First attempt at writing...

lmc78 · 07-10-2012, 07:48 PM

Hey everyone! When I say I'm new, I mean I'm really new. I've only been writing a little less than a month. I got started on a whim, and have been obsessed since. It's all I think about, so I've definitely been bitten by the writing bug.

ralf58 · 07-10-2012, 07:52 PM

Welcome. You've embarked on a grand journey.

ohthatmomagain · 07-10-2012, 07:54 PM

Everyone starts somewhere. At one time or another, all of us here had 'only' been writing for a month. Stick with it, and welcome!

lmc78 · 07-10-2012, 08:03 PM

Thank you so much!

Lavern08 · 07-10-2012, 08:07 PM

jmare · 07-10-2012, 08:09 PM

Hello.

katelynlea123 · 07-10-2012, 08:24 PM

Welcome! I'm fairly new here too and believe me it's one of the best things that ever happened to me as a writer.

Fair warning: it only gets harder. It's not always fun. Eventually your work will break your freaking soul, but don't let that hinder you. Keep writing, sally forth and don't give up, and you'll do just fine.

lmc78 · 07-10-2012, 08:26 PM

Thanks for the words of encouragement. I really appreciate it. I've had friends read the 8 chapters I've written so far and they are all very encouraging, but it's hard to trust what they say. Most people don't want to hurt your feelings. Which is nice, of course, unless you are wanting brutal honesty. Thanks again everyone!

randi.lee · 07-10-2012, 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lmc78

Hey everyone! When I say I'm new, I mean I'm really new. I've only been writing a little less than a month. I got started on a whim, and have been obsessed since. It's all I think about, so I've definitely been bitten by the writing bug.

Welcome, and enjoy the ride!

KateJJ · 07-10-2012, 08:49 PM

Good luck! Work hard! You'll only improve by doing, so keep writing. Writing is a journey and every step is wonderful.

regdog · 07-10-2012, 08:56 PM

Take some time and read the Newbie Guide and the Stickies found
at the top of Forum pages. They are your best guide to learning about
Absolute Write.

Don’t forget to read the FAQ regarding posting pictures at AW.

Members who want to start a thread in Share Your Work to have work critiqued need
50 posts. Don’t make a mad dash to reach your 50 posts. Take some time to greet fellow newbies,
critique other members’ works, or join a discussion.

Announcements, Events and Self Promotion is for active members only. All obvious spam will be deleted on sight!

thehairymob · 07-10-2012, 09:08 PM

Nickie · 07-10-2012, 09:26 PM

Hello there, and welcome to the forums!

CALVIN M · 07-10-2012, 09:36 PM

Well IMC78. Let's hope you can keep up the obession. Becuse writing is a blast. If you've got any kind of imagination at all, you can go a long way. Guidance in the right direction doesn't hurt either, and I fully believe you can get some of that here.

heyjude · 07-10-2012, 10:01 PM

Tepelus · 07-10-2012, 11:24 PM

Hello, and welcome!

r_rian · 07-10-2012, 11:27 PM

Welcome to AW!

ZeroSuit · 07-10-2012, 11:40 PM

Welcome!

Writing is a love/hate relationship for me, but in the end, I find myself going right back to it, trapped in it's snare. Enjoy all of the emotions it brings you. Get stubborn with your work, for it helps you become the best you. Stay confident and don't ever give up on your new found talent! Good luck, babe.

SportsBooks · 07-11-2012, 01:09 AM

Welcome and Good Luck

jvc · 07-11-2012, 02:31 AM

Greetings and welcome back to the watercooler

Take a wander around the various forums, there's lots to see and lots to learn, and even some fun threads too. Come along and pop on over to the Newbie Pub (at the top of the Newbie forum) and say hi, there's plenty of friendly faces that you can chat with and lots of banter. There's also the Question of the Week thread at the top of the Newbie forum where you can answer random questions.

Don't forget to read the newbie guide, and if you want to know what all the buttons mean check out this thread.

Griffin Hayes · 07-11-2012, 04:06 AM

Welcome!

