LITR 3731: Creative Writing 2006

Discussion Leader's Questions 

Keely Flom, questions for Ron Burton's "Francis Liberty"

  1. Where is the setting for this story? – I thought of New York, is it there?
     
  2. Where did you get the idea for this story?
     
  3. When you emailed this story you asked what could be cut, do you all have any suggestions as to something you would consider cutting? Elaborating on?
     
  4. There is a theme through out this section of your work, “Dead Man’s Special”, where did you get this idea?
     
  5. What state are Francis and Plato in at the end of the section that you are presenting?
     
  6. Why doesn’t anyone notice the rotting body in the flower bed?  And why doesn’t it stink?