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since I feel like writing a short story...

post #1 of 67
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I have an idea, just for practice on writing a short story. Someone give me a premise(starting with a perticliar genre)and a general idea. I will in turn write a short story and post it here. Hopefully the short story won't take me more than a couple of hours to write...
post #2 of 67
A guy embarrasses himself constantly on a movie message board. GO!
post #3 of 67
Thread Starter 
would you mine if I make it a tad a mockery of you? Like a very exaggerated version of you(I don't need to use your exact name). Just a satrical thing...
post #4 of 67
Hmmm ... I think you should aim your literary sights higher than an unmissible target.
post #5 of 67
"The Day Daddy Let Me Read The Dictionary!" by: flindip
post #6 of 67
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Originally Posted by Geoff Foster View Post
Hmmm ... I think you should aim your literary sights higher than an unmissible target.
eh, its only for fun anyways. Besides it gives me the chance to be whimsical..
post #7 of 67
Wait, the rest of your posts about your writing career are serious, not whimsical?
post #8 of 67
Thread Starter 
well unfortunatley for you, yes they are quite serious...

But I really hope, that if I work on it every day. I can be just as pretentious as you. I kid I kid...
post #9 of 67
I'm not the unfortunate one. I thought you were doing an elaborate parody of a clueless person.
post #10 of 67
Thread Starter 
yeah, your the subject matter...

If thats ok with you...
post #11 of 67
How about you work on your sentences before you try to string them together into a story?
post #12 of 67
Thread Starter 
“The Fools in the Machine”
By
Flindip
There is a house somewhere located in California that is unassuming to most. It’s a simple house on a simple street with simple neighbors. But to the trained eye, one might be able to see the young man who resides inside. For like many reclusive creatures, he rarely leaves his den of living. Sure he might grab the mail or take out the garbage. But his calling isn’t for the outside world; no, it’s for the abstract one that lives inside his house and in many houses across the country. This abstraction, the internet, is where he is a king amongst the peasants who dare question his expertise in almost every subject known to human thought.
“Knock, Knock”, a loud sound can be heard emanating from the front door. About ten seconds later the knocking is followed by a door bell. More time passes, and a barrage of knocking and rings come from the door. Our subject is slumbering at his computer terminal, but his eyes begin to crack open ever so slightly. Like a drunk who had one too much the night before, the man slowly awakens and stammers to the front of the house.
“Who the fuck is it?!” The man rudely demands. “Uhh, UPS sir, I have a package for a Mr. David Fugassi.” The voice said in return with a slight tinge of shock. David opens the door ever so slightly to confirm that it is in fact a delivery man standing on his porch. Satisfied with the visual, David opens the door fully in order to receive the package. As the door is opened, the delivery driver is greeted by a horrific smell. He pretends to ignore it at first, but the wincing and tearing of his eyes become apparent very quickly. The driver isn’t quite sure if the smell is coming from this disheveled man in front of him, or hypothetical mounds of dog shit that might be found inside the residence.
Trying not to breath, the man hurriedly hands the occupant a pen and requests that he sign on his delivery sheet. Mr. Fugassi complies, grabs the package from the delivery driver and abruptly slams the door on his face. The driver, allowing himself to breath once again, walks back to his truck and drives off in the distance.
With his newly received package, David Fugassi slowly walks to his kitchen. The kitchen is littered with empty TV dinner packets that seem to trail to a grossly full waste basket. Grime is deeply seated within the walls, and there are stains of either dried orange juice or vomit on the floor. In contrast, the kitchen sink is almost completely immaculate. For our subject has abandoned the use of formal dining methods, instead opting for plastic utensils and paper plates. Fuggasi grabs one of the plastic knives from an opened bag; He gently penetrates the plastic knife into the shipping tape at the top. He then guides the knife slowly to the seams of the box.
post #13 of 67
Thread Starter 
I guess I will do it page by page. I'm busy working on something else...but I can probably get a few pages down tonight..
post #14 of 67
Please do not.
post #15 of 67
You and Parsons should fight to the death. Winner gets tossed in a dumpster full of pit vipers and gasoline which is subsequently closed, locked, and set on fire.
post #16 of 67
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Eh not my style, how about a giant rotating log over the Empire State building with battle axes. That is way more badass, the winner gets to punch you in the face repeatidly.

