I've been reading the forum for a few days, and I've found plenty of answers already. There seems to be a lot of great people here so I thought I would go ahead and join up.
I suppose I should give you the pedigree information, huh?
The name is Dave. I'm 29, married. No kids, but two dogs and a baby Ewok (kitten). I grew up in Indiana, but we moved to Texas (D/FW) about six months ago, and I don't miss the snow a bit.
I've had a pretty wide range of work, from coaching gymnastics after high school, to mechanic, to grunt, to corrections work, to washing dishes, and everything in between. Right now I've got a Joe job washing cars, and while the pay isn't great it's a nice change of pace, and I'm happy to have it.
In regards to writing, I haven't done much since high school. I wrote a lot of short stories, but that ended up taking a backseat to writing music. Instead of college I attended The Recording Workshop in Chillicothe, Ohio. I do write and record at home, but it's just a hobby at this point. I've been getting back into writing stories, as throughout the years I've had ideas come up that I've intended to start work on, but never got around to it.
Procrastination is probably a good reason I'm washing cars for a living. lol Either way, I've got a lot of free time now that we've moved and don't know anyone, so I thought it would be a good time to start applying myself.
I'm currently working on a story, I'm about 4,000 words in or so. I've probably got around 3 hours of outlining and character building, and another 5 or so in actual writing. I have no idea how long it will be, whether it will be a short story or a novel, I suppose I will just see how it turns out once the first draft is finished (I hear this is the goal, lol) I've been out of practice, so it doesn't come as naturally to me as it used to, and this forum has given me a lot of useful direction, that has helped tremendously.
So for that, I thank you all, and I hope to eventually be able to contribute.
I must also say, the Newbie Guide was one of the best I've seen anywhere. 10/10, I would read again.
I suppose I should give you the pedigree information, huh?
The name is Dave. I'm 29, married. No kids, but two dogs and a baby Ewok (kitten). I grew up in Indiana, but we moved to Texas (D/FW) about six months ago, and I don't miss the snow a bit.
I've had a pretty wide range of work, from coaching gymnastics after high school, to mechanic, to grunt, to corrections work, to washing dishes, and everything in between. Right now I've got a Joe job washing cars, and while the pay isn't great it's a nice change of pace, and I'm happy to have it.
In regards to writing, I haven't done much since high school. I wrote a lot of short stories, but that ended up taking a backseat to writing music. Instead of college I attended The Recording Workshop in Chillicothe, Ohio. I do write and record at home, but it's just a hobby at this point. I've been getting back into writing stories, as throughout the years I've had ideas come up that I've intended to start work on, but never got around to it.
Procrastination is probably a good reason I'm washing cars for a living. lol Either way, I've got a lot of free time now that we've moved and don't know anyone, so I thought it would be a good time to start applying myself.
I'm currently working on a story, I'm about 4,000 words in or so. I've probably got around 3 hours of outlining and character building, and another 5 or so in actual writing. I have no idea how long it will be, whether it will be a short story or a novel, I suppose I will just see how it turns out once the first draft is finished (I hear this is the goal, lol) I've been out of practice, so it doesn't come as naturally to me as it used to, and this forum has given me a lot of useful direction, that has helped tremendously.
So for that, I thank you all, and I hope to eventually be able to contribute.
I must also say, the Newbie Guide was one of the best I've seen anywhere. 10/10, I would read again.
Best of luck with your work!
