Forum
Community Forum
Today's Posts
FAQ & Rules
Members List

Writing
Writing Forum
Recent Posts
Critique Guidelines

Groups
YWO Social Groups
Facebook
Myspace

Chat
 
YWA

Register

Store
Support YWO
YWO Merchandise
The Book Despository
Amazon.com (US)
Amazon.co.uk (UK)
Amazon.ca (Canada)

SBS Mag


View Poll Results: What noise level do you write best in?
I need complete and total silence 6 11.11%
A little bit of background noise is good for me 13 24.07%
Soft music 26 48.15%
Loud music 4 7.41%
Noise! I write best when there's lost of noise! 1 1.85%
I prefer the sounds of llamas... 4 7.41%
Voters: 54. You may not vote on this poll

Closed Thread
 
Thread Tools
Old 03-21-2010, 07:05 PM View Post #51 (Link)
Rowenny (Offline)
Scholarly Apprentice
 
Rowenny's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Japan
Posts: 130
Points: 15.84
Times Thanked: 2
Before I couldn't imagine my writing without soft music in the background, especially one that fits the story. Now, sometimes, I find myself writing in total silence, because I can feel that it is easier to concentrate like that.
__________________
One bright day, late at night,
Two dead boys rose up to fight.
Back to back, they faced each other,
Drew their swords, and shot each other.
A deaf policeman heard the noise
And came and killed those two dead boys.
If you don't believe this lie is true
Just ask the blind man -- he saw it too.
 
Old 11-04-2010, 05:47 AM View Post #52 (Link)
Clawfire (Offline)
Literary Artist
 
Clawfire's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: I am where I seem to be.
Posts: 497
Points: 30
Times Thanked: 13
Soft music.
__________________
People assume that time
is a strict progression of cause to effect,
but actually, from a nonlinear,
non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like
a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey...

stuff.
- The Doctor (David Tennant)
 
Old 11-22-2010, 07:36 AM View Post #53 (Link)
FayGee (Offline)
Aspiring Author
 
FayGee's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: the home is where the heart is!
Posts: 686
Points: 22.57
Times Thanked: 28
A little bit of background noise.
Living in a big family, dead quiet is too quiet.
__________________
YWO Awards 2011:
Most Welcoming Member: FayGee
Worst Spammer: FayGee

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Some poems rhyme
This one doesn't


So ha.

I collect thank points.
 
Old 11-15-2011, 07:43 PM View Post #54 (Link)
wutheringheights (Offline)
Idea Scribe
 
wutheringheights's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: a secret government base on the dark side of the moon
Posts: 50
Points: 5.58
Times Thanked: 0
I can block out loud noises while reading (like in school), but when I'm writing I have to pause sometimes and loud noises distract me. I usally like a little music while I'm writing
 
Old 12-11-2011, 12:24 AM View Post #55 (Link)
Juline (Offline)
Idea Scribe
 
Juline's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: The Confederacy
Posts: 50
Points: 8.92
Times Thanked: 3
Hehe. i'll have my record playing some simple John Philip Sousa and my sister has some Nicki Minaj playing on full blast and she'll curse that she can't hear her tv over my music! So she turns the tv even louder and when I pull the plug out of the wall she gets very hostile. So i'll comprimize with her that i'll turn off my record if she turns the tv off and turns her music down. She will eventually agree and after a few moments she'll complain that the pencil against the paper is "bugging her". She is very annoying, but i love her anyways.
 
Old 12-11-2011, 12:52 AM View Post #56 (Link)
Lykaios (Offline)
Global Moderator
 
Lykaios's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: ὡς ἐν ἄλλῳ κόσμῳ
Posts: 2,100
Points: 30
Times Thanked: 104
Juline, please watch the dates on threads - this thread is four years old.
__________________
Spoiler:
Our Poem (Alice, Drax, me and Spacey)
Orange-red cubes that make a wall,
they aren't always orange-red,
but butterscotch cement holds them tight
and burning wine becomes the mortar.
Diamond drops of liquid ice,
a cling-film layer that wraps up the world
with sticky taps and pitfall paper,
keeping flies trapped inside and out
--they drown a certain Scottish pirate
and then the poetry stops for good,
the - end
as jelly oozes through the cracks.


Twins with Lizzie.

poetry blog
 
Old 12-11-2011, 06:02 AM View Post #57 (Link)
lostbookworm lostbookworm is online now
Freelance Writer
 
lostbookworm's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Beneath The Cherry Blossoms
Posts: 1,051
Points: 20.12
Times Thanked: 84
Originally Posted by Lykaios View Post
Juline, please watch the dates on threads - this thread is four years old.
Actually Lyk, you should be telling Wuthering Heights. She/he posted first and Juline just took advantage of it. I must say I'm enjoying how you're putting your foot down regards rule breakers. WE HAVE A MOD MESSIAH! PRAISE LYKAIOS!

BTW, BUMP ALL THE THREADS!
__________________
This is my design.



My Site

 
Old 12-11-2011, 07:34 AM View Post #58 (Link)
FayGee (Offline)
Aspiring Author
 
FayGee's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: the home is where the heart is!
Posts: 686
Points: 22.57
Times Thanked: 28
Originally Posted by lostbookworm View Post
Actually Lyk, you should be telling Wuthering Heights. She/he posted first and Juline just took advantage of it.
I was gonna say that but I'm too lazy.

BTW, BUMP ALL THE THREADS!
Hmmm... GOOD IDEA!
/spam?
__________________
YWO Awards 2011:
Most Welcoming Member: FayGee
Worst Spammer: FayGee

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Some poems rhyme
This one doesn't


So ha.

I collect thank points.
 
Old 12-11-2011, 12:30 PM View Post #59 (Link)
lostbookworm lostbookworm is online now
Freelance Writer
 
lostbookworm's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Beneath The Cherry Blossoms
Posts: 1,051
Points: 20.12
Times Thanked: 84
Originally Posted by FayGee View Post
I was gonna say that but I'm too lazy.

Hmmm... GOOD IDEA!
/spam?
Hm. Well if you're too lazy, then don't say you are. I have a feeling you're just spamming to get your post count up. So stop it. The members worked hard to get they're counts up, and several people have warned you of spamming. I also have heard a complaint that you've been rather rude to someone. So please. Stop it.
__________________
This is my design.



My Site

 
Old 12-11-2011, 02:03 PM View Post #60 (Link)
Majyk (Offline)
Global Moderator
 
Majyk's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 3,417
Points: 29.02
Times Thanked: 347
Originally Posted by lostbookworm View Post
BTW, BUMP ALL THE THREADS!
Next time someone bumps tons of poll threads, I'm closing them. I'm serious. It's so annoying.
__________________
.

Finished The Underhill Series, Book One: The Second Self (Collaboration Story) (10/21/12 - 3/18/13) at 77,000 words!

The Underhill Series, Book Two: The Divided (Collaboration Story) (3/20/13, 58,000 words)

Editing: Shadow of a Human (chapter 12 of 34 complete)



A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
— Albert Einstein


.
 
Sponsored Links
Closed Thread
Thread Tools

 


All times are GMT. The time now is 12:05 PM.
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4 - Copyright ©2000 - 2013, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
All writing Copyright © its author(s). All other material Copyright © 2007-2012 Young Writers Online unless otherwise specified.
Managed by Andrew Kukwa (Andy) and Shaun Duke (Shaun) from The World in the Satin Bag. Design by HTWoRKS.