But I don't wanna stop you in your quest for world domination as an adminstrative specalist.

See I can play the internet flame war as well, unfortunatley seems to be all that CHUD is nowadays.
post #17 of 67
Flame war? Honestly, what are you expecting? That little "writing sample" doesn't leave one with much hope, you keep talking about this writing career ... but why should anybody take you seriously?

I mean, you are the guy who thought you could patent your stories and characters. How's that for absolute cluelessness?
post #18 of 67
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Doesn't matter much to me, this board judges well before its necessary. Look, outside the gentlmen Geoff, everyone(I guess a few exceptions) have this obnoxious attitude towards people. I was just doing a bullshit story, with a bullshit premise for fun. Instead I get a hostile group of assholes who like reading the banal bullshit that seems to be virus on this board.

Chud is like fucking high school...
post #19 of 67
Come on you guys, this story is actually pretty damn funny so far. Don't tell me you don't want to read more.
post #20 of 67
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Originally Posted by Kyle Reese View Post
Come on you guys, this story is actually pretty damn funny so far. Don't tell me you don't want to read more.
WHATS IN THE BOX?
post #21 of 67
I want to listen to Fugazi now.
post #22 of 67
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Originally Posted by flindip View Post
Look, outside the gentlmen Geoff, everyone(I guess a few exceptions) have this obnoxious attitude towards people.
This sentence right here is why you should stop writing. Or, at the very least, go take a first year English course at your local college.
post #23 of 67
I simultaneously love and hate this thread.
post #24 of 67
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Originally Posted by Ryan S~ View Post
This sentence right here is why you should stop writing. Or, at the very least, go take a first year English course at your local college.
You could've also chosen any given sentence from chapter one of "The Fools In The Machine". I can't wait for part 2, just to see if my reaction to part 1 was mean enough for me to be sloppily written in.
post #25 of 67
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Originally Posted by Schwartz View Post
You could've also chosen any given sentence from chapter one of "The Fools In The Machine". I can't wait for part 2, just to see if my reaction to part 1 was mean enough for me to be sloppily written in.
I actually secretly love this paragraph:

Quote:
“Knock, Knock”, a loud sound can be heard emanating from the front door. About ten seconds later the knocking is followed by a door bell. More time passes, and a barrage of knocking and rings come from the door. Our subject is slumbering at his computer terminal, but his eyes begin to crack open ever so slightly. Like a drunk who had one too much the night before, the man slowly awakens and stammers to the front of the house.
There's so much wrong in there that it has to be the work of a brilliant parodist.
post #26 of 67
It's good to see J.D. Salinger is writing again.
post #27 of 67
Thread Starter 
geesh, give me a break...I wrote that in ten minutes. Its nothing great technically, nor is it polished in its prose. But its not like its full endless grammatical mistakes.

Whatever, you guys weren't going to like anything I wrote anyways. But I guess I should say that is my fault, wrong forum for short story lit...
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post #29 of 67
It's like eenin and Dean Koontz had a baby.
post #30 of 67
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Originally Posted by Minsky View Post
It's like eenin and Dean Koontz had a baby.
My inner book nerd just started vomiting broken glass and shame.
post #31 of 67
post #32 of 67
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Originally Posted by flindip View Post
But its not like its full endless grammatical mistakes.
Uhm...I mean this in all earnestness, you should give up writing right now. You clearly have no idea about even the simplest grammar rules. I won't even get in to your sloppy style and awkward phrasing.

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Sure he might grab the mail or take out the garbage. But his calling isn’t for the outside world; no, it’s for the abstract one that lives inside his house and in many houses across the country.
Just be happy DaveB hasn't come in here with his red pen of doom.
post #33 of 67
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I don't care what the fuck you think. Your the same prick who gave me shit when I was inquiring about the script writing. Your still an arrogant asshole, so I guess nothing has changed.

I'll repeat again, I wrote that page in 10 minutes. It isn't something I was trying to get published, just something for fun. I can give a shit what you and your ego thinks. I'll finish the novel and then you can judge me if I am published...

