Volcano and Dante's Peak (writing prompts!)

And some inspiration from Louise Erdrich and Rebecca Makkah.

Let’s start with an excerpt of a conversation between Louise Erdrich and Rebecca Makkai:

Louise Erdrich: I think at some point I’m just going to actually write about my hometown and really get into what the history is there, because I’ve tended to like books where you can walk in places where the characters have walked. If I could go back and rewrite the…