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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Section 8, Plot.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does plot fall together?
(a) As you listen to jazz music and drink wine.
(b) Piece by piece, like a puzzle.
(c) As you conform your characters to the plot in your outline.
(d) As you listen to your characters and watch them move.

2. How does Anne tell her students to train the unconscious to kick in?
(a) Drink wine and eat chocolate, then write.
(b) Phone an off-putting friend, that will get your creative juices going.
(c) Sit down to write at approximately the same time every day.
(d) Listen to classical music.

3. What advice does Anne's hypnotist give her about the negative voices?
(a) Pretend you are on a TV talkshow.
(b) Imagine they are dogs snarling at you and yell at them.
(c) Listen to the voices and do exactly what each one says.
(d) Imagine they are mice, pick them up, and drop them in a mason jar with a lid.

4. What is the basic formula for drama?
(a) Setup, switch, sendoff.
(b) There is no formula, drama naturally occurs.
(c) Setup, buildup, payoff.
(d) Buildup, payoff, setup.

5. How does a writer end up with a good second draft or a terrific third draft?
(a) By drinking lots of wine.
(b) By writing a bad first draft.
(c) By hiring an excellent editor.
(d) By getting a good agent.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Anne's opinion, who writes bad first drafts?

2. What does Anne tell her students the reason to write is?

3. How does Anne define clutter?

4. What magazine did Anne write food reviews for, before it folded?

5. What is the way to hold a reader's attention?

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