Bluegrass Writers Studio student Chris Dixon interviews faculty member Nancy Jensen, beginning in the style popularized by Bernard Pivot and James Lipton.
What is your favorite word?
Hmm…I’ve always loved the sound of the word ecclesiastical.
What is your least favorite word?
I don’t think I have one, not really: every word is exactly the right word sometime.
What turns you off?
What turns me off as related to writing? Any work that signals the writer has never really listened—to real people, to the heart, to the sound of great literature.
What turns you on? (Chris's note: For these two, I really, really want to rephrase them as, "What writing-related things turn you on/off?")