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thenovelartist · 5 years

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11/11/11 challenge

So, I got tagged to do this... twice. I answered all their questions, and call me a party pooper, but I’m not going to continue the game by coming up with 11 questions of my own and tagging 11 people ;)

@lovelyliliana101

1. Where do you get your ideas?

Depends. Usually, I watch movies, TV shows, read books (or fanfictions) and think either “I like this plot and want to spin-off it” or “this sucks but I like this one thing about it so I’m going to fix it.” Other times, I’ll see a piece of fan art that sparks a story. Occasionally, Pinterest Prompts or song lyrics spark something, but it’s not as common.

2. What is your writing process like, and What do you love most about it?

I come up with an idea, mull it over to the point I think I have an idea of how I want the story to go, then I write it. No plotting. No writing out character sheets or planning boards or anything complicated. I love that it’s simple and I can basically get started immediately.

3. How many hours a day do you write?

Lately, it has been 0 hours because health stuff is whooping my butt. But I like to average 1-2 hours a day. Preferably closer to 2.

4. Do you try more to be original or to deliver to readers what they want?

I usually write whatever I want to read, but I’ve heard readers comments and liked them and changed my stories because of that.

5. What made you want to become a writer?

… I like writing. *shrug*

6. What is the toughest criticism given to you as an author, and What has been the best compliment?

*Blows out air, cheeks puffed out* Um… I… don’t know. I do tend to start observing certain things in my work if pointed out, such as if I see a post that mentions “Don’t let your characters have the same voice” or a comment saying my sentences are too similar in structure, I will become hyper-sensitive to that in my writing. I don’t think I’ve had any “harsh” criticism that was actually criticism and not people just being jerks.

Best compliment… I’ve one along the lines of “Your stuff is on par or better than published novels,” which was AWESOME and the best one I can think of right now. 😊

7. Does writing energize or exhaust you?

If I’m feeling good, it is a neutral activity: nothing gained, nothing lost.

If I’m tired (like as of late) it’s exhausting.

8. What’s your goal of certain # of words a week or when inspiration strikes?

I don’t usually have a word goal. Normally, it’s “I have a week to finish this so I better get this story/chapter done but I’ll procrastinate as much as I can before I do”.

9. What advice do you have for writers?

I think there’s a lot of contradictory advice out there for writers. Screw most of it and just find what works best for you. There are certain rules you need to abide by (grammar rules, for example) but for the most part, write what you want to read and write however you want to write it. After enough time, you’ll learn what works and what doesn’t. There will be pieces of advice that cause you to focus on parts of your writing and get you thinking if something needs to change, but don’t take all advice as law.

10. How do you work past writer’s block?

Usually, I need to walk away at this point and get back to it later. Very rarely can I power through.

Writer’s block is caused by one of two things. The first being my mental capacity to sit and write. This is solved by walking away and returning later. However, if it caused by frustration with the storyline, I backtrack. This means going back one/two/five pages and finding a good launch point to rewrite everything in a way that leads me more toward where I’m trying to go with the end. But the worst block is caused by a plot point I have already published and is basically law yet is causing me trouble. This means I have some serious fudging to do and it’s hard and usually sucks and can take days to pass, even if it only results in a single page.

11. If you could tell your younger writing self anything, what would it be?

Hmm… go to the doctor now because you’ll be sick at my age and writing with health issues ranges from “serious suckage” to “downright near impossible.”

@lnc2

1. Is there a work of fan fiction you wish you wrote? Why?

I was going to answer no, but there’s two. One called “Lore of the Land” and the reason I wish I wrote it is because it’s been abandoned for nearly two years now and I would have finished it.

There’s another I can’t remember the name of, but I was obsessively following this story and in a single chapter, the author completely and totally RUINED it, and I want to take it out of their hands and beat them over the head for being OOC in an otherwise fantastically written story.

2. Do you have a go-to writing playlist? What songs are on it?

I used to (I don’t often write to music any more), and it was my Pandora “Philip Westly” station filled with, well, Philip Westly, Ryan Stewart, Jennifer Thomas, Michele McLaughlin, Brain Crain, Helen Jane Long, and a bunch of other “New Age Classical” music. (I can’t write with words going on or else I start writing the lyrics)

3. Do you have any rituals you do before writing?

No. I don’t.

