[OT] WritingPrompts Spotlight: Syraphia with Q&A!

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/u/Syraphia is this week's spotlight writer. She has agreed to take your questions. Best to tag your questions with her username (just put "Hey /u/Syraphia,") in your comment to get her attention. And, as always, be polite.

• [WP] You wake up to find that .01% of the worlds population have been given super powers, some mundane, some extraordinary. You find that your power is to grant others any power on the spectrum, or take them away, but you can't give yourself any power, and each person can only have one power.

• [EU] You are young child who lives in a world filled with Pokemon. Tell us what pokemon you would choose as your companion and the story of how you became friends.

• [WP] Instead of reading 'Pregnant' or 'Not Pregnant', your digital pregnancy test displays 'Stay where you are, everything will be OK' Part 1 Part 2

• [IP] The Hour In between...

• [WP]Upon reaching the age of 12 every kid gets an spirit animal that reflects their personality.

• [WP] At birth, every person is given a necklace that grows hot when their significant other is nearby. Many people spend their lifes travelling the world, looking for their other half, only for the necklace to remain cold. One day, you feel your chest grow slightly warmer.

• [IP] The Final Watchtower

• [IP] Wisdom at your fingertips.

• [WP] The Legend of the Treeless Forest

• [WP] A city that sleeps. A city that dreams. A city that sells its nightmares.

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Past Spotlight Writers

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[/u/Nickkuvaas]-[/u/EmeraldRange]-[/u/Feet-Of-Clay]-[/u/Has_No_Gimmick]-[/u/GreenLikeTheColour]-[/u/Fringly]-[/u/Mardirum]-[/u/JeniusGuy]-[/u/Nambot]-[/u/ClawofBeta]-[/u/BusyKat]-[/u/Ryukazo]-[/u/ThatDudeWithTheBeard]-[/u/jsgunn]-[/u/SamGalimore]-[/u/Catovadreams]-[/u/PsychonautQQ ]-[/u/LordMalifico ]-[/u/Semyonov ]-[/u/ariseatif ]-[/u/thisstorywillsuck ]-[/u/TheGreatPastaWars ]-[/u/Kat_Angstrom ]-[/u/rpwrites ]-[/u/Dejers]-[/u/reostra]-[/u/LoveableCoward]-[/u/SquidCritic]

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[u/ivangrozny]

Congrats u/Syraphia ! What authors do you enjoy most/ feel have most influence on your own writing style?

[u/Syraphia → u/ivangrozny]

Thank you! :)

I grew up on fantasy and sci-fi novels, Tolkien and K.A. Applegate's Animorph books. More recently, I've been reading The Witcher series by Sapkowski and I love Stephen King's short stories books, in fact, in general I love reading short story collections.

I feel like Tolkien had a ton of influence over how I see my fantasy realms or created worlds and gave me an ideal of world-building to look up to. King breeds a lot of my horror leanings and I try to emulate that sense of horror that's created in some of his short stories.

[u/quantumfirefly]

Congrats u/Syraphia! No questions, every single one of my potentials has already been asked :(

[u/Syraphia → u/quantumfirefly]

Thank you! And aw :( well, if you think of one, feel free to ask it!

[u/EdenRenellaJones]

Congratulations, u/Syraphia!! Sorry I haven't touched basis with you recently!

If there was any advice you could give to aspiring writers, what would it be?

[u/Syraphia → u/EdenRenellaJones]

Thank you so much! And it's all right. :)

Write every day, even if you think it's terrible or awful writing, write every day because the more you do it, the better you'll get and the easier it'll get to write.

[u/MajorParadox]

Hey u/Syraphia, congratulations on being in the spotlight!

What is your most overlooked prompt response that you wish got more attention?

[u/Syraphia → u/MajorParadox]

Either this one about rain shimmering when it falls or this one where I connected two of my prompts that didn't seem like they could be connected at all. I'm really happy with the both of them.

There's probably a few others but those two off the top of my my head mainly.

[u/busykat]

Confession: Every time I see your username, I chant it in my head like Rufio from Hook.

Question: u/Syraphia - Do you ever start writing something and get so involved that you forget you were doing something else - like, for example, cooking breakfast for your children? Not that I would ever do such a thing, of course.

[u/Syraphia → u/busykat]

Eh? Really? lol

I have, I usually just forget to eat though... or feed my beardie. He glares at me when I turn around and he doesn't have fresh food.