1. When do you realize it’s time to end the story?
When I reach the ending. Because I figure it out beforehand. Weak stories with strong endings are always better than strong stories with weak endings.
Ende gut, alles gut, as the German proverb goes.
2. If you kill any significant good character. Why are you doing this?
Because that is their fate within this story. On a grander, cosmic scale, this is how their life was meant to play out - for it is the accumulation of life choices that led them to this point.
Bonus points if it happens during a dramatically appropriate moment. Which is every time, when I wield the narrative quill.
3. Do you think that everyone has the right to forgiveness? And you like the idea of eternal hell or temporary heaven. (I'll explain if someone doesn't understand)
Yes to the first question. In fact, one of my books
features redemption as a central theme.
To the second question, in my worldview nothing is eternal except Eternity itself. (Yes, that may seem like a self-referencing logic - which it is, but only in half; that's the paradox.) Sooner or later everything ends - although the universe itself is also eternal*. Another paradox.
*(Don't @ me about heat death and the eventual dissolution of fundamental forces. This is another layer of discussion.)
4. When you design a monster in your head, do you rely on any source? Or are you coming up with something original?
Haven't designed enough original monsters at this point to have created any recognizable pattern to my workflow.
5. You understand that mc is less interesting than other characters. What will you do?
Most probably nothing. Depends on my goal as a writer - whether I want the protag to feel like a "vehicle" for the reader, or to be a distinctive individual on their own.
Also "interesting" is an umbrella term that could mean any number of things to any number of people. I find characters interesting when they are intelligent, capable, and proactive; or when they stand their ground even when facing overwhelming odds; or when they are well-reasoned and apply common sense constantly. Etc. And I'm sure plenty of people will say the opposite, or something different altogether. You need to narrow down the definition of "interesting" with more concrete parameters.
6. You will invent a new religion for history. Or you take an already created idea from others. (I always see the same interpretations of religion in isekai and other stuff)
"Inventing" religions is way, wayyy more difficult than it sounds. Ask anyone who's even remotely knowledgeable about theology. In short, if you want a religion for your story/wold, pick one from real life, file the numbers off, and put a fresh coat of pain on top. Every conceivable religion you can think of already exists or has existed at some point.
"Buddhism" alone is a modern term (~300 old) that puts about 15 000 different schools of thought into a single religious category. Christianity alone has several thousand different sects. Ditto for the myths and religion of ancient societies like Sumerians and Egyptians.
Just pick one (or several) and put your own twist. Everyone sees faith a little differently. I personally put Dudeism verbatim in TCW among several other, less obvious religions.
8. Were there moments that you understand contradict the story? And if so, have you rewritten chapters with this error. Or just ignore the problem
That always happens. It's part of writing. At some point either your character(s) or the story itself will come inevitably at odds between them or with some other structuro-narrative element. That's why editing exists.
Personally, I try to pre-plan my stories as best I can, to keep those occurrences to a minimum.
9. is your mc a virgin? (don’t ask now, why am I asking)
Hmm. Two of my protagonists start as virgins in their respective stories, but they lose that "status" rather quickly, haha. A few side characters also began without any intimate life experience, but they also learned their ways in due time. I guess I'm a sexually libertarian writer. xD
In my older writings, I haven't given any thought about the intimate life of my characters, so you can assume for them "it depends".
10. Does your mc important to the story? I mean if he important to the world
Hmm (x2). In general, yes. I'm not very fond of writing characters that aren't larger-than-life. That said, I have planned a few stories where that's not the case.
On a tangent, this can be considered a trick question, since any protagonist(s) can be considered important for "the world", which in this context can mean the world of the story itself. Unless you're writing postmodern fiction. Please don't write postmodern fiction. There are enough pretentious bastards out there already.
11. KFC or MacDonalds?
PizzaLab. ;)
