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The Bittersweet Zombie Bowl

  • lt_amazil
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well i might as well put it up

okay here is the sum up of chapter 1&2

the story opens with mike and lucy chasing down a helicopter. after lucy shoots it down mike gets enraged but later is hit in the head with a suitcase that came from a burning plane, looking at the suitcase and finding sandy's name on it he suggests to the group (mike,lucy,paulo,david) that they should go and check out the plane after it crashed. once there they find that the plane is a bloody mess and all the inhabitants are dead. but mike points out sandy who is in witch mode and runs after her. david comes in and they all watch as mike who idiotically alerted sandy gets raped by sandy. after sandy calms down she walks out of the plane as if nothing happens (theory that zombies can become civil once they are satisfied and calm down). as the group are about to leave they find that while they were distracted by sandy, a whole horde of zombies managed to surround the whole plane. david rushes out of the plane saying that he would sacrifice himself so the others can go but it's useless. the remaining 3 sit and watch as david walks into the field around the plane. but they find they aren't alone in the plane when McCain reveals himself to have followed them the whole time. suddenly a bright light flashes with david chanting "avi avi avi verbum avis" then the light from david evaporates all the zombies surrounding the plane (the power apparently came from clothes that david was given from god). as the group are walking lucy gives mike a beret explaining that it balances out mike's gayness. mike is then pulled to an alley by paulo who explains that mike should get along with lucy before it's too late. when mike and paulo regroup with the others they find that they already made camp and lucy is trying to start a fire with flint stones and wood but is having a hard time. paulo reveals he has kerosene from the plane and the group decide to tell stories.

that was chapter1: sandy air. it was just a way for me to get the ball rolling in the art and story.

chapter2:campfire tales

after the group are done telling stories, paulo tells everyone to go to bed. everyone leaves except for McCain who pressures Paulo into telling him why he had been acting weird, in which Paulo finally tells McCain what happened at the time of the apocalypse. he was wakened by a gunshot outside his bedroom, then his father kicks down his door, throws Paulo a spas and tells him how to use it. paulo and his father go to the car in which paulo watches as the world around him is torn apart by the zombies. his father on the other hand doesn't seem to be fazed by it. his father stops the car at jasmine's house telling paulo to go and rescue his girlfriend. Paulo is reluctant but does it. he goes in the house rushes up the stairs to jasmine's room but finds jasmine already being eaten by a zombie wearing a leather vest and white inside shirt. paulo runs away and tries to go to his dad's car but his father has already left him. as a horde of zombies close in on paulo, he finally snaps. he goes berserk and starts killing all the zombies in a blind rage. but after he is done and calmed down he hears a groaning from jasmine's room. finding jasmine zombified, paulo closes the door and locks it. he explains to McCain that he hadn't the heart to kill her yet and took the clothes to remind him of what happened. it then goes to Paulo and McCain going into a discussion about who's at fault in mike and lucy's relationship. mike and lucy wake up (they're in separate tents) and over-hear the conversation which ends chapter2.

now chapter 3 is missing a page (mainly because i colored it and the colors didn't look good at all) and it's just this.

mike,lucy and the rest of the group are walking down an alley. it's the new day and mike decides to make peace with lucy, unfortunately lucy had the same idea. they both go into an awkward "i'm sorry. no i'm sorry. no i'm sorry" conversation in which Lucy finally hushes mike and kisses him tenderly. paulo and McCain who are in the front say to each other
"i told you they were eavesdropping."-McCain
"i thought it was too good to be true."-paulo
please refer to the comic in page 2 for the rest of the comic

This post has been edited by lt_amazil: 08 July 2011 - 05:28 AM

  • #1

Words cannot describe how rushed this story felt. I mean cmon you go from one aspect of the story to the next in only a few moments. At one point you see Paulo telling Mike to love Lucy and then all of the sudden you go to a campfire scene. And where the hell did McCain come into all of this? You arn't putting any dialect on what they are thinking about. The descriptions of the surroundings are very poor. I'm not even sure where they currently are. I mean how does one know how to get to a plane crash when its crshed and out of sight.
  • #2

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Shit. Absolute shit.
  • #3

Hang on. Where's the part where Sandy rapes Mike and Lucy records it?

