forum Writing Buddy Roulette OPEN AGAIN! Read rules, fill out form

Started January 26, 2020 by @Oakiin

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Notebook nickname: Red
Talk a little bit about your project: It's a series following an anthropologist heir and his quest to truly understand the peoples of his world. Inspired by Horizon: Zero Dawn.

• What genre is it? Adventure, I guess. It covers a lot of genres.
• What stage are you? (First draft, re-write, editing, etc) Outline.
• SFW or NSFW? Uh… somewhere in between. It can be saucy, but tasteful.
• Other? This series will probably be the one to make or break me.

What are your favorite genres? Most. Though I view romance as a subplot more than an actual genre.
What are your least favorite genres? Romance, Quest, and Young Adult all being rolled into this Chosen One retelling over and over again. It gets old.
Are you okay with or unwilling to read NSFW? I don't really care, so long as it's good writing I'm chill.
What's your writing buddy style? Periodic check-ins. No pressure to complete or show writing.
How much do you intend to type per critique/encouragement, etc: As much as needed.
Anything you hate in a book? Poor grammar/spelling, little to no subplots, subplots not being utilized correctly, flat characters unless done purposefully, continuously telling the same type of story (ex: Chosen One with no twist, gets the anti-hero love interest, beats the villain, survives it all because Main Character Plot Armor), fridging, too much foreshadowing, not enough foreshadowing, boring idea/writing style. I could go on.
Anything you love?: The opposite of the hate list. Turning cliches around. Taking old ideas and making them uniquely new.
Where do you want to talk to your buddy? (you can say more than one place, e.g. discord, notebook pms, etc.) PMs are chill for now.
How often do you want to be active with your buddy? Flexible. As active as we both can be, I guess.
Other? I'm currently attending college as an English Major, and my future career will most certainly involve writing. I view writing as both fun and serious. I will give whatever feedback is asked of me, and said feedback will contain helpful information no matter what. I'm also going through a lot in my life, so sometimes I may not check-in as often, or maybe eventually talk about personal matters if we become friends.

Notebook nickname: Ty/Sao

Talk a little bit about your project: It seems like a slice-of-life work, but it slowly becomes more and more obvious that something else is going on. Essentially, the entire work is a metaphor; it represents something else happening.

• Genre: Not sure what it would be.
• Writing Stage: Planning?
• SFW or NSFW: Probably NSFW. I have a tendency to write some pretty dark stuff, so… yeah.
• Other: It's rather cryptic and multi-layered. I'm trying to find a balance of making it an interesting read to both new readers and re-readers.

Favorite genres: All of them? Can I say that?

Least favorite genres: Any genre that is poorly written.

Are you okay with or unwilling to read NSFW?: I'm personally fine with it, so long as I get warned ahead of time just so I know what to expect.

Writing buddy style: I'll try to maintain regular bi-weekly check-ins.

How much do you intend to type per critique/encouragement, etc: I'm going to have to agree with Red here and say "As much as needed."

Anything you hate in a book: Inconsitencies. Poor plot/concept. Poor execution of plot/concept.

Anything you love: If it's able to make me question my own existence, then it's a book I love.

Where do you want to talk to your buddy? (you can say more than one place, e.g. discord, notebook pms, etc.): PMs work for me

How often do you want to be active with your buddy?: Like I said, at least bi-weekly check-ins, could be more if wanted.

Other?: I'm not sure what to put here.

Hey Sunny? I've really been trying to be patient (as maybe they have a lot of stuff going on), but I don't think my writing buddy is going to be online anytime soon… is it possible you could put me back in for the second round?

ooo this is cool!
Notebook nickname: Kat (in various 'kat' puns)
Talk a little bit about your project: My progect is a manga inspired webcomic about a magic university in a fantasy world of mages and faeries. It's definitely fantasy (possibly high fantasy eventually?) and set in a steam and clockwork technology era (with some magic technology too).

• Genre: high/dark fantasy
• Writing stage: first draft ish? Everything is planned it's just the writing part.
• SFW or NSFW: SFW for now, may become too dark or gory in later books
• Other: I plan to do three 'books' or sections that start out light-hearted and get progressively darker with higher stakes. I hope to add some horror elements later on.

Favorite genres: Fantasy (any kind), super hero, action, horror

Least favorite: Romance (i'm not opposed when it's done well, but I dislike books that claim fantasy to be their main genre when the book only focuses on the character's love lives or love triangles)

Are you okay with or unwilling to read NSFW? As long as I'm warned ahead of time, I don't mind any type of NSFW.

