Several years ago I questioned whether I was meant to write. I was satisfied with nothing and had tried many different writing avenues without success or satisfaction, yet I still felt driven.   So if I had to write, what should I focus on? What were my strengths?

I created the following quiz for my husband who had read all of my best and some of my worst material.

The answers he gave me created a new window after I’d been hermetically sealed inside the house. It changed my focus for the better overnight. If you’re just starting the writing process, this might be helpful. The last question might even give insight to those with more experience.

This quiz works best if the person being queried has read more than one type of your material: i.e. poetry, short stories, fiction, non-fiction, etc. The quiz will also work better if the respondent is familiar with literary terms since you don’t want to try and explain them before they take the quiz. Your explanations may give them an idea of how you want them to answer, rather than forcing them to rely on what they feel is a true response.

Lastly, if you can think of more questions, please add them!

 What do you think I write best?

 1. Quest                    

a.           Internal/inner meaning search

b.         Physical search

 2. Dialogue

a.           Internal discussions

b.         External/people to people

 3. Plotting

a.           Character driven

b.         Plot driven

 4. Theme/Mission:

 If there was an overall meaning to my best work, what do you think it would be?