I know it's only a one-shot but I'm interested in "The Riddle". :D Questions #1 to 6 (but not #2)
Thanks for asking, Day! Really, it truly means a lot to me :D
1:What inspired you to write the fic this way?
Well, “The Riddle” is actually a companion piece to my bigger SPN work “Us Against the World” After one of my chapters, in that story, people wanted to know why John was calling Elle. So, I wrote it in a one-shot. This way if people really wanted to know, it would be available without causing too much chaos in UATW. It’s so “short” and it didn’t really fit into the UATW storylines at the time. Funnily, enough though. In several chapters, more of that one-shot will make sense in UATW. haha.3:What's your favorite line of narration?
”John could feel his heart beginning to beat a little faster at the thought of fixing things with his little girl.”
I really liked that one because in UATW--John/Elle have a very rocky relationship, which was done intentionally. I wanted to show a bit of his softer side that he never really could show Elle.
4:What's your favorite line of dialogue?
I think I have two-ish...
”That’s who returned Elle to you, baby. You might wanna write that down in case you forget...” Missouri knows John better than John likes to think she does.
”We have water--and uh--water.” I don’t know why--that line cracks me up every time. Probably because I got to explore Adam a bit. Which I will *hopefully* be doing soon in UATW.
Also--I love Elle’s voicemail. haha.
5:What part was hardest to write?
Honestly, the hardest part was figuring out where to end it. I actually had *before the great computer crash of 2015* another couple thousand words that were very spoilerish to UATW in there. Although, we’ll be getting to that in UATW soon-ish. haha.
6:What makes this fic special or different from all your other fics?
That it’s a one-shot? haha. Just kidding. But it is true, I don’t usually write one-shots. I enjoyed getting to explore John a little more. I couldn’t really do as much in UATW with him because I didn’t want to give too much away that John actually cared for Elle with my mislead that I was carrying for a long time. I mean, I was laying breadcrumbs, but nothing as obvious as what was in “The Riddle”