Hey i was wondering if anyone else on this site writes stuff besides screenplays like poems, short stories or novels in book form? I was just wondering because ive just been powering writing this story, and it was going to be a screenplay but i just for some reason started writing it as a novel.

I like to write stories, and novels (though I have never finished one). I have a few ideas for books that I plan to write sometime in the future. It is quite fun, just another way to express yourself artistically.
I have also had a crack at poetry, though never anything deep or insightful. Mainly just stupid stuff like how nice pizza is, or why I hate Australian Idol winners.
I even tried to write a comic once. It was quite funny, but I gave up because drawing pictures took too friggin long.
I think a lot of my film ideas would work better as novels, so that is something I may consider for some of them.

Cool cartoon by the way.

I write alot, I'm in a Writer's Craft program, and it's been my basis. Since I was five I've been writing stories/dreaming. Some of my favourite stuff comes early in the morning, late-sleeper, one example, I wrote my anticipation for going to this focus program on film, which I later was thrown out of for being a number, 21 out of 20. I like to write first-person fact-fiction blend, metaphor-rich, personal.

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for some reason started writing it as a novel.

I think that's the best way to do it. You have more of an opportunity to flesh out details and the things that don't fit as well into a script format.

I hate writing. I hate books. In fact I hate literature, and when/if I take over the world we'll have book burnings and send all the authors and editors to Texas.

I'm in two creative writers clubs, participate in local writing contests all the time and post some stuff online occasionally. In fact, me writing is what got me into filmmaking. I like to tell stories. And through which my films are a way to tell stories. Well, some are. But yes, I write more than I do much else. Especially during the school hours.

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Cool cartoon by the way.

Thanks it was my first animation that i did, and its like 40 frames hand drawn, and im a bad drawer.

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I think that's the best way to do it. You have more of an opportunity to flesh out details and the things that don't fit as well into a script format.

I hate writing. I hate books. In fact I hate literature, and when/if I take over the world we'll have book burnings and send all the authors and editors to Texas.

It's quite possible that we may share the same brain.

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I hate writing. I hate books. In fact I hate literature

If it weren't for books we may not have Schindlers List, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, All Quiet on the Western Front, Jurassic Park, Jaws, One Flew Over the Cockoos Nest, Forrest Gump, The Godfather, Apocalyspe Now, Papillon, L.A Confidential, Silence of the Lambs, The Shining......I could go on and on.

check my journal I assemble lots of words into stories/poems....some I'm working at turning into films.

I write short stories with lots of description, then later go in and add camera angles/effects throughout the story in parenthesis. Works for me. I save the before-version and after-version, that way I have a short story seperately, and a guideline for my movie.

As much as I want to believe that I have talent in writing things like scripts, I probably don't have much. All the dialogue I write ends up sounding pathetically stilted, awkward, and archetypical. I think I am somewhat good at writing poems and short stories though...I've gotten a lot of good grades in middle and high school for them, because I think I can be pretty good with words, especially when it comes to rhythm and creative vocabulary. But would I want to pursue writing for a profession? As of now...noooooo. All the writing profession looks like to me right now is sitting at home in front of your computer 24/7, trying to fend off the restlessness and boredom, racking your brain with insecurity and anxiety trying to think of decent words to put on the page, and then looking to much-less literate people than you to criticise and rework what you come up with, and I personally don't find that career concept very attractive.

Oh, and I'm also not entirely fond of literature.

I use my time in between projects now to write art and cultural based articles and arguements, but most of them are on film for obvious reasons. Then I post them on my webpage and usually only Kyle reads them. They aren't very good, and are too obvious with their intentions with such subtle titles as "Why Film Has Failed" and "Death to Cinematography." I don't think they're that good in the artform of writing cause I don't really know how to properly write, I mostly just take songs I know and fit the article into that kind of a mindframe. But they do get my feelings and opinions across, the ones that I don't have the time or the wish to put into film in the way Stone or Moore do. I am planning on getting one I wrote on my new film to be put up whenever my new film gets sent sf.com, especially since I'm sure Chris wouldn't be picky since there's a wopping 2 Film Articles on this site right now. In fact, I've been a little dissapointed there aren't more Film Articles ont he site.