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10. Has a piece of writing ever “haunted” you? Has your own writing haunted you? What does that mean to you?

35. What’s your favorite writing rule to smash into smithereens?

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10.Has a piece of writing ever “haunted” you? Has your own writing haunted you? What does that mean to you?

Well, in the negative sense of "haunting", I guess I am haunted by bad backstory ideas I've scribbled on a blank document at nearly midnight and that I look back at and physically cringe at the thought. But that's it - I try to write with the mindset that there isn't any bad writing, just things that can be edited later on. That has helped me a lot with my issues with perfectionism!

Now, in a positive sense of "haunting", when I get an idea I'm really, really excited about writing and thinking about, that idea follows me throughout the day - and if I'm lucky it'll grow into a writeable concept and spawn more of those ideas! So it's like a nice, curious little ghost "haunting" the back of my mind and giving me exciting new ideas to work on throughout the day! Lately, that spot has belonged to Augustus & Harriet's love story arc from my WIP Enchanted Illusions, and Evangeline Daemitya's backstory (+ family lore) from the same WIP.

35. What’s your favorite writing rule to smash into smithereens?

I'm not sure about which writing rule I love to ignore because my writing process is as chaotic and messy and weird as it gets - sometimes a rule that may be useless for one moment in a specific story might become my lifeline later on in the same WIP. It really depends!

However, I do know which writing tropes I love to smash, obliterate, and subvert in my stories though! (Disclaimer - My dislike for these tropes is based on my personal opinion and feelings towards them. If any of you like these tropes, that's okay too!!)

To name a few:

The Bad/Absent Father Trope - Look, I love writing some family drama as much as the next writer, but this trope has been overdone to the moon and back, especially in fantasy stories. So instead, I like to give my characters good and present father figures instead, dads who are a part of the characters' lives and want to keep them safe.

Evangeline's backstory was written with the main intent of subverting this trope - her main parent has always been her dad, who is very loving and present in her life - and is actively a part of it - having raised her basically by himself.

Miscommunication - By this, I mean miscommunication that wouldn't actually happen if the characters were being themselves and not just tools to advance the plot - especially if the plot depends on that one miscommunication to cause a big falling out with no other reason than the author wanting it to happen. I don't vibe with that.

Dark and Edgy Magic User who also happens to be an Awful Love Interest - I have a personal bone to pick with this one after some books I've recently read. If I'm going to write someone with the powers of darkness or death or the supernatural as a love interest, you can bet I'm making them secretly or openly be the dorkiest most supportive, "weird little gremlin energy" partner one could ever hope to meet. Yes, they may be chaotic murder hobos when it comes to defeating bad people/killing their enemies, but damn if they're not cheering on and being hopelessly in love with their SO! (Gomez and Morticia style!!!!) - just out of spite for the things I've read. This got very specific - I say as I look to my OC Augustus, the necromancer who fell for a (supposedly) normal girl who is also deeply weird herself. 👀

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vendetta06 · 1 year

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I just finished watching Wednesday and here’s my opinion as a hardcore Addams Family fan and a goth person. (Slight spoilers ahead but I will mostly talk about the character and world building).

I really appreciate how seriously Jenna Ortega takes the role. It’s definitely Wednesday - but Morticia, Gomez, and Pugsley are not the Addams Family. If you’re a big fan of the Addams Family, it could be very disappointing. Pugsley starts out the show crying because he’s tied up and stuffed into a locker by bullies. Here’s the thing though, that boy is supposed to love torture! The Pugsley I know would laugh if that happened, he wants to be electrocuted and prodded. Morticia at least carried the grace but what fell flat was the aesthetic. Personally to me Morticia needs full drag. It just looked like a mother with dark lipstick. The other thing is the forced troubled mother daughter relationship when the Addams Family is supposed to be about an unconventional family who loves each other. The biggest disappointment is Gomez because he lacks chemistry with his wife which should be his whole thing. I didn’t really care about the looks but he lacked the swag, suave, sexiness of Gomez. Sexiness is not a physical thing it’s about how you carry yourself, and it’s better if you’re off putting and weird. But he was just off putting and weird. It’s like they confused his lines and character definition with Uncle Fester because he was really just saying some batshit things and that was it. I guess because it’s a show only about Wednesday, ALL of the side characters didn’t get good enough writing. Like her bubbly roommate Enid felt like she only existed to be the opposite to her because she didn’t have chemistry with Wednesday either. She was just serving Disney. My critique is that she could’ve been bubbly in the way Guillermo from WWDITS is bubbly, by bouncing off the other edgy characters. The ending episodes got really fun though, because the mystery was the only reason keeping me watching. This show needs to keep pushing the Nancy Drew-ness of it all. What I really appreciated about the Harry Potter movies was the vibe of “we need to all come together to save the school and fight this great evil!” And I think the last act of the climax really pushed that which I adored. Thankfully now that all the characters and backstories are established in season 1, season 2 could really kick it off with the mysteries and crime solving. This whole show had great aesthetic, some parts really felt like an MCR music video. I was worried it was going to get the Riverdale/Sabrina treatment, but it was an enjoyable show (even in the disappointing parts so I could rant passionately) - but do not watch the series expecting to see them to do the Addams Family justice 🫠

#it’s just Wednesday after all :(

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