The Interview Series - Introducing @Byn
Welcome to the Freewrite House Interview Series
brought to you by @brisbyOur Freewrite House loves to showcase the awesomeness of you freewriters! So, each week, we'll be giving a different author the chance to answer a few questions, share some of the favorite stories they've written, and pose a question of their own to the community.
This week’s offerings are from the bodacious @Byn! Her writings of powerfully raw emotions, hilarious situations, spine trembling horror and real life experiences keep people coming back for more! On top of delivering prompts each week to our group, she makes most of the graphics for our Freewrite House posts and has her series, Freewrite Favorites, in which readers choose their most loved stories of the week! We are so grateful for all that she does!
Click on the blog photos to read @Byn's selections.
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1 - Have you ever spent a long time working on something only to end up either losing it or scrapping what you were going to do with it? How did that make you feel and, if it was a decision, what led you to choose to do that?
I have several stories that I’ve started on, that I’ve lost interest in… or not so much lost interest in, but I got distracted by something else in the moment and lost the momentum. They’re still sitting there, waiting… and I desperately hope they come back to me!
I feel like I need a week alone in some place with electricity, but no internet and NO other people, so I won’t get distracted!
2 - What do you feel is your favorite part of the freewriting community and/or freewrite exercise and why did you choose to be a prompt deliverer?
I love how supportive everyone is and I wanted to be a part of that. Freewriting seriously reignited my love of writing that I had been trying to get back. I feel like I ‘owe’ the community to inspire/motivate or support other freewriters because of that.
3 - What is one thing that you would change about Steemit? Why?
NO BID BOTS. I think it is ruining the entire POINT of the platform and bringing down the quality substantially. It’s driving away new people that could bring quality to it and rewarding people for playing a ‘game’ with no substance.
4 - Have you ever lost joy in doing something that you used to love? What was it and were you able to find pleasure in it again?
Every Single Time I “succeed” at something, I completely and utterly lose interest in doing it. It doesn’t matter how long I’ve wanted it, as soon as I’ve “accomplished” it, I’m done. I wanted to direct a play soooo bad. I got to do it and I was done. Then I wrote a play and directed that. It ended up being something I did about 5-6 times, but I should have stopped after just a couple. I kept forcing myself to do it “because I’d always wanted to do it” and yet once I accomplish the dream, I no longer have the heart for it. Then it really isn’t a good thing at all.
I have so many things like that in my life that I’ve done, checked off the ‘accomplished’ list somewhere in my head and then I not only DON’T want to do it again, but I loathe the thought of doing it.
Being someone who is good at jumping into things and getting my shit done, it means that I am quickly running out of ‘dreams’ to accomplish! I have been feeling quite stuck in that aspect for years. I’m REALLY enjoying writing again, though, thanks to the freewrites! Seriously, this group and those prompts saved my sanity this year!
5 - You’ve been cryogenically frozen for 200 years. What is the first question that you ask when you wake up?
Where’s the bathroom? I have to piss like a racehorse.
6 - What is the dumbest thing someone has called or texted you to ask?
My kids. Any time they called asking if they could do/have something small (like a freaking SNACK) when they were home WITH THEIR FATHER!
Kid: Mom, can I have a snack?
Me: Yes… wait, where’s dad?
Kid: He’s in the kitchen.
Me: SO ASK DAD.
Kid: Okay. Sorry.
(5 minutes later) ring ring
Kid: Mom, can I go outside with Abyni?
Me: aggravated Yes. Wait. Where’s Dad?
Kid: He’s right here.
Me: ARGH! ASK YOUR DAD AND STOP CALLING ME! I’m having a break!
Kid: Okay, sorry mom.
(5 minutes later) ring ring
Different Kid: Mom? [1st kid] wants to know if she can give me a snack, too.
Me: head explodes
7 - You’ve been selected to appear on a game show and have to pick four other people (this can be anyone, including freewriters) to team up with. What show is it, who do you pick and why?
If its something like Jeopardy, then my husband @serapium, my son @jaedin, my son Kainan and probably @abyni (my youngest) because they have a very eclectic set of knowledge. I haven’t watched any kind of game show for so long, I don’t even know what the options are!
8 - What’s a song that you have had stuck in your head? How long did it take for you to stop thinking of it?
This is the most horrible question I’ve ever heard! Now I’ve got the damn Havana song in my head, but just the one line that I can remember. (Because that’s the annoying part, I never have a whole song stuck, just ONE LINE!!!)
9 - What’s something that you wish people would stop saying?
“Just saying” I HATE THAT PHRASE with a passion. It’s snotty, snarky and a backassward insult that just pisses me off.
10 - What question would you like to ask your fellow freewriters?
What motivates you or keeps you going when you start to lose the energy/inspiration/motivation for a creative endeavor? What habits do you feel help keep you on track?
A big thank you to @Byn, for all of the help that she's given to our freewrite community and for playing along with this interview! To show our appreciation, we'll be giving her the SBD from this post's payout, as well as a membership in the Steem Basic Income program and a vote by Thundercurator!
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You are AWESOME @brisby and I LOVE all that is being done with @thefreewritehouse
I owe @mariannewest and the whole freewrite community so much. I love that you're doing these interviews, because it really gives us all a peek into the people behind the stories!
Thank you again!
You say awesome and all I hear is "Byn"! (By the way, thanks so much for getting Havana stuck in my head!! To save my sanity, I think I should take that question out of the list! 😉)
You have what, a bajillion or so, things happening in your life and you still find a way to make these graphics, write your fantastic stories, share your truths and much more! Sheesh! Who needs sleep, right?
