Multiples of 10 for the writing meme!!!
aaahhh so many. also i get reallyĀ rambly in a couple of these >.>
10. Pick an author (or writing friend) to co-write a book with
uhhh oh uh um. i donāt??? know????
20. Any advice for young writers/advice you wish someone would have given you early on?
your writing is GOING to suck. it will. donāt worry about it. youāre going to get to a point where it feels like everything y ou write sucks assĀ and not in the fun way and you will look at it and sayĀ āhowmst the FUCK am i supposed to fix this????ā and it will suck and maybe youāll finish it and maybe you wonāt but its still something youāve written. Thatās what secondary and tertiary drafts are for. The first draft doesnāt have to be perfect.
iām not a professional author by any means - i write fanfic! iāve posted for the internet to seeĀ theĀ ābabyās first fanficā and over a decade later i think its terrible, what was i thinking!Ā but I still wrote itĀ so it has a fondness in my heart. Iāve got stuff from 5 years ago that iām likeĀ āwow this is actually okayā and stuff from last weekĀ that i hate.
your writing skills grow and plateau and then youāll hit a point where it starts to grow again.
iām paraphrasing from a post about artistry but iāve found you hit a point where you look at your work and you canāt see how to fix it because you have the skill to see where youāre bad but not the skill yet to see how to fix it. that's okay.
30. Do you like to read books similar to your project while youāre drafting or do you stick to non-fiction/un-similar works?
Sometimes! It's usually unrelated though. If Iām reading anything nonfiction I do like to incorporate some of what Iāve learned.Ā
I spent too many goddamn years learning physics and general history and greco-roman history specifically to NOT use it
Hilariously, none of the books iām reading right now have anything to do with piracy.
40. Do you look up to any of your writer buddies?
YES. @kawaiibooker is??? such a phenomenal writer???? Like??? SO GOOD, pulls on my heartstrings every time??? SO IS @whirlybirdwhatā like oh my god???? they both make me wanna cry every time like FUCK you guys are so goddamn good
50. Do you share your rough drafts or do you wait until everything is all polished?
I love to share my rough drafts. Iāve actually several up on my Tumblr right now. Its mostly just scenes from various fics Iām working on, though I do post chapters of my wips. I crave that sweet sweet validation. I do have a couple things that wonāt get seenĀ ātil theyāre done tho which is fine