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Post by loupy on Dec 7, 2011 0:23:38 GMT
Hi Laura, Thanks for signing up and welcome! I haven't ever had any experience in Screenwriting, I'd love to learn some more about it! Bedtime at 7am?! I'm in bed at 10:30pm! Haha! Bx Yeah I've always been sort of a nigh owl, but for the past few years I've been working until 3 a.m. , then I get off work and want to catch up on TV or this and that and before I know it the sun is up! Ahh I try not to stay up so late but I can't seem to help it. Screenwriting is fun, but really different from novels or short stories or something like that. Luckily there are some free screenwriting software out there (celtx is what I like) That actually formats the script for you, because there are A LOT of formatting rules (for instance they ALL have to be typed in Courier 12 pt font). Anywho, formatting aside - I really do love screenwriting. Its so different though. You can't have anything such as "the brown desk was so old and expensive looking that she stood there for five minutes in awe of the beauty." Instead it would have to be something more along the lines of "In the corner is beautiful old desk that she stares at." It has to all be in present tense (and I ALWAYS have to change my tense from past to present because no matter how hard I try to think to myself to not type in past tense... I manage to slip up!) Anyway I am not an expert on screenwriting at all but I could just go on and on... I'm like a screenwriting nerd or something.
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Post by ottabelle on Dec 7, 2011 0:52:39 GMT
Hi Laura! Nice to have more people starting to come here. Looking forward to seeing anything you want to share.
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Post by 4amWriter on Dec 7, 2011 2:08:02 GMT
Hi Loupy and Ottabelle! I'm so glad to see you visiting the forums!
limebirdkate
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Post by sharon2306 on Dec 7, 2011 10:43:11 GMT
Hi everyone. I'm Sharon from East Yorkshire in England. I work in a GP practice which isn't exactly my dream job but it pays the bills and has provided me with some amusing inspiration. I used to write all the time when I was a teenager. The only thing that stopped me writing was when I was reading. Then I got married, had children and just stopped. Inspiration seemed to desert me and writing seemed like another lifetime. I'm not sure what kickstarted my dreams again. I've always read a lot and about eight years ago I signed up for a degree in literature with the Open University which I really loved. Having got my degree a couple of years ago I retreated back to just reading for pleasure. Then one day I was reading a novel and suddenly thought, this is rubbish. I could do better than this. (Not being conceited there, it was a truly dreadful novel. Most novels leave me awestruck but not this one). Anyway, I kept writing first chapters and then criticising them and throwing them away (stop me if I'm boring you!) In May this year I was on my way to Somerset for a holiday and suddenly these characters just popped into my head (don't worry I wasn't driving) and I grabbed a notebook and pen at the first shop we called into and began jotting down some ideas. In fact, I pretty much ignored hubby all through the holiday as I had so much going on in my head. Then I came home and put the notebook away, but the ideas just kept buzzing around. When I heard about NaNoWriMo I thought it was the perfect excuse to make a start on the novel. I hoped that I would manage the 50,000 but I more than doubled that total in the end. I now have a completed first draft which is the first time I have ever done that. I have stepped away from the work until January so I can read it again with fresh perspective, but yesterday I wrote a short story (my first in six years) so I think I am definitely bitten with the writing bug again. I love all sorts of books, sagas, murder mystery, chick lit, paranormal, and I even read children's books, especially pony books as I love horses, too. My favourite authors are too numerous to mention really. They range from Jilly Cooper to Phil Rickman to Jane Austen. My favourite novel is probably Jane Eyre. I just love that book. I am also a grandmother to two very young boys and a baby girl with another girl due to arrive in January so I am very busy. Sorry if this was too long. I am a bit of a chatterbox when I get going, I'm afraid.
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Post by 4amWriter on Dec 7, 2011 11:03:50 GMT
Hi Sharon! Welcome! It's great to have you on board here at Limebird. I absolutely love your personal story about getting back to writing after having been away from it for so long.
That's how it was for me, too. I stopped writing for numerous reasons, had a family, tried to find satisfaction in everyday life. Then one day I was so miserable about my life that I started clacking away on the laptop and wrote a short story in a matter of hours. I don't think a day has gone by when I haven't written something. That was 9 years ago!
So, I can completely relate to your having "found" writing again. That passion never completely leaves us, I think. That is why when we rediscover it, it fills us up full-force!
