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Post by grahamthomson on Apr 13, 2011 7:06:29 GMT
Attention writers!
Have you old stories (text or strip) that haven't been seen, read or talked about in a good few years? I think you should dust them off and showcase them back on the Internet!
You could post them here, add them to the Underbase, put them on your blog/web site or film yourself reading them aloud on Youtube.
Or, even better, let's have something new from you!
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 13, 2011 8:07:48 GMT
I prefer to leave a lot of my old stuff gathering dust, to be honest. I will provide it to interested parties on an individual basis, but don't really wish for it to be 'showcased' by me or anyone else.
But I'm enjoying doing a bit of new stuff at the mo! And there's more to come!
Martin
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Post by grahamthomson on Apr 13, 2011 8:14:47 GMT
But I'm enjoying doing a bit of new stuff at the mo! And there's more to come! Yay! As for your old stuff, I was actually browsing through my Welsh On A Deal disc last night... there are some real gems from a lot of members in there. And, just to inflate your ego a little, when I first joined TMUK I was glued to your Masterforce stories and Beyond the Dream as well. Also the untold stories of Nebulous as well, was very well done. |
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Post by Dave on Apr 13, 2011 8:50:51 GMT
Every now and then I'll try to do something but I just can't seem to get a TF story out of myself. I occasionally have vague ideas that turn in to a comedic take - sadly minus any funny  |
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Post by blueshift on Apr 13, 2011 9:04:18 GMT
I have been wrestling with some dreadful writers block at the moment  |
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Post by skillex on Apr 13, 2011 9:25:33 GMT
I recently tried to write something again - it has been a gap of many years! - but didn't finish it. I'm off work on holidays at the moment but ironically have far too much work to do on them to sit and write TF |
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Post by grahamthomson on Apr 13, 2011 9:32:49 GMT
How about setting a word limit, even if it's just 100 words?
I've had terrible writer's block in recent months. Committing to a fixed amount of pages to stories in a regular fanzine can actually be quite stifling, creatively. Especially so if it's a multi-part work.
Sometimes it can refreshing to just write a story with no "publishing" end point and just post it online when it's done.
Plus, for me, getting feedback is a huge, huge motivator.
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Post by jameso on Apr 13, 2011 11:16:29 GMT
Hey Graham if your publishing company can publish books and you wanted to print some kind of TMUK the best fanfiction volume 1 book, I'd buy one.  |
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Post by grahamthomson on Apr 13, 2011 11:23:18 GMT
Comics and magazines we can and do print all day long, but, alas, a book is something we can't print as we don't have the equipment to do book binding.
Nice idea, though!
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Post by legios on Apr 13, 2011 11:56:13 GMT
I have several currently unfinished things, and some unstarted ideas floating around my head, which I must get around to polishing off and posting up here and on the egroup. I seem to have been caught in a bit of a block-cycle recently where I keep starting things but not finishing them.
Perhaps you have just delivered the kick I need to unjam myself a bit.
Karl
(as to representing some older stuff. There is some I might, and some I would probably rather not to be honest. Perhaps a browse through my back catalogue might be undertaken after my hobilays to see what there is that might warrant a reairing on the inter-tubes).
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Post by grahamthomson on Apr 13, 2011 12:00:57 GMT
I actually find reading through my old stuff (and often cringing at it) can lead to an injection of motivation.
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Post by jameso on Apr 13, 2011 12:15:24 GMT
Comics and magazines we can and do print all day long, but, alas, a book is something we can't print as we don't have the equipment to do book binding. Nice idea, though! Ah, that's a shame. |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 13, 2011 17:44:16 GMT
Without a deadline I am nothing these days. Planned co-writing work for this year's AA mag will be done when the time crunch is upon me.
I haven't managed to write a full story since, er, 2007. Eeek. Real Life and all that got in the way. I suspect whatever gets churned out for the AA mag will either be a last hurrah or a fresh start, depending how painful it turns out to be!
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 13, 2011 19:09:36 GMT
I have a fun little action-based story set-up idea following directly on from the end of 'Ancient Relics'. I wonder, if I posted the start of it, whether there would be interest among writers here to make a round robin of it?
I don't mean anything heavy like things we've done in the past - the first part that I have in my mind is about one page in length.
Any interest?
Martin
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