Young Writers Society

Hey everyone! I'm Sammy Suzuhara and I'm really happy to be here. I hope I can make writing buddies, critique, receive critiques and have fun. I'm a sci-fi person so are there any other sci-writers out there?

Hey, I'm Aka/Razzy/Akane/Char

xD

I'm known by alot of names.
Anyway, I'm new here too and I'm fond of alot of different writing
styles.

Yo, Suz!

Welcome to YWS! I'm a sci-fi and fantasy writer; so double welcome to you! Always good to see the ranks swell XD. Although personally, my fantasy writing tends to be the darker supernatural kind, not so much the lord of the rings, etc. Who's your favourite sci-fi writer? Orson Scott Card rules, aye?

Anyway, here we like for each member to review two pieces for every one they put up so make sure to spread the love okay? And you don't have to be literal with that, I meant just make sure you review other pieces, haha, you can be harsh if you need to. Totally encouraged to be harsh, but fair.

Anywhoodledoodle, that's enough out of me. PM if you need anything

Cheers

Thank you both for the welcome! I'm a bit old school when it comes to sci-fi authors, I really liked Brave New World by Huxley and 1984 by Orwell. However, I'm in winter break right now so I'd like to have some suggestions for some good sci-fi reads to keep my creativity up. Any suggestions?

Hi, welcome to YWS! I'm alwaysawriter but you can call me any varation of the name or Kat.

You write sci-fi? Awesome. I've never attempted it but some of the sci-fi stories I read on here a while ago were awesome; just PM me and I'll gladly review it for you.

What do you do in your spare time, other than write? Play sports? Volunteer? Something else? Do you have any pets or siblings?

Did you know about the usergroups? They're little club-like things that have their own forum. I'm sure you'll find one that suites your hobbies, if you decide to join one (I'm part of over fifty, last time I checked ); we have ones that have everything from cartoons to a novelist group.

The best way to meet people? Reviewing is a great way and so is joining Chat when it's opened by a mod or admin or signing random guestbooks.

The breakdown of the wierd colors:

The green people are the senior and junior mods. Senior mods control and look over all of the forums while junior mods can only look over specific areas. Senior mods are dark green and junior mods are light green. You can see what mods are in what group by looking at the forums and clicking on the green groups next to Moderatered By...
Greeters are the blue people. They help new members learn their way around the site and participate in the Welcome forum frequently.
Instructors are the purple people. They post writing tips, have the best reviews, may offer online classes, and may even help people improve their reviews.
The red people are the administrators. There are few of them and they can do anything on the site: lock/delete threads, etc.
Distingushed Members are the orange people that were previously part of the mod team but stepped down for whatever reason.

This (http://www.youngwriterssociety.com/viewarticlebody.php?t=36288) may help you futher with some of your basic questions.

A little tip:
For the codes, be sure to press the button twice; before and after the word (or words) you want to bold/italize/underline/whatever. As long as it looks like this (random example) [e]word[/e], you're good. Make sure that there's this / thing at the part I showed you, otherwise it won't work.


I hope to see you around and welcome to the family!

-alwaysawriter

Hi! Thanks for the welcome RU. I also write thrillers and some fantasy. My favorite author is Toni Morrison, which you may find weird since I write sci-fi, but I love her writing and all her books. The woman is a genius in her works. Let's see...I also enjoyed Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, another one of my favorite authors/books. I think Jane Eyre surpasses Pride and Prejudice, which I liked too, but oh well. Since I'm on the subject of books, I think I'll just splash out all my favorites: Life of Pi, Beloved, Catcher in the Rye, Kite Runner, His Dark Materials Trilogy, The Giver...hmmm, I know there's more, but I'm running a blank.

Hello! My name's Lindsey. You can call me Linds/LB whatever you want. Anyway, welcome to the site! I'm pretty new too and I love Sci-Fi. Although, I'm not very good at writing it. I am writing one now, but it's pretty rough. =/
Well I would love to see some of your work! If you've posted anything, I would love to review it!

