1. What is 'iambic pentameter'?
Answers: • A traditional form of rising meter consisting of lines of five iambic feet (i.e., ten syllables total)
2. What is the greatest potential hazard of putting your creative writing online?
Answers: • Someone will plagiarize your words and potentially publish them as his or her own.
3. A fiction writer cannot successfully write non-fiction as well.
Answers: • False
4. Regarding the inclusion of creative expression in non-fiction writing, which of the following statements is most true?
Answers: • Non-fiction writing should always be factually verifiable, but that does not preclude creative style or expression as long as the creative expression serves an overall purpose of conveying facts, information and learning.
5. Which of the following is the recommended length for a screenplay when submitting to production companies?
Answers: • 80-125 pages
6. In a play script, what does the abbreviation 'V.O.' stand for?
Answers: • Voice Over (an off-stage voice that narrates the on-stage action)