Enjoy perusing the forums here and make sure you take a look at the blog and never be afraid to post anything here! We Limebirds love chattering about writing!!
Limebirdkate
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Post by sharon2306 on Dec 7, 2011 11:10:27 GMT
Thank you! Wish I'd realised this forum was here ages ago. Thank goodness for Twitter or I may never have found you.
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Post by limebirdwriters on Dec 7, 2011 11:18:57 GMT
Hi Sharon,
A massive Limebird welcome to the forums!
I'm so glad you have found us and also that you have rediscovered your love of writing!
LimebirdBeth
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Post by ottabelle on Dec 8, 2011 2:02:37 GMT
Your story is great, Sharon. Good luck editing your draft.
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Post by ashleybs18 on Dec 9, 2011 15:05:22 GMT
Hi,
My name is Ashley Salazar and I love writing. I currently write stories for the children at our school (well... the younger ones anyway).
I am the second part of the partnership that founded Amas Group, a very small two room school dedicated to helping children in my community who live in trash dumps and drink water from running rain water or from anywhere they can obtain it when it isn't raining (which is six months of the year).
I would like to write some things and gain some feedback if anyone would care to comment. I am originally from the country of Nicaragua, so my first language is Spanish. However, my mother was a highly respected teacher and worked all of her life so that I could go to the US and study, which I accomplished before she passed on.
I have since returned home to carry on my mothers idea of helping our children and teach them everything we possibly can, to show them that their future doesn't have to be living in a tin can and dying without accomplishing anything important in life.
A.M.A.S is an acronym for Academia Matematicas de Amanda Salazar (Math Academy of Amanda Salazar) and is inspired by the sheer determination my mother had for increasing education. She also started a school that grew to be much bigger than ours, though the city took it over once she passed on.
AMAS is also the word love in my native language, and thus the reason we were so proud to carry it. Though the acronym was completely by accident, and we hadn't even noticed for about a full year.
Today, I write my short stories that are inspired by the children we see daily, and I hope when reading them you can feel how I felt when writing them. I hope that my writing voice can convey the true pleasure, pain, hope, and sadness that I feel when envisioning them.
Thank you for your time,
Ashley
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Post by limebirdwriters on Dec 9, 2011 15:45:34 GMT
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Post by chrisjames282 on Dec 9, 2011 17:38:07 GMT
Hi Limebirds! My name is Chris James and I'm an indie writer with two novels published so far. I stumbled on here and registered a couple of weeks ago but things have been, shall we say, a little hectic. First I'd like to say that I really like the site: the layout is good and the whole "lime" theme is very distinctive. I think Limebird could go a long way [cross fingers/touch wood!] and am glad to be here near the beginning. Generally I write sci-fi or take sci-fi tropes and work them into other themes. My first novel, Class Action, is a court-room drama/political thriller set about 20 years in the future, with a dollop of sci-fi worked in as a new type of powerful brain-scanning technology. My second novel, called The Dimension Researcher, takes the sub-genre of Alternative Reality to its logical conclusion: set in 2068, a scientific facility sends dimension researchers to alternative universes to investigate how things worked out in different histories. Obviously things start to go pear-shaped right from the first page for our hero, who ends up with all sorts of problems. On my website (http://www.chrisjames.eu) I also have two short stories available for free. Anyway, enough of me shamelessly plugging my writing. You've done a good job here Limebirds. I'll be checking back regularly and will post as often as I can (although not this evening because Dimension Researcher on Amazon US got a thumping 5* review and I'm going to sink a few beers in that reader's honour! ;-))
All the best,
Chris
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Post by 4amWriter on Dec 9, 2011 18:31:05 GMT
