Creative Writing Central

[LiberoVulpesLiberoVulpes's icon]

This has nothing to do with the writers guild, its about the hobby itself.

Since creative writing is one of my other hobbies, i am interested on seeing what other people who are into it, like doing, since artists have their thread, let us writers have our own as well, btw, no i won't be telling my AO3, i like to keep my personas separate.

So, do you like Creative Writing? What kind of stories do you write? Don't worry i count fanfiction as creative writing as well, is there any project you wanna share about? Any fun tales you got about your writing process? Feel free to discuss anything related to this wonderful hobby.

Perhaps you are interested in advice, perhaps you want to start your own journey, everyone is welcomed, from dabblers, to grizzled veterans, even newbies.​

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So might as well do what i love most, talk about myself, if you have read my articles and reviews, you pretty much have a good idea as to how i write, as it is a style i use in everything i write, from creative writing, to journals, and essays. Which is to be clear, concise, and to the point, add some humor and puns into the mix, and that's the Libero Vulpes style.

As for the kind of stories i like to write, well i usually go for slice of life, or romcoms, mostly Light Novels in Fantasy settings, i am usually more focused on characters rather than the world itself, and i am a Discovery Writer, which means that i work with little to no planning and just go with vibes until the end, its more fun to let things happen spontaneously, and i am very gung ho so i work with almost no drafts cause YOLO.​

 

[fake-kun]

I enjoy creative writing, but I simply don't have the executive function for it. In years of doing it on and off, I only managed to finish one very short Mega Man fanfic.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

I love creative writing, and I have actually entered some of my pieces to contests (the skill is now an official sport on my province, and I wish it was when I was a kid). I really like creating my own worlds and characters, but I'm not particularly good at keeping track of them.

 

[LiberoVulpesLiberoVulpes's icon]

In years of doing it on and off, I only managed to finish one very short Mega Man fanfic.

Don't be so harsh on yourself, the fact you finished a story is a big accomplishment, no matter if its short, what's important is that you did it.

I'm not particularly good at keeping track of them.

Same, Obsidian is a god sent on helping me keep everything organized.

 

[Stingy Perry]

Mine was kinda like some cliché you’ve red or watch. Nomatter how boring it may seem most of the times it always lead me into ranting how much of a pain in the neck those fictional protagonists are. That’s why I just leave to the pros and just enjoy reading their pieces.

 

[NeonKnights]

I used to write short mythos inspired horror stories. I haven't done for a few years though.
Nothing recently has impressed me in my writing. though reading some of my old stuff I feel that it was better than anything I could even attempt now. As if any capacity for creative formulation had deserted me at last. Now I usually just stick to writing story outlines in my commonplace book (A thing Lovecraft used to do.) and being content with only that.

 

[LiberoVulpesLiberoVulpes's icon]

So, here is how i got inspired to start writing when i was younger.

It was through anime actually, 2 series specifically, True Tears and Ef A Tale of Memories (this anime and its sequel actually changed my life, but that's a different story).

In True Tears the main character is a guy who wants to write, but his parents of course want him to inherit the family business, and what makes him finally say "i will do it, i want to write" is that all that he wanted was to tell a good story, a simple story about a rooster wanting to fly, and just like that rooster, he too wanted to spread his wings, and... Can relate.

In Ef A tale of Memories, one of the stories, follows a girl who has problems with her memory, at the end of the day, she forgets everything that happened in the day, so she keeps a little diary, thing is, she wants to write a little story, and a guy she meets decides to help her, in the story, she uses prose to deal with her own problems, and even serves as therapy, which at the time i thought "Wow, writing can do that?"

And just like that, i started to write my own little stories. Its probably not that glamorous, nor amazing, but its special to me, and that's what your stories should be, special to you.

