lighteningdagger

1) "Name?"

Tina.

2) "Age?"

Alive since a decade and six more fateful years.

3)" What are your hobbies?"

I'm a trained dancer, but I love to balter at all times. Singing (although I make ears bleed, welcome all). And I draw sometimes!

(is annoying people a hobby?)

4) "When did you start writing and why?"

This is going to be long and boring and insubstantial but bear with me. I used to write horror stories when I was young (er). Love to the friend who read through those cringe worthy, not even scary stories and encouraged me. I don't know how she did that, quite frankly. I don't even know why I used to write them at that time. I still don't. I remember having a separate notebook for one particular horror story I had in my mind and knew I wouldn't finish writing it ever and haven't done it still. Used to love creative writing in school, in English class. Though at that time, my understanding of English language was that of an iota. I started reading after a while, then started writing with an aim too. Started with short stories, but I don't know 'why' I write, I just do. That's the only thing I can do, really.

5) "Which was your first story generally?"

If I don't count the horror stories, because I seriously don't even remember half the stuff I wrote in them. The first completed, official, edited story I ever wrote was a short story about a girl who is going to die that day and she knows it, so she calls her best friend that evening to stay with her and when it's late, she tells him to go back home and he texts her 'goodnight' after he reaches home, not knowing it's not going to be a good night at all. I suddenly feel I need a therapist or something, what even.

Though the story was inspired from 'The Last Leaf', somewhat. Where the woman believes when the last leaf from the ivy vine falls, she'll die.

6) "Do you write in some other website except Wattpad?"

Do I?

7) "What has given you motive to keep on writing?"

Words give me the motive to keep writing, I guess. And, obviously all the encouragement I receive. Where will I be without it? People wanting to read something I've written, it's the biggest compliment.

8 )"Have you ever wanted to give up everything? (writing I mean)"

There are fleeting moments where I think what if I don't do this? What if I stop it for now, not prioritise writing for a while, because other things are suffering, and as an innately disorganised person I am not handling life and writing that very well. But then, what will I be without it? It scares me to think of that day when writing won't matter to me. There's this song lyric I like, "It's worth too much to give it it." and I think that sums it up.

9) "Which is your favorite story on Wattpad?"

There are many. I mostly read fanfictions so there's that. I can recommend them, because I love to shove books on people's face and force them to read it until they READ IT. So, here we go, yeah?

- As I Lay Dying. I repeat, AS I LAY DYING.
- Zephaniah. Please for the love of god.mindofjohanna
- Heal. Forget tfios, hail to heal.
- Redemption. I won't get over that book, bye. _miiki

10) "Have you gained any friendship from Wattpad? If yes, which are your Wattpad friends?"

I have. There's my love, Jo. Loads of love to her if she's reading. Like, LOADS. Then there's Hassi, and Zaina.

I've talked to many people online and I keep checking on them, you know to see if they are alive and well, so I consider them friends too? Yeah. I'm very social you can see.

11) "Do you relate with any of your characters from your books? If yes, which one and which characteristics are similar?"

I think all the characters carry little parts of me. little traits I slip in, some emotions here and there, which not many can notice until they know me personally. I think this is the fun part of writing.

12) "What did you study /are you studying/do you want to study?"

I'm a student right now. Still in school. I'm studying science and psychology. (also english, because english is a very funny language)

13)" Describe yourself in 3 words."

(watch me sing praises) Wanna say I'm kind and all but I don't know. I'm for sure lazy, and I'm funny when I write so maybe that. And I'm loud. (in whatever sense you wanna take it) So yeah. Lazy, funny, loud.

14) "What do you advise new writers?"

Reading helps your writing so much. It gives you the words you are struggling to find, and it helps create your own. I am an amateur too, so as a fellow amateur I'd say that if you lose inspiration, it's fine to wait for a day or two, but don't break your writing for more than that, and go find some inspiration in a song, a tree, a kid or in moon. You'll find it. Also, who are we kidding, go find a wall and bang your head on it cause wut r wurds.

15)" Questions based on ' Escapade : How were you inspired to write this story?"

Was going through a tragedy, and then it shaped after that, when I started to pen it down.