Hi, My name is Ashley Salazar and I love writing. I currently write stories for the children at our school (well... the younger ones anyway). I am the second part of the partnership that founded Amas Group, a very small two room school dedicated to helping children in my community who live in trash dumps and drink water from running rain water or from anywhere they can obtain it when it isn't raining (which is six months of the year). I would like to write some things and gain some feedback if anyone would care to comment. I am originally from the country of Nicaragua, so my first language is Spanish. However, my mother was a highly respected teacher and worked all of her life so that I could go to the US and study, which I accomplished before she passed on. I have since returned home to carry on my mothers idea of helping our children and teach them everything we possibly can, to show them that their future doesn't have to be living in a tin can and dying without accomplishing anything important in life. A.M.A.S is an acronym for Academia Matematicas de Amanda Salazar (Math Academy of Amanda Salazar) and is inspired by the sheer determination my mother had for increasing education. She also started a school that grew to be much bigger than ours, though the city took it over once she passed on. AMAS is also the word love in my native language, and thus the reason we were so proud to carry it. Though the acronym was completely by accident, and we hadn't even noticed for about a full year. Today, I write my short stories that are inspired by the children we see daily, and I hope when reading them you can feel how I felt when writing them. I hope that my writing voice can convey the true pleasure, pain, hope, and sadness that I feel when envisioning them. Thank you for your time, Ashley Greetings Ashley! Welcome to the forums. You already have me hooked into your stories, and I haven't even read them yet. That's quite a gift. I look forward to seeing what you've been working on. Limebirdkate
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Post by 4amWriter on Dec 9, 2011 18:34:25 GMT
Hi Limebirds! My name is Chris James and I'm an indie writer with two novels published so far. I stumbled on here and registered a couple of weeks ago but things have been, shall we say, a little hectic. First I'd like to say that I really like the site: the layout is good and the whole "lime" theme is very distinctive. I think Limebird could go a long way [cross fingers/touch wood!] and am glad to be here near the beginning. Generally I write sci-fi or take sci-fi tropes and work them into other themes. My first novel, Class Action, is a court-room drama/political thriller set about 20 years in the future, with a dollop of sci-fi worked in as a new type of powerful brain-scanning technology. My second novel, called The Dimension Researcher, takes the sub-genre of Alternative Reality to its logical conclusion: set in 2068, a scientific facility sends dimension researchers to alternative universes to investigate how things worked out in different histories. Obviously things start to go pear-shaped right from the first page for our hero, who ends up with all sorts of problems. On my website (http://www.chrisjames.eu) I also have two short stories available for free. Anyway, enough of me shamelessly plugging my writing. You've done a good job here Limebirds. I'll be checking back regularly and will post as often as I can (although not this evening because Dimension Researcher on Amazon US got a thumping 5* review and I'm going to sink a few beers in that reader's honour! ;-)) All the best, Chris Hi Chris! So glad to have you on board the forums. I'm liking the sound of your work. Even though I'm not much of a sci-fi reader I am impressed by anyone who can write it! I will definitely check out your website, and congratulations on the 5 star review. ;D Limebirdkate
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Post by ottabelle on Dec 9, 2011 19:11:45 GMT
Welcome both of you. Looking forward to seeing you both around.
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Post by limebirdwriters on Dec 11, 2011 16:10:26 GMT
Hi Limebirds! My name is Chris James and I'm an indie writer with two novels published so far. I stumbled on here and registered a couple of weeks ago but things have been, shall we say, a little hectic. First I'd like to say that I really like the site: the layout is good and the whole "lime" theme is very distinctive. I think Limebird could go a long way [cross fingers/touch wood!] and am glad to be here near the beginning. Generally I write sci-fi or take sci-fi tropes and work them into other themes. My first novel, Class Action, is a court-room drama/political thriller set about 20 years in the future, with a dollop of sci-fi worked in as a new type of powerful brain-scanning technology. My second novel, called The Dimension Researcher, takes the sub-genre of Alternative Reality to its logical conclusion: set in 2068, a scientific facility sends dimension researchers to alternative universes to investigate how things worked out in different histories. Obviously things start to go pear-shaped right from the first page for our hero, who ends up with all sorts of problems. On my website (http://www.chrisjames.eu) I also have two short stories available for free. Anyway, enough of me shamelessly plugging my writing. You've done a good job here Limebirds. I'll be checking back regularly and will post as often as I can (although not this evening because Dimension Researcher on Amazon US got a thumping 5* review and I'm going to sink a few beers in that reader's honour! ;-)) All the best, Chris Hi Chris, Hello and welcome to the Limebird Forums! Ohh wow, are your books kindle or paperback? I do like a bit of sci-fi! Thank you, that's really kind! I'm glad to here it's easy to use as that's something that's really important! Haha, don't be silly, we love finding new writers! Wow, congratulations on the 5* review, that's great! Go you!! Beth
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