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Writer Questions, Take 2!
16 years ago
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Taken from Duroc’s journal. Thanks Duroc! :) http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/926798/
~How often do you get writer’s block?
I’d say “often enough.” It happens when I try to go against story flow and make something completely different than what I was originally writing. I often think of my stories like trains coming into the station. I have to catch them by a certain time or they take off, but if I’m lucky, they’ll come back again later.
~How do you fix it?
I try not to get hung up on any one idea. So one idea gets stuck, then I try another idea or even another story and keep moving. The point is to develop momentum that carries me through a story like a freerunner runs atop buildings, passing them by on the way to a greater goal.
~Do you type or write by hand?
Both. I write sparks of ideas by hand and sometimes transcribe short stories so they’ll have one draft done. Then, when I type them, they immediately go into the revision phase. I’ve been trying to type more often so that I’ll have completed works to share with others.
~Do you save everything you write?
I save a lot of what I write, but I don’t always write a lot of what I want to save. Many ideas go through but only a few make it.
~Do you ever go back to an old idea long after you abandoned it?
Oh yes. In fact, that’s how some of my best ideas have been made. I have to find the “seed” of the idea and then do what I can to plant it. Then later, if I’m lucky and the conditions are right, that seed will come back as something beautiful I can share with others. Those moments are some of the best. =^.^=
~Do you have a constructive critic?
I have a few people who read my work and give me anything from a quick single sentence comment to a full-on review. It’s random, though, cause I don’t ask them to do one of the other. I’m happy enough to get a comment. :)
~Did you ever write a novel?
I wrote a psychological horror adventure a few years back. It was 90 pages long and was one of my greatest triumphs. I have long since moved on to other stories, but I’ve yet to beat the 90-page mark again.
~What genre would you love to write but haven’t?
Romance novel, but with lots of unique twists featuring perspective, dreams, anthros, secret identities, and different forms of expressive love, whether it be literary, artistic, emotional, spiritual, or…okay, physical. But…it’s hard to find inspiration for this genre. Romance is so personal that it’s easier to disagree with romantic ideals than to agree with them.
~What’s one genre you have never written, and probably never will?
I honestly don’t know. I’ve tried a bit of everything.
~How many writing projects are you working on right now?
One short story about a post-apocalyptic landscape.
A multi-part romance story where a dragoness is hated by the people of her town and ends up getting a secret admirer: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2734831
A multi-part satire story that involves every possible cinematic cliché I can think of: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2775858
~Do you write for a living? Do you want to?
I would like to write for a living if it meant that I could switch up the writings so that I would do journalistic reporting, op-ed pieces, entertainment reviews, nonfiction how-tos, and of course, fiction.
~Have you ever written something for a magazine or newspaper?
Nope.
~Have you ever won an award for your writing?
The most recent award I won was 2nd place out of 4 in the Summer 2009 Anthro Fiction Short Story Contest with my work entitled “Chariot” http://www.anthrofiction.net/past_c.....testID=2009_q2
~What are your five favorite words?
Mantastic. http://www.urbandictionary.com/defi.....term=Mantastic
Truthiness. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truthiness
Synesthesia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia
Dangeresque. http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail106.html
Techninlogy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYicvmoeVWY
~Do you ever write based on your dreams?
Oh yes. Many times. In fact, I get a lot of great ideas from dreams, especially when it comes to symbolism.
~Do you favor happy endings, sad endings, or cliff-hangers?
I favor endings of closure, that complete the story. It doesn’t have to be happy or sad. It simply has to bring a finality to everything so that you feel you’ve spent your reading time wisely.
~Have you ever written based on artwork you’ve seen?
Oh yes! But it eludes me at the moment. Oh wait! I would print out pics and then write about them so I could get practice with visual inspiration.
-Vaperfox
~How often do you get writer’s block?
I’d say “often enough.” It happens when I try to go against story flow and make something completely different than what I was originally writing. I often think of my stories like trains coming into the station. I have to catch them by a certain time or they take off, but if I’m lucky, they’ll come back again later.
~How do you fix it?
I try not to get hung up on any one idea. So one idea gets stuck, then I try another idea or even another story and keep moving. The point is to develop momentum that carries me through a story like a freerunner runs atop buildings, passing them by on the way to a greater goal.
~Do you type or write by hand?
Both. I write sparks of ideas by hand and sometimes transcribe short stories so they’ll have one draft done. Then, when I type them, they immediately go into the revision phase. I’ve been trying to type more often so that I’ll have completed works to share with others.
~Do you save everything you write?
I save a lot of what I write, but I don’t always write a lot of what I want to save. Many ideas go through but only a few make it.
~Do you ever go back to an old idea long after you abandoned it?
Oh yes. In fact, that’s how some of my best ideas have been made. I have to find the “seed” of the idea and then do what I can to plant it. Then later, if I’m lucky and the conditions are right, that seed will come back as something beautiful I can share with others. Those moments are some of the best. =^.^=
~Do you have a constructive critic?
I have a few people who read my work and give me anything from a quick single sentence comment to a full-on review. It’s random, though, cause I don’t ask them to do one of the other. I’m happy enough to get a comment. :)
~Did you ever write a novel?
I wrote a psychological horror adventure a few years back. It was 90 pages long and was one of my greatest triumphs. I have long since moved on to other stories, but I’ve yet to beat the 90-page mark again.
~What genre would you love to write but haven’t?
Romance novel, but with lots of unique twists featuring perspective, dreams, anthros, secret identities, and different forms of expressive love, whether it be literary, artistic, emotional, spiritual, or…okay, physical. But…it’s hard to find inspiration for this genre. Romance is so personal that it’s easier to disagree with romantic ideals than to agree with them.
~What’s one genre you have never written, and probably never will?
I honestly don’t know. I’ve tried a bit of everything.
~How many writing projects are you working on right now?
One short story about a post-apocalyptic landscape.
A multi-part romance story where a dragoness is hated by the people of her town and ends up getting a secret admirer: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2734831
A multi-part satire story that involves every possible cinematic cliché I can think of: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2775858
~Do you write for a living? Do you want to?
I would like to write for a living if it meant that I could switch up the writings so that I would do journalistic reporting, op-ed pieces, entertainment reviews, nonfiction how-tos, and of course, fiction.
~Have you ever written something for a magazine or newspaper?
Nope.
~Have you ever won an award for your writing?
The most recent award I won was 2nd place out of 4 in the Summer 2009 Anthro Fiction Short Story Contest with my work entitled “Chariot” http://www.anthrofiction.net/past_c.....testID=2009_q2
~What are your five favorite words?
Mantastic. http://www.urbandictionary.com/defi.....term=Mantastic
Truthiness. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truthiness
Synesthesia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia
Dangeresque. http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail106.html
Techninlogy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYicvmoeVWY
~Do you ever write based on your dreams?
Oh yes. Many times. In fact, I get a lot of great ideas from dreams, especially when it comes to symbolism.
~Do you favor happy endings, sad endings, or cliff-hangers?
I favor endings of closure, that complete the story. It doesn’t have to be happy or sad. It simply has to bring a finality to everything so that you feel you’ve spent your reading time wisely.
~Have you ever written based on artwork you’ve seen?
Oh yes! But it eludes me at the moment. Oh wait! I would print out pics and then write about them so I could get practice with visual inspiration.
-Vaperfox
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