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Writingforwords asked…

First: I spelled recent “resent” in the last question I asked you. When I saw it, when you replied, a piece of me sort of died inside.

1. What’s your favourite genre to write?

Young adult. If you count that as an genre. I see it as a age group, but in a book store it’s considered a genre. So, I have to say that first and foremost I am a young adult author by nature.

But, the actual genre’s that I have most enjoyed writing in are contemporary and dystopian. To be even more specific I like writing about ‘coming of age’. I like to tell stories about those who are going through a journey of self discovery. It’s generally drama based, rarely comical.

5. Why do you write?

I write because it is the only thing I can see myself doing. It’s the only thing that makes me truly and irrevocably happy. It is the only thing I do that makes me feel as though I have a purpose.

Writing validates my existence. I know that when I am gone my words and thoughts will remain. Even when they are destroyed and forgotten. I will have given something to the world that was from the deepest part of me.

I write because I want to reach someone in that way that only books can. Reach them through my pages and tell them that I understand them, without having to meet them, and that that are not alone. Because books have saved me time after time from that lonely feeling. And I owe them at least one lifetime to say thank you.

I can’t say enough on why I want to write. It’s not even a want anymore. It’s a need.

8. What’s the farthest you’ve ever gotten with one of your ideas?

That would be my current project. My dystopian novel is at 60k (plus some) and there will be a book two. Maybe three… four… who knows how many. It’s the first story that has truly demanded me to write it and I love the feeling.

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I did this with my cousin. I gave the “mean girl” her name. I was 40k into the book when I realized. Now I’m stuck with her as Molly, and the idea of changing her name physically hurts me. My characters are like real people to me. You can’t just go around changing peoples names.

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Yet to be Written,: PUT A NUMBER IN MY ASK- Writer's Edition

writingforwords:

unusednotebooks:

1.What’s your favourite Genre to Write?
2.What Author would you most like to be like?
3.If you were to use a penname what would it be?
4.What do you do when you procrastinate?
5.Why do you write?
6.Do you prefer to convey a story through dialogue or description?
7.What idea are you working on now?
8.What’s the farthest you’ve ever gotten with one of your ideas?
9.Why did you give up on your most recent failed idea?
10.Who is your favourite author?
12.What is your favourite book?
13.What is your favourite genre to read?
14.What is your least favourite Genre to read?
15.What is your least favourite genre to write?

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weareallstories asked: Writing meme: 6, 10 and 21 :)

6. What levels/kinds of education in the field have you had?

College. It’s sort of my major… was… will be. Ah, school and I are not the best of pals.

Can I count writers group? I want to. I’ve learned so much from those guys and gals.

10. What do you like most about your writing?

When I reread my stuff, the thing I like most is feeling that if I was in high school still, I would connect to these stories. I like my voice for the young adult audience. I don’t think I sound preachy, or pretentious, or like I’m faking it. I feel like I sound like myself from high school. Only with the addition spell check.

21. Do you believe there is such thing as a “bad book?”

Yes and no. Nothing a good red pen and some harsh criticism couldn’t fix.

Like, Twilight has poorly developed characters but it was still a fun ‘junk food’ novel. Lord of the Rings has bogged with lukewarm dialogue but it’s still a fantastic epic. And every novel has simple mistakes that somehow got by the author and agent and editor and who ever else.

I think there are flawed books. Books that I might change. Books that I wish had gotten one or two more edits before they hit the print button. But, bad? I don’t know. That’s relative.

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