has anyone else.....

**smile_on_a_rainyday** · 01-11-07, 01:33 PM

tried to write stuff....like short stories or the start of a much longer one....but been petrified to show anyone?

any tips on how to get over how scary it is to show it to people? cos i need to cos of uni's and stuff.... but keep chickenin out!!!

mel xxx

**~~imaplanck.~~** · 01-11-07, 01:39 PM

Pretend theyre all nakid.

**outlandish** · 01-11-07, 01:40 PM

yeh, i've got an entire movie script in my head.
cant put it down on paper though.

**Oniw17** · 01-11-07, 01:41 PM

I've wrote stuff...but never finished to show anyone.

**smile_on_a_rainyday** · 01-11-07, 01:47 PM

i'v finished stuff,,,,,but i need to show a few things to people before i send them off as a sort of portfolio of work to sum of my uni choices,,,,but yea,,,,

**outlandish** · 01-11-07, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by smile_on_a_rainyday

i'v finished stuff,,,,,but i need to show a few things to people before i send them off as a sort of portfolio of work to sum of my uni choices,,,,but yea,,,,

so, that pic on your myspace page, which one is you?

**phonetic** · 01-11-07, 01:59 PM

Just print the stuff off and hand it to them. It's not that difficult, is it?

Even if it's awful (which I'm sure it isn't) they'll be kind about it.

outlandish, you lecherous freak, leave the young ladies alone

**Oniw17** · 01-11-07, 02:02 PM

outlandish...just look at the other pictures on the page.

**outlandish** · 01-11-07, 02:02 PM

Originally Posted by phonetic

Just print the stuff off and hand it to them. It's not that difficult, is it?

Even if it's awful (which I'm sure it isn't) they'll be kind about it.

outlandish, you lecherous freak, leave the young ladies alone

just curious that's all.

I loves cornish chics.

westside baby.

**outlandish** · 01-11-07, 02:04 PM

Originally Posted by Oniw17

outlandish...just look at the other pictures on the page.

have to be a member to view, can't be arsed with all that registering shenanigans.

**smile_on_a_rainyday** · 01-11-07, 03:13 PM

ummm can we change back to the original topic....? thanks

mel xxx

**~~Nickelodeon~~** · 01-11-07, 03:15 PM

Write under a pseudonym.

**Fraggle Rocker** · 01-11-07, 03:50 PM

If you're serious about writing then somewhere along the way in your life you should have had a teacher, or at least someone who mentored you. Did you get comments back on your writing assignments in school? Did you work on the school paper? Did you write campaign posters for student elections? Do people comment on the letters you write to them? Do you write letters to the editor and do they occasionally get printed?

No matter how much talent you have you still need a lot of practice before you're a good writer. And if you have the spirit to be a writer, you must have written a lot of stuff before now, even if it was just reports and letters and BBS postings.

I don't recognize your handle or I'd comment on the quality of your writing on SciForums.

You have to reach a point in your life where the passion that motivates you to be a writer (or singer, athlete, pianist, photographer, debater, etc.) overwhelms your fear of criticism and rejection. That's what separates those who do from those who dream. So the only way for you to overcome this is to look at yourself in the mirror and tell yourself that you're going to let someone read what you wrote because it's important to you and you're willing to endure the risk. It's a discipline thing, like giving up smoking cigarettes or inviting strangers into your bedroom.

I've mentored a lot of writers. If you want to PM a page of your work to me I'll be happy to give it an appraisal.

**~~IceAgeCivilizations~~** · 01-11-07, 03:56 PM

Know how and where to begin your story, and how and where to finish it, then fill in the rest.

And if you'll use endnotes, write them down as you write the text, so you don't have to go hunting for them later.

**tablariddim** · 01-11-07, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by IceAgeCivilizations

Know how and where to begin your story, and how and where to finish it, then fill in the rest.

And if you'll use endnotes, write them down as you write the text, so you don't have to go hunting for them later.

I don't agree, a story starts off as a bsic idea or concept and then develops from there. Unless you have a very, very specific ending in mind and is part of the original concept, the ending usually doesn't become apparent until you're well into the story.

**~~IceAgeCivilizations~~** · 01-11-07, 04:14 PM

It's difficult to choose the words and ideas you want to use if you don't know where the thing is going.

**smile_on_a_rainyday** · 01-11-07, 04:17 PM

haha yea u start off with an idea that sounds good....and by the time you've completed it the plot has changed ENTIRELY!!!! but admittedly the starting concept remains practically the same

**outlandish** · 01-12-07, 08:19 AM

Originally Posted by smile_on_a_rainyday

ummm can we change back to the original topic....? thanks

mel xxx

as your life experience grows, your writing will improve, and you will find it easier to write. Don't worry about opinions.

OK, that's out of the way......let's play.

so umm...I assume you're at 6th form college? do you have a uniform.....?