16)" Who's your favourite character in the book and why? "

I think my favourite character is Lucas. He's nice, the way he is. Not entirely black, not entirely white. Also Fionn, cause he's gay, and isn't appreciated enough.

17)" Have you decided the end of the book? "

Yes, I have. Not exclusively, but I have some ideas. You can't really tell how it's gonna end until it really does.

18)"If you were asked to publish your book , would you do it?"

In my dreams, but maybe, or maybe not. I think I won't be able to handle rejections of a book that's published. Maybe after I edit a lot, haha. (the need for gifs on wattpad is real)

19)"Which is your favourite a) funny, b) dramatic, c) romantic, d) sad scene in the book, until now?"

This is gonna be long and very specific. People reading, apologies.

Favourite scenes. Sigh.

Funny - my book is serious at times so. I guess when George comes in Zayn's and Lucas' dorm and it's revealed where Zayn got the chocolate from. That was funny. Also, when louis calls Zayn for the first time * giggling for no apparent reason *

Dramatic - I think dramatic would be the proper fight Gemma had with Mitchell. I think I'm yet to write it better. And the time Every snapped at Zayn all of a sudden, for not telling her things he didn't even know needed to be told. I think that too I need to write better to give it more of a dramatic impact.

Romantic - there are several scenes that seem romantic to me but won't necessarily go in that category.

Sad - when Zayn misses his mom from time to time, because people mention 'their' mom and he feels bad. It's sad because he doesn't want to feel this envy, but he does anyway.

20) " A phrase or a scene that you write and you'll never forget.(and why)"

There are three? One is when Zayn suddenly notices Gemma's hair are in a braid and the blue breaths are tucked in them. And then he thinks how her mother must have braided her hair, and he doesn't feel envious but warmth at this thought. I just love how it's written.

Then there's one when Zayn wakes up early and goes to the balcony and sees snow settled on the ground, and the stillness, and just whispers to himself that things will fall in place for him.

Then there's when Zayn thinks back on the night he decided he needed to do something about his life, and was writing a note to his mom. All the emotions he was feeling, I've never written anything more true.

21) " How much time did it take to plan the whole plot? Are we near the end?"

The most faded outline of the book I had got in a day. How many characters they'll be and the climax (climax?) of the book. And then things shaped as I wrote. At this point, I know what I want from the book and what I want to deliver. And no, we're nowhere near the end. My slow paced writing doesn't give me the permission to end on 40th chapter.

22)" How many unpublished and half-finished books do you have?"

I have two unpublished books. One I don't plan to publish, and other one is a harry styles fanfic that I'll publish when I feel it's time.

23) "Any spoilers for future plans?"

I'm against the propaganda of spoilers.

24)" Are you planning to publish a sequel?"

No.

25) " Why do you focus so much on the friendship aspect of Zayn's and Every's relationship? I mean no romance? Not that it is necessary. Just asking..."

I think because both need a way to ground themselves through something. And I feel friendship gives you that sometimes, than plunging into romance.

26) " Choose- 'challenge' one writer  that you want to know about to do this interview like you."

Most of my favourite writers have already been interviewed haha, so I'll go with  Elizabeth_xx_ (i hope that's her profile)

CRITICAL QUESTIONS

1) "You’re a mad scientist, what scientific experiment would you run if money and ethics weren’t an issue?"

If I was a mad scientist I'd try to come up with an experiment that proves all the atomic theories that we have all been studying are wrong. Bohr's model? Can't happen cause there's no such thing as electron or Proton or neutron, even. Wanna prove something like this and disrupt the entire scientific belief system because that's what keeps happening in chemistry. I just want an apocalypse of chemistry.

2)"What are some fun ways to answer everyday questions like “how’s it going” or “what do you do”?"

How's it going?

—same soup reheated.
—it's not going.
—I'm on a roller coaster that only goes up my friend. (by Augustus) Its just that I don't like roller coasters. (my added line)
—it's going rather well
—I can't suggest more

What do you do?

—what do I not?
—you, if you permit
—whatever I do, it's apparently not enough
—I live
—that's all I can come up with

Thank you so much lighteningdagger!!❤❤

All the love,
M.