tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54039738702547854342024-02-08T09:18:15.962-08:00Squirrel MeditationsThoughts and inspirations of an attentionally challenged mind.Leslie Dobkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09370056093956510023noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403973870254785434.post-50879007237563185802013-07-14T19:02:00.000-07:002013-07-14T19:10:43.568-07:00<div>
Along the lines of firsts, this is my first writerly-type post :).</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">1. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">How do you remember your first kiss?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> I got my first kiss in kindergarten from a curly headed boy in a denim jacket named Rocky, quickly followed by a tricycle race.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">2. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">What was your first favorite love song?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">- <i>Don't Change- </i>INXS. Is that a love song?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">3. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">What’s the first thing you do when you begin writing for the day? </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">Check on my crit buddies at Critique Circle to see if they have new submissions.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">4. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Who’s the first writer who truly inspired you to become a writer?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> Edgar Allen Poe. Loved the creepy stuff when I was a little kid.</span></div>
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5. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Did the final revision of your first book have the same first chapter it started with?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc99ff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 24px;">N</span>ot even close. New MC, switched from third to first PoV, and moved chapter one to chapter two. </div>
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6. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">For your first book, which came first: major characters, plot or setting?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc99ff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 24px;">The plot. I'd been watching shows on mass extinctions with my son and started to wonder if humans could've survived these events. It took years to get to know my characters. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">7. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">What’s the first word you want to roll off the tip of someone’s tongue when they think of your writing?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc99ff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 24px;">Wow!</span></div>
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