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Viv
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| BittenBuggy wrote: | | When I was in middle school (6th to 8th grade) I wrote a story about a unloved, lost teenager (seeing parallels?) who lived on the streets of Detroit. |
This reminds me of a lengthy story I wrote in middle school (400 or so handwritten pages). I'd been reading a lot of Russian novels and thought they were brilliant. Consequently all of my major characters committed suicide, perished under trains, or succombed to wasting illnesses. The one guy who was left alive at the end wrote a poem about how freakin sad he was.
Oh, that was bad stuff. |
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| Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2004 3:36 pm Post subject: Re: Worst Thing I Ever Wrote |
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| Lindorien wrote: | I have noticed a tendency in this thread to only note that which we wrote in our youth...
I, however, never had a youth. I sprang fully-formed, every gray hair, stretch mark and wrinkle intact from a Character Generator at the Barrow-Downs. |
Lindorien - You too?
| Lindorien wrote: | | I'd like to know what people have written that they are embarrassed about as an adult. |
Oh, as a angst-filled teenager with feelings no adult had ever had or could ever understand I scribbled in a journal and wrote lots of poetry of isolation. But all my fanfic writing has been as an adult -- an adult over 35 mind you -- the first being (as mentioned earlier) an unfinished Earth 2 Mary Sue (bad enough) that I still have tucked away on a CD-Rom somewhere (Okay, I'll know exactly where, but I'll never tell - you can't make me!).
So what does that say about us? Is it just coincidence that this is how old we are when fandom really starts taking off or that age brings it's own need for escape and expression?
Hmmmmmmm.
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BittenBuggy
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| Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2004 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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Well, by the time I was an adult, I had so many English/Composition classes that it was hard to write anything bad as far as characterization/plot etc. But then again, I don't think of stories as good or bad. Some you can just tell have more experience, or more natural talent. As far as story-line goes, I've only ever written LotR fan-fiction and while some of them were Mary-Sue, that doesn't always make them bad.
Of course, by no means am I saying that I'm some fantabulous writer, just that I know what a story should consist of and what makes it a "bad" story. My two cents 
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welll... I've known some adults who still does embarassing things anyways...  so... heck... I'll probably join their ranks anyways.[/i]
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my WORST fic ...mmmm.... heehee. right. 
I wrote my first story in first grade and it was about two little girls who get lost and are saved by a lassie-like dog named peanut. Yeah ... I never wrote again.... wait, that's a lie!!!!! next was a project in 9th grade about running away. But since I spent so much time writing about what I was going to bring with me, the teacher made me start again... I, on the other hand, was CONVINCED I could get all my books, two months worth of food, all my clothes, a sleeping bag, my dog and my rabbit in my backpack...  I just within the past year discovered fanfiction. Thus, in my 21 years I've only EVER written three stories and, yep, #3 is here. *sigh* I'm such a lost cause! I guess I liked posting here because nobody knows me ( ) and because people will review and give pointers... |
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The absolute worst thing I've EVER written? I was living in Florida 15 years ago, desperately looking for work as a Tech Writer (yes, Tech Writers CAN write fiction too!). I sent out probably 300 resumes to businesses in and around the Tampa Bay area, touting my abilities and years of experience as a Technical writer.
 Then, after I'd sent everything out, I realized I had misspelled the word "America" on my cover letter....and no, I didn't get any replies! |
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*snickers* That was an honest mistake! Poor you!
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Elvenesse
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I can't think of anything truly awful that I've written, except for mediocre LotR fanfiction. I wasn't inspired to write anything much when I was younger as I had a succession of bad English teachers and being dyslexic made me dislike writing anyway.
Now I love Arda too much to not try writing in it. I’m only 17 and so I suspect that when I look back in 1/5/10 years time everything I’ve written will seem crap. However, I took part in a challenge on HASA to write the best worst opening line, so I guess that qualifies.
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| Viv wrote: | This reminds me of a lengthy story I wrote in middle school (400 or so handwritten pages). I'd been reading a lot of Russian novels and thought they were brilliant. Consequently all of my major characters committed suicide, perished under trains, or succombed to wasting illnesses. The one guy who was left alive at the end wrote a poem about how freakin sad he was.
Oh, that was bad stuff. |
Oh sheesh, you had that middle school Anna Karenia phase too? I was SO obsessed with Count Vronsky.  It was sad, very sad. However I did learn about Russian history which was a good thing from my teen angst phase.
