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I'm definately obsessed with writing because that is all I want to do.
Does anyone know what careers in particular that I can do that involves a lot of writing and research about a lot of cool stuff because I'll definately love to know about it?
I like to write about almost anything. I'll do scientific writing with tons of research, I do journal writing, I write short stories, I write my philosophy and opinions on stuff. I think about writing essays and stories all the time because that is all that I think about.
I really do live the philosophy that "the pen is mightier than the sword"
Another thing that I like to do is write long thoughful posts on messageboards. Lately, posting stuff on messageboards has been a great obsession for me.
The only stuff that I dislike writing is poetry and boring school essays.
Short stories are the best and all I do is think about my characters and plots. I have a small notebook where I record every idea that I get.
I've read plenty of books about writing because I like to do it so much.
I'm eager to discuss writing with any of you. If you like to write or just want to ask me any questions feel free to do so.

I also really love to write, and there have been times others have told me that I do it very well, that I should consider writing a book etc. Right now I'm in a very dry period. Writing is the only way I can really express how I feel or think, but when I write too much, people start in about me obsessing and think that I'm starting to cycle again. (I'm also bipolar.) I have a hard time discussing emotions. I feel them very strongly, but I never have words that seem adequate; actually I just can't think of them, because what I have are images of the emotions. I tend to create a lot of analogies and metaphors, because it seems to me like the best way of describing things in a way that others may really understand. Recently I was trying very hard to describe something that is very important to me and was told that it was poetic. I wasn't trying to be poetic, I was just trying to communicate the way that I know how. I think that part of my love of writing comes from the quest to find a way to say something just right, to say something so perfectly that there is just no way that it could be misunderstood or misconstrued. I don't write poetry either, but I do get extreme pleasure when I read something that describes something so well that it takes me there, whether it is a place, an emotion, or into another's head, someplace out of myself, and when I write, I experience the greatest pleasure when I feel that I've truly brought somone into my world, see what I see, feel what I feel. Unfortunately many find me too extreme and even my writing puts them off. In all fairness, very few actually see any thing that I write.

I also like to read things that others write, so if you feel like putting some of your stuff out here, I'd enjoy reading it.

I love reading your posts, enigma. You are very expressive. Even when I don't share an experience with you I am still able to make an emotional connection because of the way you write. You are very talented. I think you should find a way to get published. Where I live there is a local paper that publishes the writings of the local talent. Perhaps you should start submitting to such publications. I am assuming that you plan to go to college. Getting published in any form would be a great start to a wonderful career. Perhaps due to your high speed reading abilities you should consider being an editor and this would also give you insight into how the publishing industry works. I hope you continue to share your creative abilities.

I am a very slow writer. When I have the time I can write very well and use proper grammar. Writing is not natural to me but I do enjoy practicing it. The most valuable experience I have had concerning and learning to do so, was when a teacher required that I break down the structure of a popular work (short essay) and substitute my own story into their style. The exercise left me with the ability to deliver a message in several different ways. I now feel like I can bend my writing based on the subject matter and the audience.

I am currently trying to develop a style that is represented by my avatar. Spiral or Inspiral? Inward or Outward? Singular or Encompassing? Looping or Progressing? Forward or Backward? It is similar to existentialism but rather than it being ambiguous I would like it to have an intended meaning. Not only is it difficult to describe but it is difficult to do. I have not written a perfect example/piece yet. It is sort of like writing from the middle portion of the essay. The paragraph in the middle of the essay would start and end the sameway, a sort of looping paragraph like what I wrote in another thread.....

Then the paragraph before and after the above/center paragraph would do the same thing onto themselves but also relate directly to the center. You could read from the end of the essay, paragraph to paragraph, to the begining and not lose any meaning. I think it is interesting and rather a fun challenge. If I perfect it I will send it to you.

I can be obsessed with writing, but sometimes it gets frustrating because it takes so long to write down what's in my head. Also, I tend to play scenes out of sequence in my head (including in movies, books, etc.) so making events follow a logical order is not the most fun part for me. I like making up characters a lot, though

I also like to write. I wouldn't say that I'm obsessed with it, but it is one of my interests that has stayed with me since I was in grade school.

My writing is often vague, and riddled with descriptive metaphors or similes. I haven't had the attention span/patience to write any longer fiction in a long time, but I still get moments of "inspiration" in which words just flow from my fingers onto the computer screen. I guess you could call these "poems," but I haven't really shown them to anyone, so I don't know if they're any good.

I've also been writing on a couple of anime message boards, where a group of us have gotten together to write fanfictions in which we each take on a character from the anime, and write what they would do in a given situation. It's a lot like roleplaying, and is quite a lot of fun. I especially enjoy it because I get to write the role of my current obsession, Ayanami Rei, a quiet and introspective character from a show called "Neon Genesis Evangelion."

When I write, I tend to aim at meanings without ever hitting them straight on. I feel like I am moving towards something, searching for the correct words and images to depict the amorphous ideas which seem to grow within my mind. In my "poetry," I will often use more than one word to describe a single sensation, because I feel words are an inadequate means of expression.

However, I am still fascinated by words, and I delight in the multitude of meanings or messages a single word can imply. I love the "shades of meaning" that arise from using certain words- words which, in context, could be taken a number of ways and make complete sense. For me, it's all about interpretation. I want the reader to bring something back to the writing, rather than force any message upon them. I aim for the same thing in much of my more personal artwork.

If you are obsesed with writing, the best place for you, without a doubt, is http://everything2.com

It's difficult to try to explain what it is without becoming really verbose, but try it out. You may, however, find it somewhat addictive.

