The lovely @theevolutionofledarose tagged me for an 11/11/11 - Q/A, and I loved the questions! I really miss taggames and should definitly get back to playing more often (thanks for still tagging me everyone!!! I see it, read it, adore it!) !!
Eleven guide: answer the 11Qs, make 11 new Qs and then tag 11 friendorionos!
Let’s get goin’!!!
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1. Do you care how long a chapter is or it doesn’t matter?
- I care! Too much. But I usually try to let the chapters be organic. If a chapter is long because it has a lot of worldbuilding, or a lot of new character introductions, or maybe gathering some plot threads, then it probably needs to be longer. And if a chapter is short, I try to go back and see where I can write it a little longer —giving scenes more plot meaning.
- Ah, and my usual chapter length is between 3500 to 5000 words in my fantasy novel ‘The Serpent Kiss’.
2. What do you consider is your writing quirk?
- I act out most of my dialogue and interactions. Ehm. And I like to mildly ‘method act’ my characters, meaning dressing up as them and live through their emotions and physical experiences (those that are not harming to myself or others). I write sleepy scenes when I’m tired, scary scenes when I’m scared and so on.
- And, yes. I write in wig, cape and fangs once in a while. I can recommend it.
3. What’s your favourite scene you’ve ever read?
- That’s too big a Q. I’ve read literally millions of scenes in all geres.. hmm but on the very top of my mind (glancing at my bookshelve) we’ve got:
- The flogging scene in ‘An Ember in the Ashes’
- The staircase scene where the cook dies in ‘Prince of Thorns’
- The forest - something is in the woods OR the -something is in the house, scenes in ‘Watchers’ (brilliant)
4. What inspires you?
- Death and art and smut.
- Sometimes humor.
5. Do you have a writing space? What is it?
- Yea! As of next month (slash technically this month) I’m officially a full-time writer and my physiotherapist was very stern when we talked working positions!
- I have my office in the living room of our teeny apartment! It’s a homemade fold out desk, build by mr T and his dad, and it’s beautiful and had it’s mounted spot by the window. Duo screen and LED lit monster below. I love love it! And I’m super psyched about ‘moving into’ the spot. I’m also getting a serious chair so my spine will have a great time. Yay!
6. Do you have soundtrack for your WIPs?
- Oh ma gawd. Yeah. All the cinematic atmospheric sounds and tunes!!
- You can actually find me on Spotify and listen to all my strange sounds: CilleAlisa
7. Do you have face claims for your WIPs or just description?
- Not reeeeally. I’ve got a few guys who comes close to how my characters look, but I never actually find the exact face to match the one in my head.
8. What was your hardest scene to write?
- The opening one. Ugh. And I’m still not happy-happy with it. It need an editor to tell me how to tweak it.
9. What was your hardest scene to read?
- Ehm. Hm... I love it when books makes me emotional. The sobbing, the bursting laugher, uh the chills!! But I do NOT like ‘the cringe’. So, all scenes that are like criiiingy social interaction or really embarrassing humiliation, is hard for me to read.
- I must admit that I also have a tough time getting through scenes that are flat out poor dialogue. The unintentional cringe.. oof.
10. What’s the character you can relate to most?
- Shiroin
- Kiel
- Deria
11. Do people close to you know you’re writing?
- Yeah!!! I’m very actively trying to tell the entire WORLD that I’m writing !!
- *shouts from the rooftop* IMMA WRIIITER!! IM FOLLOWING MY DREAM!!!
- *trips off the ledge*
And that’s that! Thanks for reading along and now here’s my interview Qs:
- Three favorite words? And why!
- Fave genre?
- Fave fanfic?
- Fave worldbuilding detail?
- Best read of 2019?
- Fave book cover of all time? (Pic pls)
- Most words written in one sitting?
- Three main topics your passionate about in literature (class, race, social constructivism, gender, politics??)
- Do you consider horror and romance lower tier genres? Why? Why not?
- Three character traits that always pop up in your WIPs main cast.
- Do you want to be a professional writer? Why? Why not?
I’m tagging @kainablue @inexorableblob @myhoniahakah @silentwriterprompts @yeraswifey @ejsyson @royalbounties @k-w-writes @fourohfourlifenotfound @somethingwriterly @zburatorii @wingedcatwblr @alessia-writes @alexiswrote @lynnafred @writingonesdreams @shewolves @alexwillow @writersloth
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-ciao-