4. Describe your writing space.

Left side of the blue couch in my living room. 50-50 split between leg rest up and down. Little wooden side table where my computer is kept. There is a plushy Golden Retriever named Jack that sits on the top edge of the couch and looks over my shoulder as I’m writing. Occasionally, my cat will decide to hang out with me, meaning he jumps up and tries to lay on my keyboard until I kick him off and tell him no and he relents but sulks next to me.

5. Where do you get your inspiration?

I answered above 😉

6. Do you outline or figure out your stories as you go?

I fly by the seat of my pants. As long as I know where I want to end up and have a rough idea how to get there, I’m golden.

7. What was the first story you ever wrote?

Um… Story landmarks time.

First story I wrote was a series of one-page stories about a cat, dog, and horse that were spies and fought off the evil Al. E. Gator and his henchman, Pork. E. Pig. My sixth-grade teacher found these amazing.

Some years later, I started a novel that I didn’t finish until after I posted my first fanfiction, which would be one called “Swimming Lesson” and is on deviantart for TMNT; you can find it if you so dare. It is amazing how far I’ve come.

Then I finished Escaping the Tyrant and published it, which as been a pride of mine ever since. 😊

8. Do you have a go-to fix when you’re stuck on a story?

One: put my earbuds in and find a song I can listen to on repeat for ten-twenty minutes as I pace a rut into the floor.

Two: two browsers open, Youtube on the left side playing something while I browse pinterest/tumblr/something else on the right.

9. Do you use betas? Why or why not?

I don’t usually because (and I don’t mean to sound cocky) but I’m pretty good at writing and self-editing most of the time. The other reason is because half of my stuff isn’t finished until a day before posting and betas need time to work and I’m terrible at giving them enough time to do so.

10. How long does it usually take you to write a story from start to finish?

A one-shot usually takes a week. A multi chapter story is a week per chapter plus an extra week or two because I fell behind/needed a break.

11. Why writing?

I like stories, and sadly, with increasing frequency, people can’t tell good ones, meaning I have to fix it. And I don’t care how sassy that is. It’s true.

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whentvsfly · 7 years

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u should answer all 20 of the mob psycho ask meme things jsust DO it u peice of fuck....

Fuck you, I will.

1: What is a scene that really got to you?In the anime, probably either the flashback to when Mob went ???% when he was young (I love the Angst™), or when Mob nearly goes 100% murderous intent and then instead goes like, 1000% gratitude. In the manga, the entirety of the fuckin Mogami arc (the part with the cat like Holy Shit) nearly made me cry, and I barely cry at things anymore. So like. That.

2: Who’s your favorite character out of the cast?I….love so many……..They’re all so good. All the esper kids are Good, Reigen is a good man, the Body Improvement Club members….Tome and Mezato…..fuck, even Dimple. I can’t choose…

3: Who’s your favorite esper kid?Mob, Ritsu, Teru, and Shou are all my sons thank you very much. I can’t decide between them. Mob is a Good Boy™ who needs a fucking break holy shit. Ritsu is a little shitsu but he cares a lot about his bro and I cry and he’s good too. Teru is also a shitty boy and also he wants to do good and I cry for him (I’m his parent now cause idk wtf his actual parents are, ONE plz explain). And Shou is a good but destructive boy who deserves better.

4: Who’s your favorite ship(s)?I….really like Ritsu and Shou, and was kinda indifferent to anything else, until @pundeserving (and fanfics) ((thanks u fuck)) showed me the beauty of Teruki and Mob. Also???? I kinda like Tome and Mezato?????? They could like find aliens and report it to the news and honestly they’d be a power couple.

5: What battle shook you most?Uhm. The one at the end of the World Domination arc. So many emotions…..

6: What friendship do you find the cutest?Literally any with Mob. He’s such a good boy.

