The How, When & Why’s of My Writing

I have been writing eversince I was in grade school, mostly journal writing. I don’t do the conventional ‘Dear Diary’ entries though. My journal format has always been like a broadsheet. With headlines and editorials and stuff, I know it’s too much for a grade schooler but that’s what I enjoyed doing.

I’m weirdly fascinated at my own genius.

I decided to write fiction when I started junior high school, I co-wrote an epically lame “The Baby Sitter’s Club” sort of series with my best friend. It’s mostly in script format since we’re too lazy to delve into the art of actual storytelling and it’s fun writing dialogues. Maybe that’s one of the reasons why I at writing narrations and paragraphs and am more comfortable with characters shooting words at each other.

Then I started writing for Infinite. CDL is the first story I’ve ever written for an idol. I actually have no intentions of posting it anywhere but then I found people who encouraged me to do so. As always plot wise mine isn’t the most interesting.

People tend to be more attracted with the tried and tested formula of rich boy poor girl. Unfortunately I am not really a romantic so I kinda have a hard time writing it as it is so I tend to insert either humour (mostly dry and sarcastic) or fantasy into my stories so I don’t choke on my own vomit. I apologize that was fairly disgusting, I don’t really hate writing romance that much... well maybe a teeny tiny bit xD

Anyway, I get my inspirations mostly from books or mangas/manhwas and variety shows. The last one is basically for character reference just so I don’t get too OOC with the idols. I mean they can have a totally different personality since it is fiction but I prefer to have them only slightly changed and still familiar with what we see them on TV. Coz seriously not one of us knows how they are in real life; we can only scratch the surface.

I don’t know where I’m heading with this blog entry, maybe I should’ve posted a notice for questions to answer, but yeah that was my beginnings as a writer. I don’t get as much feedback as I wish to get but the ones that I get still gives me my usually needed boost.  Though the ‘I can’t wait for the next chapter’ makes me feel like I wasn’t able to convey what I truly want to in the chapter I have posted, it’s still flattering that someone would still want for more.

On the side of being significant, I think I still haven’t left a mark because I still don’t get important questions such as ‘what the hell is this author-nim on about’ or the more straight forward ‘i wish you would write longer etc etc’ like other story authors get.

Sometimes, when I’m being all positive and lovely, I would think that the reason why I’m not getting as much as feedback as I want to is because I have very intellectual readers who gets whatever it is I posted and doesn’t find a need to clarify anything.

But most days, when I’m being perfectly human I’m like... I love to write, I’m finishing this story because I want to and not because I want praise or feedback or comments. And then I sulk in a corner binge eating on vanilla ice cream and bread.

/end rant/

So yeah, I’m ending this entry with a request. If you have anything you’re curious about me, or my stories put it in the comments, maybe I’ll do an audio reply for you guys.

Xoxo

thekataomoisyndrome