Introduce Yourself here and say Hi.

I always imagine hello should be the first word however; it tends not to play into my desire for originality.

What to tell you about me, I've vexed over it for a little while now. I could tell you that I'm twenty four, that I love and am loved and work to live; not live to work. Yet, it falls short of what I'm trying to express.

I could tell you that in my imagination the world is a much more interesting place. That there are things and people so wondrous you'd scarcely believe me, yet I know many have that window into an ideal world. To share the vision is a reason to write is it not?

I could tell you that I search for a perfection I see so often in other peoples writings and the uplifting or crushing words therein that I often over look what I can achieve. To get a sense of emotion and feeling in a story or any form of writing is what I aim for; the perfection I desire. If I can make one person feel the way I intended upon reading something I've put effort into then it would have been worth it.

I could choose now to mention that I struggle with spelling and punctuation, that the written words I chase always feel so far from my grasp that I let the dull voices in the back of my mind convince me I can't have them.

And yet; I have the ability to draw tears or such smiles it over joys me at times to see and hear reactions from people that have read what I've written. I'm always of the opinion that I can't write, that my efforts fall short of the perfection I'm so chasing. Then, I get such comments as to make everything worth the time. I do try though my current efforts remain constrained to short stories, chapters and poems.

I hope in course that I can uplift or thrill those of you on here that have the opportunity to read something I've written. I've already spent time reading others here and I'm eager to do more; it's in those little quirks excellent writing spins from the mediocre and I'm already learning from people here.

So, hello!

I'm here and hoping to share. Getting critique and help from others will be more than welcome.

Thank you for your time in reading this!

Ouro.

i'm a french, living in a province Allier. I like "War and Peace", i plan to write something everyday. i baptise my project as "war and peace, chaptre by chaptre everyday".

je suis français et j'habite en le département Allier. j'aime bien le roman de Tolstoï, "la guerre et la paix". j'essaie écrire quelques phrases chaque jour. je baptise mon projet "la guerre et la paix, chapitre par chapitre tous les jours".

Hi, I'm Joshua from Canada.

My favourite author is George Orwell (you can't beat 1984's prose), my favourite novel is Dumas's The Count of Monte Cristo.

The last novel I read was George R. R. Martin's A Clash of Kings and I am currently reading Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carre.

I've been planning to write a short story for the longest time but still haven't got around to it.

Hello Ouro, Jacques, and Joshua! Welcome, welcome, welcome!

Hello, I'm a high school student who loves to read. I'm currently reading the second volume of Foote's The Civil War. I also love Dostoevsky, Gogol, and Beckett.

Hello everyone, I've just joined and am introducing myself in the the good old polite way we Brits have. I'm very excited - and sacred - that my first novel is released in less than two weeks time and I'm already getting a few reviews on Amazon as the Kindle version went up last month before the release of the print version. I suddenly understand what it means to stand metaphorically naked in front of the word and expose your innermost thoughts and your psychological make-up- because that's what you do every time you write something. Anyway, I'm looking forward to sharing ideas and support on here - so hi!

Hello online-literature community, its a pleasure reading all your post! I've been browsing around this website like a shadow for the last two weeks reading posts on Dostoevsky's Notes from the Underground, Goethe's Sorrow of Young Werther, a recent most on Marxists, and other books and philosophies, and I must say I've never been so excited to join an online forum community before! I apologize in advance for grammatical mistakes...my English is fairly poor because I used to skip English class...: /
Anyways, I've finally got myself into the habit of reading and hope our literary adventures cross sometime in the future!
-David

I thought it may be fun to write some stories. But I'm sure they'll be terrible, so I thought maybe some constructive criticism may help improve my efforts.

I like literary criticism, but reading less-so. Hopefully I can still be of some use to others anyway. :D

Hey all, I'm not sure what sort of introduction to give really... but I'll just get to it!

I'm currently in my senior year of highschool, I work at a carwash near Minneapolis (which is, to put lightly, dreadful in the cold months). I try to stay involved in the Minneapolis/St. Paul music scene. I'm a bassist and guitar player with inclination towards everything from Chet Baker to Chet Atkins, The Ramones to A Tribe Called Quest, and just about everything in between. I mostly plan on using the site for getting recommendations on what to read first from new writers I learn of. I'm a pretty big fan of Steinbeck, Tolstoy, Emerson, Bukowski (what can I say, I'm an angsty teenager). Anyways, Hello!

waji here, m new here and m a university student

Hi all, I'm a Masters student in England studying political theory. None of my current friends seem to like literature to the same degree I do, so I need a place to discuss it properly!
Currently reading Lolita and Hitchen's memoirs.

Hello the Forum:

My name is James. I've just checked in here and I shall read through a few threads before jumping in anywhere.

At the moment I'm reading H G Wells' Experiment in Autobiography and Henry James' The Portrait of a Lady.

Hello to all

too much to list and hate talking about myself, lots of government service, lots of military, too much education. nearly my entire purpose for the last 10 years has been writing a screenplay/movie, building working props for the movie, etc. i would mention it here but i do not to be in violation of any link rules or seem like i'm promoting it here... suffice to say maybe the ebook is a screenplay for the movie is already out and is mainly about giving some kind of closure for the most determined Coyote and speediest Roadrunner in history... we've had live-action movies adapted from just about every classic cartoon or action heroes in the past (batman, superman, spiderman, transformers, flinstones... you get the picture), but nothing about them... I hope to remedy that. The script is under private review right now by a studio but it is a very long road. I have a website just for the whole project but I do not think I can mention it or the book/movie's title per the rules. that's ok. i would there would be little more irritating than a newby coming on here, promoting their book or whatever and then dissapearing. i know it would irritate me unless it was a thread just for that purpose. but suffice to say i am consumed with this project. ok, other than that...

I like to read of course, classic movies (nightmare alley on right now), build machines, talk. i live one mile from the beach but in the last 10 years i've seen it less than a dozen times. i do live on a boat in a marina in texas, will be moving back to california soon. was married once and do have an adult child, lonely but not enough to do anything about it. always was a loner anyways, even when i was married... i love the philippines, may be moving there someday, have visited there several times.

hope to get to maybe get to know a few of you here and see what the deal is... best of luck to all

Hi all, my name is Scott. I just joined. I love reading, just got the new Kindle Paperlight, so I'm reading even more than usual. I love everything: fiction, non-fiction, history, the classics, best-sellers, fantasy... My two all time favorites are Hugo's Les Miserables and Hunchback of Notre Dame. Right now I'm reading Don Quixote. I also like to write very short poems and stories.

Hi all, my name is Marcus and I love to read. Probably read close to 500 novels so far. I'm currently an assistant librarian at a school. Some of my favorite authors include Shakespeare, Stephen King, Charles Dickens, Victor Hugo, Mark Twain, Terry Pratchett

My favorite books include Les Mis, Lord of the Rings, The Stand, IT, The Princess Bride, Don Quixote, Hitchhiker's Guide

This looks like a cool place. Hope to be here for a while