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Gabriela Fišerová is an author from the Czech Republic, who has been typing away for over ten years now. She mostly writes fantasy and sci-fi, usually in series, with the occasional one shot here and there. If she loves anything more than writing, it's definitely her beloved fiance.
At what age did you realise that you have a special place for writing? Are you currently or do you ever dream of one day being in the writing industry?
>>I developed a love for writing around ten years ago when I was 15. Back then I never really thought of trying my hand at writing, mostly sticking to drawing, because I always got Cs, and I didn't really enjoy writing in my native language, Czech. One day I decided to try writing a story in English, and it kind of grabbed me from there.
I tried self-publishing from 2019 to 2023 so I technically was in the writing industry already. It turned out trying to make money from my writing was destroying my relationship with my art and it was just a miserable experience in general. So for now, I am fine not being in the writing industry.
Did any story, on or off Wattpad, inspire you ever and help you carve your interest towards writing books?
>>It was no story in particular. I was mostly inspired by reading fanfiction on ao3. It looked fun to try it for myself, so I did. The first thing I wrote was around 60K words long, and it was a Stargate SG-1 fanfic with OCs who would later go on to have their own book series, albeit much more fleshed out with completely different stories.
What is the genre(s) in which you mostly write your books? Do you think you are able to create brilliant plots when you write in that specific genre(s)?
>>I mostly write fantasy, but I want to write more sci-fi. Or at least sci-fi fantasy. I'm not sure I would call my plots brilliant exactly, but I'm proud of them, and I think they're intriguing enough to carry the series they are contained within.
What advice would you like to give to authors who are writing in the same genre(s) as yours?
>>Maybe this is more general than just specifically for my genre, but my advice is just try to avoid looking up writing advice and have fun. All it does is confuse you because everyone has a different process, especially when you're a younger/newer writer, and while I managed to avoid most of this, some of it did make me insecure for no reason in hindsight.
