I have always been creative. By this, I do not mean just that I was blessed/cursed with a vivid imagination. It has long been my practice, since early childhood to sing what I had never heard, to write what I had never read. As a young man, I took up music and set aside writing. On the verge of signing a record deal five years ago, I quit my band, which then disbanded, to start a family. After stumbling into a comission to write the score and soundtrack for a small independent film I re-entered music. After a year of writing music, I began to write again. At the behest of friends and family, I have decided first to share my stories, then to seek publishing. I hope those who stop by enjoy what I have written and are free with their criticism when seeing points to improve upon. I would also invite anyone interested to check out my music at myspace.com/jonbendsstrings Thank you for visiting.
- Last seen on Apr 7 11:55 PM. Member since March 9, 2008.
- I am a 29 year old man from Ohio (United States)
- When I'm not writing, I'm an electrical contractor/freelance musician.
- Visit my homepage at myspace.com/jonbendsstrings
- I have 19 comments, 1 contest, 46 stories
My Stories
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The Granny Crush1 / By Jon Bautz2 / Available at New Voices In Horror Webzine3 / Barry was enjoying the fresh cookies along with his co1700 words, May 21, 2008
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I slept. Dale would tell me later that I had been out for three days and when I woke I had no sense of time having passed. My sleep had been deep and intense, a healing rest where dreams didn’t exist and where no images or2200 words, May 17, 2008
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There were dreams and there were memories. There were thoughts and there were emotions. And there was something else. Deep down, way down, beneath the basement, there was something burning. Some internal fire that had bee1700 words, May 17, 2008
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Bad Motherfucker.1 / I’m six years old. 2 / I’m six years old and my face is in the gravel off to the edge of the playground where the grass peters out toward the b1700 words, May 17, 2008
Guest Book
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IrishYndina : Welcome! on March 11, 2008Hi Johnbautz! I see that you're pretty new here, so first of all, welcome!
Storywrite is a great forum to share ideas about writing, help and receive help on writing skills, and meet new creatively-minded friends - I love it here, if you couldn't tell! I see that Jack has given you the run-down on how the site works, but if you have any questions you are more than welcome to ask me at any time! Best of luck with your writing, and I hope you enjoy the Storywrite community! 
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CactusJack on March 9, 2008Hello Jonbautz,
My Username is CactusJack but everyone just calls me Jack. I would like to welcome you to the StoryWrite web site. Our site is a community of people who all share a common desire to write, in some form or another, and to hopefully become a published author sometime in the future.
You may notice a gold medal by your name. This is a free trial membership. This shows you what options you have if you were a paid member of Storywrite.com. After one week the membership expires.
I would also like to take this time to let you know about the new members group on the site. This group was set-up to show you how to post your work onto the site and to give you an understanding of how the reading/reviewing of your work actually happens on the site. If you have not already done so, I would suggest you take a peek into this group and see how this process works. http://storywrite.com/group/info/New+members+group
Along with a new members group we have a New Members Contest that is held every month. Come and check it out. The contest is open to any subject. http://storywrite.com/contest/3978
It is recommended that all new members to the site give serious consideration to joining a writing group as a method of assisting them in becoming an active member of the site. It is a place to make new friends and get helpful critiques.
I have included below a few quick tips that have proven to be very helpful to new members in doing some of the basic functions necessary to get yourself set-up and running on the site. One in particular is fun things to do around Storywrite http://storywrite.com/column/show/161
To find all the emoticons: http://storywrite.com/column/show/53
Chatterbox conduct: http://storywrite.com/column/show/57
Trolls or Cyberbullies: http://storywrite.com/column/show/151
On the right hand side of the page is where you’ll find all you need to edit your stories, change your user info, change your picture, etc. Thank you for joining the StoryWrite web community. Have fun and keep writing!
~Jack~
