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Okay, how does this thing work?
I'm an amateur author and a furry, and I have been writing for a short period of time already, although I have not produced anything that is of significant quality. I hope that, over time, I will get better and thus, I am looking for feedback on my work so that I can improve on it in future works.


Hi, I'm yet another amateur author. I write a few stories in my spare time, but I always seem to lack the ability to think up good ideas at a decent rate. Also, I'm a student, so I'm quite busy with work. So there probably won't be many stories here, but just give me an occasional poke to remind me if it's been too long at "my name minus the apostrophe" at gmail dot com.
My email is my name (drak'rrth) without the apostrophe, at gmail.com and I also keep a LiveJournal account with the same - that is, no apostrophe.


I'm fastidious about grammar and spelling, so I'll try to clean up before I post.
One thing is that I keep rewriting my stories-in-progress, but never after that. And I don't publish in-progress works.
 
I'm more into dragons and reptiles, but quite like dolphins as well. But I'm open to ideas. I'm also part of the furry community from a computer-bound point, since anything else is too impractical for now. What's the difference between them and here, anyway?
 
The stories are labeled for easy finding. The names in the stories were generated by the rinkworks.com generator, so they'll sound funny. Can't do anything about it, unless I tried thinking up names myself.
 
I notice my works seem to become longer as I go on. Whether this means they're better... only time (and views) will tell.
 
Now, since I doubt anyone will ever read this, here we go...


==Stories==
==Stories==
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[[Journal of Subject 10231001]] Here, I break almost every single rule I've laid down upon myself. I've always tried to follow the tips in "Writer's School", but I feel that my stories don't seem to follow it - they have a shallow plot, they don't really develop the characters that much, etc. - or they follow it a bit too closely: I've never actually shown a TF before. Thus, I decided to break them totally, create a story completely based on a TF, with no plot, and... it's not too bad actually. This I may actually change, since it's a journal of the subject, so I can keep adding new entries.
[[Journal of Subject 10231001]] Here, I break almost every single rule I've laid down upon myself. I've always tried to follow the tips in "Writer's School", but I feel that my stories don't seem to follow it - they have a shallow plot, they don't really develop the characters that much, etc. - or they follow it a bit too closely: I've never actually shown a TF before. Thus, I decided to break them totally, create a story completely based on a TF, with no plot, and... it's not too bad actually. This I may actually change, since it's a journal of the subject, so I can keep adding new entries.


One thing is that I keep rewriting my stories-in-progress, but never after that. And I don't publish in-progress works.


===Universe 1===
===Universe 1===
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===NEWS===
===NEWS===


I realized, after writing "Resurrection" and reading it, that my stories look horrible recently. I have come to the conclusion that:
I'm currently doing a co-op story, a non-TF story and a heavily-plotted TF story. I'm not sure which one I'll finish first, but it'll be some time before I post anything up. Bear with me here.
 
1) I don't write a plot.
2) I write too fast to think.
3) I never get motivation to write a good story when I have access to a computer, and vice versa.
 
Therefore, my next story will be on a "when I feel like it" status, since I really don't want to ruin it. Also, I'm trying another way of writing, which is basically key sentences with the gaps filled in. As such, this will probably stagnate for a while. But my email's still up there.
 
I've just done another story while I'm doing the current one.
 
And I've done -yet- another short-story. I really seem to be lagging behind on the primary one.


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Revision as of 21:21, 26 April 2009

I'm an amateur author and a furry, and I have been writing for a short period of time already, although I have not produced anything that is of significant quality. I hope that, over time, I will get better and thus, I am looking for feedback on my work so that I can improve on it in future works.

My email is my name (drak'rrth) without the apostrophe, at gmail.com and I also keep a LiveJournal account with the same - that is, no apostrophe.

One thing is that I keep rewriting my stories-in-progress, but never after that. And I don't publish in-progress works.

Stories

Oceania I like music a lot, and several of my stories are made with music in mind, or while listening to it. This happens to be based on "The Songs of Distant Earth" by Mike Oldfield (not Arthur C. Clarke's novel).

Resurrection Based more upon a random tracklist. The title track is PPK's song of the same name. Also, this story is quite dark and, in my opinion, a bit gory towards the end. 8000 words of amateur fiction, and not too bad, either. As a side note, 'Enter Sandman' really doesn't have a part to play here, I just put it in for the minute reference to dragons.

Progress vs. Past I looked at the previous story, and I'm not very happy with it, mostly because of storyline and the gore, so I decided to try and do a sequel and make it a little better. Though frankly, what I think I need is feedback. Anyway, it should be better, though now I look at it, I'm still not satisfied.

Journal of Subject 10231001 Here, I break almost every single rule I've laid down upon myself. I've always tried to follow the tips in "Writer's School", but I feel that my stories don't seem to follow it - they have a shallow plot, they don't really develop the characters that much, etc. - or they follow it a bit too closely: I've never actually shown a TF before. Thus, I decided to break them totally, create a story completely based on a TF, with no plot, and... it's not too bad actually. This I may actually change, since it's a journal of the subject, so I can keep adding new entries.


Universe 1

S1-1:A new universe I didn't name this (or any of my stories) at first. It's based on Catprog's story 2, but I decided to make it first-person and a proper story. My first-ever attempt.

S1-2:Lab-rats My second story and based on... nothing. Yes, I thought it up after looking into genetic-modification of humans. Also setting the stage for the next two.

S1-3:The other races My third story, being a sequel to the first and containing plot-elements of the second.

S1-4:Meeting My fourth story, merging everything together. Two viewpoints, but isn't too messy. Other stories MAY follow.

PS. I always try to complete my stories. I've always been disappointed with the incomplete ending of JonBuck's 'A Reach in the Dark', since I feel it had potential. It's like a meal cut halfway through, and I really don't want to commit that mistake.

NEWS

I'm currently doing a co-op story, a non-TF story and a heavily-plotted TF story. I'm not sure which one I'll finish first, but it'll be some time before I post anything up. Bear with me here.

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