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  • Chary (Or Chary5325, if someone's already taken the latter)
  • Mostly narratives, though from time to time, I like writing poetry
  • I've spoken English all my life.
  • Oh, dear. I'm active here everyday, on the hour. With school having been easy this year, I haven't had much to do besides log in here and post stuff.
  • Well, with all the time on my hands, I should be writing a whole lot more than I am right now. I guess I write maybe...once every two weeks? I really need to start writing more.
  • The following is something I wrote today, it's just a small excerpt of something I may or may not continue. Sorry if it's too short.
Footfalls hammered across the shadowy road as a young boy frantically ran down the street, begging for help. Not a single person dared look him in the eye as he flew past them. No assistance would come his way, not this time. Especially after what he'd done. He tried fruitlessly calling out for help once again, but his lungs were far too constricted with fear to make anything other than a small whimper. In his mind, he screamed, but none but himself could hear it. He had to keep running, he couldn't be caught, not here, not now.

A small bundle lay shivering, clutched in the boy's arms. He had to keep running, not for himself, but for what he carried with him. If he kept running, maybe, just maybe, they could get out of this alive. He'd have a chance to set right the mistake he made, if only he could keep running! His legs slowed, his breaths became shallow, and his chest was alight in pain. The boy desperately wanted to stop, if but for a moment, just to gasp in some needed air. This pleasure would not be allowed, though, and he continued down the road, his pursuer inching closer.

The bundled creature weakly lifted its arm, reassuring the boy who held it. Tears leaked out of both of their eyes, knowing well of the fate that awaited them, should they be captured. The boy, renewed with new-found energy to protect his charge, ran faster down the street. The man that followed behind him snarled in fury, and began to catch up, determined to end this chase. They ran endlessly across the twisting path, further into the darkness beyond.
(If I find my poetry book, I might add some to this post)
 
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Welcome to the Guild! Feel free to share and discuss to your heart's content. Sadly enough most of our members aren't as active as they used to. The most common posters are Shinigami357, Astrangeone, and I. Since I devote most of my time writing, I barely have any time to completely devote to the guild anymore.
 

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Hey guys, if you're interested in taking on other writers in a tourney, I have great news.

Hey guys, on the Fiction Press forum, "RPG, Anime, Own Stories Continued" we're having a tournament. Basically, two writers duke it out in an orchestrated fight against each other's characters. I think it's great experience for any budding authors here, (or even experienced ones) because not only do you have to write an action scene between two characters (one familiar, one not), but also write the other's character (which can get messy).

We're in need of participants. Enough to fill eleven more slots. If you want to enter, go here:

http://www.fictionpress.com/topic/6043/3234275/1/Tournament-Return

Write up a character profile and post it in the sticky following the format (you don't have to do it exactly either).

http://www.fictionpress.com/topic/6043/3294394/1/Tournament-2-Profile-Database

It's a great way to expand on a character you haven't expanded upon properly as well.
 

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Hey guys, if you're interested in taking on other writers in a tourney, I have great news.

By the Gods, I'd love to join. But, but, but... Internet credits are hard to come by at the moment, so :(

Also, I'm not in Fiction Press yet. I mean, I have a FF.net account, but I haven't looked into Fiction Press yet. Hm... Choices, choices...
 

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Just to update, I have lost my first round in the tourney, but won the first round in the loser's bracket. If all goes well, I will rise to defeat all in a fit of glory and awesomeness.
 

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Syncopated
Abbreviated passing time
Abandoned in the course of rhyme
The finger on the pulse of all
Fails to find the beating

Embracing fears from long ago
Of histories past and stories told
Awaken in the grasp of all
Still searching for the meaning

A brave new world unraveling
In rhythm with the song it sings
Intensified and climaxing
Amongst the young and broken

Perforate the finest line
Breathe in low, exhale sublime
And never notice anything
Until it is torn open

Syncopated, empty lives
Carry on the empty lies
The finger on the pulse of all
Still searches for the beating
 
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I'm so sorry for not positing in so long! I've been busy with school and stuff so I kinda forgot about GBATemp for a while :P
I've been working on a LOT of books lately, and I'll post a snippet of my main novel: Operation CERES. I hope you enjoy! :)
For all those who are unique and gifted!
Take a test and you could qualify to be part of CeresLabs!
March 7th @ CeresLabs; 2:00 P.M.
We hope to see you there!

