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hm..de-lurking...nervous.

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hi all.

i've been bouncin around for a couple years but without personal home access to the internet. but the Net has returned to me!! so hurr i am. hi.

i'm 20-something, i have a boring office job. and i write stories. i'm a girl. i like girls. that's about where i'm at. :blushes:

the discussion part of this thread comes when i ask the following question, (and apologies if it's a repeat of any previous threads)....


how do we feel about written-out laughter in stories? you know the "AHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAANONOSTOPITSTOPIS" situations?

when i read i really kind of enjoy them, but i have found that they seem silly when i'm writing. so suddenly i'm curious about what everyone else thinks, since i will hopefully be posting some of my own "gems" eventually...


thanks for any feedback and sorry again if this is something that came and went already, and i missed it.:bump: THaNkS!
 
Welcome to the forum! No need to be nervous, really. Most of us are pretty cool. As for your question, I enjoy the written out laughter. Just one of my quirks, I guess, as I have no concrete reasoning behind it. 😉
 
welcome! i understand the nerves completely; i just de-lurked a couple of weeks ago and was insanely nervous. you'll settle in pretty quickly, though.

as for your question, i HATE written-out laughter. i think it looks idiotic.
 
Welcome aboard... honest we don't bite.

As far as written out laughter goes, use it sparingly, there's no need to take up an entire paragraph with 'AAAHAHAHAHAAAHHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHHA', but using it to break up words to show distraction (ie: No, no stah, stahp... etc...) can work really well.
 
Welcome.

As to the story question, it gets annoying. There needs to be good flow between the physical laughter, the descriptive and what is going on. Of course there should be a bit of that, but I often find that a description is just as satisfactory (i.e.: pouring forth laughter, squeal, etc...) whatever you want the reaction of the lee to give from the spot the ler is attacking.
 
Hello Haha4,

Welcome to the TMF. I hope that you enjoy.

Regarding written out laughter in stories I have done it in some of my work, and not in others. It's a style thing. Sometimes I'm in the mod for it, as it can make what you want to get across about how the lee feels a bit simpler, other times I like to leave the reader to fill it in, and only use general description. Both have pluses and minuses.

Myriads
 
Hi, welcome.

As for your question: as a sometimes active writer, I use either. Sometimes it's a detailed account of the laughter, others it's the typed out version (not too long, of course, and it's usually paired with the 'lee saying something).
 
Hi, haha4.

Congratulations on posting. I know it takes courage, but there's nothing to fear from the forum in general; almost everyone is open and friendly. I think there are a lot of other girls who like girls on the forum; just employ some measure of scrutiny if you want to avoid the occasional mischievous guy posing as a girl.

I don't mind phonetic laughter to the extent to which it succeeds in realizing the picture in the author's mind to the reader. Usually, that isn't a far extent, and I certainly think the technique is used much more often than it enhances reading pleasure, but occasionally it works well. If the sound of laughter is important to the focus of the scene, and I think I can make a reader imagine its tone and timbre using only plain sentences, then I'll do that.

Have fun, haha4.
 
edit.

what i meant to say is this.

if you want to write stories, why not go and write stories and get them published. self-publish for $100 (including an ISBN number + printing of 50 books) or go to a publishing house.

as much as it might seem like this place is a thriving hive of activity (which it is), theres not too many people getting a lot of reward from their countless hours writing stories and whatnot.

just my 2 cents, and YES - dissenting opinions are allowed in any healthy society or community, so don't resort to immature, intolerant insults.
 
thanks all! i appreciate the welcomes and the feedback. cheers!:clap:
 
emilyemilyemily said:
as for your question, i HATE written-out laughter. i think it looks idiotic.
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Musicroxmysox said:
Welcome.

As to the story question, it gets annoying. There needs to be good flow between the physical laughter, the descriptive and what is going on. Of course there should be a bit of that, but I often find that a description is just as satisfactory (i.e.: pouring forth laughter, squeal, etc...) whatever you want the reaction of the lee to give from the spot the ler is attacking.
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Yep
 
Welcome aboard! :clap:

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As author, I'm more inclined to write, "His laughter became loud and continuous as his face turned red," than to write "HAHAHEEHEEHEEHEEHAHA!!!!"
 
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