YOU OMITTED THE BEST PART!

This post has been edited by LackLuster: 23 May 2011 - 09:22 AM

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  • lt_amazil
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View PostLackLuster, on 23 May 2011 - 09:19 AM, said:

Hang on. Where's the part where Sandy rapes Mike and Lucy records it?

YOU OMITTED THE BEST PART!

HOLY SHIT I FORGOT THAT WHOLE SECTION!!! OH SHIT OH SHIT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO MY ATTENTION I HONESTLY DIDN'T KNOW! and red jack this explains why it was like that i forgot to copypasta a whole scene
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  • lt_amazil
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please refer to the comic on page 2

This post has been edited by lt_amazil: 26 June 2011 - 09:34 AM

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Well, that's pretty bad.

1st) I know they are in a zombie apocalypse because you told it in the title. Seriously, if there is a zombie apocalypse, where the fuck are the zombies???

2nd) Is that difficult to start each sentence in caps?

3rd) Description? For you that must be a mythological animal, isn't it?

4th) Ok, Lucy is cruel, but I don't think that she well laugh when a zombie tries to kill Mike.

5th)

Quote

Paulo-survivor FLASHBACK
McCain-survivor Dr. McCain PHD in therapy


WTF????

6th) Ok I lost interest when David transformed in a fenix and started killing zombies. Seriously, you cannot expecto to create a zombie atmosphere when the comic relief has superpowers.
  • #7

Oke the first chapter edit....

I'm totally like "What is this. I don't even..."
  • #8

Ok. Where do I even begin.
To start off with, have you ever even heard of capital letters? They're the big ones. You can find them by pressing the little button on the wordy-pad in front of you that says "shift". Without them, no-one is even going to have the slightest amount of respect for you. The same applies with punctuation. Jesus, did you even GO to school? This is a prime example of how far the world has sunk.
Secondly, your structuring is beyond atrocious. There's no words to describe just how badly you missed the mark on this aspect. You've rushed through evety sentence, omitting parts that would seem to any rational human to be vital, and then merrily skipped onwards to another butchered line of text. The story jolts backwards and forwards without any coherent sort of timeline, leaving anyone who wants to read it helplessly confused, and I'm not even going to start on the choice of vocabulary, except to say "dictionary". In short, this is a pretty seriously bad piece of work, bordering on a malignment to the English language, and that's even when you don't take into consideration the fact that it was meant to be shit.
You seriously need some tutoring in this kind of thing, so it seems. I may sound harsh, but I assure you it's the gospel truth. However, there are people on here who can help you with every aspect of this. We have competent and accomplished authors from across the world on these forums, once you sift out the crap, and they can all provide you with advice and, if needs be, tutorage. Hell, I could help you out if you wanted. I'm not taking an MA in English for nothing. You do need some serious work, but I think that you could, with hard graft and a minor miracle, become a decent author. However, the one mistake you don't want to make at this point is to ignore the advice that people are giving you. There's nothing worse than an author who ignores his own faults; they stagnate and rot in their own pool of misguided assumptions, and I'm sure that's not where you want to be.
So, go ahead and ask. I will advise you to rewrite this before a proper critic sees it, but there is still hope. Now go away and think about what you have done.

This post has been edited by Sammy: 23 May 2011 - 07:36 PM

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  • SushiJaguar
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I'm going to say three things.

Left 4 Dead. Bittwersweet Candy Bowl. A retard. This is the formula. There is no thought beyond this and "how many memes can I stuff into this amalagamation of dumb things". Just sayin'.
  • #10

this was amazing what are you guys talking about he used great grammar and the story telling was amazing i love your work dude i want to see more write it please thanks
  • #11

Your grammar needs work, in the words of my teacher, "Revise and resubmit".


Parts of BZB readout more like a script and not a story.
  • #12

This is not the best. Even the beginning made me think of L4D. And where the hell are the zombies.
  • #13

  • lt_amazil
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ANSWERING TIME!

Okay to all of you talking about the capital letters: *groan* i'm lazy but i guess I'll go back.

