Hello everyone, and welcome to another chapter of The Authors Room! I want to say a special thank you to the writer The Baz (Great writer in my opinion) It was a real pleasure talking to him as he was very understanding and gave his time to help answer questions. Check out his stories!
"What are some things you avoid while writing?"
"One of the main things I avoid at all costs is writing a story with a main character of the original work as the main character. For example if I'm writing a RWBY and Naruto crossover I personally refuse to have Naruto being the main character of my story. I love Naruto, Ichigo, and Luffy but they've already got the original story, let's give the spot light to someone else."
"Are there any problems you as well as other writers come across while writing?"
"The biggest problem I come across when writing a fanfic is oddly enough the original material. Like let's say I'm writing for a badass character we know very little about and decided to write a backstory for them, then the original work comes out with a whole arc explaining their background and it screws everything you wrote."
"Do you think it better to be original while writing? or appealing to what your readers want?"
"While I like to please my readers, at the end of the day I write mainly to entertain myself. Also if you start letting your readers control what you write then it's stops being your story. Write what you want and if someone doesn't like it then that's their problem."
"Do you think someone could be a writer if they don't feel emotions strongly?"
"Anyone can write, emotion and imagination are two separate things. I've always been the type to keep my feelings to myself, aside from anger and humor of course."
"Any advice to deal with writers block?"
"The way I deal with writers blocks is simply to get in my car and drive aimlessly with good music blaring loudly while I just let the possibilities play out in my mind."
"Should you do research before you start writing any story?"
"Whenever I'm writing a story I always make sure I know the characters I'm writing for, if something I don't already know comes up I always do my research on it and make sure I've got all the facts."
"What, in your opinion, is the biggest problem you come across while reading and writing, and how do you avoid it?"
"My biggest problem is having to much happen to quick, for example, if the main character meets his love interest for the first time and by the end of that chapter (Unless your chapter are like 10k plus words) are already both showing signs of being head over heels for the other person. That's letting things move to fast."
"Any other advice for your readers?"
"My advice for my readers is to have an open mind. If you are expecting the same generic plot (Shonen hero A defeats the bad guy and saves everyone and lives happily ever after) then your gonna be disappointed."
"Should you read all of your reviews?"
"Yes you should always read your reviews. I've read every review I've ever received and appreciate all of them, even the flamers. I don't block or delete flamers reviews because at the end of the day I don't really care about them and every hateful review they leave is just another number on my stories total reviews."
"What is the most useful piece of information you could give to a writer if they asked you?"
"Simple, read."
"Have you ever gotten writer's block?"
"Indeed, I get writers block all the time or I simply lose inspiration. It sucks because I know there are people who want me to continue but are simply kept waiting."
"What is your writing Kryptonite?"
"My kryptonite is likely my own laziness, sometimes my bed is just to comfy or the video game I'm playing is preventing me from ripping myself away."
"What are common traps for aspiring writers?"
"A common trap I've seen is people who burn themselves out by writing a new chapter every day with at least 3k words or more. Quickly they find themselves losing interest and abruptly stopping."
"What authors did you dislike at first but grew into?"
"Nah, if I don't like a story I simply don't read it regardless of who wrote it."
"What kind of research do you do, and how long do you spend researching before beginning a
story?"
"Usually I already know a good deal about something if I'm writing about it and for the s*** I don't know, there is almost definitely a wiki for it"
"How many hours a day do you write?"
"Well I generally write a chapter in about to or three one hour sessions over the course of two or three days. I usually write at night before bed so I tends to set down and write until I get tired which as I said is about an hour."
Authors Note: Hello Everyone! I just wanted to give a reminder to please feel free to send me a message if you have questions you want asked in the future as well as some authors you would like to hear from.