1. What is life like on the New Jersey shore? How does it differ from life in a large city?

2. Why do people call Paris the "City of Light"? What are the important aspects of this culture? Why does art play such an important part?

3. This story involves two impressive and successful writers—Quinn and Corbin. What are the key characteristics that a writer needs to be successful? What does life as a writer entail? What would an average day or week be like?

4. How does a writer decide what genre to write about? Can a writer write in more than one genre? Research an author that you enjoy. Find out how the author started writing in the genre in which they primarily publish.

5. Describe how you think Temple handled her parents' divorce. How does she relate to her father's...