David’s Comments (group member since Mar 16, 2022)

David’s comments from the Bisky's Twitterling's Scribbles! group.

I visited Mexico years ago where I fell in love with refried beans. I traveled to China one year before the Olympics, and have visited Italy, France, and England. Last year I was in Quebec and loved it. My next targets are Ireland and Japan.

I really enjoyed Caprica (prequel to Battlestar Galactica) before it was cancelled. An animated program I really enjoyed was Tron: Uprising. Yet another great program destroyed before its time.

Bisky wrote: "If you are a fan of Terry Prachett, he famously said that writer's block was invented in hollywood as an excuse for poor writing (Or something, too tired to remember) We all have those days where n..."

It completely exists. To me, writer's block is when the story you had planned out in your head is not turning out the way you want it to. It's a disease that fills the heart of every writer, turning his fingers brittle and his mind feeble. Sadly, there is no cure for it.

I write to entertain as well as inspire. It's just what I'm meant to do in this life. If I can inspire the next great writer then I will have considered my life having not been a waste of flesh and bone.

I know I sound negative, but pessimism and sadness are two themes I often explore in my works. I find it easier to find something to fight for when there's very little to be happy about.

Bisky wrote: "My favorites are:

Serenity
Equilibrium
Starship Troopers
Signs

Yours? :]"

Jurassic Park was my thing back in the 90s. I also love Nightmare Before Christmas, the original Star Wars, Coraline, LOTR, and Spirited Away.

I literally have too many to name, so these are a few of my (least)favorite things.

I hate it when characters suddenly GET GOOD after a short period of time. You see them everywhere. Hey I just started learning magic yesterday, now I can take on an experienced dark wizard who's been using magic his whole life (Order of the Phoenix, I'm looking at you). Experience takes time, yet you see these adolescents just dominating older and better-trained opponents simply because they are the good guys. It doesn't work that way.

Love triangles. Enough has been said on the subject. Many people criticize Stephanie Meyers for her Twilight fiasco, and yet all these young authors are following the exact format: have to boys fight over the same girl because they just fell in love with her. Even if it was two girls and one guy, to base your whole story on that one premise is just pitiful.

Diversity is an issue with me. Sci-fi and fantasy have historically been a white male's world. Now it seems that it's a while female's world. Now I'm not saying there isn't more diversity out there, but I would like to see more people of different colors and ethnic backgrounds. I mean when is the last book-turned-movie starring a non-Caucasian character you can recall?

Exactly.

Bisky wrote: "I write mostly Adult Urban Fan but also some YA Scifi and I write/illustrate children's books that are bright, colourful and with lots of fluffy animals.

But I read mostly horror, Koontz, King, He..."

My main genres are sci-fi, fantasy, and horror, and my audiences are either YA or adult. I'd like to follow the STephen King formula and branch out to as many as I can.

Bisky wrote: "Was it an urge?

Was it a book you read that made you say, I can do better?

Is there a family connection?

I'd like to know :]"

For me, it was RL Stines' Goosebumps that made me want to create characters and storylines. I handwrote my first story when I was in third grade and haven't looked back since.

Guess I should have done this a while back. I'm David. I've written and posted a few short stories and have completed my first novel "The River Styx" which is looking for representation from a literary agent. For the curious, "The River Styx" is a mythological novel set towards a YA audience in which a girl, Hope, travels aboard a ship of the damned across the Greek Underworld.

Josh wrote: "I thought of this question this morning. If you had a chance, what media would you like your novel to be produced with? Examples: Would you like your story made into a live action TV series, live ..."

Good question, Josh. Mine has the making of a movie all the way, or perhaps a straight to TV miniseries. I wrote "The River Styx" into Five Acts which I think can be split into two two-hour television specials.

One must. We're not robots, though I often find myself wishing I could write for twenty hours straight. We must take breaks, else our muse becomes our undertaker.

Politics, my friend. The old creators left and Disney had other shows they wanted to promote. Personally, I'd love a new series with new characters that's based in the same universe. Kim and Ron could make cameo appearances.

Same here. Sorry about the link. Been out of the loop so long I forget to read instructions.

I've written fanfic for tv series up until a little while ago. I haven't done it much recently, because life's kicking down my door and I've started a new job. Plus I want to write professionally so I need to get my own original work out there. You can find it on my website, darev.weebly.com.

As for the shows, I really like Kim Possible fanfic, though a lot of the great writers for that genre have gone.

R.L. Stine got me into writing so I can't overlook his Goosebumps series. Recently, it's been R.A. Salvatore's Legend of Drizzt Saga.

This one's from Rod Serling.

"Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his soul."

I also have a collection of quotes from video games, books, movies, tv series, politics, etc. You know something, combined, my quotes amassed to a full-fledged novel.