Just let this fucking thread die, there is no point for it to continue..
post #34 of 67
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Originally Posted by flindip View Post
I wrote that page in 10 minutes.
Really? Damn!
post #35 of 67
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Originally Posted by Jan View Post
WHATS IN THE BOX?
For real. No thread death until Jan and I know, please.
post #36 of 67
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Originally Posted by flindip View Post
I don't care what the fuck you think. Your the same prick who gave me shit when I was inquiring about the script writing. Your still an arrogant asshole, so I guess nothing has changed.

I'll repeat again, I wrote that page in 10 minutes. It isn't something I was trying to get published, just something for fun. I can give a shit what you and your ego thinks. I'll finish the novel and then you can judge me if I am published...

Just let this fucking thread die, there is no point for it to continue..
People told you not to bother writing or posting anything, yet you ignored them and did. Now you're moaning because people are pointing out how shit it is?

And don't make excuses like 'I wrote it in 10 minutes', if it was rushed and badly constructed, don't post it on a public forum.
post #37 of 67
You need to learn to handle rejection better if you're going to try to break into publishing. Particularly with the product you're pushing.
post #38 of 67
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Particularly with the product you're pushing.
The literary equivalent of heroin to children?
post #39 of 67
It's a bit less literary than heroin.
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post #41 of 67
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Originally Posted by flindip View Post
Just let this fucking thread die, there is no point for it to continue..
Incorrect!

post #42 of 67
Quote:
Originally Posted by flindip View Post
I don't care what the fuck you think. Your (You're) the same prick who gave me shit when I was inquiring about the script writing . Your (You're) still an arrogant asshole, so I guess nothing has changed.

I'll repeat again, I wrote that page in 10 minutes. It isn't something I was trying to get published, just something for fun. I can give a shit what you and your ego thinks. I'll finish the novel and then you can judge me if I am published...

Just let this fucking thread die, there is no point for it to continue..
See corrections above.

Secondly, I'm one of the nicest guys on this board, dude. If I come across as arrogant maybe you need to read what I actually wrote again. I'm trying to save you years of pain and suffering because you are not a good writer and you never will be. I mean, you don't even understand the basics of grammar or style. You also have no intention of trying to improve your basic skills.

Plus, as it's becoming quite obvious, you are way too thin skinned to survive either as a novelist or a screenwriter. If you think I'm harsh, try meeting with a producer, director, publisher or, hell, even a reader. You'll get torn to fucking shreds. That's if they'll even meet with you after reading the first ten sentences of anything you write.

I wouldn't recommend that someone who is deaf become a sound engineer so I can't recommend that someone like you become a writer.
post #43 of 67
Thread Starter 
Dude, I don't really care what one perticuliar guy has to think. I'm sorry to say I don't really care how you critique my internet responses. I have already shown my polished work(which I have not posted)to an editor. I have recieved positive feedback.

If you think that I am incapable of becoming a better writer, I must say I think your dead wrong. But, it doesn't matter what either of us are going to say. In the end I will either suceed or fail and it won't be because of some random person on the internet telling me otherwise.
post #44 of 67
You'll fail. And it'll be because you're a monumental retard.
post #45 of 67
Thread Starter 
Perhaps, but we will have to see in the end...
post #46 of 67
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Originally Posted by Minsky View Post
Incorrect!

Just bringing this back up because A) it's beautiful, and B) it (sadly) needs repeating (probably over and over and over and over).
post #47 of 67
Dude, just tell us what was in the fucking box and the thread can be closed or something.

(this is to Devin and/or flindip)
post #48 of 67
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Originally Posted by flindip View Post
Perhaps, but we will have to see in the end...
Woah, deep, dude!

You continue to confuse "your" and "you're" and are hostile to people who try to be civil with you.

Devin's right. You might consider a career as a reporter on "How's Your News?"
post #49 of 67
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Originally Posted by devincf View Post
You'll fail. And it'll be because you're a monumental retard.
Quote:
Originally Posted by flindip
Perhaps...
lol.

I get the feeling that new people think they'll earn some kind of "playground capital" by going after the editors, like picking a fight with Mongo on your first day in prison. I can recall more than a handful of horrible posters who did just that.
post #50 of 67
Reading your writing, I think you would benefit by emulating Hemingway.

The shotgun part, not the writing part.
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