@volgrand 1. they're coming 2.I'm doing that 3. yes i believe it is NOW WE RIDE GRIFFON INTO THE SUNSET! 4. true but it was a pilot to get things started (not to say the foolishness isn't gone) so serious stuff is about to go down. 5. FOR THE LAST TIME IT'S NOT A REAL PHD! It's just that McCain was acting like a therapist in that scene! 6. It was a one shot thing he doesn't have super powers anymore.

@sammy MA in English? I frankly remember putting me being hardly out of high school at the start, but i'll try and re-write it (while it's still sort of small)

@sushi in the original funny sunday comic version of it i count 8 refferences

@wolf ...i i can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not. I'm thinking the first one :nope:

@fungus it wasn't circled around the zombies but there will be action and drama in chapter 2 as it goes further.

*pops knuckles* well i thought i'd finish up some NV but i might as well do the important stuff first
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  • lt_amazil
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please refer to chapter 2

This post has been edited by lt_amazil: 26 June 2011 - 09:35 AM

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Ok, I want to get this straight now; are you actually writing this seriously, or is it a very
poor joke?
  • #16

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He's writing this seriously.
  • #17

Really?... Damn. Wow.
  • #18

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Yup, exactly.
  • #19

It-amazil, read again your idea of the colour code. Then look at me and tell me it is a good idea. :nope:
  • #20

Blue was always such a good colour, and now it means DEAD. God damn it. And yes, I was being sarcastic. Good job :I
  • #21

  • lt_amazil
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ANSWER TIME!

...well no questions

RESPONCE TIME!

well green has always been the color life so i see nothing wrong with that, red is always the sign of danger, blue...well it was either blue or orange, purple red+blue=purple so being alive and a danger, plus being dead equals ZOMBIE

the only option i know of is orange but no one deserves orange

RECRUITMENT TIME!

with discussion from the comic beta-readers and your suggestions I've come to the conclusion that i make comics better than i right stories so i've mad the decision to hire a volunteer writer! Anyone wanna help the needy?

perks include: Being able to see the original comic version! Having a front row view of the madness! Actually be able to get my full attention (which isn't much but still)! Be able to answer questions and comments thrown on the thread or anywhere else! Being able to modify the story to how you see fit!

NO SABOTAGING THE STORY!

This post has been edited by lt_amazil: 25 May 2011 - 03:44 AM

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View Postlt_amazil, on 25 May 2011 - 03:38 AM, said:

Being able to modify the story to how you see fit!


Does that mean we get to make it good?

View Postlt_amazil, on 25 May 2011 - 03:38 AM, said:

NO SABOTAGING THE STORY!


Oh. Well, I guess not.
  • #23

  • lt_amazil
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please refer to the comic on page 2

This post has been edited by lt_amazil: 26 June 2011 - 09:36 AM

  • #24

I'm curious if Amazil is even reading the critizism.
Perhaps a C for effort, but to type out a story without learning the structures, elements and proper pacing you either fade away or be part of Susan's "Audio Reading Tape"
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I don't think he's even read the comic properly.
  • #26

I'm beginning to doubt his ability to actively engage with his brain
  • #27

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Only beginning?
  • #28

Well, I thought initially that he was taking the piss, and then, because I'm a reasonable guy, I gave him the benefit of the doubt and just assumed that he was inexperienced. Now, however...
  • #29

It's hard to read this from start to finish. I'm a picky reader though... :/
  • #30

  • lt_amazil
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ANSWER TIME!
@ved these were pre-written in order prevent worries of not doing shit before updates so i do take what you say but it is only seen later.

and to everyone else...

RECRUIT TIME!

hey you critic guy! think the story's horrible? think you can do much better THAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND STOP FUCKING COMPLAINING! i am accepting volunteer writers so if you want to stop the grammar or actually have my attention then tell me you want to edit! god seriously it pisses me off that you're all complaining about it but you're not doing shit about it!

perks:being able to stop the madness through editing. being able to see everything before it gets shown. having a say in this story. and if i finally get that fucking projector cable you can have access to the original bittersweet zombie bowl (the original comic version) seeing the BZB the way it was supposed to be seen.

