Hello and welcome to my blog post.
My name is Shoto and I am officially an intern at Beaufort for the summer. Naturally, I am also a college student and, after changing my area of study an absurd amount of times, I now major in screenwriting and creative writing. Though it is a great shock to all, my favorite hobby is a combination of reading and writing. However, I also love to draw and my ideal future is one that includes both writing novels and creating comics.
My favorite books are No Longer Human, Howl’s Moving Castle, The Call of the Wild, The Catcher in the Rye, the A Court of Thorns & Roses series, the Percy Jackson series, and I Want To Eat Your Pancreas. It’s true that nearly all people think their own reading lists are superior to those of others, but I will still “highly recommend” that you try out No Longer Human all the same. Perhaps my greatest current desire is to find another person whom I can speak to about that novel, for there is no doubt in my mind that a good conversation about a good book can be all but life changing. Likewise, I would be most interested to find out what your all-time favorite novel is.
Outside of the purely literary realm, I am a big fan of the tv series Supernatural, Sherlock, Attack on Titan, Tokyo Ghoul, Haikyuu, Demon Slayer, Jujutsu Kaisen, Bungo Stray Dogs, and Death Note. There is one more that you may be able to guess given my name …
In addition to reading, drawing, and writing, a pastime of mine is to obsessively create and listen to character playlists. One of my best, if not unsolicited, pieces of advice for other writers is to come up with different character playlists/story playlists to listen to as you write your work. It is both a fun and useful hobby to cultivate. And always remember to consider, if your YA book fails to include the words “glass,” “ash,” “blood,” “throne,” “curse,” “shadow,” or “crown” in its title, can it really be YA? The answer is no. You can do better.
Stay icy, stay hot,
Shoto Todoroki (alternatively: Beaudoroki)
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