I've never been one for much imagination when it comes to writing. Usually my writing will be along the line of

See Spot
See Spot run
Run Spot! Run!

In March of 1995 I had to do a creative writing assingment for english and I actually forced myself to sit down and write and this is what I came up with. An inronic tale about how one's obsession can lead to one's death.

I don't want to put the rest up since it gets rather graphic after this point, but I think you can all see where this goes. My teacher thought it was good and I got a B on it.

Yes, Ferrets, and Roomname didn't last. But the commercial, although rather lame, did. It's made to be typed out in the chatroom here.



A new scene for That's Showbiz For Ya! I just wrote. Don't ask what the play in That's Showbiz For Ya! is about because it's kind of embarrassing to me. I'm thinking about changing the play in there to a less embarrassing one but keeping most of the old jokes the same. Anyway, it was about a girl who gets a big part in this play and this annoying boy who's got the hots for her wants to play opposite of her but gets a role where he's not in ANY of her scenes thanks to the director. Anthony, the person who DOES get the role opposite her, is happy until the annoying boy comes along. Soon, the boy meets another boy named Steve, who gets kicked out of the play because he's lousy at his part, even though he was good during the audition. He becomes the boy's assistant.
Cut to the opening night (even though there's TONS of stuff in-between). It doesn't look very good since the annoying boy has a main character locked in a cage and ruins the opening scene (and shines a bright light in Anthony's face, which makes his eyes all watery and his vision a little blurred, causing him to knock over two kids. In another scene, Anthony keeps his eyes shut (because that ridiculus spotlight is shining on him again) and tries not to be distracted. So the girl covers for him and fails. The play IS ruined later, when a circular "trap" cut in the floor breaks down all of a sudden. Anthony improvises by climbing out of there saying his line. Then, the smell of nail polish overpowers another boy. He faints and grabs onto the nearest object, which happens to be a fire alarm, which he accidentally pulls. Everybody leaves the building. Then a scene where Anthony is sad and the girl cheers him up. It ends with the annoying boy in a cage.

Since this message is kind of long, I'll post about some more of my work in another message. Bye!

Mich

I love to write, even though I must often go for long periods of time without doing so (at least the type of writing I enjoy, like poetry and creative, short stories). I have won several awards-- two of them even involved money-- for my poetry.

The first verse of a 2-minute(?) "commercial jingle" I wrote. After the chorus, it gets pretty embarrassing to me. I also wrote a skit similar to this, but that's even worse. By the way, MIMIF was the original name for Mimi. Everybody HATED it! And now for a horrible part, they used a lame skit with NO humor, NO interesting stuff, NO nothing. Nothing but facts about Mimi, the imaginary project. I ruined the presentation by "forgetting" my lines. Almost nobody came by our Mimi display! It's all because my one-girl advertising company was...one girl! I'll continue my rant some other time. Oh, and DON'T ASK to see the skit (or its alternate ending) because I'm NOT releasing it to the world!



The story had a name, but it included my last name so I'm not going to post the name. It was a school assignment to write about a tradition my family celebrates (including the words "impression," "dismayed," "winced," "insult," and a couple of others). I forget what grade I got on it, though, but it got TOTALLY and COMPLETELY unrealistic, with the super-long telephone number, the people throwing the girl narrating the story into a puddle (as you can see above), and some other stuff.
Anyway, it was about a girl who visits her grandparents' house for Christmas. She's excited about the presents, so she runs downstairs into the basement and unwraps all of the presents that AREN'T hers and uses them. She even accidentally floods the whole basement when using a wrench to try to tighten something! Then the family members come downstairs and get mad at her. She then gets locked in the downstairs bathroom (In real life, Granny and Pap ACTUALLY have a bathroom in their basement.) and manages to escape later. So she goes upstairs and tries to make a good impression for her family members...LITERALLY. They hate it, so she goes into the living room and turns on the TV. Then comes dinner time. Then the jello and the burps and eventually the puddle. At the end, her family forgives her.

"I'm definately obsessed with writing because that is all I want to do.
Does anyone know what careers in particular that I can do that involves a lot of writing and research about a lot of cool stuff because I'll definately love to know about it?
I like to write about almost anything. I'll do scientific writing with tons of research, I do journal writing, I write short stories, I write my philosophy and opinions on stuff. I think about writing essays and stories all the time because that is all that I think about."

Probably journalism would be the career field to go for. It tends to be a 'people-skills' field though, but you never know, if an employer has some doubts about your social intelligence, they might put you in technical or scientific writing which you say you like.

PP

I haven't written a lot in years. But lately, I've been writing more than ever on my blog. I guess I have a lot to say... another phase in life!

As I mentioned in another thread (I created), I don't enjoy writing or reading.

I'm so obsessed with writing it's not funny. I would rather call it being "very involved in literary expression." At any rate, writing about being obsessed with writing is not the solution to breaking free of the obsession, now is it?

Interesting how a lot of people with Asperger's Syndrome like to write. I rather write (read) message boards.

Last edited by Tom_FL_MA on 19 Aug 2004, 7:07 pm, edited 2 times in total.

There was a time when I was obsessed with writing. I wrote poetry, short stories, and believe it or not, I loved to write research papers. I got my degree in English Language and Literature, with a concentration in writing. I was even published a few times. All that was years ago, however.

Now I am obsessed with reading. In fact, I "forgot" to go to bed last night because I was reading a library book - a fantasy fiction novel. I finally went to bed when I finished the book, after 3am. Makes for a kind of slow, spacey day today. That's usually how I identify my obsessions: I "forget" to eat and sleep.