February 2012
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40 weirdly intriguing questions...
1. What’s a question you’re afraid to ask? To whom?
2. What’s something you hide about your personality?
3. What’s something other people think about you that you don’t agree with?
4. How do you deal with criticism?
5. What’s the sweetest thing anyone’s ever done for you?
6. What’s the sweetest thing you’ve ever done for someone?
7. What’s something sweet you’d like someone to do for you?
8. Describe your favourite texture.
9. Which national or global tragedy were you closest to and how did it affect you?
10. Post a photo/draw a picture/write a poem (pick one) of a moment of personal significance.
11. Which fictional character would you most like to have lunch with and why?
12. Who would you say is your “anti” role model? Someone who serves as a warning rather than an inspiration?
13. What’s your least “politically correct” opinion?
14. What kind of underwear do you imagine Sherlock Holmes wears?
15. What’s one of the most difficult things you’ve ever had to do?
16. If you were an element on the Periodic Table, which would you be and why?
17. What’s the most infuriating thing your parents (or caregiver) do?
18. Which Disney Princess do you most identify with and why? Which is your favourite and why? And yes- ANYONE can answer this question.
19. You’re an Action Movie Hero. What’s your weapon of choice and the line you scream when defeating your arch enemy?
20. What’s the silliest fan theory you’ve ever come up with?
21. What did you think about before you fell asleep last night?
22. What’s the oddest term of endearment you’ve ever used or that someone’s used for you?
23. What motivates you in life?
24. What was something you used to enjoy, but was ruined for you? What’s the story behind that?
25. How do you think you will fare when the Zombie Apocalypse arrives?
26. Which mythological creature are you most like? Why? And if you could be any mythological creature, which would you want to be? Why?
27. Write a brief story about an actual adventure you’ve had.
28. Describe one of the most awkward experiences of your life.
29. What’s something that scares you about the future?
30. List 5 quirky things about yourself.
31. Describe your dream library.
32. What’s the weirdest item you’ve ever mourned?
33. If you could design an amusement park ride, what would it be like?
34. Do you have any “rules” about food?
35. What’s your opinion on age differences in relationships?
36. What’s something you want to do that you’d be embarrassed to tell other people about?
37. Describe a time/event in your life that you’re nostalgic for.
38. How do you approach social situations?
39. What is your ideal bed? Why?
40. Post a short excerpt of your life.
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I have to write a scene about a time I was out of...
Seems easy enough, no?
Well, the twist is we have to write it in the style of Baldwin’s, “Notes from a Native Son” wherein he writes about a moment with a kind of double perspective. He writes about an incident in scene, going moment by moment, but there are moments in this particular scene where he writes from the vantage of already having lived it and drawn conclusions. It...
Magical Books for Adults →
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The Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov
The Tempest, William Shakespeare
Like Water for Chocolate, Laura Esquivel
Aurorarama, Jean-Christophe Valtat
Mr. Fox, Helen Oyeyemi
One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami
The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
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offended by rank OBJECTIFICATION of writers
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There is this thing currently going around tumblr about why dating a writer is good. I think it’s nice that this thing is going around, because I like writers, and lots of us could use more dates. As a writer who has dated people, though — including other writers — I would like to offer some correctives to this list.
The...
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Tumblr. I'm in a grammar pickle.
I’m sure the writing-folk of Tumblr have read the Vonnegut quote: “Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college.”
I had a workshop yesterday, and a classmate criticized my use of semicolons in his comment letter. “Semicolons are supposed to add independent clauses to an...
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I need a day to read.
Just one day to sit in my room with all my readings and get ahead, so I’m not panicked or skimming if I fall behind.
After that reading day, I need a sleeping day because, dear Tumblr-folk, this Creative Writing major is exhausted.
Spring Break I will read ALL the things ahead of time.
So that means The Picture of Dorian Gray and …And the Earth Did Not Devour Him.
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I am again...
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I’m currently sick in bed, cursing myself for not making sure last night chicken was fresh.
Ah, well. More time to work on my nonfiction project. It’s due at midnight, but I’ve made significant progress on it. The topic is, “Write about someone you witnessed go through a change,” and I had a hard time in the beginning trying to pick one person. I had several...