See, i even wrote a short story about it in 5 minutes with a moral and all, which is a true story too, you can do it too, just have fun.​

 

[destinyduelist]

I write comic books, I've written a few but they never saw the light of day. I just think they were subpar, not really worth working on. Once you write a comic book, drawing it is a whole different beast, if the writing isn't that great to me then I just don't see the reason to draw it.
I've written two now and I'm drawing one though! Hopefully I'll have something out this year, it just takes a while...
What do I write? Things that mean something to me, and I'm sure many others. I like to write fights and action a lot but I want to have a lot of interpersonal relationships between my characters, things that make them seem human. Human nature is kind of beautiful. Now, am I good at it? Probably not, I'm still a noob honestly even after all these years but I'm sure as time goes on I'll be able to learn new things and become better. Of course though for that to happen I should probably put something out there for the world to see and judge, once I see criticism I can work on it.

 

[ObscureJigglypuff]

I write literature novels, short novels, some poems, short stories, etc.

Used to do automatic writing while i drew stuff.

 

[Antilocal123]

I wrote a lot as a kid but never really got back into it as a teenager or adult, I do like to write down random ideas for stories from time to time and I have friends who enjoy it that I like to pitch in sometimes.

That said, writing is gay, I mean, go skateboard or something? /j

 

[Octopus]

My issue is I can never stay on just one project at a time, I'm far too creatively scatterbrained. I mainly write horror and fantasy, but most of them are still in just the outline stage which is my other curse; actually finishing something. I've tried some other genres too, mainly some romance (weirdly enough, despite being probably one of the least romantic people in my personal life, I actually enjoy writing it), weird west horror, and my latest brainstorming session was an absurdist comedy satire about an editor in a Hollywood studio who becomes aware all his bosses are satanic energy vampires, and thinks they're making everyone too stupid to resist through ritual magic when it's just because they're all actually just dumb (spoilers).

I've also done a good amount of work on a CYOA book, need to plan out the routes still and actually write the passages. I also did an outline on another combining romance into it, after I played that HeartQuest book for that article a little bit ago.

I've also been working on two TTRPGs. That's not necessarily creative writing in a narrative sense, but is where a lot of time and effort goes into. The mech one were purposefully keeping as lore-open as possible other than the setting, while the Kung Fu fantasy one I'm working on I have a few setting ideas with races and overall world ideas.

 

[extermist]

I do not write persay, but I sometimes dabble, slowly piecing together a story to my dream game that I most probably will do nothing about.

 

[TheSoulWalker]

Fun Fact: I've been kicked out of my high school 3 different times because I wanted to write Horror and Thrillers. The school social worker was trying to convince me that I wanted to harm people.

You know it's fucked when the 3rd party therapist goes "Why are you here?" After the first session.

 

[Antilocal123]

Fun Fact: I've been kicked out of my high school 3 different times because I wanted to write Horror and Thrillers. The school social worker was trying to convince me that I wanted to harm people.

You know it's fucked when the 3rd party therapist goes "Why are you here?" After the first session.

That’s crazy, school employee’s are dorks, I got in trouble for drawing an explosion and they thought I was an Eric Harris lmao

 

[LiberoVulpesLiberoVulpes's icon]

Fun Fact: I've been kicked out of my high school 3 different times because I wanted to write Horror and Thrillers. The school social worker was trying to convince me that I wanted to harm people.

You know it's fucked when the 3rd party therapist goes "Why are you here?" After the first session.

Same, back when i was younger and used to write gritty war stories.

They always assumed i was going to hurt myself and/or others.

 

[Captain Murphy]

I prefer creative writing. It allows me to give my imagination some headroom to work things out in a way that other writing does not. I need to rekindle my love for writing. Hope you all can do the same

 

[Octopus]

As some of you may know, I do dramatic intros for the Fighting Fantasy gamebook reviews I do here. I started doing it both because I think it adds a little more entertainment value into articles that are essentially just me reading a book and commenting on it, and also for some creative writing practise. It's good practise to take story elements (as very sparse as they are in the books generally) and try and adapt them into a casual, maybe 2 page little diddy while still putting my own spin on it. I just finished one for the next gamebook article, Freeway Fighter (spoilers) and I figured why not share it. The book's a Mad Max rip-off, so post apocalypse road warrior type stuff. I was considering just copying it here into the post, but I don't want to put a huge wall of text for anyone scrolling through here so I'll attach it as a PDF instead. I'll probably go through it once or twice more to fix it up, but I think it's mostly finished. Let me know what you guys think if you give it a perusing.

