LITR 3731 Creative Writing UHCL 2006 sample respondent's questions

LITR 3731: Creative Writing 2006

Discussion Leader's Questions

Monday, 23 October:

2^nd Fiction Author: Joe Cuellar

2^nd fiction Author’s Discussion Leader: James O'Neal (JT)

Questions for “Beginning” by Joe Cuellar

Q’s by JT O’Neal

1. Did you research the mythology of Lucifer, or did you proceed from what you already knew?

2. What changes did you make to the myth (if any)?

3. Why did you make those changes?

4. Why did you elect to retell this story?

5. Were you inspired by Milton’s “Paradise Lost”?

6. After the devil is banished, we don’t see him again. Did you think about bringing him back to tempt man?

7. The story seems like a traditional parable. What sets your story apart from others about this subject?