How Will It End? Interview with Emma Brightman
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| Title: | How Will It End? Interview with Emma Brightman |
| Interviewer: | How Will It End? |
| Interviewee: | Emma Brightman |
| 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 2001, Emma Brightman 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'd read fanfic off and on since I started watching The X-Files during the fourth season, but it wasn't until season eight that I felt any real urge to attempt writing it myself. It was a classic case of wanting to fill in the blanks: How is Scully coping without Mulder? Who's this new guy, Doggett? How does Skinner fit into the picture now? How will Mulder react to Scully's pregnancy when he returns? I wanted more exploration of the emotions and angst we were only getting glimpses of onscreen, so I sat down to write. I was so surprised and thrilled to receive feedback for those first few stories. The online acquaintances and friendships I made through feedback eventually led me to the Scullyfic (now E-muse) list. The writers and readers there are so supportive and wonderful. It's a great community, and being a part of it definitely continues to inspire me to write.
There's good and bad about the series ending. I miss the old urgency of writing post-eps -- that feeling of wanting more of the story you just saw on television. In that way I think the end of the show has slowed me down a bit. I definitely don't miss having my story contradicted by canon one week after posting, however. I still cringe when I look at stories like "Appellations" and "A Miracle to Contemplate" and see all my references to Scully's unborn baby being a girl. I just knew it would be a girl! <g>