Highlights
The future....
How many books will be in the series? Question 5
Will Breaking Dawn be released soon? Question 13

The past...
Bella's delusions in New Moon. Question 3
Why imprint on Clare?  Question 9
Do the newborns feel any guilt? Question 15

And more...
Would you prefer to be a werewolf or a vampire? Question 2
Advice for aspiring writers.  Question 19
Music that inspired the plot.  Question 21
How do you get through writer's block?  Question 22
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Check out the videos I used by Beck0932, Hutu58, andtoromaga.  

Please note that this is only the second half or so of the Q+A session.  There is currently no video posted of the first fifteen minutes, and, of course, saying fifteen minutes is only an assumption as most of Stephenie's Q+A sessions have been 30 minutes.
These questions will be re-numbered if the rest of the interview is ever recovered.

Highlights...
How do vampires find mates? Question 7
What is your favorite chapter? Question 16
Are relationships based on fate or on choice for you?  Question 21


View it here.

Highlights…

The past & present of Twilight...
Question 7: How would you describe the relationship between Bella and Jacob now that she has chosen Edward?
Question 18: Did Bella get imprinted?
Question 20: Is it intentional that Bella has now survived everything that killed off the rest of the Cullens, from the the flu, to being attacked by a vampire, or falling off a cliff?

The future...
Question 1: Are you planning to write another series after Twilight?
Question 30: Could you clarify the parallels between Wuthering Heights and Eclipse ——-? (also has a possible spoiler hint for book four!)

Stephenie's Life & Writing...
Question 2: How did you get the ideas for powers like Jane’s power? Where’d you get your ideas for their powers?
Question 5: Who was your favorite English teacher at BYU?
Question 9: I want to know if you know from personal experience, ——–. Do you know what it’s like to be in love with two boys?
Question 26: How do you keep distinct personalities for your characters?

The videos of the session that I used for the transcription came from bellas0ring and SarahTennyo on YouTube, and is also posted by itsmariscul. I don't know who these people are, but know that if you are one of them, you are currently on my favorite people list.

This is kind of a quirky entry... there is no full video of the Q+A. I do have a few snippets to link up, but I also have many notes from Ouisa, who had the forethought to take them when her own camera plans fell through. So some of the questions are transcriptions, but anything that is italicized comes from Ouisa's notes.

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Many, many, many thanks to MissDangerMagnet, who uploaded her videos, and to Ouisa, who took notes while present! Madames, you rock!

Because the Twilight Lexicon rocks big time, and because I haven't had as much time to transcribe lately, for now I'm just linking up their version of the Q+A from the BYU Symposium.  You can read what they've got here and you can view some videos of the session under BrittinaJ's YouTube submissions.  I will transcribe the full interview, but it is low priority right now, folks.