Who's a writer here?

[JonFromMaplewood]

I've written academic papers and chapters in the field of psycholinguistics.

I also write those annoying prompts that you hear recorded voices say when you call a company (e.g. "Sorry, I didn't understand.  Please say or enter your ten digit phone number starting with the area code.").  In my defense (if there is any), my job is to make them more tolerable.

To escape from that horror, I am also trying to write a book. It is fiction that is supposed to feel like non-fiction...under the pseudonym Kenneth Balderdash.  I have written 60 pages in five months...not toppling any speed records.

[emma]

I am really really hesitant to post in this topic because I know I know I know, I'm a 17-year-old girl so it's suspect. But. I've been paid to write plays, and I've sold a few stories. So...me? I am?

[Jonathan Steven]

Music criticism as well, but I'm a bit green.

[Wes]

I also write those annoying prompts that you hear recorded voices say when you call a company (e.g. "Sorry, I didn't understand.  Please say or enter your ten digit phone number starting with the area code.").  In my defense (if there is any), my job is to make them more tolerable.

Whoa, huge fan of your work! I'd actually kinda like to hear more about this. That's a weirdly specific thing to do.

I used to write boring press releases and annual reports. Now I just write Best Show Fan Fiction. And a ransom note or two, but that's just cutting out letters, really.

[Julie]

Hey FOT,

I was just wondering how many of you are writers?

Either professionally, or if you just write regularly or have a blog.

No real reason for asking, I don't think - just curious.
Thanks,
Emily

I write a blog about the inside of my head.

[Cotton]

I write blog stuff a lot more than fiction stuff. But I do both.

[cutout]

I wrote (pretty obviously fake) "I Saw You" ads in the local alt-weekly for almost ten years. They didn't win any writing awards, but I won at least 5 free dinners from the editor for "ad of the week".

[Julie]

I write movies that gently massage the ass, thus releasing the tension in the lumbar spine. 

Porno movies have writers?

There's a book about it called Fast Forward.

[namethebats]

Small-town reporter.

[yesno]

I've written an opera libretto and electro-pop lyrics and the usual amount of shitty poetry.

I'll be published soon in the Journal of Telecommunications & High Technology Law here at our school for a law/computers/software/economics paper.

In 2nd grade I wrote a report about Uranus.

[Omar]

I have written several longform recaps of "The Best Show on WFMU."  I also wrote this other thing that was ok and someone liked it but then this other person didn't so that whole thing didn't really work out too well haha. 

[masterofsparks]

Used to write music crit pretty regularly - I still do every now and then but I've kinda lost interest/come to the realization that I'm not all that good.

[JonFromMaplewood]

I also write those annoying prompts that you hear recorded voices say when you call a company (e.g. "Sorry, I didn't understand.  Please say or enter your ten digit phone number starting with the area code.").  In my defense (if there is any), my job is to make them more tolerable.

Whoa, huge fan of your work! I'd actually kinda like to hear more about this. That's a weirdly specific thing to do.

I used to write boring press releases and annual reports. Now I just write Best Show Fan Fiction. And a ransom note or two, but that's just cutting out letters, really.

Wow, Wes. Your response was more positive than I expected. I was waiting for death threats.

It is indeed a strange line of work.  If there is ever another Best Show get together, I will tell you all about it over some glasses of Gentleman Jack.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I write movies that gently massage the ass, thus releasing the tension in the lumbar spine.

Porno movies have writers?

Ahem, Mr. Judgment.  It's not porn, it's a celebration of the sensual glory of the body by, for and about the hirsute.  All body types and smells welcome and embraced!

I am really really hesitant to post in this topic because I know I know I know, I'm a 17-year-old girl so it's suspect. But. I've been paid to write plays, and I've sold a few stories. So...me? I am?

I think the only reason you're even self-conscious about this is because you're 17.  After a while, you keep saying it, then eventually it becomes true, then you're like, shit, man, why did I choose to do this with my life?  Enjoy!  You've got a lot to look forward to.

[Beth]

I write poems, mostly. I'll soon have a literature degree, but I don't think it's going to get me very far. I write a blog, but I don't know if that counts. I write simple sheet music, but only because my cello instructor makes me.