Newbie Writer Advice

[Rustyoznail]

My stuff is different, but I'm going to post it anyway. I use a lot of poetic metaphors and creative language. I experiment with story structure and try to implement skills I'm developing for more general fiction. I'm proud of what I produce, even the experiments, but some of isn't easy stroke material.

Better to post it for the three people who enjoy that sort of thing than to let it clutter up my hard drive without an audience.

I'm not established enough to be a factor in contests, and whatnot, but they aren't my goal to begin with. If I get any sort of useful feedback, I'm okay with it. Some people seem to like my wonky language choices.

Competitions aren't just about winning. Stories seem to attract more eyeballs, so it's definitely worthwhile entering just for that.

Oh, and don't worry about writing in 'Merican. I started that way, but gave up and mostly write in Oz. I've had a few nice comments about my use of Aussie English.

 

[EarlyMorningLight]

There is also, Australian Rules Football, which isn't English football or futebol, and there is Candian Football which also isn't futebol, or football, or soccer. We also have Basketball, but that's beside the point of discussion, as is baseball. But Baseball is the sport of right now, the Great American Pasttime, my father's favorite sport, which he played for years. He taught me the right way to use a baseball bat, which isn't knocking someone in the head!

As an American who has lived in Aus for a long time, I’m not sure what’s been more hilarious — me trying to learn Aussie Rules, or trying to teach Aussies about baseball.

 

[Duleigh]

But Baseball is the sport of right now, the Great American Pasttime

I grew up watching triple A ball, man! That is great baseball, the boys are out there playing their hearts out trying to make it to the "bigs." Nothing can beat a Friday night game down at Salen's park, the game, the hotdogs, the fireworks! I couldn't wait to get that Big Job in Denver where I could see a Major League game live! Longest hit in Baseball history was hit against my beloved Buffalo Bisons in Denver - 582 feet!

I got to Coors field and was never so bored in my life! I had never seen anything drag on so long, so slow, so EXPENSIVE. Mixed drinks and gourmet brats? That ain't baseball.

At least I'm in a triple A town again - GO JUMBO SHRIMP!

 

[ElectricBlue]

As an American who has lived in Aus for a long time, I’m not sure what’s been more hilarious — me trying to learn Aussie Rules, or trying to teach Aussies about baseball.

All you need to remember about Aussie Rules (which I loath with a passion, and only say this deliberately to piss footie fans off) is to call it fairies in the meadow (because they're always dancing about on their toes), or walking backwards to Christmas (because that's all they ever seem to do). And why they need so many people on a field to catch a fucking ball is beyond me.

Baseball? That's just rounders, isn't it?

(As you can probably see, sport does less than zero for me.)

 

[MillieDynamite]

I only watch baseball with my pops. We watch, for the most part, playoffs through the World Series. Not so much the rest of the season. Though we check on the games daily. Go Yankes, go Mets, lets have a subway World Series!

 

[EarlyMorningLight]

All you need to remember about Aussie Rules (which I loath with a passion, and only say this deliberately to piss footie fans off) is to call it fairies in the meadow (because they're always dancing about on their toes), or walking backwards to Christmas (because that's all they ever seem to do). And why they need so many people on a field to catch a fucking ball is beyond me.

Baseball? That's just rounders, isn't it?

(As you can probably see, sport does less than zero for me.)

I’ve irritated a few people since I moved here by saying that AFL is just “a bunch of guys in skimpy shorts running in circles playing grab-ass”

 

[Djmac1031]

There's an audience for everything here. Write it and they'll find you.

 

[Bramblethorn]

As an American who has lived in Aus for a long time, I’m not sure what’s been more hilarious — me trying to learn Aussie Rules, or trying to teach Aussies about baseball.

Or as we call it here, "square cricket".