Random facts about your stories.

[ScottyG]

Well, to get the ball rolling considering this forum seems to have become a bucket of mollasses (you're all off writing I imagine) I figured we'd get around to shedding some information just for the sake of curiosity.

And no I'm not sure how to spell 'mollasses'. I don't know if that metaphor even works but thats besides the point. Answer these at your own whim.

1. What's the title of your story?

2. What's the name of one of the main characters?

3.Is/are they guys/girls?

4. What is one setting/location?

5. If you could pick a genre in which your story would be most suited, which genre would you pick?

6. Whats the time period?

7. Did you use any of these five completely random words in your story (random dictionary poke): stoic, vivacious, audacious, brazen, lacklustre.

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1. Centerboard

2. Paul

3. Mainly guys, should fix that gender inequality up.

4. "A small Pacific island 200 miles south of Japan"

5. Historical fiction

6. 1919 - current.

7. Yes/No/No/No/No

[orange_blob]

Good idea.

1. The Crowd

2. Todd

3. Both, though not too many concrete characters as yet.

4. A shopping centre

5. Humorous / Action-Adventure / Sociological Explorative [If this really counts a a genre, :P ]

6. Modern Day

7. Not as yet, though some sound intriguing, I'm sure I can slip them in

[Emph]

1. Friggin' hell! A title will come after i have written the stupid thing.

2. Virginia, leonard, octavia, etc

3. Both

4. The deep recess of a manic-depressive mind.

5. Post modernist(ish)

6. Whats the time period? March 28th, 1941

7. Not so far, but if you want i can try and work them in?

[Ellie_Belly]

1. Zigeuner (means gypsy in German)

2. Benno

3. Guy

4. A forest in Germany

5. Shit, good question. No idea!

6. 1721

7. Nope.

[ScottyG]

"Thats" should have an Apostrophe in it!

Hey, I do extension english 2, thereby giving me the right to create any word(s) which I so deem. So don't go snazzwupping me on my grammar again!

[orange_blob]

I do extension english 2, thereby giving me the right to create any word(s) which I so deem.

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I didn't know we were allowed to do that! Why didn't anybody Flipdorfin tell me before?

[ScottyG]

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I didn't know we were allowed to do that! Why didn't anybody Flipdorfin tell me before?

I know, I can fully emphathise with that. Flipdorfin administration.

[HinikuTheNinja]

1. Working title is 'Triptych'... for now...

2. The Painter

3. A guy, a girl, and an IT.

4. An unknown battlefield, probably in China near Nanjing, where the fighting had moved on and the injured are dying and groaning along in pain... oh, so delightfully morbid ^__^

5. Science-fiction, philosophical, post-modernish?

6. Mid 1930s - mid 1940s; indefinite; and present day

7. No, no, no, no, and no! ....Hmm, looking at them now, I could really use one or two of them... ^__^

[Neea]

Wow, you guys all seem prepared. Am I the only one who doesn't know what the hell she's doing????

ARGHH!!

[Ellie_Belly]

Wow, you guys all seem prepared. Am I the only one who doesn't know what the hell she's doing????

ARGHH!!

Calm down, eh? I'm sure you have an idea, maybe just try writing anything and see how it comes out, and go on from there.

[EATAPIE]

"Thats" should have an Apostrophe in it!

also, there shouldn't be an 's' in besides'.

"...but thats[sic] besides[sic] the point."

[orange_blob]

also, there shouldn't be an 's' in besides'.

Scotty, I think you should be seriously considering whether you are up to undertaking this level of english. Mistakes of this nature will not be taken lightly in the future.



*checks post for grammatical mistakes*
*finds none*
*gets scared*

[ScottyG]

People, people.

Those are not grammatical errors, rather, they are a technique I have deliberately employed to heat up your synapsi and collective brains, to pay more attention to whatever it is (of course, it will be important) I have to say.

So, it's time for new and even more riviting questions, each more incomprehensible and unoriginal than the last.

1) Is your story written in first person, second person, or third person? To whoever has used second person, I shall give them my appreciation ($US 10000.00 value).

2) What is the general tone of your story? humourous, serious, sarcastic etc.

3) Over how many years does your story span?

