𝐵𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠 (Featuring Many Great Authors)

Author [@alive_]

Welcome everyone, today we have aIive_ . She is so amazing and such a good sport. She is the author of :

Augury [A harry potter fanfiction]

Impudent [Jasper Hale fanfiction]

Ashes [Jasper Hale Fanfiction]

and so many more. She is the sweetest and I want to give her a big thank you.

Without further ado, please welcome

What inspired you to start writing?

Well, to be honest, I started writing when I was like, 11. I used to watch shows and have so many ideas that I just had to write alternative takes on them.I eventually found Wattpad and did it here too. I write very little original stuff because it actually takes effort lol

Did you have any writers' block along the way? how did you get past them?

Oh wow, I have tons of writers' blockI usually ditch the story though lol I suckum, my problem is the fact I don't actually plan out my stories in advance, I will have an idea and just write it and swing it from there. It's either a great success or usually a great failure.

Do you see yourself in any characters and why?

Uh, well, in a way in every character I write.I think I am most invested in Ashley Swan from my Twilight series. She's plainly the crazy side of me, and I think that's why I actually finished writing the main story of it. Because I just had to imagine me in the situation I put Ash through and that was it.Uh, I struggle with some mental problems so I also have strong feelings towards Sawyer from Augury (Harry Potter); the whole struggle with herself is something I am looking forward to writing it through.

But it's important for me to stress out that I write from my own places, and I will often make my characters react in a way I would. For the good and the bad, all of my characters have something from me in them.

How old are you?

celebrated my 21st birthday three weeks ago.

How old were you when you started writing?

I feel like someday I just started writing. probably actually sat down to write for the first time when I was 11.I joined wattpad in 2013 I think? so I was 14? that's when I actually started writing more often.English is not my native language so my writing, as well as my English, was a maturing process, and I am still relatively bad at both of them, so I just gotta keep doing it until I'm good, ya know?

I think that once I feel I'm actually a good writer I will make an effort to write an original book through, but right now it's just a fun hobby

Can you remember what you felt when you first started writing? what did you feel?

I started writing as a mental relief of a sort, I'm scared of the notion of actual therapy, so I use it as a therapy to this day. There was a short period of time when I felt like writing is the greatest chore, so I stopped for a while. Once it became easier again, I went back to it.To me, writing is like breathing. It comes naturally, and when it doesn't, well, you gotta go ahead and grab french fries with friends. That's probably why I have so many stories because I just let it flow from me.The day that writing becomes hard again, I'll probably go insane

how long does it take you to write a book on average?

oh wow, how long it takes to write a book? Sweetie, look at my profile. I suck at finishing stories. It can take anywhere from a year or so, to never. It really depends on the story and the character. As I said, when a story becomes a chore I stop, because it's supposed to be a mental relief for me

What's your outside life like?

my outside life...uh, wow.Well, I am a shallow person, I think. I like E channel, I watch a lot of TV, I hang out with friends, I make a point to be the funniest person around. I always date the worst men so it never gets serious. I make my parents' lives weirder. I love my nieces. I'm moving out of the country in a few months. Recently, the boy I was crushing on in seventh grade has actually been kinda hitting on me so we're excited.Also, I'm just a week post a nose- job so that week has been spent on watching Miraculous Ladybug, the Office and Botched. That sums up my past few days so...

where do you get your ideas from?

life.this is the one question I don't think I can give an elaborate answer to, lol

What do you like to do when you're not writing?

hang out with friends, talk with them if we can't meet up. Watch TV, I don't know. I kind of just do whatever seems like it would be fun.I was on my way to the base (I was in the IAF until recently) I'm an impulsive person and I like doing stuff which most people would label "stupid" so that's a recipe for problems.

What does your family think about your writing?

My family doesn't know the extent of my writing,they know I write some stuff and sometimes I tell them my original ideas, but as I said, I'm not a native English speaker so they won't know how to read and understand everything I write.I don't think I'll ever let them read it though, even if they did understand. I wouldn't feel comfortable with them reading some of the stuff I write about

What do you think makes a good story?

I think a good story is very subjectivethings I would think make a good story might make you think is boring. I like when a story tackles a mental problem or gives a good confrontation. It also depends on the day, but I'm not big on romance so I will choose just plain drama. The drama keeps the world going

And lastly, As a child what did you want to be?

I mostly wanted to be a singer. A part of me still wants to wake up and magically have a great voice instead of just a nice one lol. I also wanted to be a doctor, and I still kinda do. Uh, I'll probably be a nurse though, and that's fine with me too. I mostly wanted to be happy, and for other people to see it as well-- how happy and smart I was. I think it was my way of dealing with the horrible shyness of mine that developed into depression and anxiety lol. I'm a trainwreck, but Imma be famous.

I hope. I... well, I dream.

Me: Dreams come true

Again a big thank you to @alive_ . Go check her out and give her some love. She is absolutely amazing.