Who is the most interesting person you can think of?

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 Edgar Allen Poe: Create a list of questions you would ask them in an interview.

    I have always thought Edgar Allen Poe was an interesting writer. His life and career were cut too short for the many successes he could have had as time went on. I often wonder what life choices he would have made that took him down the path he was on. Here are the questions I would ask him if I ever had the chance to interview him:

1) What made you decide to write? What prompted your decision to write such dark writing? 

2) What do you feel was your greatest piece of writing?

3) I have always loved AnnaBelle Lee. Had you ever written anything like that prior?

4) If you could rewrite your history, what would you have wanted to change?

5) Some of your short stories were very realistic. Did you witness any of these events?

6) What was it like living in the 1800s?

7) It has been said that you can dig deep into the darker side of the human psyche. Would you agree with that? Or, do you have a different opinion? 

8) What inspired you to write The Raven? 

9) Did you believe that you were an alcoholic? 

10) Would your writing fit into today's society? If so, what Genre?

11) What part of your life/writing made you successful? 

I am going to call that my list. I would be here all day if I had an option to ask him questions. I am sure he would be sick of me. LOL

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