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1. Do you listen to music when you write?
Very rarely. I work best with silence or ambient noise, like the hum of the computer or rain hitting my window.
11. Books and/or authors who influenced you the most
Whatever I’ve been reading lately, usually. It feels like it drags when I read something slow, it flows quickly when I’m in the middle of lighthearted fanfics, and I feel like Ourliazo’s KHR stories have really impacted my writing.
17. What writing habits or rituals do you have?
I don’t know if I’d call it a habit, but I like using clacky keyboards and writing during the nighttime. I feel like it helps my creativity.
18. If you could collaborate with anyone, who would it be, and what would you write about?
Probably @dapokemonmadster or @braxtonmonek. Madsta’s writing is really energetic, and it’s a good flow to be caught up in! We roleplayed OCs together for a while a few years ago, which was pretty fun, but
we couldn’t keep track of the time within the story for the life of us, unfortunately, so I feel like that might be a problem in actually writing. As for Monek, there was a KHR Pokemon AU we were brainstorming a couple months back! It never really took off, but I’d really love to make an honest go of it someday.
19. How do you keep yourself motivated?
I project jump a lot, which is probably a part of it. From this WIP to that one, scribbling down ideas here and there, outlining segments… Unfortunately the downside is I never finish anything 0w0>
22. Who is/are your favourite pairing(s) to write?
!! I don’t really like to write pairings, per se, not much anymore, but a personal platonic fave of mine is Squalo and Yamamoto from KHR! I love poking at their mentor/apprentice dynamic and contrasting personalities.
30. Favourite idea you haven’t started on yet
Nnnnnnnn either the KHR Pokemon AU or my DGM KHR AU. I do love my AUs.
32. Most difficult character to write
Oh, goodness, there’s a lot of them! I can manage several as background, but very few as the main focus. Of the ones I’ve tried, I suppose… Yamamoto? He’s currently the most convenient choice; his lighthearted personality and the underlying natural born hitman are difficult for me to get a solid handle on. Yknow, I used to hate writing DGM characters, but now they seem like the easiest of my fandoms…
41. Any advice for new/beginning/young writers?
Find a style that fits you. Start with that, no matter how good or bad you or others think it is. Then, when you’re comfortable, start to improve on it. Branch out. Try genres you’ve never given a thought to before; you might surprise yourself. Read a lot and draw from those things. Varying genres, varying authors, and varying time periods—find some you like, and try to emulate the specific parts of their styles that you enjoyed. Writing is heavily influenced by the material you take in. Also, you have plenty of room to grow—some take weeks, others months, others years to get to a level that you deem satisfactory. You might slog on or you might hit an accelerated growth period. Also, if you’re young—your brain isn’t fully developed, and you’re nowhere near full emotional maturity or had a lot of life experience. As time goes on, you’ll find some things will come easier to you, or you’ll understand something better, which applies to newbies as well—you need more time and experience. On the more technical side of things, use said as many times as you please, but don’t forget to try out adverbs, or simultaneous actions, and varied sentence structure. You don’t have to abide by the stiffness they have you write in school; use simple sentences or add as many dependent clauses as you dare. Charles Dickens was famous for run-ons. If writing seems tedious, or the community is making you unhappy, take a break. Try out other things. Read some more. Maybe explore another genre. Fiction is a way to express yourself and go wild. Don’t worry about what other people think; save that for when you’re editing a story you want to get published. Do your best, and believe in yourself.
46. Do you reread your own stories?
oh heck ye but im very selective bc some of my old writing is *cringes painfully at the very thought*
(^^^^Tying it into the advice column, this is liable to happen as you get better, but take it as a mark of progress and laugh it off. Peace out, cub scouts. ✌️✌️)