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Hiiiii!!!! 🖤 I miss you too! Tumblr is not letting me dm people or comment on posts anymore so I am trying to sort that out (ughhh). How are you???

2. If you had to give up your keyboard and write your stories exclusively by hand, could you do it? If you already write everything by hand, a) are you a wizard and b) pen or pencil?

Lol I am not THAT kind of a wizard, and I do write a lot by hand because I find that creatively it is looser, so concepts are non-linear and I draw/write spider charts and diagrams until I go "huh, that's it!" and then type it all up. I reckon I could write exclusively by hand (pen) but I would have to rewrite the story several times until I was satisfied and (reasonably) error free!

26. How do you get into your character’s head? How do you get out? Do you ever regret going in there in the first place?

Great question!!! Music is super helpful for this - I often try to embody the mood of the character before the character itself because I find that easier. I do have character cheat sheets I write which basically give me the likes and dislikes, obsessions and desires, fears and quirks, how they interact with others and any nick-names, catch-phrases, weird things of note. Certain characters I find it really easy to get in the headspace of both Betty and Jughead (esp in Inevitability and Summer Shivers), I found really easy. I found Veronica really easy in Inevitability, and JB super fun in Summer Shivers. Jughead in Undue Influence is A LOT but I LOVE him. He is a slippery biscuit and I find myself spiralling with him a bit, but that's part of the fun, being swept away by the emotional response. I never regret going there and sometimes I think I could go further. I get out by switching stories, characters, playlists, or exercising! Breaking the emotional hold is the first step and then I can slide into something else!

Ahhh I love you 😍 I’m glad you’re excited! I wanted to merge these chapters but it never made sense, so I just figured I’d post both 😂

Anyway, because I’m obsessed, here’s a picture of my new kitten, Rio. I get him in three weeks 🥰

Ahhh Aira my love 😍

I think about her too! In my head she’s annoyed at me because I haven’t started writing part 2 yet 😂

Though, season 5 has given me some great fbi edits coupled with some batshit writing, which makes me want to write her a lot more… so maybe I’ll start thinking about her a lot more :)

Omg Aira, I love you too! And I knowwwww- we’re so close to the end! Chapter 32 is my favourite actually and soon we will be there…

I am so humbled that you are in awe of my talent? I just - thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for such kind and generous words.

All the love to you, as always 🖤

I wish you everything your heart desires and all those cliche birthday greetings but sincerely I hope you have that never ending juice that run through your entire system that makes you an amazing, creative and just positively awesome person. I knew you had a great weekend but have a great week ahead. 🌷

Ahhhh Aira, you’ll make me cry 😭 🖤 thank you so so much for such a gorgeous and ultra-flattering note!!!

I love you so so much and wow thank you - I’m blown away - you are such a treasure x x x