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08-12-2007, 04:07 AM

I go by the name Mana usually (but, that name was taken, so I picked the first phrase off the top of my head).
I am only fifteen but I've been writing since elementary school (I've improved alot since then thank goodness). At first, I wrote fanfiction, but, now I'm more in to writing my own original romance.
On another site, people didn't like the idea for a story I was planning ("write about what you know!" and so on), but, I've always written stories about people different for me (for example, they're always male, older than me, and living in a different country).
I have a few novels in progress right now (about five I think), but, my problem is that I've never finished one. I get alot of really interesting ideas, but, they never really go anywhere. These five I hope to finish eventually!!!

things about me:
I never have female characters. The only time I had a main female character was in two stories in elementary school. After that, I never had anymore.

I like to use Japanese emoticons (I have an interest in Japanese culture and I've been studying the language for about...seven years now, I think.

I don't feel like counting it.)

Yes, I like Japanese culture, but that doesn't mean I'm a raging anime fan. I enjoy anime, but, it's not my life.

My stories always take place in either New York, California, England, or somewhere in Japan.

I'm really shy about sharing my work on the internet (I'm fine with friends, because, they like the kind of things I write)

I write realistic fiction, so I've decided to venture out and write a fantasy novel. I've never done this before so.........

Alright, I guess that's it.
I hope that I will enjoy it here.

Yeshanu · 08-12-2007, 04:14 AM

Hi, MilkChan! Welcome to the Cooler.

If we only wrote about what we know first-hand, literature would be full of very boring autobiographies, and not much else. But if you'd like some advice (and this from someone who's only a little further along the path than you seem to be), take one of those five novels you're writing, concentrate on it, and finish it!

I learned a lot just from finishing my first novel. True, it wasn't the best, and I'm bogged down in the rewrite, but if I'd stopped in the middle and started another, I don't think I would have learned half as much as I did...

Hoping this make sense, and again, welcome!

08-12-2007, 04:18 AM

Thank you (^_^)v
I should probably just concetrate on one at a time. But my friends are always demanding different ones! ("Hey, did you continue the story with the British people?" "What about Orochimaru??? -cry-")
I'm going to concentrate on that fantasy novel for now, then, since it's something new for me.

Yeshanu · 08-12-2007, 05:12 AM

Go for it, MilkChan! The fact that your friends want you to read your stories is a great incentive, but don't let them rule the process.

Ol' Fashioned Girl · 08-12-2007, 05:50 AM

Welcome to AW!

Glenda · 08-12-2007, 06:24 AM

and

to the Water Cooler.

PeeDee · 08-12-2007, 07:53 AM

Welcome to AW! I also am very fond of Japanese culture. Particularly that bit of it which results in me getting fed interesting food!

Cath · 08-12-2007, 12:40 PM

Welcome to the Cooler, MilkChan

Rhea L · 08-12-2007, 01:22 PM

Welcome! Enjoy your stay. You'll definitely find others who share your interests - those other than writing, of course - and who will be happy to help you any way they can. ^^

Bartholomew · 08-12-2007, 01:52 PM

歓迎!

joyce · 08-12-2007, 06:37 PM

Don't worry, I started writing when I was around 15 and it's only taken me 30 years to finally finish one.

Melanie Lane · 08-12-2007, 07:20 PM

I'm fifteen, too. I started out writing fanfiction, and what do you know? Now I have a completed novel on my hands!

Good Luck!

Go for it!

Just Mike · 08-12-2007, 09:04 PM

Don't worry so much about general writing advice. "Write what you know" is a limiting doctrine, and we fantasy writers sneer menacingly at limitation. (Or at least this one does. Of course, I practice my menacing sneer upwards of four hours a day, so . . .)

Take what pleases you and leave the rest.

JJ Cooper · 08-13-2007, 02:05 PM

Welcome.

JJ

bt_author · 08-14-2007, 04:05 PM

Hey MilkChan123 (Mana)

Welcome to AW.

I'm in full agreement with Yeshanu. Although I haven't been writing for anywhere near as long as most here (I've only been at this for around 8 months - serious writing for 8 months) Splitting your focus too far becomes deterimental. Narrowing it to much isn't good either as that opens you up to the dreaded writers block.

Keep a couple of things on the burners and rotate between them, but don't keep adding things or you'll never finish anything.

Above all else - keep writing and keep enjoying it.

BT

Afinerosesheis · 08-14-2007, 04:52 PM

Welcome Milkchan. I was writing at your age too, but didn't do anything seriously until recently. I think you will like it here at AW. It is a great place to pick up all sorts of pointers to help you along the way. At your age, I was not fortunate enough to have all this at my fingertips, so you are more the luckier to be able to talk with other writers. Still, don't forget to be young and enjoy all your friends and social activities.

