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Can you make me as awesome as you? XD TEACH ME YOUR WAYS!

Julio Alexi Genao the first step is to be really, really angry at prime-time television programming. then, you get yourself a magnum of tennessee whiskey and a gram or two of the purest—

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Why? That's all, just why?

Julio Alexi Genao the ache of loneliness, a fear of abandonment, and deeply seated prejudice against people who do not appreciate the oxford comma. come at me, bro.

come at me.

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I don't mean to be rude or anything but are you gay?

Julio Alexi Genao yes. yes i am. very gay. hilariously gay. all the time. i am gay for this question right now. i am answering it gaily. feel my gay. feel it throbbing under your screen. gay. i am gay, gay, gay. *bursts into flames*

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You're cracking me up with the frequent changes to your Goodreads name. Why do you do that?

Julio Alexi Genao it's always either one of two things: boredom, or bitchiness. last year someone called me a black baboon on the internet. to claim the epithet for my own was a unique pleasure.

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Have you ever surprised your self with a plot twist in your own writing?

Julio Alexi Genao absolutely. i'm the kind of writer whose stories sort of percolate a long time in the back of my mind, with occasional imagery inconveniently punching through to my forebrain now and again. this means that i *feel* the story before i ever articulate it—leaving room for a lot of meaningful structural details that need to get filled-in later, when i'm in drafting-mode. the best, though, is when i am telling the story in synopsis to someone else, and i realize i'd been aiming at a thing i hadn't even thought of consciously, and it all fits a certain way that feels true and satisfying. that's happened twice; i've kept the transcripts for reference.

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What do you do when an undeserving shitlord that you're in love with breaks your life?

Julio Alexi Genao historically speaking, i find a new one with a bigger dick. YMMV

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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Julio Alexi Genao read. then read some more. also, watch movies, and see plays, and listen to stories old people tell, and watch lots of documentaries and comedy specials. storytelling is a thing we do—humans, i mean—and it's in our DNA. we are a storytelling species. exposing yourself to all the different forms of that art will always, always help you learn how to tell better stories.

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