HUGS
To answer your question, I have a lot of things that motivate me at different times! Sometimes, it's because I want to see the look on someone's face when I give them something that I think they'll enjoy. Others, I'm pissed off and want something good to come out of it. And sometimes, I don't finish something because I get sidetracked or end up passing out and falling behind. I used to keep on track by having a list of what had to get done and allocating a specific time to work on them. Lately, I've not done that and my projects have suffered for it. I need to suck it up and kick myself in the ass more. ;)
I loved learning more about you @byn!! I find it super fascinating that once you complete a goal you want nothing to do with it anymore! I feel like that would make a great character for a series. Haha
And I have a question @brisby! What role would you have inside the freewrite house? Do find youself grocery shopping...making meals...fixing things like a handyman etc.?
Thank you. It is a really REALLY frustrating way to be. I think it would be much better to stick with one thing and just work to get better at it, but that apparently isn't the way my brain works!
Right? Haha Like you've already seen all there is to see, and now there's no point. But I bet logically you know that you could be doing so much with it! Does it really effect your writing projects? I know you said you had several on the back burner.
It hasn't happened with writing yet. Although I also don't feel like I've "accomplished" my writing goals. Hopefully I've set them high enough that it will take some time to accomplish them! :) Plus, with writing, I'm thinking of goals in different terms as well.
I have several projects in the works and probably a few still on the back burner. If the 'old' ones don't ever become anything, that's fine. I am still working hard core on three projects at the moment. I want to hole up and do nothing else until they're done, but I do occasionally have to actually do other things in life!I guess I have time (I hope) to work them all out eventually.
Great question Freedometowrite! Thank you and it's been added to my future lists along with Deaconlee's. Happy Saturday!!
Well, I'm behind responding to this! Haha Thank you! Hope you have a great Monday!
@brisby Awesome!!!! I just love these interviews! Thank you so much for bringing us closer to our fellow freewriters!
@byn - I can relate to you on so many levels!!! I too loose interest easily.
So that's why I feel like we mesh so well! :) @brisby is doing a great job with these interview. I loved the variety of questions, too! Creative, fun and serious all combined. It is fabulous!
You said it, sista 👍
I'm red and this time it isn't a sunburn! LOL ;) Thank you! I loved your answer #9 and completely agree!
🤗Thank you! I'm so grateful to all of the freewriters that have been willing to answer my questions! LOL! I love how everyone's been such good sports with these interviews!
Oh! I was expecting that! It's a pleasure to read @byn's interview, since she's one of the most creative minds I found on Steemit.
I relate so much with losing interest in something one time I reach my initial goal, but in general I'm quite erratic and I'm used to lose interest in everything after a while and going for something else. Lot of things started and not finished!
I have partially to disagree about bid bots. Steemit is like a market where everybody is a seller and none is a pure buyer. If you're kind, you buy other's content as you sell yours, but sometimes what you offer stays unsold and unnoticed in the vast, chaotic square. So, bid bots can be a way to recover at least the investment of time and effort. (Keeping in mind that nothing is free and the first to earn in that are always the bots).
Finally:
Attention from other people. Being supported.
Habits helping me to keep myself on track? If I'd know them, I'd keep on track :P
Thank you @marcoriccardi
I don't know enough of the technicalities of bidbots to argue them. I may get to a point where I just give up and use them myself, to be honest. I don't know if I can get past my own thoughts to do so, but I might get desperate enough at some point. If it comes down to having to go get a crap job because I have no work experience (stay at home mom for 25 years doesn't play well in the job market here), then I might just give up and go the bid bot route.
It just feels frustrating as hell to see people raking in money through bots instead of through actual content creation. I really don't begrudge anyone trying to get things rolling, but it is frustrating to see those who don't appear to even be trying. Posting shit posts with no effort behind them just to get the $$$.
At any rate, it really doesn't matter if the bidbots become the only way to go, then I guess that's the way it is. I still made more here than I ever have from other blogging projects, so I'm happy. I love the community and the support I've found here and that is worth a LOT.
Absofreakinglutely.
Really cool. Plus much swearing which is even better. Nicely put about the bidbots. I wish we could shoot those bastards out of the sky but unfortunately they're woven into the fabric of the Steemit earth and its fiefdomers don't seem to want to do much about it.
But we soldier on, eh ?
Hahaha, I had to go back and see where there was any swearing. I thought I behaved pretty damn well (and I did, because in real life I tend to cuss like a sailor.) It usually shows up more in my videos than my writing, though!
Agreed! I'm just expanding my reach outside of steemit at the moment and making sure not to put all of my eggs in one basket, because I am kind of losing faith in a system that is becoming SO dependent on bidbots.
It's sad, isn't it. I've felt ambivalent about Steemit from the beginning for this reason, which is a shame because its community is pretty damn fine. But it feels like the whole bidbot thing just shows it up as the abstraction many perceive it as - it's not about the people inside making something good. It's just about the investment.
Fuck that.
Still I harbour some kind of hope that the next hardfork might fix things there. I live in hope!
Happy to see someone else that doesn't mind a bit of swearing! ;) Do you have any questions that you'd like added to the interview list Sue-Stevenson?
forgot to drop this here. basic income is done. I am not sure if I did a thundercurator yet, so will do one on your most recent post, byn. Not Dtube, a steemit post.