The Writers' Pad II: One Thread to Rule Them All

I'll read it when I have time. Tonight I have lots of work to do.

Anthology's been updated with the September contest's winners!

We're always looking for nominations, remember.

I'm not a big fan of fanfiction and most the stories here seem to be fanfiction so I have a hard time getting into them, or I'd nominate some things for it ^^ If I do see something I like I will though!

AMERICA, YOU SHOULD READ JACK SULLIVAN. IT'S KIND OF SORT OF UPDATING AGAIN. /plug

I actually feel like we have a pretty decent amount of originals and fanfiction. It's just a matter of who updates more, and what's relevant when.

I keep meaning to but forgetting too! I will soon, I did like what I've read of it! ^^

True. I try to update more but it's hard to keep the motivation for updating when you get no feedback. So mainly I just write it and don't actually put it online, I'm weird like that ^^ If I see something I like though I'll totally nominate it.

Are they voted on being accepted when nominated then, or just put in, or what? Just curious.

Basically, how nominations work, is you link me a thread you think should go in the Anthology, give me a good reason (not just "this is cool lol"), and maybe a synop to entice people, and then you're game!

Basically, if you give me a line on why it should go in, you're golden. I'm not too picky otherwise! :>

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(Also, I feel like mentioning how cool of a book I think Fahrenheit 451 is. Yuuup.)

Ah, okay!

And yay more Ray Bradbury love :3

Also, something I've found recently... NPR has this "Three Minute Fiction" challenge every so many weeks on their Saturday show "All Things Considered", and I'm currently waiting for Round 8 to start. It sounds really cool, cos the whole thing is to make a story that's under 600 words, that can be read in three minutes or less.

I'm probably the only person that listens to NPR here though xD

Also, it would be pretty cool if we could have a "writing prompt of the week" or something like that, that's community-ran ^^

I listen to NPR every now and then if there's someone on there that I like (author, musician, etc). It's pretty cool!

Oh whoa, that sounds super cool. VM me about how you think it can be run (like, frequency, etc) and we'll figure it out!

Writing prompt of the week could sort of work into that, otherwise I feel like it's sort of already encompassed by the writing contests. But a quick little drabble sort of thing would be neat, seriously! It wouldn't even have to be a contest or anything, fun~

I'm a Bradbury fan too. Fahrenheit 451 was one of my favorite books from high school.

I also listen to NPR, but just their all-classical station. I love it, but for some reason right now half their programming is music, the other half being allthe people from the station talking about how great it is to have a classical only station. It's really annoying when they're like "oh isn't it so great to have an all classical station you can listen to when you just want to relax give us money" and I'm like "THIS IS A CLASSICAL STATION. I WANT TO RELAX. PLAY ME SOME ♥♥♥♥ING MUSIC ALREADY."

VM you about a Zelda Universe "Three Minute Fiction" or writing prompts? I got lost ^^ I'm slow today, tired still from work last night... And staying up for the meteor shower that was a no show.

My NPR station has a lot of things. I love Prairie Home Companion, it's got old fashioned radio skits I've always wanted to write radio skits, something about them is just funner than watching TV. Maybe it's because they aren't around much now...

I'm writing a story, entitled "The Multiverse" and basically it will be a crossover between many different video game franchises. All will be non-canon to Super Smash Bros. meaning Mario and Link will meet in this, but it will be as if they have never met, making Super Smash Bros. irrelevant. It's still in the writing process, and I will be releasing it by chapter. I don't know when I'll be finished with it, but it will be coming soon.

Could be a total disaster, could be brilliant!

Merged with the Writers' Pad~

Feel free to make a thread for the story when you get to posting! :]

Originally Posted by Mew

Could be a total disaster

Um, thanks, I needed that confidence boost... >_>

Well any writing project could be. Even the best has total disasters.

I may be starting a new project kind of soon, hopefully. Not that I'm abandoning Jack, since it's always just kind of been this thing I do when I feel like it. But yeah. This is the third draft of this story? Third go, anyway; the other two were never finished. (Gamzee, this is that one story I showed you ages ago.)

Basically, why I'm bringing this up is, I was wondering if anyone here outlines their stories. Anyone?

I've really only outlined one story before (and the story actually worked out pretty alright, save plenty rewrites and my own waning interest), and I'm doing it to plan this one out because there's a really vast cast of characters, and three protagonists with stories that kind of are all interlaced really intricately until suddenly they're very close. Generally, I go through with lots of throw away pieces to get a feel for things (which is not an exception here; I have a novel's worth of scraps just for this project already), and I've always wondered if outlining things really works for me. It certainly helps, in some cases, but.

(Responding to Holden's post in my "Star Crash" thread: Thanks, man. Good idea. Any and all feedback should be kept in one place anyway. And I look forward to hearing what you have to say!)

Anyway, yeah, I wanted to announce the release of "Star Crash," my 18th short story. It was written for English class, and it is an adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest, taking the overall plot of the play and putting it in the context of the first scene. And then putting all that in space. Because that's what I do! This marks the third exploding spaceship (or at least damaged spaceship) in my short stories--"A Future Lost" and "Trust Fall" both had them--but this is the first one to include one that has a happy ending.

I also wanted to point out my shiny, new collection thread, entitled "The Many Worlds of EzloSpirit" (also the name of my little fictitious publishing company that I usually put at the top my stories). Based on a suggestion in this thread (or the first Writer's Pad; I don't remember) months ago, I decided to consolidate all of the short stories I've ever published anywhere on ZU into a single thread. This also allows readers to post their reactions to my oldest stories without necroposting. As of this morning, all of the stories (including "Star Crash") I've published to ZU up to now are in the thread, each in a separate post. I will be adding links to my latest album of (free!) audiobooks in the coming week.

You can read "Star Crash" either in its own thread--it will be the last of my stories to be posted in a separate thread--or in my new collection thread--all feedback on the story should (and only can) go in the collection thread. You can find the collection thread here! Enjoy!

And one final...R.I.P. "The Shadow Loop," my planned 2011 Halloween story. You will be sorely missed.


MORE: (11/2/2011 @ 7PM): I just wanted to add (without double posting!) that, following Zelda Reorchestrated's live Q&A session on Vokle, I will be holding my own (unrelated) Q&A session on Vokle and on my blog (using Vokle's embeddable platform) this Friday night at 7PM EDT during which I will be discussing my two current projects (The Current and Armed with Wings). In addition, people can ask me questions about my writing (any I've ever done, published or not, or even that I never got to do!), writing in general, and maybe video game-related things (or Doctor Who!). Head over to this link on Friday to view and/or participate in the discussion! I look forward to chatting with you! (Yes, you will be able to see what I look like.)

New rules/guidelines thread! Be sure to read it over. If I haven't pointed anything out, please let me know so I can sneak it in.

that feel when you finish a story and don't know what to write about

I can't remember when I didn't have anything to write about. :/ Probably because I just return to older projects and try to improve upon them. I'm going through and outlining a rewrite to something right now, even.

Sailboat, curious, is this a novel(la) or a short story you've just finished?

Also, the ZU writing contest is a great way to feel productive in between projects.