Taken from AnimefreakFeral (who took if from AikaHikari122,trixyBee, ErisChaotica, ghibliesque and OrioleEnsor)

 

[ 1 ] How many fics have you started? (No matter how few it is, you can give yourself a pat on the back for demonstrating initiative.)

 

17. x.x

 

[ 2 ] How many fics have you completed? (Now, if it’s greater than zero, you can give yourself another pat on the back for demonstrating commitment.)

 

Excluding oneshots, one.

 

[ 3 ] What is your very first fic? What inspired and motivated you to write it? How do you feel and what do you think about it now?

 

We don't talk about that. It's my least favourite of any of them because I had no motivation, and no idea to go along with. I had no summary or plot or draft or outline. When I look back on it now, I'm kind of proud that I've gotten so much better (or so I believe) so quickly, with minimal effort. Imagine what I could do if I actually put my mind to it.

 

[ 4 ] Which fic of yours do you think is the most well written? Why?

 

Seeing as how I've only finished one, I'm going to take into account Playing With Fire, Rotten Bones, Dazzling Love and Thunder. I feel like so far, Rotten Bones is the most well written. I've been complimented a lot on the style of the first and second chapters, and I think I should keep up with myself. I shouldn't let that mindset get away from me. I really think it captures JR's character, and that if I let it get away, that I'll lose the aura I'm looking for.

 

[ 5 ] Which fic of yours do you think is the most poorly written? Why?

 

My first fic that we don't talk about. Ugh, no. I won't even mention the name.

 

[ 6 ] Which fic is your favorite out of the ones you’ve written? Why?

 

I really like my idea for Thunder. Not only do I get to talk about Ren how I actually see him from the perspective of JR, but there's a plot twist very close to the end that I don't suppose anyone except KashiyukaKiseki is expecting. I like the idea a lot. I've never gone for a romance story, and I'm having fun just thinking about it. I feel like it comes easy to me. Well, most of it. I'm having a small bit of trouble with JR's thoughts when it comes to being away from Ren during the day. But the night comes so easily to me, it almost scares me.

 

[ 7 ] Which fic is your least favorite out of the ones you’ve written? Why?

 

Nope nope nope.

 

[ 8 ] Which character that you’ve written (does not have to be an OC; can be your portrayal of an idol) do you believe most closely resembles you?

 

I should really take some more time to look at myself. None of my characters really resemble me because I feel like writing is an escape. I don't like including characters too close to anyone I know. This is mostly because my stories birth the characters, the characters do not, by any means, create the story. I can talk about my favourite character, though. In Playing With Fire, I believe Minhyun's character does a lot fo the things that I would do in that situation. I hope to never find myself in something like what he did, but if I did, I sure as hell would take my promise to the very end. In the beginning, I was told that his character was the weakest, but near the middle and in the end, everyone told me he was the most solid and sane. The story could not have progressed the way it did without him, and he was very pivotal if you ask me.

 

[ 9 ] What are the most common topics and themes that dominate your stories?

 

Mental disorders and strange obsessions seem to dominate my stories and ideas. I've never been the most emotional or sentimental person myself, so fluff, and true romance never really come to me as easily as horror, gore and things like that. One of my favourite things to write about is Dissociative Identity Disorder, because it was once really very close to me. I saw it from the point of view that any reader of Reinventing the Wheel to Run Myself Over would. I never really thought I'd run into anything like it, but I became so enthralled by things like it after I did. I know a lot about it and other mental and physical conditions and handicaps, and so writing about them just seems so easy.

 

[ 10 ] What do you think are your strengths when it comes to writing? Be specific.

 

My strengths, as I do believe, include being able to think up plot and story ideas while doing anything and everything you could think of. I don't really have any idea what strengths my writing may have, aside from making my readers cry because feels, but I do know that I can think of impressive ideas more than anyone else I know. Sometimes I wish it would stop, but ultimately, I'm happy that I have this problem.

 

[ 11 ] What do you think are your weaknesses when it comes to writing? Be specific.

 

Finishing what I start, and actually getting words down. I know exactly what I'm doing and how I want it all to happen, I just can't be arsed to type it all out. Some authors are really very good at updating. I wish I could be. I'm pretty sure that if I really worked at it, that I could pump out a good two or three full length stories in a month. I just need the motivation.

 

[ 12 ] In what ways do you think you have improved since you first began writing fan fiction?

 

Semicolons. I don't use nearly as much as I used to. There's no useless and everything happens for a reason. I draft and outline when, before, I never believed in organization in writing. I believed that it all just flowed from your head without anything to filter it. While that's true for some authors, that's not true. I need a beginning, middle and end before I even think of equesting a poster or releasing a teaser. I need everything all figured out before anything else can happen. If I don't, it'll be a ty mess of gross and disgusting fluff that doesn't flow right at all and features a pairing that I don't really like.

 

[ 13 ] In what ways do you think your writing reflects you?

 

Playing With Fire and Rotten Bones say something about my love for gore. Thunder sprouted from my wish to find a summer love that I'd never see again; something like a fling, something so mysterious that I'll be thinking about it for the rest of my life. In Space and Dazzling Love reflect my interest in science fiction. Tell Me, Your Majesty just screams my love for The Borgias and Game of Thrones. String Theory makes it clear how much I love cop shows; Criminal Minds being my favourite. The Pros and Cons of Breathing and Reinventing the Wheel to Run Myself Over astound me, because studying disabilities and rare medical conditions are a strange hobby of mine.

 

[ 14 ] Why do you write?

 

Because I can.

 

[ 15 ] How do you evaluate yourself as a writer? How do you define your success a writer?

 

I'll read over my work again and again. I'm always paronoid that I've done something wrong and that I won't catch it because it's my own mistake, and I'm kind of blind to it. I'm constantly thinking about the story I'm in the process of writing, and I'm always talking about it. My mind's always open to new ideas. I define my success not from the quantity of subscribers and comments, but the quality. While I love every one of my subscribers and all of their comments, I truly judge myself by the long and in-depth ones.

 

[ 16 ] What do you think it means to be a writer?

 

Being a writer is the most difficult job or hobby anyone could ever have. It's not strenuous on the body, it's nothing like facing a family and having to tell them that a loved one has passed away, it's nothing like controlling a classroom full of students, and it's nothing like searching for the cure to cancer. It's hard on everything else. It's hard on your mind. It's hard on your heart. It's hard on your patience. It's hard on your mental state and it's hard on your confidence. Nothing's harder to face than criticism when it comes to something you've worked so hard on and put all of your time and effort into. Being a writer means being strong. It means having to wake up and face a new blank page every day, sometimes getting something done and sometimes not. It means having to suffer through the times when no one likes what you've written just to get that one single praise or 'good job' from anyone in the world. It means having to look someone directly in the eye as they tell you that what you're doing won't ever get you anywhere. It's persevering. It's pushing and pulling your brain until it cannot be tugged at anymore. But mostly, being a writer means doing what you love. Being an artist of any type: a singer, a dancer, a painter, a drawer, an editor, a writer -- it all means that you're stronger than your peers, that you can keep up with the critisism, and that you really do care what people have to say, no matter how much you think you don't. Being an artist in general means you have to face the most complex thing on the planet; your brain. You have to conquer your thoughts, and that's what makes or breaks a writer.