{I already know this guy and he is my mother -it's a long story- }
Miss Novak: Hey! So I am taking you up on your offer of being my first interview.
Cinna: Okay then! How will this interview go? I've never done one before. c:
MN: Well neither have I so let's just make it up as we go along, I do have a few questions though, xD
Cinna We can figure it out together, then. cx Fire away with the questions! c:
MN: Right! So what's your penname? or a name you wish to be known as?
Cinna: I'll go by Cinna or Cinnamon for now. (I don't really have a solid pen name yet. >.<)
MN: Cinna it is! {I don't think Mother would do tbh} May we ask how old you are or have a range like {13-16 /17-21/ 21+}
Cinna: (Damn it, I thought that'd work too tbqh.) I'm 17-21. c:
MN: Imagine the book covers. "Bad Boy and the Innocent girl: by MOTHER
Cinna: That totally works, though. It'll be an autobiography detailing the events from the Innocent Girl's mother (or even better, the Bad Boy's mother). ("Today Evan was a SOB. I've given up. His father can have him now.")
MN: HaHa, oh my gosh! The Begger and the Princess written by the famed author and well known critic: Mother. And the plot is the Queen just watching one and making up these little points...I'd read the hell out of that.
Cinna: I better get writing then, I am Mother after all. lol.
MN: And Mothers are good examples to all. So tell me, why did you join Wattpad?
Cinna: I joined to connect with other writers and to share my work. c:
MN: What then drew you to RP?
Cinna :At first, I was looking through the pinned threads (because back when I had my very first account, the roleplay thread wasn't on an Information pinned thread, the joined Group/1x1 RP was pinned itself) and I got curious. I realised (after reading a little more into it) that roleplaying was just like live writing a story together, and it drew me in because I thought it was a great way to better my writing skills.
After noticing RPing was a thing, what drew me to it was that it would help me grow as a writer. Which, honestly, sounds like a great idea for new writers on a writing site.
MN: What is your favourite style of RP?
Cinna: 1x1 in 3rd person. c:
MN: Why Role Play?
Cinna: Roleplaying is exciting and it can make someone passionate about writing. When writing a novel, you know what's going to happen, and that's good because you have a firm understanding of your character's journey, trails and struggles - that you've put into place. Sometimes you need a break from knowing, though.
Roleplaying is unexpected. You might have a direction, but your partner might have a different one, and you're combining those directions and it takes you on a journey that neither of you knew where it was going to go. It's surprising, and it's challenging; roleplaying tests to what abilities your writing skills are limited to, it helps you find out what scenes you're good at writing and what you're not, it helps you grow and find your comfort zones - and then it pushes you out of them.
Roleplaying helps people grow as writers, while exploring the extent of their character's personalities and keeping a sense of surprise that stops the exercise from becoming a bore.
It's a writing exercise that doesn't feel like a writing exercise. That 1000 word reply you sent to your roleplay partner? That's YOUR writing, they're YOUR descriptions, that's YOUR character building. You're learning to write more and more through roleplaying.
(I started off writing 100 word replies if that and now, after a few years of roleplaying, I can send over 1500 word replies without breaking a sweat. My abilities to describe emotions, scenery and body language had grown because roleplaying; because I was always trying to match my partner's count, because I wanted to match the quality. And now I do, and when I finish my novel I'm sure it'll show in that too.)
Roleplaying is writing made fun when you feel you have no more inspiration left. It's like watching a TV show, having you at the edge of your seat to see your partner's reply, and then to reply back; but that's not just entertainment, it's your writing, and you're learning how to improve it with every partner - with every new roleplay you start. It's, as I said, a writing exercise without it feeling like one.I hope that doesn't sound strange. cxAlso, roleplaying helps you work in pairs or teams to create a plot and story that's clear and comprehensible.
NV: *Standing Ovation*
NV: So continuing on the theme of "Why RP?" the next question is, What does Role Playing mean to you?
Cinna: Roleplaying means freedom to explore scenarios without feeling silly. It means freedom of creativity for me.
NV: Last question!! What do you think of Wattpad right now and what do you think Wattpad should let us do?
Cinna: I feel Wattpad is a welcoming environment and some of it's rules are understandable and keep the community happy and friendly. However, I feel they should understand that not all of the features put in place are easy to access (example being bookclubs having to be run on books. I understand they wouldn't want to clog up the forums, but it's hard to communicate as a group about a book you've read in the comments section). Two things that's awkward to run on books (roleplays and bookclubs) and they enforce that they should be; Wattpad should realise the decline in both of those things isn't because no one's interested anymore, but rather people find it hard to engage in them. Wattpad should give us better access to things you participate in groups with; they should let us easily do what a writing site is used for - to grow and develop our writing together, without making it hard.
NV: Thank you very very much for being my first -uh- victim!
Cinna: You're welcome, it was a pleasure
