WFWF General Discussion 2006: L.L.L.B.D.™'s Cattle Drive

i tried

It does work rather well in your favor, doesn't it?

I was never gonna leave, truth be told. Anyone who knows how I roll knows that I've got something like seventeen character concepts ready to go at any given time. Mike might be the only cat around here who could hold a candle to the number of personalities one of my old shrinks thought I was developing by doing this. Down the line, I've got one in particular that I want to do a run with at some point but I think for the time being I'm stuck with the alchy. There's something to be said for my most successful character (in spite of my whopping ZERO title runs) (f*ck you I'm in the hall of fame) (by default, I know) out of, christ, five in the WFWF alone? I'm an arrogant sob, and I don't like having off days cause I'm pretty proud of my writing but if I can make it to Superbrawl I'm practically gonna have a clean slate anyway so might as well, right?

I really need to stop this "never gonna write another match" and then writing abother match sh*t though.

Also, I forgot my customary boasting: it ain't my sh*t holding up the results anymore.

It's entirely your decision man. I for one think a mix of both is key to success here. For instance Drakz always makes me laugh at least and yet he's a pretty intense guy at times as well. Who else talks to a dog that talks back and routinely beats the ever living sh*t out of people?

I hope a few more people than just JDFranchise and Drakz read and review the RPs for this show. Its hard to tell if you're going in the right or wrong direction when 90% of the members don't say anything at all

Depends, I prefer the Kevin Nash route and that's only to amuse myself and if that makes others laugh - cool.

There's no wrong answer here. Write the character you want to write. I try to look at this place from the same perspective I would if I were on staff with a major promotion. Variety is the spice of life. 80% of the characters here are probably some variety of brooding, deep, angsty because it's easy to write because flaws come packed with layers upon layers to work with, but making a humorous character work on paper takes a bit more focus (it's also why this place is so damn heel heavy). I say f*ck what anyone else wants you to write, and just put the words down that convey what you're trying to say.

What concerns me more than anything about the lack of responses week in and week out isn't the fact that people aren't receiving a wide range of feedback to build off of, but rather the fact that, more than likely, people aren't reading each other's stuff, period.

Now, I'm a big advocate for bucking conventions and rules, especially when it comes to artistic and creative ventures. I failed and quit a music theory class when I was 16 because the idea that music could have rules offended me, but as a life long writer and reader, I do believe, in my heart of hearts, that outside of any grammatical or spelling conventions, there is one cardinal, unbreakable foundation that applies to any and all who aspire to become any sort of writer.

You. Cannot. Write. If. You. Do. Not. Read.

Everything you f*cking read will inspire you as a writer, whether positively or negatively, and it will shape everything you write going forward whether you recognize it or not.

I'm 31 years old. My favorite book of all time is a book I read in my 7th grade English class. Every last bit of writing I've ever done since reading that book in one sitting has carried some bit of it with it. Conversely - Stephen King cannot end a story to save his f*cking life. He can weave and weave and weave til he's got blankets for days but at the end of it all he's always going to have frayed edges because he can't wrap that sh*t up. Now, I'm a long winded, slow cooking son of a b*tch, but I always try and be conscious of the end game because I f*cking never want to write a Stephen King ending as long as I live.

But seriously - we have a wide range of writing skills here. Guys like myself, Drakz, Josh, etc. collectively have years of this under our belts in excess of 20 years. Alone, I've been doing it on and off for 15, and I've been writing my whole life. Conversely, we have guys who have never put a creative thought on paper before. I cannot stress enough - if you do not read you are never going to get better at this.

my final run, though fizzled ending, had an ending before the first match with Drakz. From the start it was meant to be a final ride and a total self destruction. Not sure what this applies, but it's my once a week post around here, so enjoy it