I reviewed the paper in my hand as I stood in front of a set of glass doors. I then looked up at the building. It was made of slick, charcoal material. Windows dotted the front of the building.
But it was as if I was the only one who noticed it.
I had seen the paper pinned to a pole near the bus stop, and I couldn't help but take it and see. That was a week ago. Now, I was standing in front of the building.
It wasn't like me to do things like this. But something, something had compelled me to come here. Alfred had also said it was a great opportunity.
I took a deep breath, and entered the door.
~~~
Instantly, I was met with an ambient waiting room. The dark room was lit by scented candles, filling the room with a pleasant smell. The seats bordered the room, and two rows of chairs were back-to-back in the middle of the dark-floored and dark-walled room. At the back end of the room was a door to the right and a large glass window that gave a view of the office behind the door. Receptionists were walking around with stacks of paper.
I then surveyed the kids. It turns out I wasn't the only one there. There were 48 kids, including me. That reduced my chance heavily.
The receptionist beckons to me, and I go up to her as she opens the sliding pane.
"Hello, I assume you're here to sign up for the CeresLabs challenge?" she inquires.
"Yep, I am."
"Good, I just need you to fill out this form. You're lucky, you're the last one we're accepting for the challenge." she hands me a clipboard.
That meant my chances were 1/48. Not shabby, in case they were accepting more than one individual.
I sat down at the last available seat, next to a blonde girl with headphones blasting pop music. It was quite annoying.
"Do you mind turning your music down?" I sharply called to her.
"What's it to you?" she responded nastily.
As the room buzzed with activity, I could tell many of the children were here with their friends. It didn't bother me that I was alone; friendship is next to useless in situations like these.
Suddenly, a tall man in his seemingly mid-30s walked into the room. His polished black shoes clicked as they hit the floor, silencing the group.
"Good afternoon, everybody. My name is Dr. Xenirith, and I am the chief administrator of CeresLabs. I applaud all of you for making it here today. We will be conducting several tests on each of you to determine whether you are eligible for this program. If any of you are unsure of your ability or are highly against this, please leave the building now."
A girl with pigtails slowly rose from her seat and exited the room, followed by seven other individuals. All that was left was 42 of us.
"Interesting. Well, if the rest of you will follow me?" he beckoned us towards the door.
In single file we marched down a long hallway to a glass elevator. We all filed inside and rose to the second floor.
The second floor was a large square shape, There were 2 rows of 24 chairs, with 12 chairs back-to-back with another set of 12 chairs.Each chair had a small, square table stemming from the gray floor. Mr. Xenirith instructed us to take a seat.
I sat at the far left chair in the back of the room. The girl who was listening to music plopped down next to me.
"You know, there's 6 other seats available..." I muttered.
"Excuse me?" she snapped
"Now, place your hands on the black square. It should flash green several times, and beep once done." the administrator stated.
I slowly placed my hand on the black square, and it began flashing green. I heard beeps chiming from others, but mine wasn't beeping. It kept flashing, until it finally beeped. I believe I was the last one that received a beep.
"Great, now follow me to the next stage." Mr. Xenirith beckoned us towards the elevator.
The third floor was modeled similar to the second floor. Dotted around the walls were six round elevators like the one we had come in; two on each side of the room. Each elevator had a corresponding color above it, distinguishing it from the rest. The remaining parts of the wall served as windows that gave a panoramic view of the area around us.
 
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Hey guys, guess what? After long arduous hours, I've finally finished the majority of the first book of Terrestria. I'm now finishing up my third draft, and was hoping someone from our ranks would read though and give me an impressions review like I might see on Amazon.

I plan on going into line editing and stuff once I'm finished with this draft and hopefully start talking to agents to seek publication. :D
 
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I'm on GBAtemp everyday.
I write rarely, but lately, I have really been getting good at it.

I don't have small stories, but I do have a few reviews
The Suffering Review
Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines

Here you go, the story is short, but I'm thinking about making it a series though :)
As little Azure Rohan (The last sane soul) with no memory, wakes up from an abandon village called “Uzana”, he suddenly hears gruesome voices, and walks outside, and see demons in ahead of him, murdering the crazy poor people for enjoyment. In an instant, he runs further away into the mist, but only to see a red eyed enemy in front of him, gazing at him with a devilish look. As little Azure runs away for his life, the red eyed enemy yells “You'll thank me later”, and attacks little Azure precisely through his heart, with his crimson deformed sword. Little Azure yells in pains, and suddenly dies from all the blood he sees. The red eyed enemy quickly takes little Azure soul, along with his body, and makes a portal to the underworld, to meet the demon king named “Dega”.
 
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Added to the OP. The guild has pretty much died out since its inception (I blame my laziness), but you're welcome to share your work here. :D
 
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Added to the OP. The guild has pretty much died out since its inception (I blame my laziness), but you're welcome to share your work here. :D


Nah, you shouldn't blame yourself for that :O.
I'm actually planning to write some bigger story, but I just can't seem to catch a spark and start writing it. :lol: Got any idea how to find motivation?
 

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Nah, you shouldn't blame yourself for that :O.
I'm actually planning to write some bigger story, but I just can't seem to catch a spark and start writing it. :lol: Got any idea how to find motivation?

Motivation is hard to find. My advice is to plot it out, and when you've got the bigger details hammered out just write it. You can write a novel in 30 minutes a day, but you'll never reach the end if your write when you simply feel like it.
 
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Man. I just looked back over the early days of the guild and I teared up little. Curse my lack of commitment. This could have been something great, but I just couldn't cut it. Meh, at the very least I decided to look over my old work. I actually managed to clean up a few of my shorts and I'm considering re-posting them.
 
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