Thought provoking questions from readers, ordered by topic

I’ve answered over 30+ thought provoking questions from this community by now, and I’ll continue to post a new edition every month. On this page, I’ve listed readers’ questions from the past, ordered by topic. Some of the reader’s questions go all the way back to 2021. Please feel free to ask me anything! Send your question to team [@] lisanneswart.com

Questions about

Personal

Do you ever get intimidated by people you admire or get to work with? If yes, how do you deal with that?

What would your friends say is your best quality?

Do you have role models – someone you look up to? And who is it?

My question is do you have any odd habits, and if so, which one would you like to share?

I’d like to know what kind of things you often wondered about as a child? Thanks for answering my question!

What life lesson did you learn the hard way?

Is there something new you’d like to learn?

In one of your essays you wrote about the willingness to write poor things first, and the importance of that when it comes to writing. What is your personal take on failure?

What is the personality trait you root for in others?

Questions about

Writing

Do you have any writing habits you’d like to share with us?

I wonder where do writers get their ideas from. How do you come up with ideas?

My question is do you have any odd habits, and if so, which one would you like to share?

I wonder whether you write with an audience in mind, and if yes, how do you make sure it’s unique and personal?

What do you think is the role of artists when it comes to social change?

What motivates you to write? What keeps you going every day?

What is the number 1, most valuable skill everyone should master?

I’m working on a script for a short movie. It takes a lot of work and even though this is my passion I find myself procrastinating a lot. Do you have any advice?

Questions about

My Platform

I’ve watched you building a connection with readers via your personal blog. Do you have examples of other personal blogs you follow? Thank you!

I love reading your answers to readers’ questions, book reviews, the weekly newsletter, and more of the things you write. What is the one thing you want readers to take away from your writings?

Most of the people I know who have a newsletter are on Substack. I’m thinking about launching my own newsletter as well, but I’m not sure whether to use Substack. I noticed that you have been building one independently. What is your reasoning behind it? Many thanks for answering my question!

In your bio, you wrote about your intention to keep this blog advertisement-free. Can you explain your vision for your blog to us a little more?

Questions about

Reading

You’ve published over 30 book recommendations. In my life, I can’t find the time to read enough books. My question is, how to read more books?

Every now and then I hunt for new books to read by scrolling through the book recommendations on your bookshelf. I would say it’s a great combination of both traditional and literary nonfiction but the question that haunts me is this: What distinguishes literary nonfiction from traditional nonfiction? What do you think?

 

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