Fun Stuff > ENJOY
Any budding authors among us?
hoax:
Alright, QC collaboration!
I'm a creative writing major, and write a mix of short stories and poetry. I used to think poetry was pretentious and a waste of a fiction writer's time, but now I know that working in both genres can really help you in whatever your concentration is. Three of my poems have been published in my school's literary journal, and none of my short stories. So maybe I'm a better poet than a fiction writer?
I also love editing! QCers can PM me for my email and send me stuff if they would like!
Johnny Evilguy:
I write research papers and business reports :-(
Its not that exciting I know, but it seems my major killed any chance of my creativity from returning...
Although my co-workers do say my subjects are somewhat creative like:
"Lose a War and Win!" - paper on economic development favored for countries in war than foreign aid
"WTB Tax Break" - works on virtual economies and policies regarding possible tax income.
I NEVER understood how to write poetry... Everytime I tried it just sounds crappy...
alongwaltz:
Not so much budding, but I've wanted to be a writer since age nine or so. (Prior to that, I wanted to be a librarian.)
And I'm aiming to take some creative writing and English literature courses in university.
Narr:
Something I've found about poetry is that it takes a weird person to like it.
No offense to anyone that likes poetry.
I've been told some of my poetry is really good. I look at it and go "What? Why? This is just words on a page to me, and I wrote the damn thing." I think it's all about what you personally read into a poem that wasn't intended by the author, and that irritates me. When I write something, it's because I want people to see it through my eyes. I got angry at this one girl that always read something obscure about her own life in my poems because I felt it was demeaning to what I was trying to get across.
I have a hard time personally applying abstract ideas as most poetry tends to be (at least, good poetry) and making it "my own." If a poem comes straight out and tries to say something, most the time it's either not a very good poem or would work better as a short story.
Legendaryratboy:
The main problem with writing, wether poetry or short stories(or long stories), is that when people read it they try to find a deeper meaning in it, even if there's no deeper meaning and you just wrote it because it seemed like a good idea.
I personally find this infurating at times, but most of the time I just laugh when someone is overcomplicating the story.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version