Writers Thread

Okay. Thanks, Erin. So, here;s the deal. After a few discussions between me, Erin, and a few others, I have come to an executive decision. This thread will no longer be a competition thread, but a free- writing thread. You can post whatever you want on here. Whether it's a short story, or just an excerpt from a novelyou're wring, or what. Then...we will all send that person feedback in the form of either post OR PM. Please keep it nice, though!!

This is just something thet I'm trying to see if it works out. I f it doesn;t...then we will come up with something else. But for now...the Writerz Thread lives ON!!

I'm trying not to squeal right now!!! I think I'll post an excert from my writings.
 
Naming characters is one of my favorite parts when writing a new story xD
Here's what I would do:
#1 Camryn or Scarlett
#2 Jordyn
#3 Samantha or Molly
#4 Paige or Reagan
#5 Cole or Hunter
#6 Miles or Brandon
#7 Justin (; or Adam or Zach

hope that helps (:
Thanks! I decided to use Adam for #7, and Samantha for #4, I also thought of Kimmy for #1, and Skyler for #2. I still need to figure out #3, 5, and 6. Hmmm...
 
In fact, I'll just post the full 1st chapter of my story here. The story isn't nearly finished, but I find it kind of cool. It's a Total Drama Island Fanfiction story. If you have never seen Total Drama Island, don't worry, my story introduces the contestants.

Here's chapter one.

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It was an unusually hot spring day in Northern Ontario when Chris McLean glanced down at his watch with anxiety as his taxi driver wove in and out through the mid-morning traffic.
“Listen, sir, I have to be at the Fresh Inc. headquarters at 11 o’clock.” Chris grunted.
“Yes, yes, very good, we’re going!” The taxi driver replied in a slight accent.
Chris glanced out the taxi window in agony. Whenever he thought about his past experiences in the TV and film industry, his heart broke all over again. He could remember it like it was yesterday, the day that he decided to seriously procure his dream to become an actor that is.
A 14 year old Chris had barely just graduated from the 8th grade when he received a letter in the mail from a yet to be determined source.
“Dear Christian McLean, we are pleased to inform you that we have received your application to the Eastern Ontario School for Performing Arts.”
Chris felt his heart jump. Was this an acceptance letter? Maybe he would reach the fame that he had always aspired to.
“However, your application has been declined. We wish you luck in reaching your dreams to become an actor.”
Chris suddenly felt like crying. Although he didn’t have his heart completely set on going to the fancy performing arts school, there was something in him that hoped, and prayed that he would get in. By not getting into the school, he had now taken 2 steps back. He was risking failure, just like his father had before him. Chris refused to follow in his father’s footsteps.
“What kind of man,” Chris thought, “Leaves his own family because his dreams didn’t work out?”
Chris ripped the letter into shreds, and threw it into the garbage.
“Failure is not an option.” Chris imitated Eugene Kranz in his bedroom mirror.
Chris would try to forget this day, but would fail as many times as he tried.
Now Chris tried to push the taunting thoughts out of his already frazzled head. He had nothing to show for all the hours he had put into his dream. All the school seminars, acting classes, interning jobs had led to nothing but two television flops. “Keep it Plain with Chris McLean” was canceled after 2 episodes on a cable channel, and his “Many Adventure of Mr. Whiskers”, was on the “FieldMaster’s Top 100 Television Flops Guide”. So far, Chris’s dream wasn’t going as planned.
“We are here.” The taxi driver announced. Chris paid the gentleman, and went on his way into the large industrial building that was Fresh Inc.
“Excuse me mam’, would you be so kind as to direct me to Mr. Spellman’s office?” Chris swooned. The middle aged, gum chewing secretary looked up at Chris and grinned a wide toothed smile.
“Sure sweetie. Take the elevator right over there,” She motioned to the left, “and go to the right. You’ll see his name on the door.”
Chris smiled, and did as he was instructed, reaching Mr. Spellman’s office only after he dodged a television gopher, a producer’s assistant, who was running down the hall. Chris thought for a moment.
Screaming Gophers, Chris mused, that would be a great name for a football team.
Chris took a deep breath and knocked on the ornate oak door.
“Come in.” Boomed a voice from inside.
Chris opened the door, and slowly walked through the long room that served as the “Boss’s” office.
“Please Mr. McLean, take a seat.” The older, bald man snapped.
“He-hello Mr. Spellman sir, I was looking to ask you for, well, I was wondering if you maybe had a job opening, or an idea for a show. I know it’s a lot to ask, but I know I can do it. I just need someone to give me a chance.” Chris pleaded.
The Boss rubbed his chin in thought. The silence tortured Chris. His legs felt like they were on fire. He wanted to run, to hide, to find a new dream, a new hobby, but something held him in his chair.
“Christian, I believe you really have talent. You’re dedicated, and a real schemer. That’s important in this business. I think what people do wrong is give you a plan. You would work better given free rein over a show. So, I am prepared to offer you something. I will give you a spot. A half hour spot to start with, from 2 to 2:30 on Wednesdays. It’s not primetime, but I know quite a few people who would kill to get a place on that time spot. I only have one requirement. I want drama. Complete and total drama! That is what gets viewers. Now go talk to O’Halloran.” The Boss replied
“O’Halloran sir?” Chris asked.
“Yes, Ms. Mildred O’Halloran. However if I were you, I would call her Blaineley. It’ll get you on her good side.”
“Okay sir. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate this!” Chris beamed.
“It’s no problem Christian, now get outta here and talk to Mildred about the show. Leave me to my work.”
Chris stumble over his chair and rushed out of the room. He bumped into a young woman, blond hair pulled into a bun, eyeglasses falling off her nose.
“Oops I’m sorry miss. Could you tell me where Ms. Blaineley O’Halloran is?”
The young woman cocked her head to the side and replied with a soft smile, “I’m Blaineley. You must be Christian.”
“Please, call me Chris, and how did you know who I am?”
“The Boss notified me via text message. Things travel fast in this business.” Blaineley replied.
“So I’ve heard. What exactly are we supposed to plan out today?” Chris asked as they made their way to Blaineley’s own office.
The two took a seat at a table that held a few notepads and pens.
“Well for the moment, we will plan out the name of the show, the major plotline. We’ll cover mostly the basics. We leave budget, props, and other things to the lower level office workers and interns. “
“Sounds good to me.” Chris smiled, although the thought of his interning days made him frown internally.
“Now Chris, I’m going to give you some advice. You see, The Boss likes reality TV, and truthfully, so do viewers.” Blaineley reasoned.
“Yes, Mr. Spellman told me that he wanted complete and total drama.”
“Okay, so we know it has to be dramatic, hopefully in reality TV format.” Blaineley said, as she jotted these notes on a small yellow notepad.
“Well, most shows aim towards adults. Kids watch them because they want to be like adults. They also like seeing other kids on TV, but that can get boring after a while for them. So what if we combined the two?”
“I’m not sure having little kids on a reality TV show would be so great, I mean, the liability, and there’s no drama to someone stealing your crayons!” Blaineley testified.
“Then we use teens! I mean come one, it’ll get the kids to watch it, because they all want to be teens, it’ll get teen viewers, because they like to watch other teens go nuts, and it’ll get the adult view too. They’ll watch it just for laughs!” Chris retorted.
“That’s a great idea Chris; we’re off to a great start! So, we have teens, reality TV format, but we need a name. Something catchy, something that’ll tell them exactly what the show is.” Blaineley reasoned.
“Well how about ‘Complete Drama’? Short, catchy, and The Boss will like it too.”
“That’s a good start. Now where will this show take place? Any locations?” Blaineley questioned.
“It has to be somewhere remote, somewhere where they feel secluded and away from the outside world. It’ll make them feel like no cameras are watching, like an Island, or a resort. It’ll be perfect.” Chris schemed.
Blaineley interrupted, “It’s ‘The Complete Drama Island’!”
Then Chris got a thought, “Complete sounds too adult. No teen says complete. It’s ‘The Total Drama Island’. And we need to drop the ‘The’. It makes is cleaner. Total Drama Island, it’s catchy, and tells you exactly what the show is.”
“That sounds good to me. Now I must ask you to leave Christian, as I have to flesh out more details, and call some people. I’ll take care of The Boss and the interns too. You go do whatever it is Chris’s do. We need to start this show ASAP if we want to air it when the Summer Programming Block comes out.”
“Okay Ms. O’Halloran, I will talk to you soon I hope?” Chris said, this time with utmost sincerity.
“Please Chris, call me Mildred.”

