Komagayda: A Writer who Dares to be Different

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Title: Komagayda: A Writer who Dares to be Different
Interviewer: Sarabel
Interviewee: Komagayda
Date(s): June 2017
Medium: online
Fandom(s): Yuri!!! on Ice
External Links: "Komagayda: A Writer who Dares to be Different". Archived from the original on 2017-10-21.
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Komagayda: A Writer who Dares to be Different is a 2017 interview with Komagayda, a Yuri!!! on Ice fanfic writer. He was interviewed by Sarabel from the Yuuri/Victor fanfic blog, viktuurificwriters. It is the first interview on the blog.

Excerpts

When it comes to fanfiction, people have written a lot of works that, more or less, have the same plot or the same alternate universe. And most of you readers don’t mind these at all. Some of you may find these cliché, but the majority continues to enjoy them anyway. After all, fanfiction is about simply enjoying yourselves. Whether it’s by quick reading a one shot or by binge reading a multi-chaptered fic in one sitting, fanfiction is about letting yourself unwind and having something to squeal or to cry about your favorite characters. It’s not really about the plot, but about what the fic makes you feel when you read it. It doesn’t matter how many similar Coffee Shop AUs you’ve read as long as you’re enjoying yourself.

But if you come across a work that gives you a unique plot as well as scenes that triggers your emotions, then wouldn’t that be considered a bonus?

Introducing to you, Komagayda, a writer who dares to be different by coming up with completely original ideas!

Komagayda, as known in AO3 ( @kougaons in Tumblr), has four works under the YOI fandom. He likes writing mostly Science Fiction AUs but he has also written a Fantasy and a Vampire AU.

His most notable work is World’s End Holiday, a 20-chapter Science Fiction AU that has garnered 570 kudos and 7,105 hits as of date.

Question: What are common traps for inspiring writers?

His answer (errors corrected):

I think that trying to do too much at once might be one of those things (that I am absolutely guilty of). It’s an easy way to end up getting burned out because you end up overworking yourself and refuse to take breaks. Trying to finish things in a single sitting is also a trap because, although it might be tempting, it makes you end up with cramped wrists and sleep deprived!

Other Interviews in the Series

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