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Well I just want to get to know some of the posters on here a little better. Soo..here are some questions!

1) What is your favorite genre to write about?
2) Do you plan on becoming a book writer?
3) What is most important to you in literature (i.e. characters, plot, setting)

1) my fav genre is fantasy/horror/action.
2) Yes i plan on becoming a book writer but long time from now
3) Characters is the main for me. They set the main settings and twists in the story. Or at least that's what I think.
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1) What is your favorite genre to write about?
That's difficult to choose, although I would have to say I love writing fantasy and I sometimes have a penchant for darker themes. I enjoy creating worlds, and the rules that those worlds have.

2) Do you plan on becoming a book writer?
No, I don't think so. I enjoy writing, but I can't see it as a career for me. I plan on going to university when I'm out of highschool, and I want a career that's a little more solid. I mean, how many writers these days actually make it big? I refuse to live in my parents' house just because I made a bad career choice.

3) What is most important to you in literature (i.e. characters, plot, setting)
Characters and plot, for sure. If a story is plotless, then honestly, what is the point? But, if I dislike the main character, I just can't keep reading. I have trouble with plot sometimes, but I find I have a knack for coming up with well-rounded characters.

1) Realistic Fiction with odd twists
2)Maybe part time, if there is such a thing
3)Plot, you need to keep your readers reading. Also characters, I make characters you'd love to hate.

1) to be specific Fantasy, Action, and Tragedy. I love sticking them all together. I love creating an entire new world, or building somthing off somthing else. Tragedy is always good for a book, making the end basically the adventures of your main character, and it makes you want to Learn more about everyone else in his or her life. Action is somthing i could do without and at the same time i need. I could replace it with romance somtimes, or even add it in to the story.

2) I plan on creating stories for the rest of my life. If it lands me a career in it then i will focus almost all my time doing it, but until then or if that ever happens it remains a hobby.

3) I have to say alot of it. Most of all Characters and setting. Plot too of course. Good characters bring good to the entire story even to the reader. Even the bad character give his bad vibe. That is his job. Setting is very important. Creating a setting that threatens your Character is some way brings about drama in the story. Plot of course is a big deal to me. It all depends on what you are willing to put your character though. If he lives though it then how will it effect his life, and the way he lives. or if he dies how the world will go on without him. Just a few examples.

1=> I'll write about anything really, but my greatest are action and horror. I love writing gristly and heated moments... blaugh
But all leaden with sarcasm and slight humor.
I can't write a good romance without it seeming sort of scripted or cliche...

2=> No, not really. I'm not very consistent, and I don't know how to end my stories. I can begin, I can continue... But I can't end to save my life.
I'll constantly get new ideas and links to something, or I'll create a twist I just have to put in... sweatdrop

3=> The most important in a story to me, are the beliefs set in. Everyone has their own opinion in everything. Their own point of view, their own thoughts.
Without independent beliefs, you don't have good ideas, without good ideas... Then nothing is good.
I mean, look at Stephanie Meyer and her Twilight series!

~Vampires whose skin glitters in the sunlight... Like a million tiny diamonds.
They don't sleep, and have huge amounts of astounding energy that could power space shuttles, and yet still have enough left over to hypnotize hundreds of thousands of people with a single look...~
(No it wasn't in the book, I just wrote that on a whim to prove a point.)

To be perfectly honest, I hated the story, I grew bored with the book... But the details and thoughts she wrote were intriguing...
Though I didn't like Twilight or its series... I found myself drawn to The Host.

Belief helps a person set a mood when they write, giving up a kind of atmosphere even for the writer.
(I've found myself crying over a character's death more than once before... As I'm typing/writing/reading/watching... Aren't I a sap?)

Like CathaJack, I have to admit that everything is important, but the beliefs (for me) more so than than most.

Well I just want to get to know some of the posters on here a little better. Soo..here are some questions!

1) What is your favorite genre to write about?
2) Do you plan on becoming a book writer?
3) What is most important to you in literature (i.e. characters, plot, setting)

Personally, I'd have to say that for me, writing comes most naturally and fluid when I'm writing about superheroes or wars. I tend to have a knack for writing my best when I'm writing something like a wannabe Tom Clancy novel. I suppose if you had to categorize it, I'd fall under the Action/Adventure genre, with a hint of Fantasy in there. I really wish I could write romance, but I cannot, for the life of me, fathom the female side of the romance, and thus cannot create a properly balanced story.

I do indeed plan on becoming an author, and hopefully even one day a published author. However, I don't think I could write for a living, and it's not exactly a solid achievable goal anyhow. I plan to write for my own pleasure and to entertain those who would read my works, perhaps get a few published, and generally take my time and enjoy writing.

Now for me, there are many, many things in a novel that make it what it is. No one thing is more important than any other thing, as they all play off of each other and create a system of checks and balances. A plot means nothing if your character lacks the depth to fit it. But even a fantastic character won't seem right for the plot if you have the wrong settings. Your choice of words and style for the character might make him/her more approachable for a reader, but then he/she might not fit the plot, and make the reader put the book down. When there is a balance, and when there are strings of fate everywhere, tying all your details and characters and story lines together so tightly as to create one, whole piece...that is what turns a simplistic story into Literature.

-Mr. Knox

i. That depends on the story I am trying to convey. Usually, I stick between horror, fantasy and pretty much everything fiction. I cannot sit and read a literary piece on something that is real, but not technically revolved around some kind of war or something equally sinister. Why would I want to write that which I hate?

ii. My major goal is photography, though I have degrees in Fifth grade history, web design, journalism and english, oh, and half a law degree.. don't ask. But anyways. Writing has always been a passion of mine. Whether I write something that becomes famous or not, I will never stop writing. Never.

iii. Dynamics. That is the most important aspect of stories no matter what. If you have the same characters, plots and settings but they are so unchanging, it becomes boring, dull and readers, most, I should say, read at a sixth grade level on average. You have to spice up writing, and being dynamic yourself helps your stories along. People what characters that learn from experience. They want to see the seasons change if you keep your story in the same city or town. They want a love story to go through an emotional roller coaster. So dynamics play a huge role in writing, however, I doubt that people now-a-days pay much attention to the idea.