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  1. advice
    a proposal for an appropriate course of action
    SNO: Young aspiring writers—do you have any kind of advice for them?
  2. amazing
    inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
    I mean, they're amazing, and I became somewhat caught in the spell of bees and honey-making.
  3. arts and crafts
    the arts of decorative design and handicraft
    At first, I hesitated to tell people this because it sounds like an incredibly simple process, almost like arts and crafts or something, but I do believe in the power of images to impact story and to guide us if they're coming from within.
  4. aspire
    have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
    SNO: Young aspiring writers—do you have any kind of advice for them?
  5. becoming
    displaying or setting off to best advantage
    Sue: Well, it's certainly full of nostalgia for me, but it never really went as far as to make me even dream of becoming a beekeeper.
  6. bee
    a hairy-bodied insect including social and solitary species
    I actually grew up in a house in which bees lived in one of the walls, and they lived there 18 years, in fact, so it wasn't a fleeting thing.
  7. beekeeper
    a farmer who keeps bees for their honey
    Sue: Well, it's certainly full of nostalgia for me, but it never really went as far as to make me even dream of becoming a beekeeper.
  8. collage
    a paste-up of pieces to form an artistic image
    So one thing I did—and I think students could find this really evocative—is to create a collage.
  9. create
    bring into existence
    SNO: In terms of creating characters, in particular these characters, do you write a profile of each character before you start developing a plot?
  10. developing
    of societies with low levels of industrial capability
    SNO: In terms of creating characters, in particular these characters, do you write a profile of each character before you start developing a plot?
  11. fly by
    pass by while flying
    I was flying by the seat of my pants, as they say, trying to understand how I as a novelist would work with story.
  12. grow up
    become an adult
    I actually grew up in a house in which bees lived in one of the walls, and they lived there 18 years, in fact, so it wasn't a fleeting thing.
  13. honey
    a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
    It was an older country house, and the honey actually used to seep out the cracks in the wall in that room and run down in a puddle on the floor, in little puddles.
  14. imagination
    the ability to form mental pictures of things or events
    Sue Monk Kidd: I think it originated out of a combination of imagination and a little bit of my childhood memories.
  15. imagine
    expect, believe, or suppose
    I just can't imagine anyone not loving honey.
  16. impact
    the striking of one body against another
    At first, I hesitated to tell people this because it sounds like an incredibly simple process, almost like arts and crafts or something, but I do believe in the power of images to impact story and to guide us if they're coming from within.
  17. in particular
    specifically or especially distinguished from others
    SNO: In terms of creating characters, in particular these characters, do you write a profile of each character before you start developing a plot?
  18. incredible
    amazing; extraordinarily good or great
    All I knew about bees when I started to write The Secret Life of Bees was that they can live in a wall of your house, and that they make this incredible thing that I loved.
  19. inspire
    serve as the inciting cause of
    SNO: Do you have any suggestion of a writing activity or prompt that you think would be good for students, to inspire their creativity?
  20. mime
    an actor who communicates entirely by gesture
    And I think I mimed that town enormously for this book.
  21. nostalgic
    unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things
    But yeah, I think it did have a little bit of a nostalgic feeling for me, the bees.
  22. puddle
    a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
    It was an older country house, and the honey actually used to seep out the cracks in the wall in that room and run down in a puddle on the floor, in little puddles.
  23. reread
    read anew; read again
    There's an old book that I read, and reread, called Becoming a Writer.
  24. revising
    editing that involves writing something again
    So after, I start revising it.
  25. starting
    appropriate to the beginning or start of an event
    But, you know, when I was first starting, mostly what I read was fiction.
  26. writer
    a person who is able to write and has written something
    But, you know, it was that kind of thing that lives in a writer.
Created on 二月 15, 2011 (updated 二月 15, 2011)

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