Writers if you had to choose between fiction and poetry, which would you choose?

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Writers if you had to choose between fiction and poetry, which would you choose?
My school only allows you to specialize in one or the other. Im relatively decided but curious about what other people prefer and why.

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Fiction. I love poetry too, but theres something so engrossing about the elements of telling a story and making a compelling plot. I also think that to some extent, poetry can be incorporated into prose I mean, look at some modern authors, Neil Gaiman comes to mind, and they reeeally have a way with language, some very pretty turns of phrase.

Writers...how alike are we all?

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Writers...how alike are we all?
So yes or no answers

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Bowser.brbr You prefer to write alonebrAbsolutely. I get very selfconscious if I try to write in a room with others, so I tend to just wait until Im alone. And Id never, ever be able to cowrite a novel with someone.brbr You are an introvertbrHa! Yes. I think I take, quotintrovertquot to a whole new level. My brother has Aspergers, and my Mum wanted to get me tested for it as well because Im so antisocial. But I assured her that I just dont like people, and its true.brbr When you go to bed, you usually have a predream, where you control the dreamstory in your headyou think about your own storybrOn occasion, yes. I dont do it every night, but a few times a week I find my mind wandering to Glendeyn and figuring out whats going to happen next.brbr You daydreambrLets just say my minds in the clouds.brbr When you get an idea when you are out, you think about it for the rest of the day until you get in and have to write type it down and you end up forgetting where you even were or what you were doing, lolbrYes! But my mind is so erratic that I very rarely manage to remember the entire idea. Its so annoying gtbrbr You prefer to stay in and write than go out to a partybrYuck, parties.brShuddersbrThe last thing I want to do is stand around in a room with a bunch of drunk teenagers getting hit on by people that repulse me.brbr You are femalebrYes brbr You hatedont like exercisingbrWell. Only because its so damned hot in this country. Id probably exercise if I had some form of equipment in the house... Like an Ab Twister! Ah, Id love one of those. But most of the time Im just sitting around on my a. Thank God for my fast metabolism.brbr You are creative in other things, such as art, music, dancing etc...brNo brIm the most uncreative person in the universe. Im also terrible at analytical things, like math and science. Writing is pretty much the only thing I have, and even then Im not that great at it.brI used to play bass and write songs, but I pretty much sucked. And then my bass broke so... That was the end of that fiasco. I also used to play the violin, but I was so terrible that my teachers hair actually started falling out. And as for art, well... I like to doodle.brbr When you read, you sometimes roll your eyes if the character does something stupid or you mumble out something like quotWhat was the point in that?quotbrYES! Eurgh, Im doing that a lot in the book Im reading now.brbr You are more of a jogging bottoms and a hoody type of person than a quotI have to wear makeup and look best MOST of the time.quotbrEh, kind of. I dont own jogging bottoms or hoodies, but I do spend most of my time in comfortable clothes like tshirts and what have you. I dont like to leave the house without makeup because my skin is so atrocious, but thats just me.brbr Your books have many creases on the spinebrHow did you know?! Dbrbr You prefer hardbacks to paperbacks excluding the costbrYes! Hardbacks make me feel smart, not to mention I prefer to hold them.brbr You are in no rush to get published you have a long while yet to get your book out therebrYahuh. I recognise that Ive got a LONG way to go writing wise, and I dont mind spending a lot of time perfecting it.br All your stories in your notepad or word doc that are unfinished, you see them as writing practise and not as failing stories.brHahahah, pretty much. But all of my unfinished stories have been deleted over the years by spiteful siblings. So I never did get to finish them.brbr You seem to do better when writing in rd personbrWell, Im not exactly sure. I dabbled in writing the first chapter of my novel in both to see, but the people I showed it to had really mixed reviews. So... I still dont have a clear answer on which Im better at.brbr You read and write so you can escape mundane lifeproblemsbrYes brbr You love book trailers more than reading what its aboutbrBook trailers? Oh, those things on YouTube? No, I dont really like those. I like to read blurbs though.brbr You are a fast typerbrYep! And a fast texter. Like lightning.brbr You used to be an outdoor person but now you are more of an indoor person so you can write.brYes, but I think that has more to do with where we live now, and also not being a kid anymore. When I was younger and living in a totally awesome neighbourhood in New Zealand I used to spend all day running around getting up to mischief with my brother. We explored all the creeks in the area, and went on bike adventures every weekend. Damn it was awesome. Curse you Australian suburbia! Curse you!