7: What’s the most hilarious moment to you?gotTA PUMP SOME IRONsorry duDE TOUGH BREAKwoAH ITS HEAVY okletsgo(pff other than so many lines from the dub, uh, I’m not too sure. Right now I can only think of how funny the whole situation with that Shirt™ in the Divine Tree arc is, and like the school festival in which for like a panel Ritsu is forced to dress like a maid and Shou is there. NO WAIT. I KNOW. Justifiable Self Defense. We’re not too sure it’s justifiable, but he’s yelling it anyways. also: OOHHH. HE FUCKING APPEARED! There’s probably others. I can’t remember them rn. OH well, guess I better reread the manga…..).

8: Favorite and least favorite arc?hmmmmm….The angst pit inside of me wants to say my fave is the Mogami arc, because of how fucking sad it could be (or the way it can spawn fics about it like nobody’s business) but honestly I don’t really have any favorites or least favorites. They all have their pros and their cons, but they’re all really good.

9: Which antagonist could you never forgive?Mogami. Hands down.

10: Do you have any OC’s?Nope. But there is an oc I saw once on this hellsite which was a cat named Milk that Mob owns and I fully support that hah.

11: Did you watch the anime or read the manga first?Anime. Subbed. Then went for the manga, then to the dub hah.

12: Would you visit Spirits and Such Consultation Office (if you didn’t know any better)?Hm. I dunno. Probably would be too lazy to seek out help if I thought a spirit would be on me or smth, or haunting a place. Maybe if it was Real Bad.

13: Are there any specific MP 100 artists/writers you admire?Uhm. Idk, I tend to not actually look at who is the OP on an art post or who writes a fic. I’ll edit this if I find out some good ones (there’s one artist I’m thinking of on here and they do real good arts, they do comics based on fics (one was on this court thing where Mob was dead by Teruki’s hand b/c the choking thing, the other was on an au fic where Mob was kidnappeped and Reigen ended up rescuing him and they hadn’t met before that idk I have yet to read it myself) and there’s a fic on ao3 that I am always waiting for the next installment, even if it’s been 20 seconds since I read the last chapter. That story’s linked below, and you can see other authors I’ve linked too).

14: Are there any MP 100 fanfics you HAVE to rec?(this answer is So Long I am So Sorry I just have A Lot Of Love)Ohhhh boy. You’ve done it now. You’ve awakened the Beast™. Fanfics are my forte. I’ve gone through all of them on ao3. Don’t fuckin test me on this.Ok so first off, if you want all the stories I’ve gathered off of ao3 (My picking process: Ignoring all stories with incest or an adult x a kid (or ships I don’t particularly care for), is the fic well written with a good plot? then onto the list it goes. Or if its bad enough to be good. That too.) you can just ask me for the fics and I can either share the googledoc with you or send you the links in another way.Some of my favorites from the list, tho, are as follows (in order of which I read them):Color in a Monochrome Worldby Sifl is a really good introspective series on many different characters, set after the World Domination arc. Sifl also wrote a companion piece, Vertigo.Extracurricular Education is a series by entrenched about Shigeo and his growth as he works for Reigen. It’s real cute, they’re good bros, I love it. A few stories takes place after the Mogami arc and reference it.Turning Slowly by sorrow_key is a fic about how Shigeo knows what unrequited love feels like b/c of Tsubomi, so he can see through Teruki really easily. He feels like a liar pretending to not notice. (eventually becomes TeruMob), My notes say if you’re in the divine tree arc, then you’ll get any references made in the fic. Can’t remember what’s said, but it must reference something in that arc for me to have wrote that.One Step Forward, Two Steps Back by fireflysummers_ao3 is a fic in which Teru feels terrible after the Divine Tree arc (this was made before 97.uh. the chapter that came out this last Thursday, the 5th of Jan, so it may not be as accurate as it could be) and Shigeo just wants to be friends and help him out. After Divine Tree arc.Temporary Accommodations by Originia is an interesting fic where, through shenanigans, Shigeo’s body is kidnapped without his like, spirit thingy in it (using the strategy from the Mogami arc) and Reigen tries to rescue Shigeo (which Dimple is possessing in Mob’s absence). I fucking love Ritsu in this story holy shit.The Adventure of the Red Shoes by dyingplatypus. Ho. Ly. Fuck. If you only read one story, read this one. It’s funny, it’s quirky, it’s in character. It’s solving a paranormal case about haunted shoes, and Reigen being cursed. It feels like it could be an actual happening in the anime or something. Seriously. Read this one. It has a little reference to the World Domination arc cause Serizawa is in there but like. You could proooobably read it without reading the manga.He Just Likes Dogs by reiqenarataka nearly made me fucking cry in a dentists office. It’s about Reigen and dogs, what more could you want?Signed, Sealed, Delivered by entrenchedis a series centered around Teruki and his crush on Shigeo, even as Shigeo crushes on Tsubomi. He would rather never tell Mob and continue being friends, over risking their friendship by confessing.do make tomorrow a sunny day by dyingplatypus is a series based off an au I mention in the next question. The AU is one in which Shigeo is taken by Claw at a young age, and thus works for them currently. Ritsu grew up without a brother, only knowing he had a brother at some point who presumably died. Both Shou and Shigeo are a part of Claw and work for it, and things Shigeo took care of during the normal universe didnt happen. (LOL) is a growing and powerful cult, Teru still wants to fight people. There’s many different perspectives in the series and they all add up to a unique experience (I’m still real fuckin amused by what Teru thinks of Shigeo in the first chapter of his POV fic)tomorrow isn’t always another day by suitablyskippy is another good fic on par with The Adventure of the Red Shoes. It’s also quirky, funny, in character, and shows Shigeo and Reigen solving cases. Of a haunted copy machine. Which Mob is preeeetty sure they solved yesterday. And the day before. And the day before that….Three by Ravenesta is an outsider POV story from a teacher’s perspective, on Shigeo Kageyama and his mysterious third emergency contact, Reigen Arataka. It’s pretty cool, and shows some good shit. Return. Continue. by UncannyCookie. A series. Takes place after Mogami arc, Shigeo isn’t doing too well, hands feeling too itchy and wrong after he was driven to choking someone in that unreal world. It’s bad. He’s fine. Teru tries his best to help. The second story, though, Teru is acting weird and Shigeo wants to help him but he swears he’s fine. (also has some of my fave tags: “Teru is not a natural blond, that’s the real drama here”). This is the fic I find myself waiting for updates with bated breath. It’s so good and interesting. Love that shit.