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I hope you guys enjoyed it. I think I posted an excerpt from this earlier, but this is the full version of chapter one.
Let me know if you want me to post more, and sorry the post was so long.
 

I stood in the moonlight, trying to pretend I hadn't noticed how they were staring at me. My stomach churned. I ached with the knowledge I had to bestow. And I had no idea how to tell them. But I didn't really think about it when I burst out. Now they were looking at me, hungering for the information locked in my mind.

"You know something, don't you Jason? You know something bad," Nellie began.

"C'mon! You can tell us! We're your friends aren't we?" Todd asked impatiently.

"Well......." I thought aloud. They had no idea what they were asking for. It made me feel sorry for them.

"Jason." Brianna called my name, making me look at her. Brianna's bright blue hair glowed even more brightly. Her hair matched her eyes, which were blue fire. She wore a determined expression on her face. She was not going to let this go. It was a silent interrogation. And I was breaking.

She knew it too. She probably didn't know why, but she knew I was breaking. I fought the urge to spill. This wasn't turning out to be a great day at all. The words were trying to push their way out. I tried to hold them back. But I felt Brianna's scorching gaze and I was feeling a bit overprotective. Well, not really overprotective, just like I was holding something back that I shouldn't.

I sighed, knowing that I lost to the pressure. "You aren't going to like what I have to tell you," I said, taking a breath before I began.
 
