Writing

[Vice Nebulosa]

This is a dangerous line of thought, although I return your sentiments. I have never, ever, seen an introduction post quite like that one. And I read it all.

That final sentence is good to hear, actually. ^_^ I have received a decent number of "tl / dr"s in my day, as you may freely imagine.

As far as writing goes, I always get a few ideas for stories, write a chapter or so, then I just lose all interest and shelve it.

Interesting. What genre are we discussing? I mean, are we discussing the birthing chapters of a full-fledged novel every time you feel the urge to write, or are these short stories, or something else entirely? I know that I occasionally feel inclined to write a few paragraphs about a spontaneous subject, whether it is some of the more unnerving qualities of the lake near which I live, or thoughts on humankind in general, and leave them saved in a "Rants" folder on my desktop for future reference. :chuckle: *Obstinately ignores cries of "loser" from afar* -_- Not a writing method I really understand, but I am a proponent of nothing if not diversity. Cheers, mate.

You sound quite a lot like my boyfriend. =o

Since we seem to be discussing a current boyfriend, I will take this graciously as a compliment. ^_^ Your boyfriend must be an irrepressibly brilliant individual.

*Draws katana, glares menacingly*

Irrepressibly brilliant, I said. .

He's I'm My Own MILF/Cougar on the Prowl (for our gender-bender day only though!),

Not sure I understand what you mean by this, but I will take it in good faith, all the same.

he's writing too. You guys should be best friends.

Member on this site, by any chance?

I like you, stick around!

That is the current plan. Many thanks.

I don't have much experience in writing, myself. Like Psychotic, I sometimes enthusiastically start writing something, then lose interest and leave it forever.

Fair enough. Never been one to leave a literary concept half-finished, myself (unless it is intentionally so, in order to have the reader infer various details themselves), but I can certainly understand the motives behind writing something brief and casual.

General question on the subject of writing on this site: I note that many RP threads exist here, and that the population of the site necessitates the placing of a limit on the number of participants. See, I was once a member of an RP thread on another forum (it turned out extremely well; there were several skilled writers on the site, the membership was small, and squabbles over the "fairness" of the plot when certain characters naturally became temporarily more prominent than others were at a minimum). I also note, however, that many of these on EoFF seem to incorporate a fairly detailed RPG-replication system (i.e. they emulate the style of RPG video games by incorporating actually names of spells, designing a specific quest that a group of heroes must undertake, etc.). On my former site, the plot was extremely open-ended once the basic setting was pinned down, allowing individual members to take the plot in unpredictable directions while maintaining a prudent balance between intelligence, humor, and dramatics, and the abilities and motives of many characters was left intentionally ambiguous. Given the freedom such an RP thread would allow, and the responsibility of attention to detail it calls for, how do you think such a thing would go over on EoFF?