Writers Have you ever FINISHED writing a book?

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Writers Have you ever FINISHED writing a book?
I know a lot of teensadults that write and most of the time they dont finish their works.

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Two fulllength novels. Im currently editing the novels. Im a teen, and yes we are quite capable of finishing things we start. However, there are many teens and adults alike that never finish.

Writers Do you ever get ridiculed for being a writer?

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Writers Do you ever get ridiculed for being a writer?
if ridiculed is too strong a word..how about others thinking it is stupid or a waste of time?

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Lets just say Im not encouraged by my family. brMy brother has now one more thing to make fun of me about. brbrBQbrSo, so.brBut not that much. Im very clumsy though, lol. I knocked over a whole counter of perfume today at a store in the mall with my grandmother.

Writers Does your story have these things?

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Writers Does your story have these things?
Following on in Joss question vein...

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Religion Check. Its about learning to understand God, while sharing information with God in this religion God is mostly inactive, and would not be prayed to for assistance. The entire goal of the religion is to fully understand the intentions of God, and carry them out. Many sects are still squabbling about whether they have the answers yet or not.brbrLanguage Halfcheck. Its an ongoing project, and wont play much of a role in the completed work. Its not yet big enough to have a whole conversation in. However, it has plenty of interesting stuff, some of which isnt found in any language Ive heard of. Im sure any serious linguist would call it stupid, though.brbrMagic nope. I dont use magic in my stories.brbrRaces Yes, three. Two are more heavily developed, though. They are alien in nature, and the language I mentioned belongs to one of them.brbrSpecies Aside from the sentient ones above, Ive been too lazy to create flora and fauna so far. Theyd be nice, but overall irrelevant to the story.brbr Any closeknit, loving, fully supportive families? Nobr Any children under the age of ? Nobr Any characters with a fanatical obsessionfixation? What is it? Nobr Any characters with diagnosed depressionsocial disorderpersonality disorders? Semi almost everyones a few screws lose from their circumstances, but probably not medically.br Characters who feel as though they belong in gender to the opposite sex? Nobr Characters other than antagonists who have an extremely different world view to you? Yes My characters arent me, and none of them share an overall worldview with me. Two of them view things drastically differently, in regards to human nature, religion, and political views. I wont bore you with details here.br Female characters that require saving i.e. Archetypal damsel in distress? Once, but Im convinced it was justified. Being held captive was a horrible experience of the character from the beginning of the story, and alters the way she behaves the whole time. She is literally strong enough to take care of herself and these were pretty unusual circumstances. Her capture was also relevant to the overall story as well as characterwise.brbrOn a related gender note, one of my races is femaledominated only as much as we are maledominated which is portrayed neutrally. I tried to make gender largely irrelevant to the story.brbr Characters with extremely boring backgrounds that they cannot angst about? Yep. I wont bore you with the details.br Any characters with more than one mindspiritsoulconsciousness? Nobr Characters with extremely bad luck in loverelationships? A bit. One character no longer actively looks for love, but its not quite due to bad luck and doesnt come into the story much.br brDo your mainsemimain characters have any of the following traits br Unnatural haireyeskin color i.e. Pinkbright orangepurpleblue Theyre not Sues. br Changing eyecolor? Theyre not Sues. br Tendency to cry at the slightest thing? Theyre not Sues. br HomicidalViolent impulses? Not except one character towards one particular personbr Extreme cowardice? Nobr Being of a racespecies other than human? Yes, I mentioned nonhumans above.br A really low IQ Nobr Compulsive lying Nobr Gets jealousenvious of others really easily Nobr HaughtinessArrogance Nobr A predisposition towards lazinesscomplacencyindifference Nobr brbrSecond half proudly copypasted!

