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Title: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on August 31, 2007, 23:48:21

It starts in the Labrador Sea :D, when the iceberg breaks off from the glacier...

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: LucAtC on August 31, 2007, 23:51:57

Hello,
Google directs you to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harland_and_Wolff
1861  ;) ?
Luc

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on August 31, 2007, 23:53:35

Quote from: LucAtC on August 31, 2007, 23:51:57

Hello,
Google directs you to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harland_and_Wolff
1861  ;) ?
Luc

Thank you :D! BIG help :)! "In 1861, a shipyard company called Harland & Wolff was founded", something like that I think sounds like a good start :).

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: [RWP]DJM on September 01, 2007, 10:03:23

Don't forget the Bibliography at the end ;)

Regards.

DJM.

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on September 01, 2007, 11:17:34

Quote from: [RWP]DJM on September 01, 2007, 10:03:23

Don't forget the Bibliography at the end ;)

Regards.

DJM.

Daniel Allen Butler's "UNSINKABLE" inspired me to write my own story :), here's the Prologue from Daniel Allen Butler's "UNSINKALBE"

PROLOGUE

IT WAS A FORCE OF NATURE. FIVE THOUSAND YEARS IT HAD WAITED. IT WAS
Born in the midst of that vast sheet of ice that one day men would call the
Greenland Glacier, when the Celts were migrating across Europe, the Babylo-
nians were building their first cities in Mesopotamia, and tribes of Picts barely
out of the Stone Age were populating Britain and Ireland. In three hundred
years it had achieved its full stature and begun its slow migration to the arm
of the Atlantic Ocean that would become known as the Labrador Sea. It was
halfway there when the first Norse adventurers, setting out in their longboats,
encountered its siblings. Huge and impregnable they seemed, like vast for-
tresses of the gods Odin and Thor. The Norsemen called them “mountains of
ice”—icebergs.
Undisturbed by human affairs, the iceberg continued its slow procession
to the sea, while empires were being created and plagues were sweeping
across the entire continents. Neither malevolent nor benevolent, it had no way
of knowing that a ten-second encounter with another moving object would
make it the most notorious iceberg in all the ages of the world.


Sometime in the early weeks of 1912, with a series of deafening cracks,
it broke off from its parent glacier and thundered into the cold waters of the Labrador Sea, and began its slow drift southward toward the North Atlantic…

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on September 01, 2007, 16:10:15

Just 1 question I need help with :-\, which language and font shall I use :)?

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: Shipaddict on September 01, 2007, 16:11:36

Quote from: R.M.S. TITANIC on September 01, 2007, 16:10:15

Just 1 question I need help with :-\, which language and font shall I use :)?

Personally i'd use English. Because I am English and can only read a bit of French. But depends what country you're from. ;)

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on September 01, 2007, 16:17:38

Quote from: Shipaddict on September 01, 2007, 16:11:36

Personally i'd use English. Because I am English and can only read a bit of French. But depends what country you're from. ;)

I'm a swed ;). I guess no one who wants to read my story understands Swedish :D, so English sounds good :). My Word 2007 has thousands of fonts :o: Times New Roman, Arial, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial Black etc... so which font shall I use :)?

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: Shipaddict on September 01, 2007, 16:31:34

Just voted Verdana!

Forum's in Verdana I think

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on September 01, 2007, 16:36:46

Quote from: Shipaddict on September 01, 2007, 16:31:34

Just voted Verdana!

Forum's in Verdana I think

Thank you :), let the Font War begin :D!!!

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on September 01, 2007, 16:39:52

Ok ok :D, I voted Verdana :), too.

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on September 04, 2007, 11:30:52

Will anyone read my story when its finished :)?

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 11:51:55

Quote from: R.M.S. TITANIC on September 04, 2007, 11:30:52

Will anyone read my story when its finished :)?

Well, you know I will ;D

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on September 04, 2007, 13:14:01

Quote from: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 11:51:55

Well, you know I will ;D

Thanks my friend :D, I will be the captain and the owner of the Titanic :D.

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 13:16:30

Quote from: R.M.S. TITANIC on September 04, 2007, 13:14:01

Thanks my friend :D, I will be the captain and the owner of the Titanic :D.

No problem :D

You'll have to beat me to it ;)

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on September 04, 2007, 13:18:56

Quote from: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 13:16:30

No problem :D

You'll have to beat me to it ;)

Hey :), I have a idea :D, you can be the captain of the Ghost Ship I will include :D. How about that :)?

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 13:22:04

Quote from: R.M.S. TITANIC on September 04, 2007, 13:18:56

Hey :), I have a idea :D, you can be the captain of the Ghost Ship I will include :D. How about that :)?