This post has been edited by lt_amazil: 27 May 2011 - 01:22 AM

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View Postlt_amazil, on 27 May 2011 - 01:18 AM, said:

hey you critic guy! think the story's horrible? think you can do much better THAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND STOP FUCKING COMPLAINING! i am accepting volunteer writers so if you want to stop the grammar or actually have my attention then tell me you want to edit! god seriously it pisses me off that you're all complaining about it but you're not doing shit about it!

"How dare you criticize my story. You shouldn't criticize my story unless you are willing to help me write it, instead of me taking criticism and improving my writing talent on my own."
Seriously dude :nope:
  • #32

  • lt_amazil
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no i'm not saying you shouldn't be criticizing i'm saying if you really think it's that bad then try to help.
  • #33

Try to help by writing the story for you? People have been helping you immensely by giving very good suggestions for ways to improve your story, yet you ignore most of them.

This post has been edited by Junior Boomer: 27 May 2011 - 01:52 AM

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Amazil I read all your post and I see a but problem with you: yiou don't pay enough attention to what you do. How you DARE to put anything on the net before reading it 1, 2, 3 or more times? And plus how you dare to believe that your work is so good that you don't deserve to be criticised?

Man writing is difficult and requires a lot of work, such as any other art. Stop complaining about the critics and read then, but do not respond to them! Listen and learn man.

But I see your great plan. As you don't write very well now you will try to make a comic. Amazing.
  • #35

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no i will not TRY to make a comic it had already been done, before the written version the comic version came first which is why i am frustrated because i have to transform a comic strip into a novel. I'm not saying i'm too good to be criticized how dare you say that i think highly of myself when it is you people that make my optimism drop it is you who keep me in check and let me remember that i am but one person who can't do shit. i just want someone to help me make this! i am asking for someone to write it for me so as i don't have to make a fool of myself, so i don't fuck things up as i have for a lot of things. every time i try to do something it blows up in my face and i just want someone who can stop it! i do read what you say but i can't do it i don't know HOW i'm not trying to be the stubborn idiot but i can't help it i'm trying my best to do better i hear what you all say but i...i...fuck it. i know what you're trying to do i understand that you're trying to help me become a good writer the fact is i can't, not yet so i need someone who can.

be my writer somebody anybody be my writer i'm trying to ask for your help if you are reading this please help. if you can do better please help. if you can write please help. if you know basic english please help. if you are human please help. if you have basic speech functions please help.

help me
  • #36

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You won't be a good writer if you ask people to do it for you. You learnt how to use the toiler by yourself eventually, didn't you? How 'bout learning to work? Pretty difficult wasn't it? How about you stop moaning and groaning, take some criticism on board when it's constructive, and stop freaking bitching.

As for your begging for help, I just gotta say you're pretty damn pathetic, you know that? It cannot be that hard to draw logical conclusions as to what you should do from the feedback you've gotten so far.
  • #37

Amazil: did you read a lot of books growing up, or just play a lot of video games? One of these things is much more conducive to solidifying decent narrative story structures; one of these is rotting your brain much like the very life-less creatures you are attempting to write about.

You can't just become a good writer over night, much like a good artist. You are still young, just take your English courses very seriously in high school.
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View Postlt_amazil, on 27 May 2011 - 01:18 AM, said:



and to everyone else...

RECRUIT TIME!

hey you critic guy! think the story's horrible? think you can do much better THAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND STOP FUCKING COMPLAINING! i am accepting volunteer writers so if you want to stop the grammar or actually have my attention then tell me you want to edit! god seriously it pisses me off that you're all complaining about it but you're not doing shit about it!

perks:being able to stop the madness through editing. being able to see everything before it gets shown. having a say in this story. and if i finally get that fucking projector cable you can have access to the original bittersweet zombie bowl (the original comic version) seeing the BZB the way it was supposed to be seen.


What you are describing is not a volunteer writer but a proofreader , I used to do it all the time.

If you want someone's help to go over grammatical errors and inconsistencies with plot and story flow then you should humbly ask for it, you won't grow as a writer if you take every criticism as a personal attack against you.

Personally I would like to see you start by writing something that's a bit closer to what your familiar with; you may end up writing something that not only you can be proud of, but that your readers can take seriously and enjoy.

PS. I don't think anyone would volunteer writing on a story that's already this far in, that's just saying that you're ready to give up.

