So, I'm Risa. And, mmhmm, I'm new here. :D
I have a fanfiction account, here, where you'll find a larger, more detailed profile there. I'm excited yet intimidated to be writing my own, original work, teehee, but I have some small ideas. I'm probably going to be posting several oneshots and a few short stories on here; I've started working on stories during my spare time at school and around the house.
A few of my favourite writing quotes are:
-"Art is a lie that makes us realize truth." -Picasso
-"Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone." -Picasso
-"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass." -Anton Chekhov
-"You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you."-Ray Bradbury
-"Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted." -Jules Renard
-"Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards." -Robert A. Heinlein
-"A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people." -Thomas Mann
-"Writing is the flip side of sex – it's good only when it's over." -Hunter S. Thompson
-"Writing is so difficult that I feel that writers, having had their hell on earth, will escape all punishment hereafter." -Jessamyn West
-"The faster I write the better my output. If I'm going slow, I'm in trouble. It means I'm pushing the words instead of being pulled by them." -Raymond Chandler
-"A writer never has a vacation. For a writer life consists of either writing or thinking about writing." -Eugene Ionesco
-"If you are pointing out one of the things a story is about, then you are very probably right; if you are pointing out the only thing a story is about you are very probably wrong - even if you're the author." -Neil Gaiman
-"One of the things that draws writers to writing is that they can get things right that they got wrong in real life by writing about them." -Tobias Wolff
-"Writing is thinking on paper." -William Zinsser
-"Invent your own mythology or be slave to another man’s." -William Blake
-"Everething that doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. And later on you can use it in some story." -Tapani Bagge
-"Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don't see any." -Orson Scott Card
-"Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen." -Willa Cather
-"If you haven't got an idea, start a story anyway. You can always throw it away, and maybe by the time you get to the fourth page you will have an idea, and you'll only have to throw away the first three pages." -William Campbell Gault
-"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." -Albert Einstein
Oneshots:
First Meeting Jay: A story idea that came to me at around two thirty am back in February, this is a short one-shot about Delilah at a New Year's Eve party. While hanging with her best friend, she bumps - literally, bumps - into a mysterious boy she doesn't know and gets all flabber-gasted. After quickly escaping from his captive gaze, she wonders who he is... This might, or might not, become a full-length story if I'm up to it. XP
The Seven Chairs: Based on the mysterious, Harris Burdick pictures, this is about a young maiden who is apprenticed to a famous artist with amazing talents. While studying under the Proffesor, she watches in wonder as he creates seven spectacular cathedras with extraordinary properties. This was an assignment for my drama class.
I also wrote "Mr. Lendon's Library", which will be put up when I get around to typing it up XP
Alone With Lust: How far would you go for lust? If lust tempted you so, would you trade in love? Even if the cost was high; lives of innocent people you were trusted to take care of? This is the story of a girl who might have been able to follow a different path - but she didn't. It's a short one-shot - and by "short", I mean, six paragraphs. XD
A Nightmarish Premonition: A young girl was just getting some milk for her Mom - never did she expect what her Mom was truly planning. Could it be a warning for the future? Again, another short one-shot. :)
Perspectives: For these two sisters, fights and mishaps are not uncommon - they argue, they ignore each other, and by lunchtime they are once more the best of friends. Can one fight, one truth, two points of views, destroy this strong bond? Of course it can. ;) Another short one-shot!
Poems:
A Collection of Poems: Just like the title suggests, this is a collection of the poems I've written recently. They're usually about abstract ideas such as lies, the truth, shadows, evil, etc, though sometimes I will write a poem based on something that happened in my life or something; in my opinion they're pretty good (they rhyme :D ). I've been practising. :D
Invisible: A poem I wrote one day when I realized nobody at my schools knows who I am D: Of course, I was being over-dramatic. I have a ton of friends, and a few are even in the popular clique! I count myself lucky... Unlike the person in this poem. :P
Inferno: A poem of a man searching for his lost love. Inspiration from a picture on deviantart. =)
My Weakness Caused You Pain: He was her greatest weakness, and she made him choose, a choice slowly torturing him to madness. Or something. xD
Talking to A Wall: Don't you just hate it when you try to say something, but the person you're talking to just won't listen? They keep talking without any consideration. It really ticks me off. Here's my little venting outlet, in non-rhyming poem form. :)
Stories:
This Story: A girl is depressed. She feels like she doesn't belong in this world. So she does the unthinkable - but before she can take her own life, she changes her mind. Unfortunately, a tragic accident twists her life around and she has to live with her unreversable mistakes, all the while longing for her old life. Will she ever get it back? A short, five-chapter story I thought of back in January/Febuary. I've been working on it for maybe a month or so, and have already posted it on Facebook for my friends to read. I've decided to stick it on here just to think what other's thought of it. Enjoy! :)
NEWEST STORY:
The Runaway: Stephenie King's parents aren't divorced, but they're getting there. Always fighting, arguing or worse - ignoring each other (the silence burns more than the furious screams.). Mom and Dad just don't seem to get along anymore, with Steph and a pair of twins to raise (cue in those annoying brats, Anthony and Alex.), Dad's lost his job and money's tight, dependant on only Mom's kindergarten-teaching career. Steph thinks Mom and Dad never have any more time for her, not that they would care, anyways. Why not make things easier and take herself out of their lives? Not wanting to commit suicide, Steph takes it a notch down - a runaway. When she is forced to alter her plans due to a slight hitch, an unexpected ally comes to the rescue. Written in the Summer of 2008, twelve chapters overall, including prologue and epilogue.
Ciao! :)
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