LOL, I will most likely fall right through.......hmm, are you trying to get rid of the competition :o :P

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on September 04, 2007, 13:32:41

Quote from: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 13:22:04

LOL, I will most likely fall right through.......hmm, are you trying to get rid of the competition :o :P

The competition "who will be Titanic's captain" :D :P?

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 13:34:03

Quote from: R.M.S. TITANIC on September 04, 2007, 13:32:41

The competition "who will be Titanic's captain" :D :P?

Yes ;)

You do know of course that it should be me :D

You can be Purser :P

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on September 04, 2007, 13:35:51

Quote from: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 13:34:03

Yes ;)

You do know of course that it should be me :D

You can be Purser :P

Purser? Sounds boring... after all its just a story written by me :), no one is captain :D, in my story, we all share her. You are Lightoller, I'm Murdoch :P :D.

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 13:38:07

Quote from: R.M.S. TITANIC on September 04, 2007, 13:35:51

Purser? Sounds boring... after all its just a story written by me :), no one is captain :D, in my story, we all share her. You are Lightoller, I'm Murdoch :P :D.

I can live with that :D

Any chance to sail on that great ship would be an honour......pity really :'(

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on September 04, 2007, 13:39:54

Quote from: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 13:38:07

I can live with that :D

Any chance to sail on that great ship would be an honour......pity really :'(

The passengers in my story will be all nice members here :D, and some will even be officers, like you and me :), no captain, only officers :D.

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 13:45:22

Quote from: R.M.S. TITANIC on September 04, 2007, 13:39:54

The passengers in my story will be all nice members here :D, and some will even be officers, like you and me :), no captain, only officers :D.

Cool, I was gonna ask if I could be the ship's dog though, I guess that's out now ;)

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on September 04, 2007, 13:47:26

Quote from: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 13:45:22

Cool, I was gonna ask if I could be the ship's dog though, I guess that's out now ;)

The ship's dog ????

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 13:50:47

Quote from: R.M.S. TITANIC on September 04, 2007, 13:47:26

The ship's dog ????

Yes, Dog J Morpheus ;D

Ok, you guessed it, I'm losing my mind ;)

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on September 04, 2007, 13:53:57

Quote from: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 13:50:47

Yes, Dog J Morpheus ;D

Ok, you guessed it, I'm losing my mind ;)

NOOO :'(!!! Your ranking is far more than a dog's ranking :(, you are Titanic's second officer :); Charles Herbert Lightoller :D, and I am William McMaster Murdoch :D.

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 13:56:30

Okie dokie, sounds good to me :D

I wonder how many members are reading this and thinking, 'These two are completely nuts' ;)

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on September 04, 2007, 13:57:31

Quote from: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 13:56:30

Okie dokie, sounds good to me :D

I wonder how many members are reading this and thinking, 'These two are completely nuts' ;)

DJM, why is everyone looking at us like that :-[?

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 14:00:41

Quote from: R.M.S. TITANIC on September 04, 2007, 13:57:31

DJM, why is everyone looking at us like that :-[?

LOL, beats me :P

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on September 04, 2007, 14:02:45

Quote from: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 14:00:41

LOL, beats me :P

Best to stop before anyone sees us :-[, I will be back around 20:00 Swedish Time ;) (19:00 Brittish Time :)?).

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 14:05:18

Quote from: R.M.S. TITANIC on September 04, 2007, 14:02:45

Best to stop before anyone sees us :-[, I will be back around 20:00 Swedish Time ;) (19:00 Brittish Time :)?).

Ok, cya later.  Have fun writing your novel ;D

Yes it is 19:00 UK time ;)

I may be back later than that, got some PC tutorials to do with a friend :D

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on September 04, 2007, 14:07:32

Quote from: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 14:05:18

Ok, cya later.  Have fun writing your novel ;D

Yes it is 19:00 UK time ;)

I may be back later than that, got some PC tutorials to do with a friend :D

Thanks :D, bye :D! Take care :)!

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 14:10:46

Quote from: R.M.S. TITANIC on September 04, 2007, 14:07:32

Thanks :D, bye :D! Take care :)!

You too my friend :D

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on September 04, 2007, 20:54:58

Back again :D, haven't even began with my story :'(, I don't know what to name the story :(, maybe "The Lost Voyage" ;).

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 21:35:47

Quote from: R.M.S. TITANIC on September 04, 2007, 20:54:58

Back again :D, haven't even began with my story :'(, I don't know what to name the story :(, maybe "The Lost Voyage" ;).

Welcome back :D

I thought you'd have started it by now :o.  Not sure what to call it, something original......but what ???

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on September 04, 2007, 21:40:31

Quote from: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 21:35:47

Welcome back :D

I thought you'd have started it by now :o.  Not sure what to call it, something original......but what ???

I will definitely not rewrite the original Titanic story ;), Second officer [RWP]DJM and first officer R.M.S. TITANIC :D, and the Ghost Ship Antonia Graza will be involved too :).

