Hey there.

My name's Brandon and I'm 19 years old.

Do I have any interests? Sure. I enjoy reading, writing, gaming, roleplaying, D&D... the main things that are encompassed in the 'nerd' category. But hey, whatever, I LIKE being a nerd. :D

Things I would like to try: LARP. It looks like lots of fun and is the epitome of nerddom. It's awesome.

Myself as a writer: Well, I can't say much there. My first real experience with creative writing came when I joined a Role Playing forum about three or four years back now. Writing is something that I do for fun, and to get that creative spark out of my system so I can focus when I need to. Normally my writing consists of posts for the aforementioned RP website and/or small short stories that I never share with anyone. Lifeless is the first Fanfic that I have ever attempted to write, and is the first long story that I've actually intended on completing. And, I'm going to be honest here, I've started about twenty different story ideas, and all of them have petered out in the planning phase or before chapter 5. Luckily, I'm already past both of those points so I think I'm going to make it!

I have been told that I'm a good writer, but in my eyes I'm still a fledgling that has an immense amount to learn about the craft. I hope that writing Lifeless, and any story that should follow, will help me to improve my writing skills. My only hope here is to improve several facets of my writing that I've found lacking so far.

First and foremost I would like to work on stepping into the light. Almost every story that I write has a dark - and most times tragic - feel to it. Humour and 'lightness' are things that I have a hard time with. Granted, most of the situations in my writings don't allow for much humour. After all(Using Lifeless as an example) who could hoot with laughter after fighting a major blaze in a camp or having a cliff fall on them?I really hope that I can open up to opportunities to lighten things up as I go on. This goes for characters as well. I'm doing my best with Winny(aka Poppy), but getting into the head of an ignorant seven-year-old girl is tough. Stuff like that is new and uncharted territory for me, so please forgive any awkwardness in the early stages.

Second is my vocabulary. I find that I use the same words over and over again to describe actions and feelings. And sometimes there are feelings that I simply can't describe at all.

Third is my storytelling itself. Sometimes the telling feels dull and... well... lifeless. What I mean is that some of the scenes that I write are supposed to feel frantic or disorienting or confusing, but they just don't feel that way to read them (granted, being the writer you have a different perspective on things, I guess).

Fourth and final is my grammar. I have better grammar than a lot of people out there on the internets (I actually put periods and commas into my sentences) but I know that there is also a great deal that I can improve.

Any comments about any of these things - or anything else I can improve on! - would be greatly appreciated.

I'll be honest. I haven't gotten a whole lot of feedback on my work, even after spending four years on an RP community. Rarely do you hear anything beyond "Hey, you're a good writer," so it's hard to pick up on things to improve.

Yeaa... Thanks for reading! If you even bothered to read my ramblings at all ;)