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| Quote: | | Then, after I'd sent everything out, I realized I had misspelled the word "America" on my cover letter....and no, I didn't get any replies! |
Don't worry, it wasn't until after my boyfriend's mother sent off her resume to apply for a job that she realised she had forgotten to change the file name from 'shit.doc'. Yeah, she didn't get the job either...
As for the worst thing I've written, mine really shows my relative youth - my early teens were spent writing Ian Thorpe fanfic (although I didn't realise it at the time). They always seemed to centre around me working as a sports journalist covering the swimming at the Sydney Olympics (my dream job at the time) and for some reason moving into the Olympic Village, preferably with Ian and the rest of my favourite Australian swimmers, all of whom would think I was so cool, in a platonic way of course, and take me out drinking and partying with them. Actually, I seem to remember the same plot being used in my other stories, except I'd be working as a surf journalist on the North Shore in Hawaii, living with a bunch of Australian surfers all of whom would adore me and take me drinking etc etc. They weren't bad as such, just very mary-sue like. I'm actually kind of sad I lost them all, because they were fun to write, especially since nobody else was going to see them.
In the LotR fandom I've only actually got the one story, an unfinished attempt to write a semi plausible girl falls into middle earth story.... well plausible if that girl had been previously running around in the Hitchhikers galaxy... umm yeah. That was mainly in there so I could use a babel fish to get around the language problems and a Zap-O-Kill to kill orcs. It now exists in three incarnations, the original, the attempts at rewriting it and the result of me getting bored with rewriting it and so deciding to MST it instead. Overall the MST is my favourite. Figures.
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My first LotR fanfic was a crossover with "Neverending story", set post-War, featuring an outstandingly lovely minstrel from Far Harad *hangs head in shame*. I shall say no more. It's too embarassing. Fortunately, the Internet wasn't yet around when it was written, so no one else have ever seen this monstrousity.
That cannot be said about several of my Dragonlance fics, however. Those are bad too. They're not Sues, and the plot is somewhat decent, but the writing is clished and pretentious to the extreme. And I didn't even have the "young age" excuse when I wrote them. My ears are flaming every time I look at them, but I don't take them down as a form of lesson (or punishment).
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NancyBrooke
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| Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 9:31 am Post subject: OT: Fic promotion |
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| Mitasova wrote: | Fortunately, the Internet wasn't yet around when it was written, so no one else have ever seen this monstrousity.
That cannot be said about several of my Dragonlance fics, however. Those are bad too.
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But, I happen to know, there is at least one fic of yours that no one has ever seen - okay, only a few people have seen - that is terrific. I'm sorry this is an ambush, of sorts  , but I'd like to see you post it someday. I still have a copy, you know ...
Forgive me my left-handed encouragement. 
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| Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 4:32 am Post subject: Re: OT: Fic promotion |
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| NancyBrooke wrote: | | I still have a copy, you know ... |
Funny that you mention it, Nancy, but not a week ago, due to the temporary halt in my current fic, I actually started working on it again. Granted, this has happened several times before, but still... I like the damned thing, I want it finished, but there's some mental block that I just can not overcome. It's frustrating like all get out, but there it is. *sigh* Okay, quit with the whining now...
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| nillaithial wrote: | The absolute worst thing I've EVER written? I was living in Florida 15 years ago, desperately looking for work as a Tech Writer (yes, Tech Writers CAN write fiction too!). I sent out probably 300 resumes to businesses in and around the Tampa Bay area, touting my abilities and years of experience as a Technical writer.
Then, after I'd sent everything out, I realized I had misspelled the word "America" on my cover letter....and no, I didn't get any replies! |
Hello to another tech writer! 
As for my worst piece of writing, I'm almost ashamed to admit it, just because it will so obviously reveal my age. I was about 15 years old at the time. My best friend and I co-wrote several totally AWFUL!! stories based on two of our favorite passions.
The first was the "Kilroy Was Here" story behind the Styx album of the same name. I was madly in love with Tommy Shaw, and she had a thing for Dennis DeYoung. You can image what the "plot" was like!
The second was the movie "St. Elmo's Fire." She was wild about Emilio Estevez' character, and I was thrilled with all of the others. The melodrama was absolutely nauseating! YUCK!! |
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NancyBrooke
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| artanisoflorien wrote: | | As for my worst piece of writing, I'm almost ashamed to admit it, just because it will so obviously reveal my age. |
Hello! Well, guessing from your references we're not that far apart in age (My husband still has a White Vinyl copy of a Styx album), and we're not alone on this site, I know.
So, cool, another person who might remember Quisp cereal.
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