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Say_Im_Ugly OP t1_j4l8g15 wrote

Congrats u/London-Roma-1980!! Hope you don’t mind stopping by and answering a few questions!

  1. Why do you enjoy writing and how long have you been at it?

  2. Are there any themes that seem to consistently come up in your writing?

  3. What is your favorite trope?

And Thanks for being apart of the Writing Prompts Community!

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London-Roma-1980 t1_j4lt0x7 wrote

What an honor. Thank you all so much. Sure, let's answer a few:

  1. I enjoy writing because I enjoy creating different situations. There's a huge escapism element to it, and I'm not afraid to admit there's a bit of Walter Mitty in me. But I've always loved to write. Senior year in high school I was taking a writing course for my English class, and considering my cough-coughth reunion is this summer, that's a lot of time.
  2. I think the biggest theme is trying to do something different. That's been a commonality in the TT and FMF I've written; I tend to consider the theme but try to take it in a direction that is non-intuitive. It doesn't always work, but some of my favorite stories take the theme word of TT or the beginning of FMF and go in a way that is unique. (For example: when "Feast" for TT was proposed on Thanksgiving weekend, I looked at invoking a saint's guidance on their feast day.)
  3. Oh, this one's easy. It's about being in a new world and becoming someone you're not. In this case, practically literally. I can't explain why, but that is the one that stands out. As part of NaNoWriMo, I built half a novel (the other half will come soon) out of a writing prompt along these lines. Working title was Two for One, but I'll probably change that. But it, to tie it in to the trope, is about a life that isn't yours, but you have to adjust to. Call it escapism at its best or worst, but that's where I stand.

Hopefully I can live up to the honor!

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