How Will It End? Interview with Aloysia Virgata
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| Title: | How Will It End? Interview with aka Aloysia Virgata |
| Interviewer: | How Will It End? |
| Interviewee: | Aloysia Virgata |
| Date(s): | 2011 |
| Medium: | online |
| Fandom(s): | The X-Files |
| External Links: | How Will It End? Interview with Aloysia Virgata |
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Aloysia Virgata 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
When did you start writing XF fanfic? How did you start?
I started writing in February of 2008. I'd been a fan back in the day and used to read a bit of fic, but the last two seasons killed it for me and I bailed. I didn't even know there was a second movie coming out, actually, and stumbled upon that information when I found a vid while searching for music on YouTube. I ended up getting sucked into one of those Google spirals and found myself at the Haven. I don't know what made me write. I've never written beyond some assignments in school, but something just made me want to do it. Then I got hooked. It was great to have an intellectually stimulating hobby as a break from parenting two very small children.
There has been much discussion in the XF fandom regarding LiveJournal vs. Ephemeral/Gossamer. Many newer authors, such as yourself, post their work exclusively on LJ. In your opinion, what is it about LJ that has made it such a popular venue for posting fic? Do you think you'll ever post your work elsewhere, be it Ephemeral/Gossamer or not?
I started out posting exclusively on Ephemeral/Gossamer before Dasha lured me over to LiveJournal. I think it's amazing to have an archive of that sort for one's work and am so grateful to have them available, both as a reader and a writer. What appeals to me about LJ are the immediacy and the intimacy. It encourages a good rapport between author and audience, and I think that fosters really terrific exchanges of ideas. Readers on LJ have alerted me to typos and factual errors that would likely have gone unnoticed otherwise. The story feels more like a living thing on LJ. The comments also create a very easy exchange of feedback, which I believe is gratifying to all parties.
Anything else you'd like to tell the readers?
For a long time I bought into the idea that every story had to be the best story it could be. I was too hard on myself, too hard on other writers, and too hard on the people for whom I did beta reading. The thing I realize now is that you will never write the best story you can. It's just not possible. Writing should be fun, and I encourage anyone who is considering it to let go of anxiety about being ridiculed for posting a piece. Almost everyone I have encountered in this fandom has been extraordinarily kind with their feedback and constructive criticism. Go past your comfort zone. Try new things. Be bold. To borrow from Florence Foster Jenkins, people may say you can't sing, but no one can say you didn't sing.