【#1】 他に誰もいないので、私は自分の文章を高く評価しています (Self-Interview Series)
Q: What is to happen in this ongoing Meme Nuke? What is to be expected?
So many things, It’s gonna be WILD and would probably hit close to me (to me at least). Changes will happen, lots of drama, lots of conflict, and angsty teen drama!
Q: What is the concept/reason behind this ongoing Meme Nuke?
I personally thought Eric just wasn’t having enough screen time despite being an important part of Meme’s life. He appeared on Volume 2, soon got a close-to immediate redemption, then that’s it, which I personally think is kind of flat and boring (something I’m planning to change when I rewrite the story). So, I decided to make this Meme Nuke to focus more on Eric’s perspective. His life, his point-of-view on his friendship with Meme, with what happened in the past, with Meme’s current situation and love life, etc. to not only add more depth and 3rd-dimensionality to who he is, but to his and Meme’s story.
Q: What do you like your own story?
I personally like the way I wrote Chapter 30? I only like it though, not love, because it is a bit pretentious? At least that’s how I see it. Though, I like the concept behind it. How it foreshadows everything that’s going to happen in the future of the story, from the most recent to the end.
Another thing I like is how I wrote the characters with contrast to each other, but not so much as to make them incompatible, as well as how relatable they are in a way and how 3rd dimensional they are. Take for example, our main character, Meme. Meme is a social outcast; thinks too much, always second guesses herself, shy to the point of panic attacks, but she’s trying to get out of that ditch she’s in. Eric is the same when they met, and that’s how they click and connect. And now that Meme’s at the stage of her life where she’s trying to better herself and as she said on Chapter 26: New Year, New Meme, "I'm gonna braver." Eric’s confident, chill personality would help because Meme not only has a familiar face that she’s confident with and knows exactly where’s she’s coming from, she also has someone who can lead the way, and I think that just works, you know? They have a bonding point. But, of course, they have their differences, and I love this the most, especially in the case of these two. While they have reason to bond, they also don’t, in a way. Because before they were in a mutual understanding that just went wrong. But, Meme has moved on and she’s in love with someone else, which is one of the reasons why she wants to be braver, which is what Eric is helping her with. Eric on the other hand is still in love with Meme, but wants to support her all the way too. You see the conflict there? I love this about how I written them and how I structured them, and this wasn’t 100% intentional! Eric was just suppose to be a background character at first, no speaking lines even! But, now he’s a main character and he has so much to do to the story! Another thing I mentioned in the beginning of this section is the relatability of these characters. I mean, everyone’s experienced 1-sided love, everyone’s experienced social anxiety (though not as extreme as the actual disorder), everyone’s experienced wanting to change, everyone’s felt the need to help their family, etc. It’s these things that I feel like should entice the readers more to these characters and make them want to appreciate them more and theorize about them more, and talk about them more.
Lastly, I like the details and the chance for audience participation. I sprinkle in so much details and clues to every chapter that I make that foreshadows events that will happen in the next chapters, in later chapters, and even outside the story! It just makes the story open for theorizing and for readers to have something to look forward to (hype factor, if you can call it that). One of the biggest foreshadows I put in (that I’m surprised nobody questions) is Meme’s reoccurring dreams, specifically the ones where she wakes up either in a dark place, unable to breathe, or underwater. And like, Chapter 30: Digital Negative is just a huge pile of foreshadowing! I just love details so much, I wish they were noticed and talked about more though.
Stay tuned for the next Q&A session with myself which will cover more on the current process of it, the future plans for the story as a whole, and some stuff I want to do with it, other than a story!
他に誰もいないので、私は自分の文章を高く評価しています is a series of tumblr post where I interview myself regarding the story I’m currently working on! If you’re interested in what this is about or if you want to read the story, please wait for the story re-release on my tapastic!