Today, it’s my turn to ask the questions. Here’s my challenge to you for the month of June: find a creative way to answer the following.
That could be in the form of discussing it with the people in your household or your colleagues via Zoom meeting. Draw a picture or a diagram. Build a model. Do a vlog. Write a blog post or essay.
Share your responses via your social media, and tag us so we can share them too!
- What’s your favorite literary genre and why?
- What makes a compelling story? What takes away from it?
- What makes you pick up a book?
- If you could take a time machine back 10 years, what would you tell your past self?
- What do you hope people say about you after you’re gone?
- Which author(s) have inspired you? In what ways?
- Tell us about your favorite literary character(s).
- How does culture inform storytelling?
- What cultural value do you see in storytelling?
- How do you hope to influence other people in positive ways?
- What do you wish people knew about you?
- What are some of your favorite literary themes?
- What tropes do you enjoy reading?
- What are some stereotypes of your favorite literary genre?
- What are you passionate about?
- What do you consider to be your best accomplishment?
- What do you see yourself doing in another 1, 5, and/or 10 years?
- What are some of your hobbies? What do you enjoy about them?
- Where do you look for creative inspiration?
- What do you use to immerse yourself in a story (music, visuals, etc.)?
- What subjects would you never read or write about?
- Are there topics or issues you wish were more common in books?
- What is one subject you would really like to tackle in a story or see an author take on?
- What are some of your favorite writing resources?
- What advice would you give to today’s youth?
- Have you attended any online conferences? What did you like? What could’ve been better?
- Are there any types of scene you find hard to read or write (action, love, death, etc.)?
- What do you do when you feel creatively stuck)?
- How do you handle a situation that doesn’t go as you planned?
- How do you think this time of isolation will factor into storytelling in the near or far future?