and yet more meme

[salixbabylon]

Questions from take_this_waltz:

1. Are you a believer? If yes, why, if not, why not?

Hmm... I'm assuming you mean am I a VigOrli believer? I think it is very likely that they may have gotten together while filming in NZ. I think it is highly unlikely that they are still together now. Too much time apart, too many lies and cover-ups, and so on, will kill the best of relationships. (I know, I'm a heretic. My, those flames are warm...)

2. What's your favourite smell in the world?

This is difficult to narrow down. Probably the redwood forest a day or two after a good rain, in the early spring. It's cool and crisp and so GREEN that I want to eat it.

3. Do you have a favourite movie? If yes, which one is it, and why do you like it so much?

I don't really have a favorite movie, but I am, of course, inordinately fond of the LOTR trilogy. I think they are incredibly well done films in just about every respect, and that the whole thing was a tremendous achievement that truly raised the bar for all film-makers everywhere.

I'm also very fond of "The Lion In Winter", "The Secret of Roan Inish", and "Torch Song Trilogy." Wit and fairy-tales get me every time. :)

4. What's your #1 advice for slash writers?

Geh. I'm hardly one to be giving advice. But I would say, in big capitals, USE A BETA. One who will use a fine-toothed-comb to get ALL your typos and grammar errors. Be careful of cliches and use them minimally. Do not get too carried away with adverbs, and for the love of god, don't use "the other man" or "the blond" or "the British man" more than once every 15 pages.

As for content, anything goes. But read a lot, see what's been done to death, and write something YOU find interesting. If you're not interested as a writer, no one's going to be interested as a reader. You have to please yourself first.

5. If you could be another person (existing and/or fictional) for a day, who(m) would you like to be - and why?

I have no idea why this is so difficult to answer. Everyone has their pain and their sorrows, and I'm at least familiar with mine. But I think it would be very interesting to be the Queen of England for a day, any queen, and run amok wildly. ;)

Comments

[mellacita.livejournal.com]

know, I'm a heretic. My, those flames are warm...

The flames are usually reserved for people who DO believe, not those who don't. ;)

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

I guess I still occasionally feel the warmth, since I'm a fence-sitter on the issue. I would, however, dearly love to be proven wrong. Maybe at the premiere of KOH? He and Viggo can arrive together and give each other a huge tonsil-licking snog on the red carpet? Or maybe Viggo can be Orli's date at the Oscars? Mm..... :)