Young Writers Society

"A strange box? No, nope, nu-uh! I'm done opening weird boxes! Last time I did that I released an evil army on the world and they tore it apart to make their own alternate version. I'd just walk away. Or run."

~ Rex, Pandora's Earth

If you met someone claiming to be you from the future, and they had undeniable proof, what would you first ask them?

"Why aren't you dead? You should be dead. Is Eric alive?" ~ Phoenix, Phoenix Inferno.

If you were stranded in a world composed of million of books combined, making one story?

"Hmm... your question seems to be a fragment, m'dear! However, I will assume that you meant a world made from millions of books, made into one complete piece, yes? I would love to be in that world, reading the fragments of its story, and stringing together the tale. Unfortunately, I wouldn't like to be there forever, as I do have many people I care for in this world, yes?"

~Jen, Mishaps of an Overlord

If you were to suddenly find out that your author is dying and can only be saved by you, but since s/he's in a whole different reality, you must be willing to give up everything and anything to travel through realities and find + save him/her. Note: even if your author were to die, your reality remains intact and will not disappear. Your story simply isn't being told in your author's reality, that's all. Would you save him/her?

"No. No, not happening, no way. Are you crazy? This lady never gives me and my friends a single break! If she stopped telling our story, maybe something would go right for once."

-Zeki, SPAN (Though most of my characters would have the same sentiment, or perhaps a "I suppose saving her would be the right thing to do" moment)

What would your character do if they got to see their own funeral as a ghost?

"Bloody hell. No bloody way is this happening. WHY AM I HAVING A FUNERAL? I asked my crew to toss me overboard should this ever happen! Burial at sea, remember? Hello? HEY, LISTEN TO ME. I DON'T CARE IF I AM A GHOST, I WILL STILL MAROON YOU ON A DESERT ISLAND, DO YOU UNDERSTAND? Oh, well. I'll just drift off to the land of the evil dead and Aurora will just revive me. I suppose having a goddess for a best friend must pay off sometime." Arianna, Pirate Queen

If you found out that everybody in the world had disappeared except the people you care about, what would you do?

"Are my eyes deceiving me? That genie actually came through! Now, how to get the cable back on..." ~ Malcolm, The Diary of a Milkman (I technically wrote this five years ago, but still...)

Congratulations! You were somehow spared by the genie's wish. Now, you found said genie, and he has one wish left (the second was for cable...) What would you wish, and why?
Note: this is a mischievous genie, who likes messing with your wishes, so watch out (the cable was all Mandarin...)

"To bring back the other half of my baby. To let my second twin win! That is all that I wish upon a genie, for tonight."-Corinne from The Perfect Baby Doll.

If you could only choose one food,for which you must only eat (one thing, the same thing) for the rest of your life,what would it be?

"Only one food? That's narrow... I suppose I'd have to say sushi. It reminds me of home." ~Mavon; Absolute.

What would you do if you were trapped in an elevator for over 24 hours, and no one was coming to rescue you?

"Trapped in an elevator? I am the elevator!" ~ Daniel, Tomorrow-Men

The authorities quarantined your town. They just happened to cut of the last remaining water supply to the town, and your house had an underground bunker, filled with water and food. Would you share, or protect?

"Wait, that's not my town already? I mean, we don't have a reason to quarantine, but we certainly don't have any help from the King." ~ Samuel Meaklim, Syrin.

If there were one person you could cause immense pain and suffering to, who would it be and why? Bonus points for how.

"Oh, man. I mean -- do I get punished? -- heck, does it matter? Oh... it's hard to say. Probably my high school principal. 'Eli has an attitude problem, he'll never make it in college', my foot, you know? But then -- my high school guidance counselor, too -- 'have you considered therapy for that? Have you considered therapy for that?' Ugh. And I can only pick one? Fine, fine, high school principal. And I don't know, drop him in a shark tank or something. Extra points for bull sharks." ~Elijah; Absolute.

If you had one chance to apologize to someone with the knowledge that they would definitely forgive you, who would it be and why?

"I'm not really sure. I think that maybe, assuming that 'definitely forgive you' means that I wouldn't have to be dealing with any smart-a*** comments from this person when I hypothetically apologise, it might be Freddie. As much as I hate to admit it, he didn't deserve a lot of what I said to him, and even though I know he can handle it, I was wrong to assume that it was all his fault, and act the way I did. A lot of what I said was so unfair, and I kinda wish there was a way to apologise for that, without the awkwardness and teasing that I'd no doubt receive if I did say sorry to his face. But yeah, it'd be Freddie. Who'd have thought?"
-Liv, Eight Reasons Why I Kissed Hayden Beaufort

If your house was about to be destroyed, what objects would you be trying to save?

I don't have an awful lot of possessions, so there wouldn't be anything worth saving, apart from my life. Even that's debatable...

Layla, Imaginary Friends


What’s your character's favourite song and why?

"Do Something" by Mathew West. I'm hopelessly obsessed with this song because it's a call to action - this world is messed up and it's up to us to do something about it. I see so much pain and suffering in the world and I find this song so motivating and inspiring to keep working on a way to make the world better for others.
-Molly (Captive)

Who is your character's best (or closest) friend, and why?

Rebecca, she is just like me and makes me better! I'm worried though for her about tommorow. What if it goes wrong?
-Younger Frankie, The Cold Within Us

What would your character do if someone they cared about was kidnapped?