 

[ATenderLad]

As some of you may know, I do dramatic intros for the Fighting Fantasy gamebook reviews I do here. I started doing it both because I think it adds a little more entertainment value into articles that are essentially just me reading a book and commenting on it, and also for some creative writing practise. It's good practise to take story elements (as very sparse as they are in the books generally) and try and adapt them into a casual, maybe 2 page little diddy while still putting my own spin on it. I just finished one for the next gamebook article, Freeway Fighter (spoilers) and I figured why not share it. The book's a Mad Max rip-off, so post apocalypse road warrior type stuff. I was considering just copying it here into the post, but I don't want to put a huge wall of text for anyone scrolling through here so I'll attach it as a PDF instead. I'll probably go through it once or twice more to fix it up, but I think it's mostly finished. Let me know what you guys think if you give it a perusing.

Hell, I like it. *Extremely* Mad Max, the "imagery" comes through clearly to me, and that's a perfect protag name for a winking homage to the character/actor.

 

[JustLooking123]

I'm also a fan of Discovery Writing style.
I have created multiple long stories in my mind... some fanfics, some original works...

But i always have problem with writing them.
I always refine the details and dialogues in my mind, so i feel if i write them too soon, it might go to waste!

Recently, i started on collaboration story writing... (turn-based appending to a shared story) and it had a great effect on motivating me in writing!
Writing is pretty exciting this way! Things usually won't go exactly as i planned, and i should be ready for unknowns!
This actually enhanced my creativity! and made the story quite richer compared to when i write it solo!

Nowadays, the most fun thing for me is working on our shared story!

 

[Octopus]

Hell, I like it. *Extremely* Mad Max, the "imagery" comes through clearly to me, and that's a perfect protag name for a winking homage to the character/actor.

Why thank you. My first draft was quite different as I remembered the book intro way differently (I've played this one before a good amount of time ago) with the character being an actual random wanderer instead of the whole 'New Hope, get the gasoline' thing; I had a whole thing based more on Tom Hardy's Max from Fury Road where he's certifiably insane and actively hallucinating things. I was playing with some non-linear structure a bit with the character going in and out of lucidity while fightin' some dudes. I got a rough draft of it done than thankfully read the book intro and realized it was not that. I may just finish that version now, I really enjoyed writing what I had.

 

[Strategist's iconStrategist]

As some of you may know, I do dramatic intros for the Fighting Fantasy gamebook reviews I do here. I started doing it both because I think it adds a little more entertainment value into articles that are essentially just me reading a book and commenting on it, and also for some creative writing practise. It's good practise to take story elements (as very sparse as they are in the books generally) and try and adapt them into a casual, maybe 2 page little diddy while still putting my own spin on it. I just finished one for the next gamebook article, Freeway Fighter (spoilers) and I figured why not share it. The book's a Mad Max rip-off, so post apocalypse road warrior type stuff. I was considering just copying it here into the post, but I don't want to put a huge wall of text for anyone scrolling through here so I'll attach it as a PDF instead. I'll probably go through it once or twice more to fix it up, but I think it's mostly finished. Let me know what you guys think if you give it a perusing.

That's really good. Like I said before, you have a knack for these intros. I know writing a full story is a lot more complicated, but at least you've figured out one of the harder parts which is capturing the interest of the reader.

 

[Octopus]

Recently, i started on collaboration story writing... (turn-based appending to a shared story) and it had a great effect on motivating me in writing!

That's awesome. I hear a lot of people say that sort of thing really helps them out creatively, having to play off of stuff put down by another writer like storytelling improv almost. H.P Lovecraft did that a few times I remember reading with some of his fellow Weird Tales cowriters, one of them was even published (The Challenge From Beyond).

That's really good. Like I said before, you have a knack for these intros. I know writing a full story is a lot more complicated, but at least you've figured out one of the harder parts which is capturing the interest of the reader.

I've tried my hand at writing longer short stories, it's just hard to find the time for the creative writing side when I'm working on a bunch of other stuff too. It's something I want to do more often for sure though.