Writers Does your character have time for a quick interview?

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Writers Does your character have time for a quick interview?
sorry for the repost, got deleted

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. How do you feel about your full name? brbrTristelle Anne Reece? I like it, its pretty unique. I usually go by Trista though, just because it is easier for most people.brbr. What did you do for your last birthday?brbrUm, I had a quotpartyquot....brbr. Can you curl your tongue?brbrSure?brbr. What is your least favorite word?brbrHallucination... or mental illness, yeah I know thats two words...brbr. Have any pets? If not, why not? If so, tell me a little about them.brbrI had a dog when I was six, but he got hit by a car. Poor Toby. I have not had a pet since.brbr. What is your one greatest fear?brbrBeing in this place forever... Im not crazy!brbr. What are the three quotneversquot of your life?brbra. Never give up, no matter if they believe you or notbrb. Never let them tell you what to do, do what you know is rightbrc. Never get close to anybody, it only leads to painbrbr. It is time for us to part ways. How do you feel about that?brbrUm, bye?brbrBQ What book are you currently reading? Is it interesting so far?brbrI just started this book called Thre, but I am only two chapters into it, so I dont know how I feel about it yet.brbrBQ Twihard or twihater?brbrMeh leaning more towards a twihater, I am mostly just really really really annoyed by it. brbrBQ How do you feel about prologues? Good writing tool, or stay away?brbrI like them, and as a reader, I never skip over them. I dont want to miss something, so I think if you are going to read a book, read the prologue if there is one, because why would the author put it in there if it wasnt important?brbrBQ Strawberries or turtles? brbrBoth? Is that an acceptable answer? D

Writers do actionsexpressions speak louder than words? How would your character react?

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Writers do actionsexpressions speak louder than words? How would your character react?
Interview your MC with only facial or body expression. No words. They can answer with stuff like shrugs or frowns whilst scratching chin or runs to the other side of the room or slaps him or shakes head.php header.php header.php or nods and other stuff.

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Hahaha! I LOVE THIS QUESTION!brbr Do you like McDonalds?brConfused face.brbr Youre about to die in seconds...brEyes widen... then return to normal size as Ive already been killed off.brbr You open your curtains to find a man standing over the other side of the street staring at you. You dont know him. What do you do?brPunch the person next to me and point in the mans direction.brbr You approach someone to talk to them, but they immediately start talking to you, and you cant get a word in edgewise. How do you react?brWalks away. Plain and simple. brbr You go to bed in your PJs. When you wake up, youre naked. Now what?brCovers self up with blanket.brbr Harold Camping the end of the word guy knocks on your door. Hes wearing a big smile and hands you an envelope with a card inside telling you when the world isreallygoing to end. brGives him a papercut with it for tricking us all the first time.brbr You wake up and see a dead family member hovering over you.brHow do I know theyre dead? Oh crap, not allowed to talk.brForget I said that. Performs memory wiping spell.brHigh fives them.brbr Lets take you back or forward to your high school days. One of your favourite teachers says that he will give you an A on the test you are most dreading and want to succeed in. But then he leans casually across and whispers in your ear that he wants to sleep with you....brKicks him in the balls... and RUN!!!!!!!!brbr Youre at a party and rapping music is blaring out of the speakers. Lights flash all around you and bodies seem to be rubbing you from all directions people dancing. brDances too.brbr You have a love interest. His ex walks up to you two and starts being super friendly. Time is ticking. Ticking away....tick....tock...tick...tock...brBeats up ex.brbrLol.