4) How many characters die?

5) What was the previous name for your story?

6) How many main characters have you utilised?

7) How many sub characters have you utilised?

8) What is the first plant/animal you mention in the story?

9) Does your story take place in both night and day?

10) Have you used any of the five following words in your story: subtle, invisible, gigantic, stubble, morbid.

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1) Third person.

2) Serious.

3) 1919 to the present, so 76 years.

4) Two.

5) A Fragile Grey

6) Two.

7) Five.

8) Plant: Japanese Maple. Animal: none.

9) Yes, both night and day.

10) Yes/No/No/No/No

[Emph]

1) Is your story written in first person, second person, or third person? All of the above. (figure that one out). Do I get the money?

2) What is the general tone of your story? depressive and psychotic

3) Over how many years does your story span? No years, no months, no weeks. My entire story takes up one day.

4) How many characters die? So far one. Might kill off a few more though.

5) What was the previous name for your story? Previous name? Do I even have one?!

6) How many main characters have you utilised? Well one main charatcer I guess

7) How many sub characters have you utilised? Not sure yet... probably about six?

8) What is the first plant/animal you mention in the story? Elm tree.

9) Does your story take place in both night and day? Mainly day time... but if you count the early hours of the morning as nght- well night too.

10) Have you used any of the five following words in your story: subtle, invisible, gigantic, stubble, morbid. Those words are not as original as last time. These words have not been used yet... but my story is morbid, one of the characters might have some stubble, i am using subtle allusions, some objects in my story might be gigantic and well at the moment my story is invisible. Happy?

[HinikuTheNinja]

1) Is your story written in first person, second person, or third person? First and third person.

2) What is the general tone of your story? Sombre, serious, and mind-bending(I hope). Oh, also, one part is sexual.

3) Over how many years does your story span? None of them span over any set of years - one is a few days, though it jumps in between the present, past and future, while another has indefinite time, while the last goes for a few hours.

4) How many characters die? So far, one. Not including all the non essential characters.

5) What was the previous name for your story? 'A blind man in a dark room searching for a black hat which isn't there' - Lord Bowen. Pretty long-winded, though.

6) How many main characters have you utilised? Three.

7) How many sub characters have you utilised? Two

8) What is the first plant/animal you mention in the story? Um... no idea. ^_^;

9) Does your story take place in both night and day? ....Yes...

10) Have you used any of the five following words in your story: subtle, invisible, gigantic, stubble, morbid. Stubble, morbid and invisible.

[ScottyG]

10) Have you used any of the five following words in your story: subtle, invisible, gigantic, stubble, morbid. Those words are not as original as last time. These words have not been used yet... but my story is morbid, one of the characters might have some stubble, i am using subtle allusions, some objects in my story might be gigantic and well at the moment my story is invisible. Happy?

Less original = more likely to be in people's stories. I have no idea how you've managed to incorporate 3 view structures into your short story, but I imagine you've got the skill to do it!

[lilkiwifruit]

1) Is your story written in first person, second person, or third person?
First and third.. guess I won't be getting any money LOL
2) What is the general tone of your story? humourous, serious, sarcastic etc.
serious, a bit depressive at times since it is about child abuse, but also humourous in the beginning
3) Over how many years does your story span?
It takes place in one day but it contains flashbacks to the 1930s
4) How many characters die?
The protagonist's family...
5) What was the previous name for your story?
"Damaged Goods"
6) How many main characters have you utilised?
2
7) How many sub characters have you utilised?
1 maybe
8) What is the first plant/animal you mention in the story?
A Pink Euodia tree
9) Does your story take place in both night and day?
Day for the present and night for some of the flashbacks
10) Have you used any of the five following words in your story: subtle, invisible, gigantic, stubble, morbid.
ermm invisible probably

[orange_blob]

they are a technique I have deliberately employed to heat up your synapsi and collective brains

ScottyG utilises the technique of grammatical "errors" to promote disscussion, aswell as to make him seem more of a down to earth person, and he does this well to express the theme of writing short fiction in his posts. His omission of the apostrophe in "thats" [sic] makes him seem more approachable, and thus helps to increase the number of replies in his threads.




1) Third person.