Best wishes! mel

misslissy · 08-14-2007, 10:27 PM

Welcome Mana and best wishes here at AW! You'll find there are quite a few other young writers around here, myself included. Don't let anybody tell you what you can and can't write, and above all have fun!

Good luck on finishing one of your novels, I find myself unable to concentrate on just one most of the time as well.

Lissy

Symphony · 08-14-2007, 10:50 PM

Hello there,

Welcome. Great to see you here. Hope you get motivated now to start on one of those novels and write, write, write till you get to the end. Have fun with it, too - and don't worry too much about the critics till you're at the editing point.

Good luck
Symphony

08-12-2007, 04:07 AM	#1
MilkChan123 Guest Posts: n/a	(｡･ω･)ﾉﾞｺﾝﾁｬ♪ I go by the name Mana usually (but, that name was taken, so I picked the first phrase off the top of my head). I am only fifteen but I've been writing since elementary school (I've improved alot since then thank goodness). At first, I wrote fanfiction, but, now I'm more in to writing my own original romance. On another site, people didn't like the idea for a story I was planning ("write about what you know!" and so on), but, I've always written stories about people different for me (for example, they're always male, older than me, and living in a different country). I have a few novels in progress right now (about five I think), but, my problem is that I've never finished one. I get alot of really interesting ideas, but, they never really go anywhere. These five I hope to finish eventually!!! things about me: I never have female characters. The only time I had a main female character was in two stories in elementary school. After that, I never had anymore. I like to use Japanese emoticons (I have an interest in Japanese culture and I've been studying the language for about...seven years now, I think. I don't feel like counting it.) Yes, I like Japanese culture, but that doesn't mean I'm a raging anime fan. I enjoy anime, but, it's not my life. My stories always take place in either New York, California, England, or somewhere in Japan. I'm really shy about sharing my work on the internet (I'm fine with friends, because, they like the kind of things I write) I write realistic fiction, so I've decided to venture out and write a fantasy novel. I've never done this before so......... Alright, I guess that's it. I hope that I will enjoy it here.

08-12-2007, 04:14 AM	#2
Yeshanu Elf Queen Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Up a Tree Posts: 6,674	Hi, MilkChan! Welcome to the Cooler. If we only wrote about what we know first-hand, literature would be full of very boring autobiographies, and not much else. But if you'd like some advice (and this from someone who's only a little further along the path than you seem to be), take one of those five novels you're writing, concentrate on it, and finish it! I learned a lot just from finishing my first novel. True, it wasn't the best, and I'm bogged down in the rewrite, but if I'd stopped in the middle and started another, I don't think I would have learned half as much as I did... Hoping this make sense, and again, welcome! __________________ Look, Ma! No box!

08-12-2007, 05:12 AM	#4
Yeshanu Elf Queen Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Up a Tree Posts: 6,674	Go for it, MilkChan! The fact that your friends want you to read your stories is a great incentive, but don't let them rule the process. __________________ Look, Ma! No box!

08-12-2007, 05:50 AM	#5
Ol' Fashioned Girl It's a Bird! It's a plane! It's an AW Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tornado Central Posts: 14,790	Welcome to AW! __________________ aka: OFG Click us... come on! Click us. You want to. You know you do.

08-12-2007, 06:24 AM	#6
Glenda practical experience, FTW Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 630	and to the Water Cooler. __________________ *Glenda Wilson* Join me @ my hangout. Writer's Haven I have my own Space, feel free to Be My Friend

08-12-2007, 04:18 AM	#3
MilkChan123 Guest Posts: n/a	Thank you (^_^)v I should probably just concetrate on one at a time. But my friends are always demanding different ones! ("Hey, did you continue the story with the British people?" "What about Orochimaru??? -cry-") I'm going to concentrate on that fantasy novel for now, then, since it's something new for me.

08-12-2007, 07:53 AM	#7
PeeDee Where's my tea, please...? Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 11,740	Welcome to AW! I also am very fond of Japanese culture. Particularly that bit of it which results in me getting fed interesting food!

08-12-2007, 12:40 PM	#8
Cath English Rose AW Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Here. Somewhere. Probably. Posts: 7,203	Welcome to the Cooler, MilkChan __________________ Cath www.cathsmith.com "Many and various, strange and multitudinous are the friends that befriend me in this world, yet I never found one false or that did not surpass me in some virtue." Wilfred Owen in a letter home.

