Hi joebob,
I can guarantee that my first attempt at writing was probably worse because I didn't have any images that I could use to base my story on. I have found that over the years we become better at it. Great novelists have had the same problem and the best way to beat it is to use your imagination and have a picture and a thread from a game will make it easier for you.
I started this thread what seems like a long time ago and based my story from the point of view as a hero reporting on the death of a fictitious journalist for guild in the storyline who got careless and got himself killed. He almost got the hero killed in the process.
Since you are writing a story even though a short one you can turn events into anything you want that will support and be supported by the picture you provide. The theme of the story can even be of your hero's unfortunate death in the game of course making the monsters bigger and badder and your hero fighting the courageous fight (his death due to some mistake you made but don't tell). The story can be funny, sad or simply outrageous because it is your story.
When I started this thread I had two purposes in mind. The first was to show other members screenshots I liked. The second was to add a little story to go with the screenshot. I wanted to make the thread fun and to see how inventive other members could be.
Here is a link to my first story on the forum and notice it wasn't my first post in the thread. The thought for
"BREAKING NEWS: DL Reporter killed on the job!" didn't come to me until after I had the screenshot I posted with it.
LINK:
http://www.gamebanshee.com/forums/du...tml#post958474
Keep on trying and themes from anything are fair game.
Kel
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