15: Do you have a favorite AU?I don’t know of too many aus, but most are real good. I like the art I see of the ageswap thing, where Mob is the adult and Reigen is the kid, although I don’t tend to read the fics about it. Idk why. But there are other good aus too, like any where Mob ends up being raised by Reigen. There’s an interesting one on ao3 I saw where Mob was taken by claw at a young age and now kinda like…works for them? Idk. It’s good though.

16: What would be your first or basic psychic skill (telekinesis, pyrokinesis, hydrokinesis, ect)?Honestly telekinesis. I’d fuckin own that shit, being too lazy to get up and grab things myself. I’d probably be like, hah, my pop is on the table literally inches from my hand. If only I could just float it over to myself! And then it does and I’d be like Holy Shit. Also, using telekinesis on yourself (if it’s strong enough) allows you to basically fly? I’d train til it’s that level and then I would be the least athletic person in existence.

17: Do you like milk?I really like strawberry milk. I only have normal milk if I dip a cookie in it. Sometimes chocolate is ok too. And I only really have whole milk cause it tastes the best.

18: What headcanons do you have for (character)?I mean u didn’t provide a character uhm. There’s so many. Me and @pundeserving have been talking and whenever I come up with some headcanon I tell her and she may or may not add it to her headcanon list. Usually she does. It’s very good and if you wanna hear some shit about a certian character feel free to ask abt them specifically.

19: Would you hone your basic psychic skill or try to learn different ones?Both? If possible? I’d like to get my telekineses to a point where I can move myself with little to no effort, but having basic version of other powers would also be nice (like psychokinesis to light a candle or warm up some cold soup or smth)

20: Would you try to use your psychic powers for personal gain or only if you had to?I mean, if it’s (like i mentioned above) heating up soup, that’s kinda personal gain hah no but seriously if it’d unfairly advantage me above other people (in a sport or something) or harm someone else, I wouldn’t do it. I’d use it for little things like retrieving something that’s out of reach or smth, or if worse comes to worse, to protect my friends or family, if there are no other viable options.

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