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McAnally's (The Community Pub) => Author Craft => Topic started by: JassTheGhost on June 29, 2012, 08:51:51 AM
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So im not big on typing out things about my self so here is video about me.
http://youtu.be/gSk5uxxbPpI
But i am an aspiring author. The book i am writing is called Three65 because the book follows a young man for three hundred and sixty five days and 4 hours in the first person. The book is meant to be a dark comedy of a satirical nature dealing with love, suicide, meaningless and meaningful sex, and overall the awkwardness of becoming something different. the book revolves around a young man who has a lot of problems and it follows for him as a year as he grows as a person. I hope to hear from you guys and look forward to any helpful suggestion's or words of wisdom.
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1 hello and welcome
2 i can speak from expirence if you ever have any questions some one here will know or be able to find out the answer
3 i am also an aspiring writer but on this board there are some published athores
and every one is rely suportive :)
4 that book you are writing sounds rely intresting
(5 sorry about any and all spelling mistakes its not intierly my fault, honest)
good luck ;D
CWG
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Thank you. and don't worry about the spelling errors i have dyslexia and A.D.D i know how it goes.
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dislexic and visual impearment makes spelling intresting ::) ;D
some people have OCD with spelling round here
so i normally at least try to wspell things correctly
but i can not promise any thing ;)
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No worries i have the same problem and with spelling, and my A.D.D will auto correct everything so it takes a few re-reads before i notice an error.
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i some times see the errors but even then it might not help
as i am restricted to words i actually know how to spell or fit a patten of other words i know
or are fenetic
(though some times makes my corrections intresting, as some words look similer to others, but they have, VERY diffrent meanings :-[ )
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No worries i have the same problem and with spelling, and my A.D.D will auto correct everything so it takes a few re-reads before i notice an error.
First of all: Welcome--some interesting writers hang out here...even some ghosts I hear.
Second of all: Interesting book, sounds kinda like some of the mainstream novels I've seen.
Third of all: I do that auto-correct thing when reading and I don't have ADD.
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ato correct?
is that when you see the wrong word as the right word and don't realise it?
sorry i have a diffrent problem with spelling so am trying to understand to see if it might help mine
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Yeah you see the wrong word and your brain says its correct.
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Yeah you see the wrong word and your brain says its correct.
Oh, I was thinking that your brain corrected the wrong word so you don't notice it's wrong. I do that with verbs. Usually I don't notice wrong verb tenses because my mind corrects the tense before it can register on my consciousness.
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intresting
my problem is diffrent i ether spell the wrong word and if there is no red line i can not tell it is wrong
or don't know the words spelling and so am up a creek with out a paddle to begin with
i have the anoying habit of putting letters of words i do know in the wrong order as well
spelling is hard
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Yeah my dyslexia gives me that problem too. Generally it depends how bad my A.D.D is
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its nice to know i am not the only one round here trying to write when i have dislexia
:)
it depends how tired my eyes to how bad my spelling gets
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Been there ass well sir.
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um i am a girl :)
and am prity shore you will be older then me
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Oh, I was thinking that your brain corrected the wrong word so you don't notice it's wrong. I do that with verbs. Usually I don't notice wrong verb tenses because my mind corrects the tense before it can register on my consciousness.
Same with me. It gets annoying at times. :-\
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Same with me. It gets annoying at times. :-\
i bet it dose sound quite annoying
(ps thanks for the correct spelling of annoying that is helpful )
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My bad. Sorry....
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no problem
most people round here don't make the mestake as the word girl i in my username :)
might be a clue
i don't know :-\ ;)
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i bet it dose sound quite annoying
(ps thanks for the correct spelling of annoying that is helpful )
lol, you're welcome. :D
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;D
it was rely annoying that i could not spell the word annoying
as i say things are annoying a lot of the time ;D
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Didn't even register for me lol.
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If you're not sure if a word is spelled correctly, just pop it into Google. Nine times out of ten it'll correct it for you.
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rely?
wow thank you
*mavels at the wonder witch is the internet*
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Well, I come by my mispelling naturally -- I'm just a crappy speller.... ;D
Jass, welcome to this little group of writers we have hiding here. We're a friendly group, willing to help each other out. Out of respect for Jim, we don't post our writing here, but otherwise, we discuss just about everything involved with writing. Any question and someone will answer them.... 8)
Again Welcome!
Craig
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thank you Craig good to be here Jim is one of my favorite aothurs so its nice to see he has loyal fans. Also fun side note in life your name is my middle name. weirdness abounds. :P
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If you're not sure if a word is spelled correctly, just pop it into Google. Nine times out of ten it'll correct it for you.
I have been known to do that few times. Especially if I am in a hurry and my browser's spell checker won't help.
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So since we are here talking do any of you have any pointers for writing a completely emotionless sex scene?
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So since we are here talking do any of you have any pointers for writing a completely emotionless sex scene?
Depends on how graphic you want to get and why they are having sex. For pay, for the thrills, because they are told to.
No loving feelings for the other person, not even temporary feelings. They can kiss, get aroused and physically feel something but they go through the motions without emotions. Or????
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They are having sex so the main character can stop feeling anything, its his out in life it stops the pain. He feel nothing but it numbs him its like taking a hit of heroine for him.
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If it's like that, then just handwave the sex scene or fade to black. Use one line to say it happened, then another line highlighting whether it worked or not. You don't need to detail it out. "They walked into the room" and "When they were done, X stared at the ceiling, blah blah blah." If the point of the scene is to show a lack of intimacy, then don't show the intimate parts. Focus on the numb feeling at the end, or the isolation, or what have you.
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Thanks i'll give that a try.
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If it's like that, then just handwave the sex scene or fade to black. Use one line to say it happened, then another line highlighting whether it worked or not. You don't need to detail it out. "They walked into the room" and "When they were done, X stared at the ceiling, blah blah blah." If the point of the scene is to show a lack of intimacy, then don't show the intimate parts. Focus on the numb feeling at the end, or the isolation, or what have you.
There is that too. As I said it depends on how much you want to show. That includes not showing anything of the sex itself. But sounds like you may have figured it out...good.
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Yeah i have the main character talk about it really quick and then he just disassociates from it completely.