Be Gentle With Us Interview: Cath Sprale
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| Title: | Be Gentle With Us Interview: Cath Sprale |
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| Interviewee: | Cath Sprale |
| Date(s): | 1992 |
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| Fandom(s): | The Professionals |
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Be Gentle With Us Interview: Cath Sprale are answers to a questionnaire.
The answers were printed in Be Gentle With Us #8 and #10. It's possible that there were more replies printed in #9, #11, and #12 as well.
The Known Participants
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The Twenty-One Questions
Which of your stories do you like best?
Conversely, any you cringe about now with hindsight?
Are you inspired by external factors, such as music?
How much research do you do?
How many drafts do you write before submitting the story?
What makes you write slash?
How do you react to editor's criticism or reviews of your work?
Do you keep a piece of writing to yourself until it is finished, or would you seek the advice of others at a fairly early stage?
Do you worry about plagiarism?
How do you feel about another writer rewriting the end of your story, or writing a sequel (with or without permission?)
Do you prefer to write about the characters in the CI5 setting or is any universe/time fair game?
Do you keep rigidly to the characterisation used in the aired episodes?
Do you ever deliberately change the characterization, or does it happen unconsciously?
Do you work on more than one story at a time?
Do you write sex scenes to titillate the reader?
How do you go about writing sex scenes? (Resort to strong drink and let your imagination run riot?)
Would you like to be a professional writer?
Were you a writer before you discovered fandom?
If you were a writer before discovering fandom, has the experience of reading fan literature changed your own writing?
Have other writers in fandom or stories that you have read influenced your own work?
Have you been influenced by writers or writing from outside of fandom?
Some Excerpts
Conversely, any [of your stories do you] about now with hindsight?
Not exactly cringe, but know there's a field for vast improvement.
What makes you want to write slash?
Up-market Mills and Boon.
Do you worry about plagiarism?
Yes, quite a lot.
How do you feel about another writer rewriting the end of your story, or writing a sequel (with or without permission?)
I wouldn't want the end re-written, but would be honoured by a sequel.
Do you write sex scenes to titillate the reader?
I write them because editors insist. I personally find that when I'm reading a little goes a long way, and I often skip the 'purple' bits.
Would you like to be a professional writer?
I would, yes, but I fear that the effort would be too great.