i was tagged by OnceUponAnEXO and i tag anyone who's reading this or wants to do it that hasn't already (i mean if you wanna do it again that's fine too xD)

all credits go to OnceUponAnEXO, thank you for you hard work!

update: i tag Sugainfires10 

1. How did you come up with your user name and what does it mean?

alright so i found aff around two years ago and i didn't know what to choose for my username when i finally decided to sign up. my friend was a huge kpop fan and liked exo and cats so i thought why not and yeah i basically stole her username bc i didn't want anyone irl finding this accounts oops and added 15 because it's a lovely number divisible by five, don't you agree?

2. Which is your most subscribed to story?

just a cup of hot chocolate (and you by my side) ft. soonhoon

3. Why did you pick your user photo/thumbnail?

i don't have one haha

4. Who is your AFF bestie?

s/o to Taehyung_Rose for many tags and blog chats

s/o to Odds_Are_Inevitable for chatting on line for a while and also still being my friend even when i disappear for like months on end (i'm really sorry rip)

and to Sugainfires10 for being a sarcastic little  georgina has another fever

5. Is there a fanfic that you keep going back to read again and again?

not currently ;-;

6. How many stories are you subscribed to?

uh 73 but a handful are contests so maybe like 65?

7. What AU do you find yourself writing about most?

coffee shop aus

and also just random things

i should probably find a direction to go in for future stories 

8. How many friends do you have?

102

9. Is there something you'd like to write about but are afraid of people judging you for it? (Feeling brave? If so, share it!)

eh, not really, the current hp au takes up a lot of my brainpower

10. Is there anything you would like to be better at on AFF? Writing, graphic design (posters), replying to comments, updating regularly, etc..?

finishing chaptered fics, goddamnit. i'd like to think i'm pretty good with replying to comments

11. How many subscribers do you have?

unique: 90

total: 110

12. How many stories have you posted online to this day (finished and unfinished)?

in all, i have 10 (i think two are unfinished but idk if i'll finish them... help)

13. How many stories do you have saved in your writing program?

like six or seven docs with a page written?

14. Do you write down story ideas, or just keep them in your head?

write them down... eventually

15. Have you ever co-authored a story?

yeah, a few actually, with CalamitousKing

16. How did you discover AFF?

i was looking around for fanfiction (i knew it existed before i dropped into the kpop fandom so it was just a matter of looking for "kpop fanfiction", or more specifically "exo fanfiction" at that time) and aff seemed like a pretty legit site

i read on here for a few months without an account before i came across a subs only fic

so i signed up 

and here i am

17. Do you consider yourself to be a popular or famous author on AFF?

absolutely not lmao

18. Do you have a nickname or fandom name for your readers?

uh no ahaha

19. Was there an AFF author who inspired or encouraged you to write?

er, no

i just thought like

"hey"

"what if i wrote fanfic wouldn't that be fun haha"

20. How many karma points do you have?

ehm 1206

21. What writing advice would you give to a beginning author?

the actual truth: the first story you write will probably be crap. you'll probably cringe when you read it. that happens to pretty much all first stories. but after you post that first story, you'll find that something curious happens. they start becoming less cringey. they start getting more feedback. you'll find yourself improving, and one day, you'll be writing amazing works that'll inspire or make someone's day, just like someone else's fic did to you.

sounds amazing, doesn't it? and it's achievable. you can achieve it. you can absolutely do it.

but only if you're willing to take that first step and post or write something bad. (now, don't make it bad on purpose; try your best :D) if you continually doubt yourself, you're unlikely to make any progress. once you post your first story, the hard part's done already. you've taken that first step in your journey of a thousand miles, and i'm telling you that each subsequent step will become easier.

so if you're not sure if anyone will like your story, still post it.

(i guarantee there's someone one there willing to read it.)

22. Do you plot out your stories, or do you just figure it out as you go?

for oneshots, no. i can remember what way i want it to go

but with chaptered stories, ohoho

outlines here i come

23. Have you ever gotten a bad review or comment on a story? If so, what did you do?

ah, no, but i appreciate a bad review or comment from a person nonetheless because it means they still found my stuff important enough to take time out of their life to write a comment 

24. Is there a certain type of scene that you have a hard time writing? (action, , etc..)

tbh i haven't stepped much out of my comfort zone yet

but i will with this new hp fic i hope
 

25. What story(s) are you working on now?

i should totally be working on That Pen but this new hp au though

26. Do you plan your next project(s) before you finish your current ongoing story(s)?

urgh i always get so many ideas

but i will finish this hp au

because i love harry potter and hogwarts

27. Do you have a daily writing goal set for yourself?

lel no i could never adhere to one

28. Do you think you've improved as a writer since you first started?

i think so, and i sure hope so lmao

29. What is your favorite story that you've written?

this uncompleted hp au

30. What is your least favorite story that you've written?

have you seen lobsters caroling before was literally written in ten minutes but somehow it got 9 subs, 1 vote, and 3 comments? how?

31. Where do you see yourself (as a writer) in 5 years?

probably still posting stuff on public fanfic websites (read: aff) unless i somehow manage to produce something semi-decent that i could get published locally 

i mean i'm not really aiming to be published nationally or by a big company or whatever, 1) the costs are really too much and 2) there are many talented writers out there who deserve it more

32. How many upvotes do you have?

heh 13

33. What is the easiest thing about writing?

literally just pulling up the google doc

everything else is difficult

34. What is the hardest thing about writing?

writing is hard. very hard. i tell people that i write for fun, not for assignments, and people give me "those" looks. then they assume that it's easy. and i have to tell them "honey, no."

and don't even mention editing

because i do not like to read what i write

it's all so vomit-inducing, help

35. Why do you write?

i have things i need to say, places i need to go, friends i need to make, problems i need to solve, and lives i need to live.

questionnaire created by OnceUponAnEXO (disclaimer no. 2 ahahA)