Writer's Profile

[Gamzee Makara]

Name: Jesse [DATA EXPUNGED]

Characters: Gamzee Makara, Edward Richtofen, and (hopefully soon to be) Henry

Writing Experience: PFFFT what experience? :awesome: Nah, but Man I dunno. I suppose I took a serious interest in it about three or four years ago.

Is there an Author that influences you?

I think to some degree, Rick Riordan has inspired me to really focus on and buckle down with my writing. I think for my more serious and battling/description scenes, I definitely draw on him.

Sherilyn Kenyon is one of my favorites. Lots of my humor and dialogue probably has hints of her in it, though I could never really do her justice. To be fair, some of my humor is also Riordan inspired.

I guess it would be pretty unfair to say that Andrew Hussie does not hold some control over the movements of my fingers across this old, broken keyboard.

Is there a genre you emulate?

Man I dunno. I guess I have been known to be pretty comedic and blunt with my writings, so comedy? I guess? I do enjoy flights of fantasy, however. Man dude, I dunno, I just write. Sometimes it's funny, sometimes its action-y.

What do you feel defines your work?

What do I enjoy, or what am I good at? I suppose my dialogue is pretty entertaining, most times, though the grammar often bites me in the ass. And not just in dialogue either, like, my grammar is MEH. But I enjoy making people laugh. Whenever someone tells me that one of my posts, works, stories, or whatevers made them laugh, it makes me feel hella good and kinda warm and fuzzy, so there you have it. Comedy and Dialogue.

What are your five main rules when you write?

1. For the love of God, don't be boring. Make the audience feel something. I mean sure, a couple lulls in the story and action are okay, but don't let it get carried away. Whether my audience is on the edge of their seat, or leaning back and busting a gut, something needs to be going on. This applies to things other than plot as well; don't use boring words, tired/worn out plots/characters, yadayadayada

2. Be funny. Comedic timing, character interaction, unlucky idiots, those are the name of the game. Again, use in moderation.There should be a balance between Seriousness and Comedy. However, when something serious is happening I definitely aim to play with emotions. When something funny is happening, I definitely aim to make you laugh.

3. Puns are nice Figurative language is your friend.

4. Always stay true to the character. OOC is public enemy number one on my laptop.

5. Try not to screw up the grammar -Proceeds to put in too many commas, uses the wrong format, font's too small, parenthesis instead of hyphens, grammatical errors galore.-


Do you have any reoccurring issues you need to work on?

I think everyone has room to grow and blossom. For me, that's definitely grammar, grammar grammar grammar. I also sometimes struggle with word choice or repetition of certain terminologies and the like. I believe I definitely also need to learn to commit to writing. Sometimes, when I start on a piece or a story or what have you, I'll just up and quit.

I got to meed Ransom Riggs, the author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (and some other pretty renowned wordsmiths) at a convention panel once. I got to go up and ask the authors a question.

Me: "So like, how do you get through that like, patch in writing? Like, you know when you start on something really good, and then you lose steam all of a sudden? Do you have any tips on how to overcome apathy when writing?"

Before anyone can pipe in, Ransom Riggs leans into his mic, looks me dead in the eye, and says:

Riggs: "It's called the middle of the story. You kinda just get over it and power through."

I was so mortified :froggonk: :froggonk: :froggonk:

Do you have any posts you're proud of?

Haven't been here very long, but there are these:

These two posts were so much fun to write. S'Just Gamzee Goofing off.

Gamzee beats up some Orcs and summons Karkat Vantas to the Omniverse. This one is a good example of a balance between humour and seriousness.

It would also be irresponsible of me to go through this without mentioning THIS GLORIOUS DISPLAY OF RHYME AND SKILL ----->>>>> <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="http://omniverse-rpg.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=2898&p=37311#p37311">viewtopic.php?f=22&t=2898&p=37311#p37311</a><!-- l --> RIP McNinja, I miss you so much

It would be unfair of me to end this without saying I'm proud of writing as Richtofen. This was my favorite post made as him. <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="http://omniverse-rpg.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=3614&p=38292#p38292">viewtopic.php?f=22&t=3614&p=38292#p38292</a><!-- l -->