How Will It End? Interview with ML
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| Interviews by Fans | |
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| Title: | How Will It End? Interview with ML |
| Interviewer: | How Will It End? |
| Interviewee: | ML |
| Date(s): | 2001? |
| Medium: | online |
| Fandom(s): | X-Files |
| External Links: | full interview is here, Archived version |
| Click here for related articles on Fanlore. | |
In 2003, ML was interviewed for the X-Files website How Will It End?.
This was part of a series. See How Will It End? Interview Series.
Some Excerpts
I started writing right after "Closure" aired. I'd been reading fanfic for several months, but hadn't yet been inspired to write anything of my own. "Closure" was a turning point ep for me in many ways. Not just because it was the end of an era for Mulder and Scully, but because of all the rumors floating around about the possible end of the series. I wanted to write my own take on where they would go from there.
I don't write in any other fandom, though after I started writing XF I realized that in the distant past I'd written fanfic without realizing it. In the Dark Ages before the Internet, I used to write little stories for myself using characters from "Dark Shadows." No current TV show has caught my fancy the way XF did, though. Outside of XF, I write the occasional essay or short-short story. I've always had an interest in science fiction and fantasy; my stories in school usually had to do with a trip to Mars or meeting people from outer space.
Seeing new eps every week was an inspiration, and speculating what would happen in the next season could fuel a whole summer of story ideas. Most of my inspiration these days comes from watching the older eps (especially for the seasons before I discovered fanfic) with the advantage of hindsight. I try to look for a new angle on an episode or series of episodes, to give the story a spin that no one else has thought of -- or at least hasn't been expressed in the same way. The "Scully's Journey" series is an example of that. I also get inspiration from message boards and chats, and the lists that I'm on.