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14 years ago
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1. When did you start writing?
I honestly don't know, I've wanted to write a novel for as long as I can remember. If I had to guess though, I'd say it was probably not long after I learned how to write.
2. First drafts: Hand written, typed, or some combination?
Varies. I mostly type my stories, although sometimes I'll have some free time at uni or something and decide to start a story in my notebook
3. Do you keep any kind of writing notebook or writer's journal, and if so, what kind
of things go in it?
As mentioned, I've got a notebook, although it's a general notebook. Literally anything'll go in there, reminders, notes, story ideas, writing, doodles, etc
4. Do you set any quotas for your work (number of words per day, number of hours er
day, ect)? Why or why not?
I don't, mainly cos it's never occurred to me to do so, but also cos I know I wouldn't stick to it. That said, I should give it a try sometime
5. Are you most comfortable writing short stories, novels, or something else?
Right now, short stories
6. What's your favourite kind of story to write?
I don't think I actually have a favourite, tbh
7. Talk about a story of yours that was easy to write and one that was difficult to write,
and why?
Most of my personal stories I find easy to write, although the one that really springs to mind is one that I called "Forever", about an insane stalker. I wrote it one Valentine's Day for a good friend of mine, I spent my breaks working on it. I knew exactly where I was going with it, plus I had to have it finished that day, cos I was doing it as a platonic Valentine's present and I'd only had the idea that morning.
As for difficult, well pretty much any yiff story, cos I always find myself getting a bit frisky and that, for me, just makes writing harder. I'm practising though, I've got a yiff story I wrote posted in my gallery, and I've got several on the back-burner. Hopefully I'll get better =3
8. Which of your characters is closest to your sense of self?
Gotta be the Dogface triplets =P each of their personalities is built around a different part of me, although if I had to choose just one of them, it'd definitely be Dogface himself. I don't see much difference between the two of us, other than obvious stuff like I'm not a furry, I don't have a split personality, I'm nowhere near as innocent as he is, etc. There's a reason he's my 'sona =P
9. What work are you most proud of right now?
Probably my entry to the latest
Worldcraft round, the one with the Death World. I had a lot of fun writing it, and at least one of the contest mods really liked it. I actually sent a copy of the message he sent me to 
searskagreyraven, a fellow writer who's a great friend and she's someone who I really look up to when it comes to anything writing related =3
10. What do you feel your strength and weaknesses are as a writer?
A strength I definitely have is that it comes easily, when I've got the inspiration ball rolling, I can just sit and type out a decent story in a single sitting. Unfortunately, for quite a while I've been unmotivated, and actually sitting down and writing is a struggle, I'll always be doing other things instead. I also tend not to proof-read.
11. Name a few writers who have influenced your work in some way.
And now we come to the question I was dreading =P I don't really get influenced by other writers, not that I can see anyway. I could be wrong, my stories could be rather Tolkien-esque, or with J.K Rowling themes or something. But I do read a lot, so there's probably influences in there somewhere. And, just cos she's worth another mention, searskagreyraven is a writer I really look up to. Hell, if you're watching me for the stories, you should be watching her as well, she's a much better writer than I am.
And one that just sprung to mind, my big sis
hvo45, mainly cos we do a lot of RP and create a lot of charas together, both of which provide inspiration for stories =3
12. Talk about something you've written that you later found embarrassing for some
reason.
Here's where I mention pretty much every yiff story I've written =P But yeah, "Early Birthday Surprise Part 2", while I like the story, and the writing's not bad, I wrote it as the second part of my birthday present to my sis, but the focus ended up being more on my 'sona than on hers. I was quite embarrassed when she pointed that out to me XD I plan on re-writing it sometime though, shifting the focus to her where it belongs =P
13. Talk about the earliest stories you remember writing. What were they about?
Of the early stories, I remember sci-fi was involved, I think one of them had a car chase in it as well as a "it was a dream" ending but done in a way that referenced the start.
14. If you knew you would be successful, what would you most want to write?
I'd want to finally get that damn novel written XD By this point, it's split into two separate novel series that take place in the same canon universe.
15. What inspires you?
Anything really. I can't predict it at all. Looking to my left, the first thing I saw was my keys. That could lead to inspiration for a story about a keymaker, or maybe something completely random that has nothing whatsoever to do with keys.
16. How many projects do you tend to work on at once?
I've always got several stories on the backburner, projects on the go can vary from none to fifty (yes, I'm exaggerating =P)
17. Who reads your work before it's released to the public? Do you have beta readers,
a critique group, ect?
I rarely have beta readers. In a way, you guys /are/ my beta readers. So I'd like to take this opportunity to remind people that constructive criticism is always welcome! =D
18. When you're not writing, what do you do for fun?
Mostly just read webcomics, RP, play on my xbox. Yeah, I have no life =P nah, I do see friends as well, it just usually takes them to organise it =P
19. Advice to other writers?
Keep with it and do a little bit every day. Also: edit, edit and edit again. (sorry amethyst, I thought this was good advice so I kept it =P)
20. What are you currently working on?
See my to-do list =P
21. Share the first three sentences of a work in progress.
Taken from the collab with yadre:
Matthew was crouched in a half-sleep right on the edge of a building's roof, a dim alley below him. He hadn't slept normally since he'd run away from the orphanage years ago, preferring this half-sleep which he could rouse himself from in an instant. He was hungry, he was always hungry, half-sleep did nothing to blot out any kind of pain, especially those caused by hunger.
"Tagged" by
AmethystMare =P
I honestly don't know, I've wanted to write a novel for as long as I can remember. If I had to guess though, I'd say it was probably not long after I learned how to write.
