Author Asks

memorizingthedigitsofpi:

1. Where do you typically get your ideas?
2. When you’re writing a new story, what is the one thing you need to know before you can start?
3. How do you know when a scene is “done”?
4. How do you know when a chapter is “done”?
5. How do you know when a story is “done”?
6. Where do your titles come from?
7. How do you feel about prologues?
8. How do you feel about epilogues?
9. Do you tend to have an external narrator or use one of the characters?
10. Does your narrator move from character to character? 
11. What punctuation do you love too much?
12. What punctuation do you hate with a passion?
13. What grammar tends to cause problems when you’re writing?
14. What’s the one word you can never spell/use properly, no matter how hard you try?
15. How do you write a really good metaphor?
16. What is your best piece of advice for writing angst scenes?
17. What is your best piece of advice for writing hurt/comfort scenes?
18. What is your best piece of advice for writing comedy scenes?
19. What is your best piece of advice for writing action scenes?
20. What is your best piece of advice for writing smut scenes?
21. What is your best piece of advice for writing romance scenes?
22. What is your best piece of advice for writing fluff scenes?
23. How do you balance your characters in an ensemble story?
24. How do you balance your characters when there are only a two or three in a story?
25. How do you create an original character?
26. How do you go about world building?
27. Do you try to do most of your research ahead of writing (when research is necessary) or do you do it as things come up?
28. How do you make sure your plot points are there while also making them blend in with the story?
29. How do you plot your stories?
30. How do you edit your stories?