2) Humourous with serious undertones.

3) Over how many years does your story span?

4) hmm.... good idea

5) ...always been the crowd, but has been different actual stories.

6) One.

7) How many sub characters have you utilised?

8) What is the first plant/animal you mention in the story?

9) Does your story take place in both night and day?

10) Have you used any of the five following words in your story: subtle, invisible, gigantic, stubble, morbid.

Thes questions are getting far to specific for my liking [ie. for the amount of writing I've done]

[Emph]

Less original = more likely to be in people's stories. I have no idea how you've managed to incorporate 3 view structures into your short story, but I imagine you've got the skill to do it!

Thank you for your faith in me. When I am done you can read how I have put all three points of view together...

[Asheroth]

So far we've got a Japanese maple, an elm, and a pink euodia. Everyone break out the Yates...

[ScottyG]

ScottyG utilises the technique of grammatical "errors" to promote disscussion, aswell as to make him seem more of a down to earth person, and he does this well to express the theme of writing short fiction in his posts. His omission of the apostrophe in "thats" [sic] makes him seem more approachable, and thus helps to increase the number of replies in his threads.

Good discussion of techniques and how they convey meaning and thematical concerns. Quotes would help lift response. Good job overall.

13/15.

[Lord Pheasant]

1) Is your story written in first person, second person, or third person?
All three! Mostly third and first, but I am planning on putting about 1500 words written in 2nd person

2) What is the general tone of your story? humourous, serious, sarcastic etc.
Serious... mostly

3) Over how many years does your story span?
One day

4) How many characters die?
Only one, and she's very minor

5) What was the previous name for your story?
Haven't named it as of yet

6) How many main characters have you utilised?
One. Only one is named. Right at the end when I'm in the second person is sortof half main half sub

7) How many sub characters have you utilised?
So far I've had two, with two more possibly to come

8) What is the first plant/animal you mention in the story?
well, I turn people into bees at the beginning, but I don't actually say 'bees', so i suppose blackbirds. There are a few trees, but I don't say what they are.

9) Does your story take place in both night and day?
Mostly day, but the prologue and epilogue thingos are night

10) Have you used any of the five following words in your story: subtle, invisible, gigantic, stubble, morbid.
no, no, no, no, no... I think

[Emph]

Is your story written in first person, second person, or third person? All three!

Over how many years does your story span? One day

Is your story written in first person, second person, or third person? All of the above.

Over how many years does your story span? No years, no months, no weeks. My entire story takes up one day.

Geez! These stories sound a bit similar....

[Cat_Orange]

1) Is your story written in first person, second person, or third person? To whoever has used second person, I shall give them my appreciation ($US 10000.00 value).
Alas, first person, so no 10000.00 value for me.

2) What is the general tone of your story? humourous, serious, sarcastic etc.
Humourous/sarcastic as I'm unable to write seriously. Mind you I'm not entirely sure I'm that good at being funny either.

3) Over how many years does your story span?
No years for me. Just a couple of days.

4) How many characters die?
None.

5) What was the previous name for your story?
It doesn't even have a present one.

6) How many main characters have you utilised?
One.

7) How many sub characters have you utilised?
Quite a lot, actually. Ten - Fourteen.

8) What is the first plant/animal you mention in the story?
A fat white cat

9) Does your story take place in both night and day?
Uhh.. yes.

10) Have you used any of the five following words in your story: subtle, invisible, gigantic, stubble, morbid.
Subtle and invisible. Possibly gigantic.

[Sam.]

I'm not doing short stories, but my friend's sounds really cool so I'm going to do theirs .

1) Is your story written in first person, second person, or third person? Third.

2) What is the general tone of your story? Serious, psychoanalytical.

3) Over how many years does your story span? Hmm quite a few years.

4) How many characters die? Physically - none. Psychologically - three.

5) What was the previous name for your story? ...

6) How many main characters have you utilised? One.

7) How many sub characters have you utilised? Three.

8) What is the first plant/animal you mention in the story? Probably a goldfish or something . . .

9) Does your story take place in both night and day? Yes.

10) Have you used any of the five following words in your story: subtle, invisible, gigantic, stubble, morbid. Stubble probably.