2. First drafts: Hand written, typed, or some combination?
Varies. I mostly type my stories, although sometimes I'll have some free time at uni or something and decide to start a story in my notebook
3. Do you keep any kind of writing notebook or writer's journal, and if so, what kind
of things go in it?
As mentioned, I've got a notebook, although it's a general notebook. Literally anything'll go in there, reminders, notes, story ideas, writing, doodles, etc
4. Do you set any quotas for your work (number of words per day, number of hours er
day, ect)? Why or why not?
I don't, mainly cos it's never occurred to me to do so, but also cos I know I wouldn't stick to it. That said, I should give it a try sometime
5. Are you most comfortable writing short stories, novels, or something else?
Right now, short stories
6. What's your favourite kind of story to write?
I don't think I actually have a favourite, tbh
7. Talk about a story of yours that was easy to write and one that was difficult to write,
and why?
Most of my personal stories I find easy to write, although the one that really springs to mind is one that I called "Forever", about an insane stalker. I wrote it one Valentine's Day for a good friend of mine, I spent my breaks working on it. I knew exactly where I was going with it, plus I had to have it finished that day, cos I was doing it as a platonic Valentine's present and I'd only had the idea that morning.
As for difficult, well pretty much any yiff story, cos I always find myself getting a bit frisky and that, for me, just makes writing harder. I'm practising though, I've got a yiff story I wrote posted in my gallery, and I've got several on the back-burner. Hopefully I'll get better =3
8. Which of your characters is closest to your sense of self?
Gotta be the Dogface triplets =P each of their personalities is built around a different part of me, although if I had to choose just one of them, it'd definitely be Dogface himself. I don't see much difference between the two of us, other than obvious stuff like I'm not a furry, I don't have a split personality, I'm nowhere near as innocent as he is, etc. There's a reason he's my 'sona =P
9. What work are you most proud of right now?
Probably my entry to the latest
Worldcraft round, the one with the Death World. I had a lot of fun writing it, and at least one of the contest mods really liked it. I actually sent a copy of the message he sent me to 
searskagreyraven, a fellow writer who's a great friend and she's someone who I really look up to when it comes to anything writing related =310. What do you feel your strength and weaknesses are as a writer?
A strength I definitely have is that it comes easily, when I've got the inspiration ball rolling, I can just sit and type out a decent story in a single sitting. Unfortunately, for quite a while I've been unmotivated, and actually sitting down and writing is a struggle, I'll always be doing other things instead. I also tend not to proof-read.
11. Name a few writers who have influenced your work in some way.
And now we come to the question I was dreading =P I don't really get influenced by other writers, not that I can see anyway. I could be wrong, my stories could be rather Tolkien-esque, or with J.K Rowling themes or something. But I do read a lot, so there's probably influences in there somewhere. And, just cos she's worth another mention,
searskagreyraven is a writer I really look up to. Hell, if you're watching me for the stories, you should be watching her as well, she's a much better writer than I am.And one that just sprung to mind, my big sis
hvo45, mainly cos we do a lot of RP and create a lot of charas together, both of which provide inspiration for stories =312. Talk about something you've written that you later found embarrassing for some
reason.
Here's where I mention pretty much every yiff story I've written =P But yeah, "Early Birthday Surprise Part 2", while I like the story, and the writing's not bad, I wrote it as the second part of my birthday present to my sis, but the focus ended up being more on my 'sona than on hers. I was quite embarrassed when she pointed that out to me XD I plan on re-writing it sometime though, shifting the focus to her where it belongs =P
13. Talk about the earliest stories you remember writing. What were they about?
Of the early stories, I remember sci-fi was involved, I think one of them had a car chase in it as well as a "it was a dream" ending but done in a way that referenced the start.
14. If you knew you would be successful, what would you most want to write?
I'd want to finally get that damn novel written XD By this point, it's split into two separate novel series that take place in the same canon universe.
15. What inspires you?
Anything really. I can't predict it at all. Looking to my left, the first thing I saw was my keys. That could lead to inspiration for a story about a keymaker, or maybe something completely random that has nothing whatsoever to do with keys.
16. How many projects do you tend to work on at once?
I've always got several stories on the backburner, projects on the go can vary from none to fifty (yes, I'm exaggerating =P)
17. Who reads your work before it's released to the public? Do you have beta readers,
a critique group, ect?
I rarely have beta readers. In a way, you guys /are/ my beta readers. So I'd like to take this opportunity to remind people that constructive criticism is always welcome! =D
18. When you're not writing, what do you do for fun?
Mostly just read webcomics, RP, play on my xbox. Yeah, I have no life =P nah, I do see friends as well, it just usually takes them to organise it =P
19. Advice to other writers?
Keep with it and do a little bit every day. Also: edit, edit and edit again. (sorry amethyst, I thought this was good advice so I kept it =P)
20. What are you currently working on?
See my to-do list =P
21. Share the first three sentences of a work in progress.
Taken from the collab with yadre:
Matthew was crouched in a half-sleep right on the edge of a building's roof, a dim alley below him. He hadn't slept normally since he'd run away from the orphanage years ago, preferring this half-sleep which he could rouse himself from in an instant. He was hungry, he was always hungry, half-sleep did nothing to blot out any kind of pain, especially those caused by hunger.
"Tagged" by
AmethystMare =P
Also, dude, you're going to make me blush. XD
And thanks for letting me know about the Thursday prompt, I'm definitely getting in on that =3 and I'll have a browse through seventh sanctum at some point (right now I'm catching up on comments and journals, so I've just loaded it up as a tab. It'll probably end up as one of the ones I never close XD)
*giggles* Well you deserve it =3 you're a fantastic writer and you're always there with advice and encouragement when I need it =3 *hugs, wagging* ^_^