Writing buddy style: I don't really know, I've never done anything like this before. I guess I would prefer check ins and progress stuff, maybe do more critiquing stuff later as we get more comfortable with each other? I'm open to do critiquing but I've never really shared my writing before.

How much do you intend to type per critique/encouragement, etc: Depends on what's needed to be said, I tend to be long-winded when I type.

Anything you hate in a book? one dimensional characters, love triangles that don't make any sense (adopted little sibling friend trope is just ew), I dislike very poor grammar and long paragraphs (but I can work/help with that).

Anything you love? I love characters that are three dimensional and have compelling motives and backstories. When you understand how and why they are, it's impossible not to root for them throughout the story.

Where do you want to talk to your buddy? (you can say more than one place, e.g. discord, notebook pms, etc.) I can use notebook but I also have a discord

How often do you want to be active with your buddy? Maybe a few times a week? I can't do every single day with my schedule.

Other? I'm not really super comfortable with sharing my writing right away, but I'm willing to read and critique my future buddies writing. there may be a few occasions where I have to take a hiatus for a few days as I work on university work or tests. Another thing of note is that as an art major I can critique very bluntly, so whether my buddy wants critiquing or encouragement (or a mix of both) and their comfort level with it must be clear so I can help the best I can.

@izzy-hates-life Yes you sure can! Go ahead and repost your form, so it's on the current page :)
And @chgkc3
Your form is filled out a little incorrectly! Please double check these categories:
What's your writing buddy style? Fantasy, Science Fiction, War
How much do you intend to type per critique/encouragement, etc: Characters, Chapter or two
You've also left out these fields, please fill them in:
Anything you hate in a book?
Anything you love?

Sorry, miss understood what you were asking exactly, lol.
Notebook nickname: chgkc3
Talk a little bit about your project:

What genre is it? Fantasy, Isekai, Fan Fic
What stage are you? (First draft, re-write, editing, etc) First Draft/Character development
SFW or NSFW? SFW for the most part with cursing. Occasional NSFW parts
What are your favorite genres? Fantasy, Dystonia, Science Fiction, War
What are your least favorite genres? Historical, Realistic
Are you okay with or unwilling to read NSFW? It's fine
What's your writing buddy style? A few times a week while we get to know each others writing schedule and things of that nature. After that, as needed.
How much do you intend to type per critique/encouragement, etc: As much as I can think of at the time. If they have parts they want me to focus on specifically, that would be great.
Anything you hate in a book? Sappy romance. Romance is fine as long as it isn't the main focus.
Anything you love? Battle/War scene. I love reading through gore.
Where do you want to talk to your buddy? (you can say more than one place, e.g. discord, notebook pms, etc.) Notebook pms
How often do you want to be active with your buddy? Whenever, I try to write daily. At the least a few times a week.

That looks perfect, thanks for fixing it! ^^ I wish you luck on finding the right buddy :D

Thanks Sunny! Ima go find my form real quick~

aight so i made a couple edits but here ya go:

Notebook nickname: Izzy. I've been called Dizzy before, but not on Notebook.

Talk a little bit about your project:

• What genre is it? Fantasy

• What stage are you? (First draft, re-write, editing, etc) Definitely first draft aha.

• SFW or NSFW? honestly at this point i don't really care either way

• Other? this story has been going on for so long aha. writer's block, tho so…

What are your favorite genres? basically anything fiction, though i don't really like realistic fiction that much

What are your least favorite genres? non-fiction aha

Are you okay with or unwilling to read NSFW? fine with nsfw

What's your writing buddy style? Casual and relaxed.

How much do you intend to type per critique/encouragement, etc: Maybe a couple sentences to a paragraph, a couple paragraphs if I really feel like there's a lot to critique.

Anything you hate in a book? Honestly, I don't really like books that don't seem to have much of a plot at the beginning.

Anything you love? In books? Romance. And plots that make me cry. Good character development. And a good dystopian book is really nice to read. cliffhangers, even though they kill me so much, if they're really good

Where do you want to talk to your buddy? (you can say more than one place, e.g. discord, notebook pms, etc.) I'll be willing to talk on most platforms. However, I only have Discord, Instagram, and Notebook. I'm not too active on Discord, although I'll check in on Discord usually like once a day to check pings.

How often do you want to be active with your buddy? Depends. Maybe once or twice a week? I'm considering daily, but I can't always be on everyday, so let's just go with once or twice a week. Oh- and reading through other's templates to get a feel on what I should be writing, or examples, I realize that I'm usually available just to talk everyday, but for activities that require more thought, once or twice a week please.

Other? Nothing I can think of at the moment.