08-12-2007, 01:22 PM	#9
Rhea L -enchanter- Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 121	Welcome! Enjoy your stay. You'll definitely find others who share your interests - those other than writing, of course - and who will be happy to help you any way they can. ^^ __________________ Current WiP: Chant of the Fallen :: 151k words. First draft - FINISHED!

08-12-2007, 01:52 PM	#10
Bartholomew 我的身分還是秘密. Join Date: May 2006 Location: 神出鬼没像那暗夜的噩夢. Posts: 8,292	歓迎! __________________ Blog \| Twitter \| Facebook \|AW Critique Board Hobos \| My Publications

08-12-2007, 06:37 PM	#11
joyce I'm really shy... Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,656	Don't worry, I started writing when I was around 15 and it's only taken me 30 years to finally finish one.

08-12-2007, 07:20 PM	#12
Melanie Lane practical experience, FTW Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Pluto Posts: 169	I'm fifteen, too. I started out writing fanfiction, and what do you know? Now I have a completed novel on my hands! Good Luck! Go for it! __________________ *"Remember, you are unique, just like everybody else!"* Novels TF (formerly TA, TO, TAO, etc. plus two sequels). 87,000 Status: Rejection Land ~~WIPs~~ The Nosundays: 2,000/????

08-12-2007, 09:04 PM	#13
Just Mike A trifle upsetting, isn't he Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Wherever they'll have me. Posts: 343	Don't worry so much about general writing advice. "Write what you know" is a limiting doctrine, and we fantasy writers sneer menacingly at limitation. (Or at least this one does. Of course, I practice my menacing sneer upwards of four hours a day, so . . .) Take what pleases you and leave the rest. __________________ Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of--but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards. (Lazarus Long)

08-13-2007, 02:05 PM	#14
JJ Cooper . Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: On a big Island Posts: 2,511	Welcome. JJ __________________ My first thriller, The Interrogator, was published by Random House Australia in August 2009. My second, Deadly Trust, was published by Random House Australia in August 2010. Random House Page - 'White knuckle writing from Australia's answer to Andy McNab' www.jjcooperauthor.com 'Raw, tough, and uncompromising - exactly what a great thriller needs to be.' Lee Child, International bestselling author 'A rip-roaring plot that bursts from the gate and never lets up.' Lisa Unger, International bestselling author 'Packed with intrigue and authentic detail, full of twists, THE INTERROGATOR is a memorable debut.' Jeff Abbott, International bestselling author

08-14-2007, 04:05 PM	#15
bt_author figuring it all out Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 62	Hey MilkChan123 (Mana) Welcome to AW. I'm in full agreement with Yeshanu. Although I haven't been writing for anywhere near as long as most here (I've only been at this for around 8 months - serious writing for 8 months) Splitting your focus too far becomes deterimental. Narrowing it to much isn't good either as that opens you up to the dreaded writers block. Keep a couple of things on the burners and rotate between them, but don't keep adding things or you'll never finish anything. Above all else - keep writing and keep enjoying it. BT __________________ "Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work." - Stephen King My Website = http://bt-author.tripod.com/ My Blog = http://musingsofanaussiewriter.blogspot.com WIP = Fantasy Novel (Tigers Eye) in 4th revision

08-14-2007, 04:52 PM	#16
Afinerosesheis The One and Only Romantiac Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Where Passions Lie Posts: 1,190	Welcome Milkchan. I was writing at your age too, but didn't do anything seriously until recently. I think you will like it here at AW. It is a great place to pick up all sorts of pointers to help you along the way. At your age, I was not fortunate enough to have all this at my fingertips, so you are more the luckier to be able to talk with other writers. Still, don't forget to be young and enjoy all your friends and social activities. Best wishes! mel __________________ In memory of my stepfather, Ed. 7/1938-2/11/2008 My puppy Porkchop

08-14-2007, 10:27 PM	#17
misslissy Only a sassbucket sometimes. Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,647	Welcome Mana and best wishes here at AW! You'll find there are quite a few other young writers around here, myself included. Don't let anybody tell you what you can and can't write, and above all have fun! Good luck on finishing one of your novels, I find myself unable to concentrate on just one most of the time as well. Lissy

08-14-2007, 10:50 PM	#18
Symphony practical experience, FTW Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Brighton, UK Posts: 248	Hello there, Welcome. Great to see you here. Hope you get motivated now to start on one of those novels and write, write, write till you get to the end. Have fun with it, too - and don't worry too much about the critics till you're at the editing point. Good luck Symphony __________________ Building on my successful reintroduction to writing in September ... JHS October: 0/15 Blog entries: 0/10 Minimum 100 words/day

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