[Lunaryon]

Thank you Lauv for the jacket. I love it so hard.

[Suzerain of Sheol]

You're looking fairly awesome, Lunaryon. :)

Also, about writing, you're more the inspirational type? I can never just sit down and write, myself. I have to outline and establish characters in my head, and plan out scenes in advance.

Or, maybe I do that because it's easier than actually writing...

[Lunaryon]

I've tried planning, and it somewhat works for me, if I do I get bogged down in details...But when I just sit down and start writing the words flow easier, but I have almost no control over the story. I'm simply telling the story, not writing it.

[Suzerain of Sheol]

What size stories do you write? I tend toward large, novel-sized projects (that I never finish) which probably contributes to my tendency for planning.

I do have one story where I was pretty much making it up as I went along, but I've had to go back and edit the entire thing several times thanks to things coming up that didn't mesh with what I'd already written.

[Lunaryon]

I have been working on a, hopefully, novel length story, but about thirty pages in my writer's block attacked, and I'm not even sure where the manuscript went...

[Suzerain of Sheol]

Do you write by hand? Or did you lose track of the file on your computer?

Also, I'm not sure if my problem is really writer's block, seeing as, at least for my main novel, I have an iron-clad hyper-detailed outline telling me exactly what I need to write. I just... don't feel capable of doing it justice, most of the time.

[Lunaryon]

A little bit of both, when I have a computer with me I type, but I always have spirals on hand in case I'm away from the computer. Somehow, my manuscript ended up in three or four different spirals... So I can't find any of it.

[Airina]

Awww that really really sucks Luna!! I do that too..... it really really sucks.

[Suzerain of Sheol]

Oh, I see how you could lose track of it, then. I do everything on my laptop, especially given that I can barely read my own hand-writing. I have four different external hard-drives I back things up on periodically, too, since I'm paranoid like that. Though, I've lost work several times over the years, so maybe it's justified.

[Lunaryon]

Yeah... Maybe I should buy an external hard drive or two for once I get my new computer. *SQUEE* I can't wait!

[Suzerain of Sheol]

I e-mail a lot of the stuff I write to friends for feedback and Hotmail has seemingly endless storage capacity, so I keep a copy of a lot of stuff on there, too, in case my house burns down or something. :p

Oh, and Luna, if you ever want feedback on a piece, I'm happy to oblige.

[Lunaryon]

I would be honored to send you what I have... Once I find it all and compile it.

[Suzerain of Sheol]

Well, sure, whatever you'd like. If you're considering publishing at all (even in the distant future) it's better not to post it in public, despite the allure Aurumz. Just send me a PM sometime and we'll work something out.

[Serra Britt]

When I used to write a lot I kept it all on the computer as well as printed copies when the stories were done. Both of which have vanished >< It makes me unhappy but it was also some of my starting works so it wasn't as if it was stellar stuff either :P

[Suzerain of Sheol]

I still have my original complete draft of my novel I wrote when I was 15. That would be the only draft I ever finished, and the only reason I finished it was because I had no care for doing anything but telling the story at the time. The writing of it is a complete disaster.

It's amusing to go look at now and then, though.

[Lunaryon]

What kind of story was your original draft?