Vintage | Phoenix Interviews (𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐃)

AbbieButtonbee

Karen, one of the Phoenix interviewers from CLN, had a great opportunity to interview AbbieButtonbee, who has been writing amazing books about dealing and coping with various physical and mental health issues and making it an open discussion for everyone.

Hello! I'm Karen from the Crazy Late Nighters Community and you have been nominated by LINALOUICE for an interview in our book, Vintage. Can you tell us your name or pen name and pronoun that you would like to go by for this interview?

To answer your first question: call me Abbie; that's my actual nick. And my pronoun is 'She'.

Abbie is a beautiful nickname! When did you first start writing and what inspired you to write?

Thank you! My writing journey started with a poem when I was 7. Most of my family on my Dad's side are involved with some sort of art and we used to have these literary gatherings. Watching them I wanted to join in too and started writing tiny poems. That was the start of my writing endeavours.

As for stories, I wrote my first fanfic back in 2015. Since then, I've been writing them on and off, for different fandoms. Writing is therapeutic to me.

The literary gatherings sound like an amazing bonding activity with your family. It's great to hear that they make an impact in your life for wanting to write.

As a writer, what makes your writing different from others who write similar things as you?

I honestly don't think I'm any different than the rest. As writers, we all share the same passion. And as to what sets my writing apart, my wonderful readers would be more eligible to answer that. Can the amount of tears and snots my stories collect be the criterion for this comparison? Hehe.

By glancing at your works, I can tell your fans must really love you. You have two stories with over 40K reads and another with over 100K. That's amazing.

I'm guessing if your stories cause tears and snot, then you must show a lot of emotions in your writing. How do you put such emotions into your writing?

Thank you. The credits go to all those lovely potatoes who stopped by and decided to give the stories a go!

My stories are, indeed, heavy with emotions. All my mediocre writing talent is concentrated on portraying different human emotions. In real life, I like to observe people: how they express themselves, how they react to others and so on. Sort of character analysis, you know? And while writing I try to put myself into all the characters' shoes and react to the situations, I try to feel their sorrows, their elations. My experience merging with imaginations brings the characters into life and fortunately, the readers like how they turn out to be.

My main objective in writing is to create something with which at least some people can relate to on a personal level. To give representation to the underrepresented. If you go through them, you'll see many of my stories have the main characters with some sort of physical or psychological limitations. I want to voice all of us that feel discriminated or differentiated by the society or in general. That's the motivation behind my writing.

It's wonderful that you try to make it where your readers can relate to your stories, and that you are representing the underrepresented. You've written several books on Wattpad. Which is your favorite and why?

That is tough to decide. I'm very emotionally involved with all my stories. Holding a piece of my soul, they are like my Horcruxes (Potterhead warning)! However, writing 'Blind' was challenging to me. In the story, one of the main characters is visually impaired. As someone blessed with sight, it was difficult for me to portray his emotions and how he perceives the world that revolves around speed and sight.