Welcome!
-Lindsey

Rosey Unicorn wrote:Fantasy. Now you're speaking my language!

Hmm, never read those books. Even though my friends say I should read His Dark Materials.

My favourites are: Tamora Pierce, Eragon, most historical fiction and right now I love The Swan Kingdom by Zoe Merrott.

And a note- I'd prefer it if you called me Rosey, Rose or Unicorn instead of RU. Even though without chat-speak it's not confusing, it's not my favourite nickname.

Hi Rose! Thanks for clarifying that for me. You should read his Dark Materials Trilogy! I guarantee that you will not be disappointed. It's quite fascinating and the characters are unforgettable, including the entire adventure. It still has an incredible imprint on my mind.

LindseyBrooke wrote:Hello! My name's Lindsey. You can call me Linds/LB whatever you want. Anyway, welcome to the site! I'm pretty new too and I love Sci-Fi. Although, I'm not very good at writing it. I am writing one now, but it's pretty rough. =/
Well I would love to see some of your work! If you've posted anything, I would love to review it!

Welcome!
-Lindsey

Hi Lindsey! Thank you for the welcome! I'll be sure to start posting parts of my story as soon as I get some reviews done. I love your avatar by the way. Balthier is my favorite character from final fantasy 12. I'm a big final fantasy fan.

alwaysawriter wrote:Hi, welcome to YWS! I'm alwaysawriter but you can call me any varation of the name or Kat.

You write sci-fi? Awesome. I've never attempted it but some of the sci-fi stories I read on here a while ago were awesome; just PM me and I'll gladly review it for you.

What do you do in your spare time, other than write? Play sports? Volunteer? Something else? Do you have any pets or siblings?

Did you know about the usergroups? They're little club-like things that have their own forum. I'm sure you'll find one that suites your hobbies, if you decide to join one (I'm part of over fifty, last time I checked ); we have ones that have everything from cartoons to a novelist group.

The best way to meet people? Reviewing is a great way and so is joining Chat when it's opened by a mod or admin or signing random guestbooks.

The breakdown of the wierd colors:

The green people are the senior and junior mods. Senior mods control and look over all of the forums while junior mods can only look over specific areas. Senior mods are dark green and junior mods are light green. You can see what mods are in what group by looking at the forums and clicking on the green groups next to Moderatered By...
Greeters are the blue people. They help new members learn their way around the site and participate in the Welcome forum frequently.
Instructors are the purple people. They post writing tips, have the best reviews, may offer online classes, and may even help people improve their reviews.
The red people are the administrators. There are few of them and they can do anything on the site: lock/delete threads, etc.
Distingushed Members are the orange people that were previously part of the mod team but stepped down for whatever reason.

This (http://www.youngwriterssociety.com/viewarticlebody.php?t=36288) may help you futher with some of your basic questions.

A little tip:
For the codes, be sure to press the button twice; before and after the word (or words) you want to bold/italize/underline/whatever. As long as it looks like this (random example) [e]word[/e], you're good. Make sure that there's this / thing at the part I showed you, otherwise it won't work.


I hope to see you around and welcome to the family!

-alwaysawriter

Thank you for the welcome and the information you've provided. It's quite helpful! I hope to see you around as well.

Rosey Unicorn wrote:You don't really have to quote everything. Just say User X- directional message.

I know, but I do it so often in other forums that I'm used to it. I hope it doesn't bother anyone, however. If it does, I'll stop it.

Hi there Suzuhara!

Welcome to YWS, me be Demeter. You can also call me Dem, Demi, Meter, or whatever you come up with. =) Pleasure to meet you.

Well, it seems you've got yourself going on here! Hopefully you worship this place already so much you never want to leave it again

I'm not a Sci-Fi writer – it's best for this community that I stay away of Sci-Fi I'd just ruin it. I don't even know anything about it. But that doesn't prevent us from being friends! (I hope )

If you feel like you need a review, have questions or just want to talk, give me a PM and I'll be there!


Demeter xxx