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Sorry to deceive you but it's more six questions plus bq's.

Q1) There was a question recently posted here about the Ten Commandments of writing, or the Seven Deadly Sins of writing (in your opinion of them anyway), but I always heard "you should be proud of your achievements." So when does the sin Pride come into writing? Where is the line when Pride stops becoming a sin and more a virtue for your writing? Or is it always a sin to be proud of your writing ability?

Q2) Leading on from question one; does Pride (or ego) come into play with you as a writer? For instance has anyone given you constructive criticism, but you refused to believe them because you think you didn't *need* advice?

Q3) My wife told me about a recent podcast, where a well established fantasy writer admits to keeping irrelevant scenes in a story even when his fellow podcasters said the scene was easily deletable. Not because the writer forgot to remove them, but and I quote "because I can" said the author. What's your opinion of this? Would you slaughter the writer the same as the other podcasters, or would you in fact keep irrelevant scenes in your own work because you were famous enough?

Q4) For those who come to Yahoo Answers (yours truly that is reading this), why is it that you come here? Is it for advice, to help others and give advice and equally to receive advice back on your own writing? Do you have an addictive personality and can't seem to escape the clutches of the internet? Are you looking for knowledgeable individuals to help you? Or is it for a more personal goal, ie make friends with fellow writers, form a writers club, or find another writer to collaborate in writing a story?

Q5) When was the last time you received good advice on your writing? What was it for, a beginning, characterization, plot?

Q6) How is your story/writing/project going at the moment?

BQ 1) When was the last time you encountered sexism?

BQ 2) When was the last time you felt like a minority, or an outsider?

BQ 3) What was the last lie that you told and do you think it'll get back to you?

Thanks for the time and patience for reading the questions, hope you have a good day and good luck on your writing endeavors.

Male or Female protagonist and why?

Male or Female antagonist and why?

Be as in depth as you wish, and hope your day is well.

BQ1) Strawberry or Raspberry?

BQ2) Prefer to be a werewolf with no hair or a vampire with no teeth?

BQ3) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or Thundercats?

I was wondering for all the readers (and writers) out there, have you ever read a published novel and thought 'Mm, I could make it interesting this way.' Or thought. 'That's good about this item, but if done this way, it could possibly be better?' Is that our 'writers eye' looking over a novel and thinking "what could I have done to make it better, or to push the creative barrier to the furthest it can go?"

Thoughts? Opinions?