nyctitropist
nyctitropist
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| Member | Aug 17, 2009 (16 years) |
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I was born in Miami FL. I went to public schools like most other children. I was in marching band (Drumline) all four years of high school, and am now working on my A.A Degree at VCC, and then moving on to my B.A in English - Creative Writing. I started writing my first book in 10th grade after receiving a very high grade and praise, but not before being questioned for plagiarism on my own work, from a very strict English teacher. I hadn't realized before that, that English was the one class I would always get an A in regardless of the content. It was at that point that I realized that I had some sort of talent in writing. Later that week, David, a friend of mine, was over and we were watching Equilibrium. By the end of the movie, we were talking about how we could make characters just as cool as Cleric, or better. I proposed the same assignment I did in my English class, but in a casual way saying that we'd each create characters with certain limitations and would combine them into a short story to see how they would fare against each other. By the end of that week, I had 33 pages written, and he hadn't written a word. I realized by then that the chances of him writing that much, or maybe even starting the project were slim. I, however, was not satisfied. Here I was with this awesome character and these awesome powers, and he had no purpose. I couldn't leave it like that. I took on his character, conveniently named Cleric, and the powers he had set for him and, in an unbiased fashion, built him up to be the best he could be. The next part was combining the two into one story. I wrote this story practically everyday throughout high school, any one of my friends can attest to seeing a tattered black notebook and a pencil ever glued to my fingers. I wrote at drumline practice, during breaks, in AP Economics (the best place to do it), and at home. I wrote anytime and everywhere. By my senior year, I had the story complete and was satisfied with the level of content and action, adventure and questions I had infused to make this story. Mind you, I never EVER wondered or even question about getting it published. My senior year I had to take a class in the Reading/Writing Center at our school. The class would be split up, and each person would basically be helping a teacher, like a student assistant, I didn't want to do it. I REALLY didn't want to do it. Not as lazy as I am.I don't remember how, but My teacher found out that I wrote, and suggested that I do my work in the Reading/Writing Center. She said I could write whenever I was there, and whenever someone came to get some help on their essays or other work involving writing, I would help them. It was an offer I couldn't pass up...and so, everyday I would come to that class, sit at a computer and go through my story editing and changing little thins here and there, ever studying the rules of English writing, punctuation, and grammar. By the end of the year, I had a printed manuscript. My teacher read through it and told me she thought it was great. She asked me what I was going to do with it and I got confused. I had to be told that publication was an option. The reality set in then. I loved my story so much, and I wanted everyone to read it so they could understand why. The twists, the characters, the lack of abundance of details peppering each sentence, the vivid descriptions, but most of all, its simplicity. It wasn't a long story, just over 200 pages, it was easy to read using common language with a few advanced words here and there to promote the use of a dictionary every once in one's life, and it didn't spend ten pages describing a single movement, feeling, or thought. It flows as normally as life, and people can follow life. The book had a publisher by February of 2006 before I graduated in may at 17 and I signed the contract. Today, at 22, I have completed the sequel to Empyrean: The Epic of Raiden and am working on the next story now.
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