Just a quick poem I wrote about Disney(I dont like how it turned out-you cant ven tell it's about Disney!!!) PLEASE GIVE ME CRITICISM!!!!:
They say that you’re never too old to dream
But, they also say that age is represented by maturity and sophistication
However, sometimes it’s good to just let it out
When you’re a small child, and you discover the magic of adventure, you never want it to leave
You want more and more
And sometimes, that can get you in trouble
Adventure often leads to mischief
Curiosity did kill the cat
You are told this you’re whole life, until you FINALLY get that through your head
And you start to grow up
At first, you are apprehensive
You don’t want to leave that old world of curiosity and adventure
It’s like stepping onto new ground
Unpaved turf
The unknown
But slowly, you start to take a few steps
And it’s not as bad as you thought it would be
Over time, that new ground starts to feel more and more stable
And then…it’s not new anymore
You see yourself as a different person
There’s no going back
You’ve changed
The past is but a wisp of a memory, having no meaning to your life as an adult now.
When, all of a sudden, an opportunity comes up
It’s something that you don’t wanna miss
And this chance won’t always be there
It’s so easy to receive
But, you have to be smart enough to take it
Once you do, you’ll never regret it
When you walk onto those streets, taking in the smell of a bakery
Hearing the clang of the trolley and seeing the dancers move gracefully alongside it in their 1900s attire
And you can’t help but laugh
Your whole life, this magical place has been here for you
It was just waiting for the right moment to snatch you up and drown you in your childhood memories
During that week in paradise, you slowly start to go backwards
You feel the things that you felt as a child
Back in that time of curiosity and adventure
And once again, you never want it to end
You want more and more
And this time, no one’s stopping you
Your imagination is going wild
And this little voice inside your head is saying, “You’re a grown adult. Don’t be so immature. Go back to reality.”
But, that voice is very quickly quieted
And by the end of the week, you are almost like a kid again
You feel as if you could do anything
Upon re-entering that world of maturity and sophistication, you have a new-found desire to do something great
You’ve been inspired
There is this fire inside you
And this flame of inspiration never goes out
The people around you notice it
You notice it
You feel different
You’ve changed
And this time, it’s gonna last a lifetime
They say that you’re never too old to dream
 
Nice Abbi! The think I would say is to pick out one theme and cut the long lines to make it more rhythmic.

But as a thought stream excerpt, all of it works :goodvibes
 
Nice Abbi! The think I would say is to pick out one theme and cut the long lines to make it more rhythmic.

But as a thought stream excerpt, all of it works :goodvibes

Thank you!! :hug: I know what you are saying. I was wanting to show that Disney brings the kid out of everyone, but then it just kinda flew away from that theme. And became a whole weird thing about growing up and chiz. Who knows. I sometimes wonder if my brain and the rest of my body are even connected. My brain is all like:
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In Crazy Hyper Nutso Pinkie Pie mode. While the rest of my body is in:
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In Competitive I'm-So-Cool Don't-Mess-With-Me Rainbow Dash mode.

Ugh. I confuse myself sometimes.
 
Okay I need everyone's ideas for something. I just thought of an idea for a story and I am in desperate need of some names! Maybe y'all can help me? I'll put their personalities and such, cause sometimes that helps on deciding a name.

Okay,
#1 (MAIN)-Female, dramatic, artsy, blonde, loves comic books and other geeky stuff like #6, outgoing.
#2-Female, skater type,tomboyish, funny
#3-Female, awkward, new girl, quiet, loves to write, secretly has crush on #5
#4-Female, ex popular girl, asked to be part of popular clique daily, but always rejects
#5-male, secretly wants to join drama club, but is embarrassed by it, so he plays football to cover it up
#6-male, geeky, loves comic books, pokemon, etc.
#7- male, the schools heart throb, 'nuff said.

Any help would be appreciated!

What type of story are you gonna make?
 
I wrote a story about when I met my boyfriend Zack (stitch4prez)
but only sarah can read it
ha
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unless you REALLY REALLY want to read it
 
I wrote a story about cats

Meow meow meeeeeow meow meow meow. Meow purr purr meow meow meow pur. Puuuuuurrrrrrrrrr meow meow meowmeowmeow. Meow meow meow hiss meow meow pur pur hiss. HISS HISS MEOW PURR PURR PURR MEOW.

:goodvibes
 
I wrote a story about cats

Meow meow meeeeeow meow meow meow. Meow purr purr meow meow meow pur. Puuuuuurrrrrrrrrr meow meow meowmeowmeow. Meow meow meow hiss meow meow pur pur hiss. HISS HISS MEOW PURR PURR PURR MEOW.

:goodvibes

that is the most beautiful thing i have ever read :sad1:
 
Just out of curiosity, would anyone want to do another writing challenge. Like we used too? I will start it off, and then the winner will do the next theme and so on. Let me know on here or PM me if you would be interested.
 
Just out of curiosity, would anyone want to do another writing challenge. Like we used too? I will start it off, and then the winner will do the next theme and so on. Let me know on here or PM me if you would be interested.

YES
because i never won any even though mine were always da best
 












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