How Will It End? Interview with Michelle Kiefer

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Title:	How Will It End? Interview with Michelle Kiefer
Interviewer:	How Will It End?
Interviewee:	Michelle Kiefer
Date(s):	2001?
Medium:	online
Fandom(s):	X-Files
External Links:	full interview is here, Archived version
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In 2001, Michelle Kiefer 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 posted my first story on Oct 20, 1999. I had been a lurker for years, reading tons of fanfic. I knew nothing--not who was who or that there was a tremendous variation in quality and approach to the characters or even that a reader could or should write feedback. Gradually, I got the "lay of the land" and developed a taste for a certain kind of writing style. And I found out that readers could communicate with the authors of these wonderful stories. I wasn't clued in yet to the online world, so these emails were my only link to like-minded people. Some authors were kind enough to chat back and forth and two of them, Katvictory and Kestabrook, recognized that I wrote a good letter and encouraged me to try my hand at either essays or fanfic. So, with their encouragement and a lot of Kestabrook's technical help, I started writing. I've tried to be a good guide and encourager myself to newer writers.

I haven't formally written for any other fandoms. When I was a kid, I used to think up stories about the shows I watched, sometimes running long epic story ideas in my head, but I never wrote them down. I read fanfic for a few fandoms, but haven't felt the urge to write for them.

I hadn't written many post eps from season 8, until Mulder returned. I had joined a post ep challenge group, After The Fact, mostly planning on reading the other writer's stories and found myself caught up for a while in the "glory" days and wrote four post eps in as many weeks. I've slowed back down, but you never know. I so enjoyed looking at M and S before they became so damaged and then through periods like the cancer arc. The early episodes have a charm--M and S are practically babies in them.

I feel much more comfortable knowing that David Duchovny is going to have a hand in the finale. I have confidence in his view of Mulder and Scully. He sees the romance and attraction between these two and knows the deep bond. I'm hoping that M and S will be left in relative peace at the end. I'm hoping that my favorite characters will survive the last few minutes. Other than that--I have no idea what will transpire. I'd love to have one last look at Mulder and Scully, perhaps doing nothing more than sitting and talking, heads together, a laugh here and there. That would please me...