Hello

Hello. I'm TorturedPoet, I'm autistic and have ADHD and a bunch of other stuff that makes life even more complex and annoying. I like listening to music, poetry, writing and have more recently gotten in to drawing again. I’m lonely from having no friends and not really going out. I’m hoping I can find my place here.

Parents
  • Hi TorturedPoet, welcome aboard, hope you find a place here. I am very much into writing, epic fantasy stuff is my big thing, what do you write about?

  • Hi. Thank you. I like writing poetry and fiction stories. I have a very vivid imagination and I love dreaming up characters and worlds and then writing about them. Your writing sounds interesting. Are you doing any writing projects at the moment?

  • Me too, I have written stories since infant school and now in my 50's!

    On a bit of a break at the moment re writing, as its a big time sink for me when I get started, currently noting down ideas for my next venture. There's a lot that goes into from developing the world, characters, story arcs, maps, etc. 

  • I bet you have written tens of thousands of words over the years. I don't know how many I've written, not that many for sure. I write a lot more now I'm not in school, when I was at school I wrote every evening before going to bed.

    Now I have all the time in the world to spend writing and dreaming stuff up. Writing can be so time demanding but is more than worth it IMO.

    I would like to publish a book someday, not sure what type though... It has to be something magical and fun though. I want to write the longest book series ever. That's my life goal with my writing.

    I like to add illustrations to some of my writing. Pictures can help bring it to life but more often than not I don't add illustrations. I follow a lot of drawing videos online, that's where I hit when I first started drawing.

  • It is a lot, not sure how many words I've clocked up. I haven't finished anything as yet, never been quite satisfied with it.I would like to publish something one day, thats the goal biut needs to be good enough. I'm using my phone now to take notes, its quite handy as I usually always have it on me. I spend an age on the planning/dev stage too, but its a part I really get into. The last book I spent more or less six months in development.

    On the maps a bit of both, like to have a rough idea in my mind and then just start drawing really. I wish I was decent at drawing as I would love to add pictures and stuff. 

Reply
  • It is a lot, not sure how many words I've clocked up. I haven't finished anything as yet, never been quite satisfied with it.I would like to publish something one day, thats the goal biut needs to be good enough. I'm using my phone now to take notes, its quite handy as I usually always have it on me. I spend an age on the planning/dev stage too, but its a part I really get into. The last book I spent more or less six months in development.

    On the maps a bit of both, like to have a rough idea in my mind and then just start drawing really. I wish I was decent at drawing as I would love to add pictures and stuff. 

Children
  • I bet you have written tens of thousands of words over the years. I don't know how many I've written, not that many for sure. I write a lot more now I'm not in school, when I was at school I wrote every evening before going to bed.

    Now I have all the time in the world to spend writing and dreaming stuff up. Writing can be so time demanding but is more than worth it IMO.

    I would like to publish a book someday, not sure what type though... It has to be something magical and fun though. I want to write the longest book series ever. That's my life goal with my writing.

    I like to add illustrations to some of my writing. Pictures can help bring it to life but more often than not I don't add illustrations. I follow a lot of drawing videos online, that's where I hit when I first started drawing.