{Updated 6th November 2010} Monthly Poll

[Chanthar]

I have way too many favorite authors .. xD;
But three immediate ones that come to mind are

JRR Tolkien
Brian Jacques
Tamora Pierce  

[Psychotic Maniacal Sanity]

I also have waaaay too many favourite authors. They include: Gregory Maguire, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Kelley Armstrong, Jasper Fforde (I met him, and he was an awesome as his books would suggest), Philippa Gregory... Uh, I have too many. There are so many more I could list, but I won't. I'll be here all day. xd  

[DesertRoseFallen]

What is writing to me?

Hmmm I picked the most to the point option of a hopeful future career. I'm not going to kid myself and think I'm going to be definitely published. I'm taking a creative writing/english course in Uni hopefully but my career in the future will hopefully be either in the publishing business or teacher.
Writing will...to my disdain, always be a side project. After all, I have to have stable money coming it haha.

 

[Chanthar]

I really hope that writing will be my future career
If it doesn't turn out, then at least this is something I love to do
Like DesertRose said.. have to have money come in some way or another ^^' I'd prefer it to be from my writing, but.. hard to get in sometimes...  

[DesertRoseFallen]

Yeah, it is hard to get in. But I'd rather do anything in the future, have a few more years strapped to my belt and more experience. smile

 

[Psychotic Maniacal Sanity]

Like a lot of writers I'd love for my writing to be a career, but I don't think I'm ever going to be good enough. In three weeks time I embark on an American Literature with Creative Writing course at the uni I wanted to go to, and hopefully that will help me improve... Also, I'll have a year in America to really extent my style - but I don't hold too high expectations for myself because I know that I'm not great. XD

I'll probably end up in publishing, but I'll always write. :]  

[DesertRoseFallen]

I agree PMS, I want to take a Creative writing course but I know I'll always write, even if it isn't good enough to publish.

 

[Psychotic Maniacal Sanity]

Exactly. :]

But, hopefully by taking a course I might be more confident in myself. =D  

[DesertRoseFallen]

Good thinking!

 

[DesertRoseFallen]

I chose Vocabulary as I wish I could memorise the entire dictionary! I know a few fancy words, more than most people I know but I really wish I could find a fantastic word for everything. I tend to repeat things sad
I have however read the Dictionary! emo

 

[Psychotic Maniacal Sanity]

I voted for the grammar/punctuation, but only because I think that if I knew EXACTLY how to phrase myself, my sentences would sound much prettier. In truth, I'd like to improve everything about my writing, especially plot (because my plots have a tendency to just meander along and never really get to where they're supposed to go xd ). Ah, nothing is ever perfect. D=  

[SugarRos]

My favorite college class EVER was Scriptwriting. I learned more about writing in that class than anywhere else. I still have all my notes and books from that class, too..

Also, I voted vocabulary. I have a terrible memory, and I am ALWAYS on Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com.  

[Voldemort point two]

Other.

I'd improve the flow of my writing. I re-read the first chapter of Lead Us Not, and it just doesn't flow. The dialogue is okay, but the prose is just awful and stiff. So yeah, I'd fix that.  

[Chanthar]

Grammar/Punctuation -

It's always been a little problem of mine. It seems just fine, but when a proper person goes through it they get kinda @.o ... I've gotten much better than when I began, but I think that's because I'm not longer zombie writing xD; I actually go to bed rather than staying up continually to write. I could still use a proofreader anyway to make sure that I'll be expressing what I mean.. and not just writing jibberish that only I can translate, heh.  

[DesertRoseFallen]

In relation to the editing question I meant that a sub-forum can be opened up and you can go there specifically for it to be edited, whether it be from a small team or the whole of the community. Also, there can be techniques for the perfect editing.

What do you think?