Hello Writers,
I'm new to this forum, so you probably don't know me. So I'm saying, "Hi." It's an interesting exercise to say hello to bunch of people you don't know, sort of like greeting random people on the street. Which is to say, it works far better when you have free beer, unless of course, you run into a policeman.
I've only started writing anything besides email in the last few years and decided to have a go at penning something a stranger might actually want to read for enjoyment. I've done a lot of work in computer games, though that's hardly applicable. Some of the worst books I've ever read were either based on video games, or written for a video game to be based on. I only read those books because the company I was working for was thinking of making a game based on one of them. They were awful, and I've vowed never to inflict that pain upon anyone else.
The biggest difference between a book and a game is that a book is all about expressing a certain point of view, be it through a focal character or a narrator; while a game is all about creating situations that let a player have their own point of view. As such, books based on games tend to be bland recountings of fact; while games based on books (or movies) offer the players no real freedom to explore their own ideas.
Anyway, the reason that I've joined this forum is because I've written a book, a short novel, and am looking to do a beta-reader swap with it. I saw the beta-reader forum and will probably head over there in a day or so, after I feel I've got this board figured out.
One of my weaknesses is that I'm not used to formal writing. Over the last couple months I've been reading as much as I can on punctuation and doing revisions based on what I've learned.
I'm new to this forum, so you probably don't know me. So I'm saying, "Hi." It's an interesting exercise to say hello to bunch of people you don't know, sort of like greeting random people on the street. Which is to say, it works far better when you have free beer, unless of course, you run into a policeman.
I've only started writing anything besides email in the last few years and decided to have a go at penning something a stranger might actually want to read for enjoyment. I've done a lot of work in computer games, though that's hardly applicable. Some of the worst books I've ever read were either based on video games, or written for a video game to be based on. I only read those books because the company I was working for was thinking of making a game based on one of them. They were awful, and I've vowed never to inflict that pain upon anyone else.
The biggest difference between a book and a game is that a book is all about expressing a certain point of view, be it through a focal character or a narrator; while a game is all about creating situations that let a player have their own point of view. As such, books based on games tend to be bland recountings of fact; while games based on books (or movies) offer the players no real freedom to explore their own ideas.
Anyway, the reason that I've joined this forum is because I've written a book, a short novel, and am looking to do a beta-reader swap with it. I saw the beta-reader forum and will probably head over there in a day or so, after I feel I've got this board figured out.
One of my weaknesses is that I'm not used to formal writing. Over the last couple months I've been reading as much as I can on punctuation and doing revisions based on what I've learned.
