Author Interviews

Interview with @hemmofanatic

1) How did you find out about Wattpad?

My cousin introduced me to wattpad. We were having a sleep over and stayed up the whole night reading random 5sos imagines.

2) At what age did you start to take an interest in writing?

I've always wrote random poems and short stories but it was when I was fifteen that I started seriously, like right hours a day on average and I haven't stopped since.

3) Do you ever feel pressured to update due to the amount of readers you have?

I don't really feel pressure to update because I love the stories im writing right now so it's fun, I like updating as much as I can.

4) Who would you say is your biggest inspiration as a writer?

My biggest inspiration as a writer would either be JK Rowling because I've grown up reading And loving Harry Potter books, or John Green because I love his writing style.

5) Do you have a favorite out of the books you've written?

My favorite books I've written is probably either my book which is on Amazon called Extraordinarily Ordinary or my fanfic here on Wattpad Just Wait Till Friday. But That being said I think I have to say mean boys because that's the story that most people seem to enjoy.

6) As a writer, what are some challenges you face?

The biggest challenge I face as a writer is probably negative comments. I've never had very thick skin so reading hurtful comments is never pleasant.

7) How has writing affected your life?

Writing hasn't so much effected my life as taken over its all I do really but I love it so that's okay.

8) How do you cope with your up and coming popularity?

I don't feel very popular on Wattpad not when there are massive stories like after and authors like BritishBums and FiveSauceWhoop. But that being said im so grateful for the people that do read my stories and it blows my mind how many people do read them.

9) Do you have any tips for aspiring writers?

My tip for aspiring writers would be to write. Anything, all the time and to read. But not just any books good books with good dialogue and interesting wording. It makes a huge difference. Also keep notebooks with random story and character ideas because a lot of my stories come from mashed up characters and ideas that I thought of individually but go really well together. And don't give up. When I first started on Wattpad no one read any of my stories for a long time until finally I wrote mean boys. You just have to keep trying until you figure out the story you're meant to write.

10) Is there anything you would like to say to your fans/ supporters?

I'd just like to say thank you to everyone that reads, likes and comments on my stories. Without them I know I wouldn't have continued on Wattpad and I don't know if I'd still be writing. I was in a bit of a funk before I started mean boys thinking about giving up on writing but they're the ones that made me keep going.

When people tell me that what I write makes them happy or cheers them up or helps them that's my favorite thing in the world because that's all I ever wanted to do. Create cool things that people love, things that make them happy an escape of sorts. So thank you, for allowing me to do that. And thank you for reading and supporting everything I write and thank you for commenting on every paragraph because your comments are funny then all three and a half mean boys books put together. X

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Humongous shout out to hemmofanatic bc she is so amazingly perfect and an amazing writer and I'm such an enormous fan of her. Keep it up Simone!