LITR 3731: Creative Writing 2006

Discussion Leader's Questions 

 

Heidi Gerke, Discussion Questions for Karen Heidrich's Applied Therapy

  1. What made you decide to name your character Carlyle? I never would have expected that to be a name of a female character.

 

  1. You underline your character’s thoughts in some places. Is this to emphasize a thought, or merely to denote thought?

 

  1. Billy Wayne is an interesting character. He seems like a victim of never growing up once he graduated from high school. Is this the type of appeal you wanted him to have?

 

  1. Being that these are just a few excerpts from your novel, is there anything you think the class needs to know to better understand what is going on?

 

  1. What plans do you have for the future of the story? Specifically including the cowboy next door. Is he going to play a part? And is there something behind the fact that he does resemble Billy Wayne so much?

 

Class Discussion Questions

  1. Do you think the author did well in selecting scenes in a way that they flowed together?

 

  1. Do you feel like there is enough information provided in these selections alone to get an idea of what is going on?

 

  1. What did you think of the way she presented the relationship between Carlyle and Billy Wayne?