Post by Ragnelle on Oct 21, 2009 10:35:47 GMT -5
I wrote a lot of this in my welcoming-tread before finding out that this was the place, so I have copied a bit of it here. Sorry for the mix-up 
I am Norwegian, 35 years old and single. I currently work part-time in a church and free-lance as an oral story-teller. My writings is probably a bit influenced by the oral tradition. Other than that I have studied History of Ideas (I will probably begin a Masters in it after new-year), World Literature and Drama & Theatre (my other option for a Master). When I tell stories, I tell traditional tales, with some very few exceptions. I have specialized a bit in medieval tales, but have stories from most continents (I have not worked on any from Australia yet). I am especially fascinated by origin-myths.
I ride dressage and bought my first horse only five years ago. He is of course the best horse in the whole world I also train some HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) when I get the chance, both on foot and horseback. I play with sword
I read LotR in my teens and have lost count of how many times. That goes for The Silmarilion as well, and most of Tolkien's books - mostly because I usually don't bother to count things like that
I have not read everything in HoME, only the parts I am interested in... and what I can get my hands on of his lectures and other papers. What I have not read, is his biography. For some reason I am not big on biographies.
I have so far only written fanfiction from Tolkien's legendarium, with one exception, and try to stay as close to canon as I can, but I am working on a longer AU story now that I hope will turn out well. I am a bit obsessed with Aragorn, so most of my LotR-stories tend to include him in some way, though I have some with other characters like Éomer. It is the Eorlingas that I identify with most of the peoples, both because of the horses and the Anglo-Saxon elements in their cultures . Of the Silmarillion characters Húrin and the story of Túrin are what I find most fascinating. Elves and hobbits do not interest me that much, I am afraid.
I am not a very fast writer and so far I have mostly done shorter stuff. Partly because I tend to want to keep polishing the things I write, and partly because I find it hard to "make up" plots for a mulit-chaptered story. Rhythm and the sound of the words are things I work on a lot and that I like to play with. I also like to play with the narrator-voice and have in some of my last stories experimented with a second-person narrator which I find fascinating.
I think I can handle criticism quite well, though I can not be 100% sure until I receive my first crushing one ... But I did handle feed-back that was at time quite hard when learning story-telling, and since the harshest teacher were the one I kept coming back to, I think I will handle it well. I am slightly dyslectic, so I know I will always have spelling-mistakes and are always happy to have them pointed out to me.
When I give feed-back, I try to be nice and helpful and to keep my advice at the level asked for. I try not to suggest a particular way of rewriting something unless I know that the person will not feel like they have to copy my suggestion if that do not fit their writing-style. I also tend to ask questions and try to find out what kind of impression the writer wanted to make so that I can tell whether they succeeded or not. I am quite strong on canon-questions, but spelling and grammar are weak points.
I am Norwegian, 35 years old and single. I currently work part-time in a church and free-lance as an oral story-teller. My writings is probably a bit influenced by the oral tradition. Other than that I have studied History of Ideas (I will probably begin a Masters in it after new-year), World Literature and Drama & Theatre (my other option for a Master). When I tell stories, I tell traditional tales, with some very few exceptions. I have specialized a bit in medieval tales, but have stories from most continents (I have not worked on any from Australia yet). I am especially fascinated by origin-myths.
I ride dressage and bought my first horse only five years ago. He is of course the best horse in the whole world I also train some HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) when I get the chance, both on foot and horseback. I play with sword
I read LotR in my teens and have lost count of how many times. That goes for The Silmarilion as well, and most of Tolkien's books - mostly because I usually don't bother to count things like that
I have not read everything in HoME, only the parts I am interested in... and what I can get my hands on of his lectures and other papers. What I have not read, is his biography. For some reason I am not big on biographies.I have so far only written fanfiction from Tolkien's legendarium, with one exception, and try to stay as close to canon as I can, but I am working on a longer AU story now that I hope will turn out well. I am a bit obsessed with Aragorn, so most of my LotR-stories tend to include him in some way, though I have some with other characters like Éomer. It is the Eorlingas that I identify with most of the peoples, both because of the horses and the Anglo-Saxon elements in their cultures . Of the Silmarillion characters Húrin and the story of Túrin are what I find most fascinating. Elves and hobbits do not interest me that much, I am afraid.
I am not a very fast writer and so far I have mostly done shorter stuff. Partly because I tend to want to keep polishing the things I write, and partly because I find it hard to "make up" plots for a mulit-chaptered story. Rhythm and the sound of the words are things I work on a lot and that I like to play with. I also like to play with the narrator-voice and have in some of my last stories experimented with a second-person narrator which I find fascinating.
I think I can handle criticism quite well, though I can not be 100% sure until I receive my first crushing one ... But I did handle feed-back that was at time quite hard when learning story-telling, and since the harshest teacher were the one I kept coming back to, I think I will handle it well. I am slightly dyslectic, so I know I will always have spelling-mistakes and are always happy to have them pointed out to me.
When I give feed-back, I try to be nice and helpful and to keep my advice at the level asked for. I try not to suggest a particular way of rewriting something unless I know that the person will not feel like they have to copy my suggestion if that do not fit their writing-style. I also tend to ask questions and try to find out what kind of impression the writer wanted to make so that I can tell whether they succeeded or not. I am quite strong on canon-questions, but spelling and grammar are weak points.