Tell me about a time you were willing to make a fool of yourself.

The Benefit of Being a Fool

“Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.” —Charlie Chaplin Tell me about a time you were willing to make a fool of yourself—to take a risk where you knew you could fall flat on your face. Tell us the story of the risk and what happened after.

Tell me about your relationship with time.

Time

“Time can do all sorts of things. It’s almost like a magician. It can turn autumn into spring and babies into children, seeds into flowers and tadpoles into frogs, caterpillars into cocoons, and cocoons into butterflies. And life into death. There’s nothing that time can’t do. Except run backwards. That’s its trouble really, it can …

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Try to remember the first time you understood the concept of power. Who had it? How was it used? How did it make you feel? Think about the power you have now. How do you use it? Deny it? Avoid it? How do you express it?

Power

“The measure of a man is what he does with power.” ― Plato Try to remember the first time you understood the concept of power. Who had it? How was it used? How did it make you feel? Think about the power you have now. How do you use it? Deny it? Avoid it? How do …

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Tell me about a time when "the fun choice" was "the best choice" in your life.

The Fun Choice

“The fun choice is often the best choice.” —Nina Wise Tell me about a time this was true in your life.

Make a quick list of everything that gets in the way of your writing. Then pull out a clean sheet of paper and begin again, with the words, “In order to write, I must . . . ”.

Obstacles to Writing

“The world of imagination in which the writer must live is constantly being invaded by the enemy, the mundane world.” —Margaret Walker Make a quick list of everything that gets in the way of your writing. Then pull out a clean sheet of paper and begin again, with the words, “In order to write, I …

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