20 Questions for Writers! (To Make You Think Hard) WARNING: Several of these questions will make you think. If, for any reason, you are not able to think hard, please do not attempt to answer them. You will only injure yourself. I disclaim all responsibility for these injuries. 1. Q: What got you interested in writing? A: A school assignment in third grade. 2. Q: Did you always like writing? A: When I had a choice of what to write, yes. When I didn't, I hated it. 3: Q: What is the story that has just been sitting around in your brain, waiting to come to life? Is it just a vague idea that catches your heart, or is it already an elaborate story? A: It's been A Haunted Past, and I'm building up the skeleton of it so it'll be more detailed when I go back and reread it thirty times. 4. Q: What makes a story catch your heart? A: I don't know. Any book that I guess... feels real. 5. Q: Do you think that there's a pattern that all good stories follow, or are they all different? A: All stories are different or they'd be boring. 6. Q: Did you ever cry over your own writing? Laugh over it? Shiver over it? A: Occasionally I'll cringe because I made something overly dramatic or I'll narrow my eyes at it because it sounds weird. Actually not occasionally; very often. 7. Q: What do you despise in stories? A: Sappy romance, characters acting like their soul has died, characters that have a bucket load of character development and a few pages to develop it, improper punctuation in books, and things that don't line up. 8. Q: What makes a story bad (in your opinion)? A: Everything I just listed. 9. Q: Which is more important in a story: emotional depth, or an interesting plot? A: An interesting plot, but just slightly. 10. Q: Is there a specific thing your stories tend to center around? (Ex: setting, personality of character, genre, etc.) A: Usually the Warrior Cats series and whichever villain or soon-to-be-villain I'm writing. 11. Q: Do you plan to become an author someday? A: Not in a million lifetimes. I have too little self-confidence. 12. Q: If so, how do you think authors can influence the world for good by their writing? A: 13. Q: What are your favorite themes (morals or messages) in stories? A: Don't murder or you'll be haunted for the remaining amount of your life. 14. Q: What are the cliches you hate the most? A: Happy endings where everything turns out perfectly, sappy romantic bits, and people standing together and not getting murdered in the face of war. 15. Q: Is there a way to make those cliches not so bad? Do you think you could do it if you set out to try? A: I could do it, people just wouldn't be happy with how. 16. Q: What is the genre you hate the most? A: Romance. 17. Q: What if you tried to write it? What would happen? A: If I tried to write it I would die. First sappy word and my soul would decide the time for me to live has ended. 18. Q: What makes a character lovable? A: When you can understand the character and hate whoever they hate without feeling like you're missing something. 19. Q: Is it possible for a non-lovable character to make you care deeply about them? A: Nope. Or at least, not in my experience. 20. Q: How can you make your story touch your reader and impact their life? A: I wouldn't. Thank you!! Music by
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