Author:- luhanwrites
Interviewer:- Faith

The famous author who has given us some cutest and fluffiest Taehyung fanfics is here with us today for a little chat.

A very warm welcome to her in the interview, we are honoured to have you here.

I am Faith and how may I address you?

Lu is fine. And your name is really pretty.

Thanks for the compliment! I am really thankful to you for agreeing to the interview.

It's a pleasure.

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So my first question to you is, how did you start writing? What were your inspirations to write stories like sticky notes and nothing like us?

I began writing around 2016 when I was already deep into the Naruto Fandom. I used to read a lot back then on QuoteV and I felt like I wasn't reading what I wanted to actually read about, you know. So I began writing my own oneshots and such. And over the years I grew less and less away from the Naruto Fandom and at the end of 2017 I became an Army. After that I fell so in love with BTS. By 2018, I was clued up with them (for the most bit ig) and I took my chance at writing my first ever BTS one shot based on Taehyung since he was my bias and still is. But after a few days of having it on Wattpad I thought maybe I could do more with this one shot and so that was when Sticky Notes was made. I gathered all of the ideas I've had from over the years together with my life experiences as well as what I would like to experience in love then combined it all. As for Nothing Like Us, a very close friend of mine on Wattpad inspired that book after I read hers.

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Wow you have had a long journey till here! I am highly inspired! Were there any obstacles in the beginning? How did you overcome them?

Well the only obstacle I had was trying not to prioritize writing over my academics. For the most part I always put writing over my studies no matter how much I tried resisting it because I loved it so much. Even through my finals I was still writing and coming up with ideas which I do not recommend but alas, all went well in the end.

In the present time, I think I have better control over the aforementioned obstacle and put my studies first. When lockdown happened (it lasted about three months) I used that time to write the new version of Sticky Notes which is titled Love Me Seriously but during that time I only completed half of it. When things began to slowly ease up here in my country my studies resumed. So to overcome this obstacle I wrote down all of my ideas and only once I completed the academic year I went back to writing.

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As a student, I completely agree with you. When you write a book, what is the one thing you aim for? What message do you want it to convey to the readers?

The aim is usually to have a happy ending because I believe that no matter how hard life can get with all of it's obstacles and twists, with the right people supporting and cheering you on, you can get through things. There's always hope.

You see back in 2017 when I first got into the BTS fandom, I was in a bad place. I felt really depressed for personal reasons and I didn't know a way to get out of it but BTS gave me hope, they showed me reasons I should smile and believe. And because of them, during that time of depression I felt something good would happen because of how happy they made me feel through their music and bangtan bombs and amazingly with the help of my dad something life changing did happen and I'm thankful to them, everyday. So that's why my stories central themes are essentially full of ups and downs and at the end, happiness and good things prevail. I hope that makes sense.

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This is a really good cause. Your stories really give hope to the readers. By now you have seven published stories, which one among them was the most challenging for you?

I think the most challenging one was Sticky Notes since it was my first ever BTS fanfic and about half way through it I completely began to hate it because not many people were reading or commenting on it so naturally I thought people hated it as well. The hate grew to the point where I actually considered discontinuing it or re-writing the entire thing but instead, I eventually found the courage to continue it and I'm glad I did so because through that book I've met a lot of lovely people who encourage me every day and I'm grateful.
Just as an extra the least challenging was Memory Lane. I think that one is one of favourites because I explored a new writing style through that work.

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I would really thank you for not giving up on Sticky Notes or many people including me would have never got their favourite. The last question of today, would you like to give any message to the rookie writers who are trying to give their best?

My message to the rookies is: "Write whatever you want to read because the envision of things that we all have are different and who knows you could become the next big fanfic writer joy. And also remember to be original even when you're using clichés

Because I mean every story is born from some kind of cliché

You just have to know how to  mould it into something great but to do that, you have to read avidly (I'm guilty of not doing that) or watch a lot of movies/series/anime. Those mediums bring a be totally different perspective on your thoughts and ideas.

Oh and one last thing, never use others for clout!

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I am totally going to use these tips. Thank you so much. Any message for your readers?

To my readers, I purple you all so very much and my appreciation for every one of you cannot even fill up the universe. Every comment and vote by you guys were always acknowledged even if I didn't reply to them and I'm guilty of squealing whilst reading them joy, sometimes even crying. If you take a look at my screenshots album you'll see a lot of Wattpad comments on my books because they really made me emotional and encouraged me to do a lot better so thank you all for the love and support I've received thus far but on a sad note, once Love Me Seriously is marked as complete. I'll most likely be retiring from writing so I hope that book has a lasting impact on you guys because I worked really hard on it.

Thank you, Faith, for giving me this opportunity. 

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It's really so sweet of you. Here we wrap up our interview. Thank you for giving your precious time and being a part of it. It was an honour talking to you. I wish you best of luck for everything you do in your life. As a fan, it would be heartbreaking to see you retiring but we respect your decision. Thank you once again for everything.

It was an honour being apart of this. eyessparkles Thank you so much for your well wishes and I hope the same for you.
Thank you for being understanding.

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