Status: new chapter (6 months ago)

yiddishpablo

Name	Paul
Location	elsewhere
Member Since	Jul 11, 2012
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I am a college student tired of writing essays, articles, and reviews... and all the other stuff that comes with being an English major and working for the news paper. Writing fantasy novels, for me anyways, is a form of literary self indulgence.

I'd consider myself a pretty decent writer, but I'm definitely still improving (for example, I still spell definitely "definately"). 

I'm less a reader of fantasy for some silly reason. I enjoy classic and contemporary literature, really bad action movies, and 22-minute long easy-on-the-brain television comedy (30 Rock, Parks and Rec). I have some awesome roommates and awesome friends. Pretty soon I'll be doing that thing I've been hearing about since 1st grade: "Real Life." 

... Guess I had better get all my writing done now, before I'm stuck behind a desk.

Also, my profile picture is my dog, not me.

Thanks to everyone who helped make Second Life #27 (for a few hours anyways) in fantasy! I don't know how, but apparently my story is good enough to be ranked in the top 60 pretty consistently!!

Works

Lighting for Mica (short short)

1 page, updated Nov 13, 2012 PG-13

6 reads

Second Life (being rewritten... again)

30 parts / 75 pages, updated Nov 08, 2012 PG-13

It is said that life and death are opposites, that we live until we die. This is not true. If we die and are brought back to life before it’s too late, w... read more

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The Unseen Lover

3 pages, updated Jul 16, 2012 PG-13

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Crosstrace
1 month ago

That'd be super awesome! ;D

yiddishpablo
1 month ago

@Crosstrace maybe I'll give you a preview if I get something written!

Crosstrace
1 month ago

I'm doing great thank you! A huge congratulations on getting an award! That's fantastic!

 I can wait forever as long as you haven't given up!;) I completely understand! Especially if you want to change things it's much easier if it's not up.

 I wish you lots of luck, and I hope your books one day get published. They're just too awesome not to be!

yiddishpablo
1 month ago

@Crosstrace Thanks! It was a lot of hard work. But now I know enough about Dracula to teach a class and apparently I just won an award for my thesis! So that's exciting.

I'm in the planning stage of my novel. You know, legal pads, drawing maps, multi-colored pens. But this time it will be much better! I'm not going to be publishing for a while though :(

I feel like I want to get a lot of it written before I publish anything on here. I feel bad for writing such a long draft then abandoning it. So I'm going to avoid that by writing the whole book, or most offline then publishing it once I'm sure it's both good and finishable.

I think about publishing all the time! I want to get my fantasy novels out while I'm young then work in realistic fiction (my genre of choice) once I'm done with that. 

How are you, crosstrace?

Crosstrace
1 month ago

Congratulations on finishing your essay! How's the writing coming along? I can't wait to see what the final product is! I know it's going to be great ;) Have you thought about publishing?

yiddishpablo
1 month ago

Well, I've just finished my 38 page senior thesis on Bram Stoker's Dracula. Now I guess I can get back to some of the fun stuff. Somehow, Second Life is still ranked--how, I don't know.... now I shall commence the rewrite and make it actually good. Thanks for the support.

yiddishpablo
4 months ago

@yrin71096 Sure! I'll send the first part when I finish writing it. It will be pretty polished I hope :) Keep on writing!

Paralumannn
4 months ago

@yiddishpablo Hmm still remember me? :)) I've read the first few chapters before and when I say before it was couple of months ago. I'm planning on continuing it of course, I see your point, and I do understand. I'm having the same problem that's why I deleted my first story, I'm planning on publishing it again when I'm done fixing it.
Hmm if you don't mind, could you inform me when you're done rewriting it (Second Life)? I don't care if it's not finished yet, as long as you're done rewriting the published chapters I'll read it. :D Then I'll wait for your updates.
God bless with your stories:') 
let's just write :')

yiddishpablo
4 months ago

Hey everyone! It's been a long time since I've updated. If you knew me, you'd know I set very high standards for myself. Often times, I'll write hundreds of pages, be dissatisfied and begin again, from the beginning. With each draft, my story gets exponentially better.

Sadly, this means that, if I publish as I write and people read it, I am wasting their time on a weak draft. So, for those of you who are actually interested in Second Life, here is my compromise. For the first time in the 8 or so years I've been writing, I'm planning out the entire novel. This will save me from the typical flaws that are inevitable in a draft written "by the seat of my pants" -- that is, a draft with little or no planning.

As I write Second Life (my third and I hope final major draft), I WILL NOT post regularly. Thinking about how my novel is doing and having to promote it detracts from the process. Wattpad allows you to share your story, but, as most of you are undoubtedly aware, the politics involved are time consuming.

However, I may post a chapter every once in a while, if the novel is going really well--perhaps I will post a chapter every 10 chapters I finish. When I have completed writing the novel, I will post the whole thing all at once. This will save you from doubting my ability to finish.

It may be months before I post anything from the newest draft. The changes will be drastic, but I'm an experienced writer and every failure makes me even better. If you stay my fan, at some point, you will be able to read the completed manuscript. I'm shooting for submission to the 2014 (not a typo) watty awards.

Thanks for you patience and your understanding! Happy 2013!

yiddishpablo
6 months ago