Borders it would be between 500 and 600 pages.

Five months is about the time it took to get it written, and I was writing it when I had time because I go to school full-time and have a part-time job.

The story is basically broken up into thirteen sections (or chapters if you will), think of them like episodes of a TV series' season... which is appropriate since the concept is being divided into three books. Each chapter is then sub-divided into sections, or scenes (which is what I like to think of them). Different events and things happen as the characters are introduced and developed, all of which drive the overall plot.

And to answer your question about 'how I wrote', I really don't know. I just sat down and wrote. By my side I always have a bunch of notes with facts and concepts, but generally I just go through and write till the end... to the point I am satisfied with the outcome. Some times for each chapter I had a break down of what was going to happen, but I never stuck close to it, things ended up changing all the time.

In the end I am really happy with the way things came out and I am having a blast writing the second installment of the story... which I am even more excited about. I really take a directorial approach to writing and image that I am constructing a scene and choreographing everything.

Oh yeah... I also do a lot of dialoge as well as presenting internal thoughts and motivations from the characters' point of view.

 

[Abaddon]

I tried writing in novel form, but I found it really hard because I really love writing dialogue. So now I write things in screenplay format, because it's just easier to do conversations since all you really have to do is describe the setting and then some little actions in between.

ditto.

 

[JLBats]

As for me, I am HUGE on structure. I plot everything out in chart form before I do it, then I elaborate on the chart. I'm writing a student film which I will direct next year.

 

[Kevin]

It is hard to say 'how long' the novel is, in Microsoft word it is 252 pages (single space, 12-point Times Roman). But I would say if you put it into a format of a book you would find at Borders it would be between 500 and 600 pages.

Five months is about the time it took to get it written, and I was writing it when I had time because I go to school full-time and have a part-time job.

The story is basically broken up into thirteen sections (or chapters if you will), think of them like episodes of a TV series' season... which is appropriate since the concept is being divided into three books. Each chapter is then sub-divided into sections, or scenes (which is what I like to think of them). Different events and things happen as the characters are introduced and developed, all of which drive the overall plot.

And to answer your question about 'how I wrote', I really don't know. I just sat down and wrote. By my side I always have a bunch of notes with facts and concepts, but generally I just go through and write till the end... to the point I am satisfied with the outcome. Some times for each chapter I had a break down of what was going to happen, but I never stuck close to it, things ended up changing all the time.

In the end I am really happy with the way things came out and I am having a blast writing the second installment of the story... which I am even more excited about. I really take a directorial approach to writing and image that I am constructing a scene and choreographing everything.

Oh yeah... I also do a lot of dialoge as well as presenting internal thoughts and motivations from the characters' point of view.

awesome

 

[spdrknight]

^It sounds like our minds work the same way in terms of imagining the story and having it play out on the stage that is our imagination.

 

[BATFREDDIE]

I love my characters to death, but my plots are always jumbled up and confusing and my descriptions are often repeated and go into too much detail when there really is no need. Often my stories have sudden endings that come out of nowhere and make no sense with the rest of what has happened. They are hardly ever organized.

 

[JLBats]

I love my characters to death, but my plots are always jumbled up and confusing and my descriptions are often repeated and go into too much detail when there really is no need. Often my stories have sudden endings that come out of nowhere and make no sense with the rest of what has happened. They are hardly ever organized.

Often the result of no forward planning.

 

[spdrknight]

I love my characters to death, but my plots are always jumbled up and confusing and my descriptions are often repeated and go into too much detail when there really is no need. Often my stories have sudden endings that come out of nowhere and make no sense with the rest of what has happened. They are hardly ever organized.

You know being detailed is not such a bad thing, it enrichs the story. In regard to descriptions though I would advise trying to give a little detail up front... general kind of information. And then when your characters interact in their environments use the descriptions to allow your readers to see more of what is really right in front of them.

Does that make sense?

It is sort of like introducing a charcter with some basic descriptions about them, maybe little odd physical attributes. But then elaberate on those details and expand on them as well, dropping little things as you go in the story.

And also, don't feel like you have to keep on telling your readers what objects or people or places look like, just go with the flow and when details are needed fit them in. Readers tend to have their own picture of the story regardless of what you see in you head, don't force things on them.

Sorry if you didn't want a big old winded speech, I just got caught up .

 

[Master Chief]

If you want to read his stuff, he's writing a Hype Series posted somewhere in a thread.

 

[Kevin]

who?

 

[sandwraith]

I'm the depressed type who can't show my work to anyone cause I think it sucks and I end up tossing it into the bin only to regret it like twenty minutes later. And then when I do try to get opinions, I don't get any, Online or in real life which only adds to my depression...

 

[spdrknight]

^You have to be more positive dude, if you think your stuff stucks then it is going to be because your attitude might end up effecting what gets put into your story.

And don't worry about what other people say. Perhaps something says something negative about your work, just blow it off. If someone gives you some good insight then take it if it helps you. There will be sometimes when individuals won't comment, if that happens it is either positive or negative... you only say it that way because of your overall attitude.

My point...
If you love what you do then DO IT! Who cares what people say or don't say. Just keep working at it and being positive. And if you want opinons about your work I would say take it to a teacher because then you can get a lot of help and keep improving.

 

[psycho]

I like to write and I am writing one story right now that I think has potential.
I mostly write in screenplay format, I'm most comfortable writing that way.
Sometimes I use inner monologue if I feel its appropriate with the setting of the story.

 

[The Question]

My writing style generally centers around three catagories: Sci Fi comedy/drama, Fantasy comedy/drama, and crime comedy/drama.

 

[DeGenerate10]

I'm currently working on a novel (not far I'm on page 9). I like to developing the characters the most. I like doing dialogue but I'm not very good at action.

 

[Topal]

write in prose (or story) form mostly. It just feels more natural to me. I like doing the emotion bits because I can really get my teeth in to it and feel with the character (through properly not healthy for my psyche). I hate action scenes because every move has to be worked out and then described clear enough so the reader doesn't have to put any effort in to imagine it but all good stories need action so I grit my teeth and force my way through it and hope that it comes out okay.

I haven't got any of my own work up here yet but I'll get round to it.

 

[eXperiment]

I'm a screenwriter and I write some books, when I'm bored.