Timeless: Tayvis Oneshots

q & a

let's get into it! thank you so much for all your questions, i absolutely loved them <3

Q. If you got a shot with a publisher what book would you show them and why?

A. I've tried to submit to publishers a few times in my life actually, even before wattpad, and I've been unlucky so far. It's been a while since I've tried again, so if I got a shot, I think I would have a polished original novel ready by that point. I've always wanted to extend my writing beyond what I do on this account and try to get my name on a physical book. I'm not sure what kind of book I'd try to publish as my debut novel, but probably something with romance, maybe dark vibes. I'm not sure at the moment since I don't have anything like that in progress. I've kind of given up trying for the moment since I'm feeling like I'm not good enough for publishers right now. 

Q. What is the title of either a book or a one shot you never released and the reason why?

A. I know I have a lot that I've deleted before they got anywhere close to finishing, but I think it's mostly one shots and not books. Most of my books sit in the drafts for a long time but eventually get published. One shots are normally the ones I delete since there's a lot less to them. The first one I can think of is a one shot called Valentines Day that I deleted not too long ago since it had sat half finished in my drafts for a really long time and I just couldn't figure out how to keep it going. It was just this little one about Taylor thinking Travis had forgotten to ask her to be his Valentine and then the progression of the day, but I didn't end up writing much before I deleted it. Most of my deleted one shots are never that long so you're not missing out on much. 

Q. Very random, but where do you like to be, and what do you like to do while writing?

A. I'll write anywhere to be honest. Most of the time I like to write at my desk or in bed, but if I've got wifi and a place to sit, I'll write there with no shame. And sometimes I put on a movie or a TV show in the background to watch to fill the silence and I kind of just listen to it and watch out of the corner of my eye. That's what I mostly do, but sometimes I'll write with music or just in silence, or on the phone with someone. 

Q. How do you manage to write so much? Even if not as much lately, you still do.

A. I think I've just become practiced at balancing all the different parts of my life. Last year when I was posting the most, I was also in my first year of university and was struggling with a lot, but I was still writing pretty constantly. I just found the balance between doing the work for the grades I wanted, and making time for the things I loved as well. Studying all the time would have made me burn out, and writing was an escape. I poured all of my tension into writing and that was kind of how I managed it all. I've been writing a little less now because my classes are 200 level instead of 100, and they require a little more time, and I've also got a bit more of a social life so that takes up some time as well. It's just all about balance. 

Q. What is your favorite and least favorite book you've made and why?

A. Okay so I actually have two books tied that are my absolute favs and two books tied that are my least favs (oopsies)

So for my favs, drum roll please......Call My Name and Over The Fence. These books are very very different from each other but I adored them just the same. Writing them flowed so perfectly for me, since a lot of the time my writing can be pretty bumpy. But these books almost wrote themselves, and I just typed out the words physically for them. Call My Name was very therapeutic for me at the time since as some of you may know, I've struggled a lot with different mental illnesses and at the time I was writing Call My Name, things were a lot darker in my life. That book was my sunshine (pun intended). And as for Over The Fence, I think it was the first I really just let go of control and went where the wind blew me. It was chaotic and insane and fun and I adored her so much.