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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When you are stuck in your writing, but you can not leave it alone, what is something Anne suggests to try?
2. What does Anne determine needs to be at the center of your stories?
3. What does Anne consider a gift if you have it?
4. What does Anne believe drives a writer's work?
5. Secretly, why do some people attend Anne's writing class?
Short Essay Questions
1. Six months before Pammy died, her doctor told Anne to watch her carefully. In dying, how was Pammy teaching Anne how to live? What effect has this had on Anne's writing?
2. What additional benefit results from Anne calling around in search for the name of the wire thing topping champagne bottles?
3. In Part 4, Section 4, Publication, Anne is humbled by two events. What were they?
4. In Part 3, Help Along the Way, Section 1, Index Cards, Anne uses the index cards not only for notes, but in what other way?
5. How should a reviewer respond to your material, according to Anne?
6. Why do Anne students sometimes take on the voice of popular writers?
7. What does Anne say is a major step is in relying on your own intuition?
8. What two books did Anne write as gifts and why?
9. Why does Anne suggest writing a letter when you have run out of ideas of what to do next?
10. Anne does not agree with the use of the word "block" in "writer's block." How does Anne describe this feeling?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When you are stuck and cannot think of any other thing to do, but you can not leave your work alone, how does writing a letter help the writer? Who can you write the letter to? What can the letter be about? What does the writing a letter free the writer from?
Essay Topic 2
Jealousy is considered the most difficult voice on KFKD to overcome. Anne is extremely jealous of a writer friend. Anne's therapist tells her that jealousy is a secondary emotion stemming from feeling excluded and deprived, and, if she works on these two emotions, she could break through the jealousy. How do you see Anne being excluded or deprived in her childhood? Do you agree with Anne's therapist's diagnosis? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Short assignments and bad first drafts are the most helpful things Anne has to impart about writing. Pick either the short assignment or bad first draft, and explain the motivation, process, and outcome of the task.
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