Monday, December 5, 2011

Who Had the Best Question?

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WOW. You guys floored me. I mean the questions EACH one of you came up with are incredible. So incredible that if I knew all the answers I'd be set in this business! LOL. Seriously though, you really gave me some great stuff to chew on. So here's the deal: I (or a guest author) am going to answer all your questions to the best of my ability. I can't, unfortunately both answer these questions and give all of you critiques though. So as I said, I had to pick the top three. It was incredibly hard to do, and I'm still wishing I could award more, so maybe I'll have to do another contest too! We'll see...


The questions themselves? I will either devote an entire post or answer several at a time. But I expect this will take a while to get through. That means you'll just have to keep checking in to find the answers! 


Oh yes. The winners of a first chapter critique are: Laura Pauling     Bethany Yeager  and Melinda Collins! If you'd prefer to give away the critique on your blog, you may do so. 


I will post each person's link and question when I answer them. Check in on Thursday to see me tackle Laura's question. Until then I'll leave you with some great writing quotes so you can remember these three important points: 1. Butt in chair. 2. Imagination is key and 3. Challenge yourself.


If you haven't got an idea, start a story anyway. You can always throw it away, and maybe by the time you get to the fourth page you will have an idea, and you'll only have to throw away the first three pages.
William Campbell Gault



When I examine myself and my methods of thought I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing knowledge. 
Albert Einstein

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
Oscar Wilde

18 comments:

  1. Wow! Thanks! I think I will take advantage of the first chapter crit b/c I just rewrote my first chapter. I can't wait to see all the questions people came up with! I can't even remember what I asked.

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  2. Congrats to the winners!! I missed this challenge. *shrugs* I'm glad I'll be here to read the answers! Butt in chair, imagination....

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  3. Congrats to the winners, and looking forward to the answers to those questions!

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  4. Yay Laura. I knew you would win. You had an awesome question (the others came after I commented).

    Great advice, Lisa. You can only become a kickass writer if you do all three. :D

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  5. Congrats to the winners! Having previously benefited from Lisa's critiquing skills, I can tell you you're in for a treat.

    Can't wait to read the answers to their questions.

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  6. I just know Laura's Q will be awesome--can't wait! :)

    Angela @ The Bookshelf Muse

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  7. Love the quote, especially the first one!

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  8. Einstein was a gifted scientist, but he sure had a brilliant way with words, didn't he?

    Congratulations to those three who won with their questions. Waiting for the answers.

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  9. Congrats to the winners! I can hardly wait to hear all the Q&A!

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  10. Congrats to the winners! I can't wait to see all the answers. And I LOVE these quotes. Awesome contest, Lisa!

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  11. Oh wow, awesome! :) I can't wait to see the answers to those questions. Thanks for doing this whole 'why' series, it's been great, and I'm sure the 'how's will be just as awesome. :)

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  12. Yay for the winners AND for the awesome quotes. So inspirational! Can't wait to see your answers to the amazing questions. Thanks, Lisa!

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  13. Congrats to the winners :)

    Love those quotes! Einstein has so many great quotes about using all parts of the brain - fabulous stuff :)

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  14. Here's a big whoo hoo for the winners. Fab quotes! Can't wait to hear the answers to the big Q's.

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  15. Yay, I'm looking forward to all the answers! And I love those quotes. I need to write your 1-2-3 on the back of my hand and get working today...

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  16. Congratulations to the winners! I can't wait to read your blog post answering Laura's question as well as all the others.
    And thanks for the inspirational quotes!

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  17. Amazing quotes!!! How can it be I have not heard that one by Einstein yet??? so looking forward to the questions and your answers.

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