Before and after: How much have you changed?

[Lumella]

I used to do romance and fantasy before. Now, I've began writing scripts that are more darker & twisted which are often backed-up by psychoanalysis research and medical research when it comes to proving ones point.

Oh yeah, I always use the question "why?" when a character does a significant action in the story.

[ImmaDeker]

Nowadays, a lot of my inspiration for my work comes from inhaling a scent version of Train's "Calling All Angels" and licking wheels.

[Odin]

My writing was awful, hah. I didn't know how to develop a plot, I didn't know about exposition, dialogue, or anything like that. I tried too hard to be "cute" or "funny" in my writing, and I used ... *gulp* ... an Author Avatar. My style was really sheltered and there was nothing offensive at all (I was homeschooled when I started writing). Now, I write stories about killing children and bombings. I'm also much more honest and liberal with my vocabulary now than I was then. I've certainly grown darker, huh? Maybe it's school ...
Quite honestly, I hate my writing from two, three years ago. It's terrible compared to current-day. I still don't think I'm very good, but I'm certainly better than I used to be. I get the feeling I'll say the same thing two, three years from now. It's interesting to look back and see how I've developed, though.

[ImmaDeker]

and I used ... *gulp* ... an Author Avatar.

That's not inherently bad.

[Anarchy]

I used to write gorgeous, flowing, highly descriptive prose. Anne Rice was my greatest inspiration.

Then I read all those writing books on how to be concise.

Now I'm a minimalist.

/sob

[Odin]

and I used ... *gulp* ... an Author Avatar.

That's not inherently bad.

It is when you constantly named your character "Odin", and he's a third-generation New Zealander/Irishman/New Yorker. If it were a story that took place in ancient Scandinavia, I would have understood it. I never wrote anything even remotely related to it, and it was just incredibly out of place. Also, I don't like AAs, because I think they're pretty self-serving. At least, that's how I've come to view it.