Beachgirl · 07-11-2012, 06:49 AM

Michael_T · 07-11-2012, 07:01 AM

Welcome. Only writing a month and you have 8 chapters in something...that's really cranking it out for a newbie!

rwm4768 · 07-11-2012, 08:54 AM

Welcome. Enjoy the experience. Writing is the greatest thing in the world. Nothing is better than coming up with your own stories.

KellyAssauer · 08-03-2012, 01:42 AM

Hi LMC!

Welcome to AW!

Don't forget to read about AW basics in the Newbie Guide!

Questions about this software can be found in the FAQ's menu in the handy blue bar at the 'top' of this page.

This common acronym list helps identify our mystifying abbreviations.

Before you ask that Newbie question!!
See if Katiemac has the answer here.

Check out: Sara's 10 Basic Writing Tips.

If you're looking for critiques please read the 50 Post rule.

Questions about posting writing to the Share Your Work (SYW) area
and explained here. This link covers the most common problems found in the Share Your Work *Worth reading no matter how long you have been here!*

AW is a community built on the foundations of respecting your fellow writer and helping each other, it's the basic building blocks of how and why AW works.

Welcome to our community! =)

-kelly-

07-10-2012, 07:48 PM	#1
lmc78 New Fish; Learning About Thick Skin Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 12	First attempt at writing... Hey everyone! When I say I'm new, I mean I'm really new. I've only been writing a little less than a month. I got started on a whim, and have been obsessed since. It's all I think about, so I've definitely been bitten by the writing bug.

07-10-2012, 07:52 PM	#2
ralf58 shhh, I'm writing Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: northeastern Illinois Posts: 454	Welcome. You've embarked on a grand journey. __________________ "Any writer . . . finds that the things which hurt him and the things which helped him cannot be divorced from each other."—James Baldwin WIP: Historical fiction—TAMB (title is a state secret )

07-10-2012, 07:54 PM	#3
ohthatmomagain writing, working, weeping, winning Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 587	Everyone starts somewhere. At one time or another, all of us here had 'only' been writing for a month. Stick with it, and welcome! __________________ available now CROSSING THE DEEP-- Out Now SAINT SLOAN ...every saint as a past... Twitter: @martieKay

07-10-2012, 08:07 PM	#5
Lavern08 DANG! Join Date: May 2009 Location: 7th Heaven Posts: 13,529	__________________ "Some day, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me - Don Vito Corleone .................................................. .................................................. ..........

07-10-2012, 08:49 PM	#10
KateJJ coffee and pistols at dawn Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 751	Good luck! Work hard! You'll only improve by doing, so keep writing. Writing is a journey and every step is wonderful. __________________ Fantasy 1, preparing to query Fantasy 2 first draft done Campy space opera: 50,000/115,000

07-10-2012, 08:03 PM	#4
lmc78 New Fish; Learning About Thick Skin Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 12	Thank you so much!

07-10-2012, 08:09 PM	#6
jmare My own worst enemy Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: California Posts: 605	Hello.

07-10-2012, 08:24 PM	#7
katelynlea123 New Fish; Learning About Thick Skin Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 47	Welcome! I'm fairly new here too and believe me it's one of the best things that ever happened to me as a writer. Fair warning: it only gets harder. It's not always fun. Eventually your work will break your freaking soul, but don't let that hinder you. Keep writing, sally forth and don't give up, and you'll do just fine.

07-10-2012, 08:26 PM	#8
lmc78 New Fish; Learning About Thick Skin Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 12	Thanks for the words of encouragement. I really appreciate it. I've had friends read the 8 chapters I've written so far and they are all very encouraging, but it's hard to trust what they say. Most people don't want to hurt your feelings. Which is nice, of course, unless you are wanting brutal honesty. Thanks again everyone!

07-10-2012, 08:56 PM	#11
regdog Starscream AW Moderator Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Admit it, you'd go Decepticon for him too Posts: 34,364	Take some time and read the Newbie Guide and the Stickies found at the top of Forum pages. They are your best guide to learning about Absolute Write. Don’t forget to read the FAQ regarding posting pictures at AW. Members who want to start a thread in Share Your Work to have work critiqued need 50 posts. Don’t make a mad dash to reach your 50 posts. Take some time to greet fellow newbies, critique other members’ works, or join a discussion. Announcements, Events and Self Promotion is for active members only. All obvious spam will be deleted on sight! __________________ A DOG OF WAR Click the cover, it's a link Loyal Tierza struggles through the heartache and despair of WW2 to find her boy. My First Blog-Marriage My Second Blog-The Boy In The Striped Pajamas Help find Tracey Cooeedownunder's sister is missing No Rest For the Wicked Click to buy. Haggis has a story in it.

