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Amnesia620 · 04-03-2005, 12:25 PM

1) What is your favorite genre of literature? Do you have a favorite author or novel?
Epic, Fiction or Poetry: Shakespeare, Edgar Allen Poe, V.C. Andrews, Stephen King

2) Why do you write? What encourages you the most to write, as in elements of your life or personality?
Poetry and short stories. My past experiences are what encourage me to write.

3) What inspires you most to write or what environment do you write the best in?
Love, emotion, conflict; a quiet one or one where music is playing....

4) What genre do you enjoy writing the most? Please explain.
Poetry and Fiction...

5) Who do you write for? What audience is your work intended to be read by?
Myself, my son and my friends...those that mean the most to me...Everyone and anyone who can appreciate it for what it is...6) What do you try to accomplish when you write? When you write, what do you hope the reader is absorbing as your work is presented before them?
The twist (unseen), irony, sarcasm, justice, etc...

7) Would you take up writing as a serious career or is it one now? Please explain the reasons for choosing so.
I would love to. I love to write, a lot.

8) Do you hope to one day publish a novel or collection of your short writings or have you? If you have please list them.
I would love to be published seriously someday, that would be so cool.

9) Imagine please that such a publication is taken in these different ways and how would your life be different: if the work is a success? If it is a failure? If either has occurred, how did it alter your life?
Surprise, Heartache and disappointment. Helps me to write better, to grow and change some.

04-03-2005, 12:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
Amnesia620 Forget me not... Location: See that dot on the map? I don't live there.	1) What is your favorite genre of literature? Do you have a favorite author or novel? Epic, Fiction or Poetry: Shakespeare, Edgar Allen Poe, V.C. Andrews, Stephen King 2) Why do you write? What encourages you the most to write, as in elements of your life or personality? Poetry and short stories. My past experiences are what encourage me to write. 3) What inspires you most to write or what environment do you write the best in? Love, emotion, conflict; a quiet one or one where music is playing.... 4) What genre do you enjoy writing the most? Please explain. Poetry and Fiction... 5) Who do you write for? What audience is your work intended to be read by? Myself, my son and my friends...those that mean the most to me...Everyone and anyone who can appreciate it for what it is...6) What do you try to accomplish when you write? When you write, what do you hope the reader is absorbing as your work is presented before them? The twist (unseen), irony, sarcasm, justice, etc... 7) Would you take up writing as a serious career or is it one now? Please explain the reasons for choosing so. I would love to. I love to write, a lot. 8) Do you hope to one day publish a novel or collection of your short writings or have you? If you have please list them. I would love to be published seriously someday, that would be so cool. 9) Imagine please that such a publication is taken in these different ways and how would your life be different: if the work is a success? If it is a failure? If either has occurred, how did it alter your life? Surprise, Heartache and disappointment. Helps me to write better, to grow and change some. __________________ For example, I find that a lot of college girls are barbie doll carbon copies with few differences...Sadly, they're dumb, ditzy, immature, snotty, fake, or they are the gravitational center to orbiting drama. - Amnesia620 Last edited by Amnesia620; 04-03-2005 at 07:49 PM..