Saw I did one of these this time last year and thought I'd do another one :) Q 1: What is your current book's title? A: Thundertree (Working Title) Q 2: How many pages do you have so far? A: 376 Q 3: What is your favorite genre to write? A: Sci-fi, dystopian, ethical dilemmas Q 4: Have you ever completed a book before? A: Yep, Thundertree is my first finished work over 100 pages and I'm in my first round of developmental editing Q5: What is your main character's name? A: Demi Q 6: How close are you to finishing your current WIP? A: Developmental Editing. I'm not working on the first draft of anything right now. Q 7: What age range do you typically write for? A: YA (young adult) but probably closer to ages 12-17 Q 8: What themes do you have in your WIP? A: Bravery, teamwork, cowardance, corruption Q 9: Are there any movies/books that helped you get ideas and inspiration for you book? A: I know this doesn't answer to question great, but this specific story has been in my mind for a while. I had a warriors role play in the same world when I was 10, then I wrote a dragon story in the world, then a wolf one, only for me to rediscover the idea three years after I'd last worked on it! Lots of Warriors and Wings of Fire inspiration at first. Q 10: What's your favorite thing about your book? A: I love the worldbuilding and the relationships between my characters Q 11: What's something you don't like about your WIP? A: My protagonists always come across as cynical, just because of my writing voice and it's really hard to cvhange that Q 12: Who's your favorite character from your book? A: Lark. She's a soul trapped inside my protagonist's mind Q 13: Who's your least favorite character? A: Honestly, Knoah (the classic childhood best friend left behind) is really hard to write to the point I might have to cut him because I avoided writing him so much. But I luv him so much :( Q 14: Who's your favorite character from other books? A: In my other main story I'm working on, my comic here measure of the end, my favorite character is Katrina, Ed's ex. From other books, I honestly have so many Q 15: Who's your favorite writer? A: I feel like I like a lot of authors but only one novel from them and I dislike the rest. I liked Neal Shusterman for a while though, but now I'm only really a fan of his scythe series. Q 16: If your book ever got adapted, what would your dream cast and crew be?? A: I don't really think about it. Q 17: Do you prefer writing in notebooks or digital? A: Digital Q 18: Least favorite genre? A: Horror, historical fiction, narrative nonfiction Q 19: Are you having fun so far? A: Sure Q 20: Do you have a cover made for your books? A: Not really, since I'm not sure about the title Q 21: Do you add references from other books/movies in your books? A: Not really, since they'd be pretty out of place given that it takes place in a futuristic world Q 22: Do you listen to music when you write? A: Usually for the first twenty minutes to get the wheels turning. After that, no. A lot of inspiration comes from music Q 23: Any deaths so far in your WIP? A: Technically..? Q 24: Favorite time to write? A: In the middle of the day Q 25: Are we really halfway done? A: Sure Q 26: What's your book about? A: In a nature-based, rigid futuristic society that revolves around fighting skills, a girl (Demi) with a second soul (Lark) in her mind threatening to take over joins a secret elite society of magic all while the leader (Rahu)is hunting her down because Lark is his Ex and she knows too many of his secrets. Q 27: Why do you like writing? A: Yessss Q 28: How long do you think you write during most days? A: Two hours? Q 29: What is the first sentence from your WIP? A: "Demi rubbed her forehead, wishing that her past life had been some kind of prodigy, or even remotely helpful." Q 30: What is the most recent sentence from your WIP? A: It's finished so I'll give a random line: "The tree was dying, and with it, the echoes of the ancient language." Q 31: How many questions do we have left? A: Quite a few Q 32: How do you think of names for your characters? A: i usually pick a letter that gives the vibes of that character and google rare boy/girl names that start with (letter) Q 33: Give me a favorite quote from your protagonist! A: "Telling somebody would make it real. And I wanted them to see me as me, not discard my accomplishments because I’d gotten lucky." Q 34: Now give me a chilling line from your antagonist! (if your story has a bad guy) A: "No. I don’t love Rahu anymore, and I never will. I want you to put me into his head so that I can get revenge. I want to ruin his life- regardless of who made the choices for him." Q 35: Is your book dark at all? A: To an extent. It's grim, but there's hope. Continued below
In the comments, tell me about your favorite piece of writing advice! -- Q 36: Will you miss writing this WIP? A: Eh Q 37: Do you feel like there's anything controversial about your book? A: I dunno. Q 38: Do you think you'll ever publish this book one day? A: Hopefully, but it needs a lot of work before then Q 39: What is one thing you really enjoy crafting in your stories? A: Character relationships. I love making them super complex Q 40: How old were you when you first got started in writing? A: About 10 but my book was pretty much a copy of some Barbie movie. I really got into it seriously when I was about 13 Q 41: What's a writing tip you live by? A: Leave the tap running- end a writing session halfway through a scene you're exctied to write so it'll be easy to pick up tomorrow Q 42: Have you ever gotten writer's block? A: On some projects, yes. Whenever that's an issue I write about all my characters from various projects together in the hunger games which usually gets me out of it by the end Q 43: Do you prefer writing stand-alone novels or a series? A: Both can be fun, but a good first book in a series should have every plot thread resolved but one Q 44: What was a particular challenge you faced with your current book? A: Fight scenes. With a fighting based society and a person whose only fight scene experience was with warrior cats fanfiction... it took a while Q 45: Are you proud of your writing work? A: Ofc! Q 46: Has anyone else read your stories yet? A: My Mom has read the first few chapters, and so has my creative writing teacher. I also have a few writing friends I share with Q 47: Do you plan a whole lot before writing? A: I fill out my Save the Cat beat sheet(the best plotting method ever I promise) and leave the rest to be in the moment! Q 48: Do you enjoy developing the protagonists or antagonists more? A: Side characters. Because the reader doesn't have to like them like they do the protagonist, I feel like they give me a lot more freedom Q 49: How many chapters does your book have so far? A: 26 Q 50: Did you enjoy answering these questions? A: Sure