07-10-2012, 09:08 PM	#12
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07-10-2012, 09:26 PM	#13
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07-10-2012, 09:36 PM	#14
CALVIN M practical experience, FTW Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Ottawa area Canada Posts: 535	Well IMC78. Let's hope you can keep up the obession. Becuse writing is a blast. If you've got any kind of imagination at all, you can go a long way. Guidance in the right direction doesn't hurt either, and I fully believe you can get some of that here.

07-10-2012, 11:24 PM	#16
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07-10-2012, 11:27 PM	#17
r_rian high on life and peanut butter cups Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Gulf Coast Posts: 128	Welcome to AW!

07-10-2012, 11:40 PM	#18
ZeroSuit We all go a little mad sometimes. Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Atop the sun Posts: 56	Welcome! Writing is a love/hate relationship for me, but in the end, I find myself going right back to it, trapped in it's snare. Enjoy all of the emotions it brings you. Get stubborn with your work, for it helps you become the best you. Stay confident and don't ever give up on your new found talent! Good luck, babe. __________________ ~~~Nothing is ever lost, Sarah. Nothing that can't be found.~~~

07-11-2012, 01:09 AM	#19
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07-11-2012, 02:31 AM	#20
jvc Fearsome Dragon Mod AW Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Hiding from a teeny tiny spider Posts: 11,734	Greetings and welcome back to the watercooler Take a wander around the various forums, there's lots to see and lots to learn, and even some fun threads too. Come along and pop on over to the Newbie Pub (at the top of the Newbie forum) and say hi, there's plenty of friendly faces that you can chat with and lots of banter. There's also the Question of the Week thread at the top of the Newbie forum where you can answer random questions. Don't forget to read the newbie guide, and if you want to know what all the buttons mean check out this thread. __________________ Jed. There comes a time in your life when you just have to run outside and shout 'banana' as loud as you can. Are you there yet? Jed's Super-Dooper 'Question of the Day' thread (answer easy questions for a bit of fun) Jed's Super-Dooper Pub for Newbies, Dragons, Saints & Sinners thread (Come along and hang out in the Pub) A Few Random Thoughts -- you won't believe how random this is gonna get.

07-11-2012, 04:06 AM	#21
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07-11-2012, 07:01 AM	#23
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07-11-2012, 08:54 AM	#24
rwm4768 practical experience, FTW Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Missouri Posts: 5,504	Welcome. Enjoy the experience. Writing is the greatest thing in the world. Nothing is better than coming up with your own stories. __________________ My writing blog: http://ryanmuellerwriting.blogspot.com/ WIP: The Man in the Crystal Prison (Upper MG Contemporary Fantasy): 66K Revising and Editing White Fire (Epic Fantasy): 114K Revising and Editing.

08-03-2012, 01:42 AM	#25
KellyAssauer The Anti-Magdalene Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The The Nutcracker Suite Posts: 33,207	Hi LMC! Welcome to AW! Don't forget to read about AW basics in the Newbie Guide! Questions about this software can be found in the FAQ's menu in the handy blue bar at the 'top' of this page. This common acronym list helps identify our mystifying abbreviations. Before you ask that Newbie question!! See if Katiemac has the answer here. Check out: Sara's 10 Basic Writing Tips. If you're looking for critiques please read the 50 Post rule. Questions about posting writing to the Share Your Work (SYW) area and explained here. This link covers the most common problems found in the Share Your Work Worth reading no matter how long you have been here! AW is a community built on the foundations of respecting your fellow writer and helping each other, it's the basic building blocks of how and why AW works. Welcome to our community! =) -kelly- __________________ What Genre is my writing? Literary & Misfit Writers Group Kelly's Soft Asylum* *social fun thread - title suspect to change Tears are peanut & helplessness.

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