FAKKU Writers' Lounge

This is the FAKKU Writers' Lounge. This is a writers' chat and discussion thread. It was originally suggested by high_time. As we didn't have anything such as this anywhere before.


This thread is where you generally discuss about writings:

- Writers may share tips or tricks, give advices to other writers.

- Review other Writers' writings and express their own opinions and thus, make comments and give critics to each others' works.

- We can also talk, chat and discuss about any or all RPs, no problem. It doesn't really matter as long as writing is involved somehow.

- We can also share some of our writing experiences as writers.


Let's all have a friendly chat and deepen the relationships between us Writers, shall we?

First post GET!

Will reserve this one in case I wanna list all the links to the cool stuffs~

Feel free to suggest me something to add onto this post~

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[color=red][b]So, does anyone think my writing has made any improvements ever since I stopped writing for my writing projects?

Rise post links to your writing~
I'm too lazy to look .-.
Also I was thinking of trying to write a short story, but not sure if I want the main to male or female, any suggestions or reasons why?
lol this might work better if I had more to go with it @_@

[color=red][b]Here it is, I've been thinking of updating it with new writings.

Good luck on getting started with your work. And I'm afraid I cannot suggest a gender for you as it's completely up on you, I believe.

You know when I am writing a story I tend to come up with the basic idea first, and then taking into consideration the types of situations and interaction my main character might have I choose a gender. sometimes its just more interesting to have a female lead wandering the haunted mansion than some guy.

not saying that women are weak or anything but a certain level of suspense is easier portrayed through a female viewpoint. were a guy might kick down a door or pick up a chair a girl might choose another action such as hiding in a closet, or finding a less physical course of action, which in turn (to me at least) makes things a whole lot more scary when my hero can't just Hulk their way through stuff. (then again I guess having that strength taken away does make for some interesting situations hahah)

ultimately what I'm trying to get at is, I choose my genders via situational appropriateness. I hope that helped?

[color=red][b]Am I the only one who thinks up stories on spot after having a base plot thought out? Lol, oh me.

I think it'd help. Though, it's true that men can hulk through and all while the girls can't and what they do can be fun to read.

But I'd rather like to read how the girl manages to take something out and bashes the guy with it. Which is actually what almost all the time; happens in a Hollywood movie... or so I've seen, lol.

But I still say it's up to the Writer to decide the Protagonist's gender.

[font=verdana][color=green]Hmm, whilst I'm not surprised to see this here, I don't know how well this will work in practice.

However, despite that, I am still willing to review and critique people's work if they so wish.

Well, when it comes to the gender decision, I find it quite interesting if you mix the gender stereotypes somewhat. As Moogle said above; a male might be a lot more aggressive than a female character - but I like toying with having the male exercise more caution than what you would expect. It means that the story isn't predictable, which is always a good thing.

[color=red][b]I don't know either, nor does High or Xenon. But Xenon suggested that I'd make it here instead of the Writing Forum and give it a "trial" run and see how it goes.

I think a lounge like this is a pretty good idea, just from these few posts we have started a topic and begun discussing it. I don't see how more topics and what not could be a bad thing. if nothing else we all learn different views to questions we hadn't heard. while still writing focused Its still a form of chat and discussion no? So I say chat on!

[font=verdana][color=green]Well, you don't know if you don't try, I suppose. The only thing that I think will cause a problem is that when a person wants to read someone's work, they go to the Writing forum. If they want to review the work, they post in the Writing forum.

Undoubtedly, many more people post in here (in CTFG) than in the writing forum, so it will certainly allow more people to read some works if people announce in here that they've written something else.

[color=red][b] Perhaps. Hopefully this will work out as more Writers learns of this thread.

Indeed, a lot of people don't usually know when someone posts their work(s) on the Writing Forum until they do some advertising.

This might just be a good place to even advertise one's works.

Reviews... reminds me of those reviews threads, one by CoffeePrince and the other by Jericho, those poor threads now died out. *sigh*

[font=verdana][color=green]I suppose that is a point. It could indeed be used to discuss certain techniques or styles in a friendly, casual way, rather than in the form of a formal critique in a user's thread.



[font=verdana][color=green]Well, if you spread the word, saying that there's a place for the writers of Fakku just to chat together, then they should come on by. Make the chat the focus, and the discussions on writing secondary.

Ah yes, I remember those threads. I thought they were quite insane to want to do such a thing though, as undoubtedly more than a few stories would want to be reviewed at once. I won't be able to promise something like that though.

I'm currently working on a book/trilogy of sorts. Its still in the baby stages and I plan for it to under go changes and things along the way. I have a full chapter breakdown for the first book and a summery in general for the whole trilogy. not sure if this is the right place but tell me what you think.



I know what some might be thinking (oh god another Alice in wonderland)but I feel I have crafted something a bit different and am open to sharing details that I have been working on if anyone is interested

[font=verdana][color=green]Haha, you pre-empted what I was thinking. I saw Alice and then Wonderland and was like "Okay, I know that's deliberate".

Well, it sounds like, if done right, it could be a great idea. Personally, if the story was to cheaply go from reality to imagination so easily and quickly, the premise would be ruined for me. If you were to have it so she would faze in and out of this imagined world, so she then faces she real life struggle of the lose of her parents and her crippled body, but when she returns the world has changed in accordance to what she suffered/endured/tackled in the real world, then I would be very impressed if you do that.

Keep me updated on this; if it's like I said, then it can certainly be engaging and exciting to read.

[color=red][b]Will do it and see if it works out, then. :)

Probably, many can't promise such a thing. I sure wouldn't, but I can give my critiques and reviews if someone so wishes for me to do so. Although, my strong point lies in plot and it's feel.



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[color=red][b]I think you can post about it here and we can talk about it.

Anyway, sounds interesting, though, before I had the thought "Oh God another Alice in Wonderland!", I had a different yet similar thought, "Oh God, another character named Alice!". Lol.

So, care to elaborate on why exactly the world is crafted only for Alice?

now whose reading whose mind! lol that's actually exactly the case. through out the story she continues to 'wake up' in her real life, without giving to much away I can say that her real life does directly effect wonderland and her experiences within. as her mental state is fragile she has to come to terms with her real life and forsake the fantasy. its a story about acceptance and moving on, and less tim burton and cgi

[color=red][b]You've now gotten my interest piqued for real. Keep not just Sam but everyone here updated about this.

[font=verdana][color=green]Well, I'm not surprised that was your plan from the beginning, Moogle. Don't give too much away; I like the premise and the plan you wish to take, so I'll definitely read it when you release the first chapter. However, if I see a smiling cat in there, I'm coming straight for you!

If I wanted to, I could easily review a couple of stories a week - taking into account work and such. I like to think I am quite good when it comes to the descriptive aspect a story has; one of the pearls of writing is "Show, don't tell". If I feel that the story is merely a diary of a person's daily life, then I will implore that they change it.

EDIT: Anyway, I'm going to go out for a bit. Probably an hour or two. Please keep up the discussion, as I'll be back. Laters.

I shall, its been in development for almost two years now but things are really coming together. to elaborate on your question before Rise-chan about why the world is crafted only for alice.

it is an escape. she is a teenager that is about to go through one of the most intense couple of years anyone faces...puberty! and this coupled with her horrible accident and disfigurement leads to alot of emotions and pain. she is crippled, she can't speak, and she is scared by burns and cuts from the crash. but even if you take these things away she is now faced with growing emotions, changes in herself both mentally and physically, and so she escapes. but your subconcious is a dangerous place to be and even if she is the perfect 'alice' in her mind, reality is always right there when she wakes up.