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 21:43:07

Thanks for emphasising that 'Second Officer' bit ::) :P

How about 'Titanic, A New Voyage Of Discovery' ;)

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on September 04, 2007, 21:44:40

Quote from: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 21:43:07

Thanks for emphasising that 'Second Officer' bit ::) :P

How about 'Titanic, A New Voyage Of Discovery' ;)

GREAT IDEA :D!!! And, 1 BIG change is... Titanic will NOT sink :), its Titanic who will come to assist the sinking Antonia Graza :).

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 21:47:02

Cool, it's as it should be then ;D

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on September 04, 2007, 21:48:48

Quote from: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 21:47:02

Cool, it's as it should be then ;D

Titanic, Carpathia, Californian, Olympic and Britannic will head for the sinking Antonia Graza later in the story ;), that is planned ;).

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 21:51:30

 :o Giving the story away.......I like suspense and plot twists, not trailers :P

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on September 04, 2007, 21:54:40

Quote from: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 21:51:30

:o Giving the story away.......I like suspense and plot twists, not trailers :P

Oops :-[, forget what I revealed about the story :-[...

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: sadsid († 2016) on September 04, 2007, 21:55:37

Quote from: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 21:51:30

:o Giving the story away.......I like suspense and plot twists, not trailers :P

sounds like hector the ghost will get the 3rd mates job  ::)  ;)

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on September 04, 2007, 22:04:10

Verdana won :D!!!

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: [RWP]DJM on September 04, 2007, 22:07:30

Cool, nice font :D

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: shipfan55 on September 05, 2007, 00:25:13

memeemem! oh,me! i wanna be the captain!im one with my ship!  :)

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: Stuart2007 on September 05, 2007, 00:43:52

I think that the suggestion above about having the titanic survive and another ship sink would be a good plan. something different than the same old story in a slightly different guise.

If people want the role of ships officers and dog (surely djm, you mean 'cat'). i know a few people who could take the part of coal in the ships bunker ;)

Joking aside, I've tried to write books before (under siege, but on a car ferry) and I know how difficult it can be. So, best of luck! It is rewarding when you finish one.

Stu

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on September 05, 2007, 06:49:04

Quote from: Stuart2007 on September 05, 2007, 00:43:52

I think that the suggestion above about having the titanic survive and another ship sink would be a good plan. something different than the same old story in a slightly different guise.

If people want the role of ships officers and dog (surely djm, you mean 'cat'). i know a few people who could take the part of coal in the ships bunker ;)

Joking aside, I've tried to write books before (under siege, but on a car ferry) and I know how difficult it can be. So, best of luck! It is rewarding when you finish one.

Stu

That is definitely a nice thought about my idea :), thank you Stuart2007 :). Yes, the Antonia Graza will sail straight into an iceberg with the fore first :o, she will have, like her sister the Andrea Doria 11 hours to stay afloat and MANY ships will come to rescue :): Titanic, Olympic and Brtiannic as well :D, the 3 Royal Mail Steamships sisters will all come to assistance.

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on September 05, 2007, 07:09:44

Quote from: shipfan55 on September 05, 2007, 00:25:13

memeemem! oh,me! i wanna be the captain!im one with my ship!  :)

You can be captain on R.M.S. Olympic, H.M.H.S. Gigantic/Britannic or the Andrea Doria, you can choose :D, 3 choices ;).

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: shipfan55 on September 05, 2007, 20:48:35

I CALL BRITANNIC

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on September 05, 2007, 22:18:13

Quote from: shipfan55 on September 05, 2007, 20:48:35

I CALL BRITANNIC

All right, Captain shipfan55, she's all yours in my story :D.

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: shipfan55 on September 06, 2007, 00:01:56

can you make britannic NOT capsize atleast plz?

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on September 06, 2007, 06:35:22

Quote from: shipfan55 on September 06, 2007, 00:01:56

can you make britannic NOT capsize atleast plz?

Of course I can :), when YOU are the captain, believe me, nothing bad can happen when shipfan55, one of the most experienced sea captains EVER are behind the helm :D!!!

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: shipfan55 on September 06, 2007, 20:35:07

sweet!if i could pilot the RPA 12 in real life,well thats like a dream come true!but i would want to sail it in 2.5 meter waves at least,but thats just a dream and i dont see it happening for another...19-22 years...

*sigh* :'(

Title: Re: Writing my own Titanic story in Microsoft Word 2007
Post by: saken41 on September 06, 2007, 20:55:11

Quote from: shipfan55 on September 06, 2007, 20:35:07

sweet!if i could pilot the RPA 12 in real life,well thats like a dream come true!but i would want to sail it in 2.5 meter waves at least,but thats just a dream and i dont see it happening for another...19-22 years...

*sigh* :'(

You, me and many other ships will head for the sinking Antonia Graza in my story :).