Chronicle X Interview with Kipler
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| Title: | Chronicle X Interview with Kipler |
| Interviewer: | uncredited |
| Interviewee: | Kipler |
| Date(s): | November 1998 |
| Medium: | online |
| Fandom(s): | X-Files |
| External Links: | interview is here; copy |
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Chronicle X Interview with Kipler was conducted in 1998 by the Chronicle X archive.
Some Excerpts
I used to write a lot in high school and college, but stopped for a decade after I graduated. Then I found X-Files, and ATXC and EMXC. I sat down one night thinking, "Hey, I'll try writing one of these stories." Fortunately for me, the story was well received, and the positive feedback and encouragement reignited my creative writing fire. I've been working on "real world" writing, and even joined my first writing workshop this past spring. I've really enjoyed the experience, and owe a lot of my progress to the fanfic community. (In moments when I believe I'll publish a novel someday, I always imagine myself dedicating it to ATXC.)
I love [the Mulder/Scully dynamic]. Whether it's considered sexual or not, it has such depth and spirtuality that it's unlike anything else I see on TV. I credit the GA/DD chemistry for a lot of that; I don't think that CC planned to create such a soulful relationship when he started the show.
Feedback is very important. As I said before, the encouragement from the fanfic community has actually pushed me into writing more seriously. Since this is unpaid labor, it's especially important to know if my writing has made a connection somewhere. I think the Internet is going to be a great boost for amateur writers; I don't know anyplace else where you can hear so immediately or directly from your audience.
My brother once searched the web using my real name, and found my fanfic stories, and mentioned them AT CHRISTMAS DINNER. He liked the stuff, but I demanded that he never mention it again. For me, writing is intensely personal. It's much easier for me to expose myself to an "outside" audience than it is to show my stuff to family and friends. So no one in my "real life" knows anything about what I write - XF or non-XF. (Except, of course, those people who moved from my cyber-life to my "real life.")