This post has been edited by sandz890: 27 May 2011 - 04:07 AM

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Dude just give it your best shot ;)
Frankly if you think it's bad, then try proofreading it and just TAKE YOUR TIME it seems so rushed... Anyway just try harder you might have a small chance of being a good writer. Really I can see some potential in this but it needs a major overhaul on your part! If you wanna quit just do it, but that won't get you anywhere in life.
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i'm gettin' there sandz i'm getting there but i get what you're saying though the problem is not much grammar but rather detail, and detail is something i normally just overlook in comic strips so putting it in the written format is overlooked too. i need someone to tell me what could be added or isn't necessary.
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View Postlt_amazil, on 27 May 2011 - 01:49 AM, said:

no i'm not saying you shouldn't be criticizing i'm saying if you really think it's that bad then try to help.


I just wrote you a fucking three paragraph crit. If that isnt helpful, then fuck you. I'm sure everyone else who has tried to help you shares that opinion. You're the one who needs to stop bitching.
  • #42

  • lt_amazil
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i have the money now and i shall soon have what i need. apologies go to sammy and anyone else who's been reading it the written way!...except for sushi you deserve every ounce of mistakes that were made here! but now that i have the money i can do it the way it was meant to be!
  • #43

Money won't make write better. A pen tablet won't make you draw better. The only things that will improve you are practice and guidance. If money equalled talent, then I would have an IQ of about ten.

This post has been edited by Sammy: 27 May 2011 - 03:17 PM

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  • lt_amazil
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no i...*sigh* i'll show you tomorrow but yes better equipment doesn't make you better but it helps.
  • #45

Did he show you tomorrow?
  • #46

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View PostPurin, on 27 May 2011 - 03:20 AM, said:

Amazil: did you read a lot of books growing up, or just play a lot of video games? One of these things is much more conducive to solidifying decent narrative story structures; one of these is rotting your brain much like the very life-less creatures you are attempting to write about.

You can't just become a good writer over night, much like a good artist. You are still young, just take your English courses very seriously in high school.


Proven false. Video games increase the development rate of neuron pathways in your brain which leads to increased intellect and reaction time.

View Postlt_amazil, on 27 May 2011 - 01:24 PM, said:

i have the money now and i shall soon have what i need. apologies go to sammy and anyone else who's been reading it the written way!...except for sushi you deserve every ounce of mistakes that were made here! but now that i have the money i can do it the way it was meant to be!


I don't deserve any of your stupidity, and yet you insist on forcing it in my face. It'd be interesting to find out what you think I've done to deserve the bastardisation of two things I enjoy, but eh. It's ten to three and I don't care that much.

This post has been edited by SushiJaguar: 02 June 2011 - 01:41 AM

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To be fair, I think the base point that reading helps one's writing skills more than playing video games still stands, at least in general.
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You are very right Sushi, to an extent. I didn't expect anybody to respond to my post, so I didn't elaborate much.

Video games and television indeed increase the amount of synapses in your brain, particularly in your medulla oblongata, the main motor control of your central nervous system, and a little in the reticular formation and tegmentum of the the mid brain. These synapses have proven to increase manual dexterity and reaction time. So with that, I agree with you.

While controversial, there have been several studies, both cohort and cross-sectional, speculating that the way in which a child's brain develops is significantly influenced by television. The brain adapts to fast moving images and sounds, causing the brain to mimic that dynamic behavior in every day life. The effects on the brain are mostly subconscious, so it isn't always pick up on right away. With that, the increased prevalence of ADHD comes about. The attention span is inversely proportional to the amount of tv a child watches per day while growing up (or at least that's how many studies have been conducted). So I guess attention disorder doesn't directly equate intelligence, but it severely hinders a child's ability to to be successful in the classroom when their mind is still in TV world....and in this case, hurts one's abilities to focus on writing literature.

This post has been edited by Purin: 02 June 2011 - 01:56 AM

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Ok so I tried to edit the story a bit, and this is the result. I didn't rewrite the story, so much as correct tenses, add commas, capitalize, etc.
Spoiler

This post has been edited by Mallow: 02 June 2011 - 09:37 PM

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