But who cares! XD

I blantantly stole this frome , who got this from . Nifty looking group. Might join sometime. Anyways, because I think it's always interesting to see inside people's heads, here's this little tidbit:


What reason(s) do you write for?
Mostly, just because I feel like it. It's fun, and I like getting my ideas out there on paper. I abhor "writing" on the computer. It just makes me think of writing essays, and who likes to do that?! Blech! Um...but I have a slight confession. I initially started writing because one of my friend's stories was unfinished, so I wanted to write an ending to that, and ended up writing a whole different story. (I assume she knows who she is.)


Do you take your writing seriously?
Depends on what you mean by "seriously". Do I strive to write the next great American novel, filled with deep truths about human nature, the meaning of life, and all that stuff you find in English Class worthy literature?
No.
Do I strive to make the best story I can, given my current experience and limited skill?
Yes.


If so, when did you start taking writing seriously?
This is going to sound really weird, but I always took my writing "seriously". At least, according to my definition above. Even when I was pumping out weird stories in 5th grade about collecting air from and abandoned Earth for the survival of the remnant humans (sounds cooler than it actually was), I always tried really hard to make a story I liked that I hoped other people enjoyed as well. That's not to say that I didn't make up impossible characters/situations and/or Mary Sues. XP


Where do you feel you stand as a writer?
At the beginning. I never really thought of myself as "skilled", except when compared to really, really bad fanfiction or sappy love poems/stories with lots of "single, crystalline tears" and wangsting. Still, I always feel like I've got soooo much more to learn.

On that note, I'd also like to point out that fanfics get a (sometimes well-earned) bad reputation. It's one of my goals to produce good-quality (I'd like to use "high-quality", but I don't think I'm there yet) fanfiction, especially for my more abused fandoms (i.e., Kingdom Hearts).


What do you feel you do well? (ie, characterisation, dialogue, imagery, etc.)
O_o Do well?! If you want my honest opinion, I'm not sure. I think (or, rather, I like to think) that my dialogue has gotten better over the years, and that I'm less inclined to pull out Mary Sues. Or, at least that with time I'll whip an initial Mary Sue into a full fledged character (much like Aryn. That RP creature named Ailith is still locked in the abyss somewhere...).


What do you feel you struggle with?
Not creating Mary Sues. I don't do it intentionally, but sometimes it resurfaces (albeit in smaller quantities nowadays). I tend to have a flair for the dramatic (or overdramatic), but what's the point if my viewpoint character isn't dramatic? XD More recently, I've realized I have a sense of choppiness about my work that stems from bad transition scenes.

Also, my biggie: description. For those of you who don't already know, I can't see pictures in my head when I read. That's why I never got the "but the movie will ruin my vision of the characters" bit. Because, hey, I'd finally get a nice visual representation. That being said, it doesn't lessen my enjoyment of the books whatsoever. I cried when a certain cheerful house-elf died, and the following burial scene was very prominent in my mind. But other than that, I'll either get an impression of the scene, fleeting moments of imagery, or just words on paper. If I concentrate very, VERY hard on a descriptive paragraph, I can conjure up a picture. But that takes a lot of effort, and I have to read extreeeeemely slowly.


What do you most want to improve on?
Characters that are more drastically different from one another (like Flotts!). Si pointed out that most, if not all, of my characters have a "noble" quaility about them. They also tended to be eerily similar in my earlier days of writing.

I'd like to squash my melodramatic tendencies.

I just flat out need to work on description.

Once I muster up enough courage, I'd like to try working in some figurative language (which currently scares the bejeebus out of me).

Lastly, I need to work on pacing.


Do you have any questions to ask your readers?
Readers?? What readers? No one reads any of my stuff! (Except Si and Flott) However, if by some fluke chance there are actually more of you out there, I'd like to know what you like/don't like/hate/adore about any of my writings. Not that there's much out there yet, but every little bit helps.