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Writing prompt No. 7

A weekly writing exercise to get you started

By Heather Wright
Published: August 12, 2011
Ask your character the 10 Bernard Pivot questions that James Lipton asks his guests on Inside the Actors Studio. For fun, ask yourself, too!

  • What is your favorite word?
  • What is your least favorite word?
  • What turns you on?
  • What turns you off?
  • What is your favorite curse word?
  • What sound or noise do you love?
  • What sound or noise do you hate?
  • What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
  • What profession would you not like to do?
  • If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

Heather Wright's work has been published in local and national publications and on the Web. Her column “Write Angles,” published in What If? Canada’s Creative Magazine for Teens, became the basis of her book, Writing Fiction: A Hands-On Guide for Teens.

 

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LYNN HUBSCH from WEST VIRGINIA said:
Favorite Word: Honey, help me out of these clothes
Least Favorite: Come out with your hands up!
Turn On: My lady in here underwear
Turn Off: Being forced to do anything
Favorite Curse Word: Boogers
Favorite Sound: The sound of each new day at sunrise
Least Favorite: Incoming artilary
Other Profession: Making people laugh
Least like: Politics
What God would say: "Its about time man. Bring any snacks? Cake? Did you know I was naked under this toga? Did you bring any cards with you by any chance? OK, Lets find some babes!!"
JAMES BARLOW from OREGON said:

My answers can be found within: Food is good, because it almost always provides fulfillment with pleasure. War is tasteless and vile and too deadly for me. I am turned on by music, which soothes the soul and inspires me. Hate turns me off. My favorite curse word is s---, because it happens. I love the purring sounds of my two oldest cats when they curl up with me at night, but I hate the shrill barking of the neighbor's two, foul-mouthed dogs. I am a writer but I could handle being a wealthy philanthropist for a while. I don't think I'd like cleaning municipal sewers. If heaven exists and I somehow show up at the Pearly Gates, I guess I'll hear God ask me how my atheism on Earth worked out for me.

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