Author Interviews

Interview with @navigate

1) How did you find out about Wattpad?

I found out about Wattpad through my first writing website, MissLiterati. A lot of the writers were leaving ML to go to Wattpad, and I guess my friends and I jumped on the bandwagon.

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

I hadn't really thought about writing until my friend showed me ML in 2011, when I was around twelve years old. (I'm fifteen now.)

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

Oh, yeah, definitely. Sometimes the only response someone has after reading the prologue of Permanently Blue (For You) is "update!" and it's really frustrating. I have a lot of readers that want me to update, but I'm going to take my time no matter what. In the end I'm the only one who will remember my writing. They'll forget it after they're finished.

4) Who would you say is your biggest inspiration?

There are a lot of people I consider my inspirations. My friends are probably my biggest, though, because they have put so much faith into me and my writing, and their unwavering support inspires me to be better.

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

Yeah, I do. Permanently Blue (For You) is definitely my favorite. I've been wanting to write it for years, but my writing skills in the beginning of 2013 (when I originally came up with the idea) were nowhere near what the storyline needed. I think I'm well off now since I've been improving my writing for the last two years. Hopefully it will end up great, like I always planned.

6) Are you easily influenced to write/what influences you to write?

I'm actually not. Writing's quite hard for me, since I like making plots more than I do actually carrying them out and crafting paragraph after paragraph. Usually I just go on Tumblr and scroll through the things I've reblogged with the story's tag and it will inspire me.

7) In what ways has writing affected your life?

It's improved my communication with others and I've gained great friends from it.

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

I ignore it, for the most part. I get excited whenever I reach another thousand followers, but it doesn't really affect me much. Their feedback is insanely great and it makes me happy. The only thing that's come with my number of followers is some haters, but it's easy to ignore them.

9) Do you have any tips for aspiring writers?

Read. You can't improve your writing if you don't read. Take notes of what you like in others' writing and incorporate it into yours. You'll be happier with the outcome. :)

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

Thank you. A million times, thank you.

Thank you navigate for answering our questions.