Number 7 for sure!

[Danny McG]

 

[Phyrebrat]

There should be a ‘things writers say’

1) Do you want to read/beta my novel?
2) see 1)

 

[Rjalex]

10 ways to kill your fictional characters.

1. Poisoning:
2. Terminal Illness:
3. Supernatural Curse
4. Disasters: earthquake, tsunami, or wildfire
5. Execution
6. Assassination
7. Accident or Mishap: Create a fatal accident or mishap that occurs due to a character's negligence, recklessness, or bad luck.
8. Suicide Pact: In a story involving multiple characters, a situation where two or more characters make a pact to end their lives together.
9. Euthanasia
10. Magical Artifact or Object: Introduce a cursed or enchanted object that brings about the character's demise.

 

[Droflet]

They're all good, but number four jumps up and grabs me by the throat. Oh yeah, try it.

 

[AnRoinnUltra]

Can vouch for number 8 , '...but instead of all that outer space stuff what about.xyz things happening that I'm interested in...'

 

[Biskit]

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1: No, I've given up and started a recipe book for cannibals. Would you like to help me try out the latest ones?
2: It is nice. I find unreal and mystical jobs far more satisfying. I've taken up being mythological for a hobby.
3: Writing is dead easy, like thinking. You really ought to give it try.
4: There you go, didn't I tell you? Thinking is easy.
5: Sure, aside from the unreal, mystical, mythical and truly magical ones.
6: Yes, but it's being kept secret for marketing reasons.
7: Already done, and I'm sure you're going to like it.
8: Tell me more. Don't worry, I can listen with my eyes shut.
9: No, that's politicians. It's a common misconception.
10: My pleasure, but first, just to avoid embarrassment later, we need to talk about my fee.

 

[THX1138]

#1 and #4 here.

I have a relative that says #1 to me a lot. So, I spend time researching and learning how to write and how to write a story, and this is bad? While my relative did write a book, with no research and the one 'Book' is 2000 (Two thousand) pages long and 700 words a page ... and took 34 years to write... OK...

#4 I hear everyday, and I'm home full time...

 

[Phyrebrat]

I sympathise to those who have had any of these said to them. Nobody outside of Chrons or my writing milieu know I write so I never have to deal with this.

Of course, when I win the Booker I’ll be inundated with em.

 

[HareBrain]

11. (A condensed version of something that happened to me, after I stammered out to a nice man at a function that I write novels): Oh, my wife's a novelist too. Have you heard of Tracy Chevalier?

 

[Danny McG]

I sympathise to those who have had any of these said to them. Nobody outside of Chrons or my writing milieu know I write so I never have to deal with this.

Of course, when I win the Booker I’ll be inundated with em.

Put me in your story, huh?
Wadda ya say huh?
Go on huh?

 

[Phyrebrat]

Put me in your story, huh?
Wadda ya say huh?
Go on huh?

So you mean to day you’ve not read my The Neighbour’s Dead Rabbit and Naughty Mr McGuinness?

 

[Astro Pen]

Yes the "little" in number 1 is probably the most toxic weasel word in the English language.

 

[THX1138]

11. (A condensed version of something that happened to me, after I stammered out to a nice man at a function that I write novels): Oh, my wife's a novelist too. Have you heard of Tracy Chevalier?

Did she write Girl with a Pearl Earring and/or A Single Thread ?
Just asking.

 

[Phyrebrat]

Yes the "little" in number 1 is probably the most toxic weasel word in the English language.

What do you expect?! It’s only 75 words.

 

[Paul J. Menzies]

Absolutely #7 for me, with some of #8.

If I had to add others I hear a lot (largely b/c I sometimes work in public places), it would be "are you writing about this place?" or, "am I going to be in your book?" Although quite often it's, "can I borrow your pen?" For the sake of the kids, we won't discuss my responses to that last one...

 

[Steve Harrison]

In the years since my first book launch, I've been asked #6 by three people who were there.

 

[Droflet]

I don't mention to anyone that I'm a published author. Because of these comments and so many more. Brrrrrr!!!!

 

[Astro Pen]

@ 10. You reply "I write Science Fiction" and they immediately glaze over and glance toward the door.

 

[MemoryTale]

Most irritating question for me is "Where do you get all your ideas from?" Most mind boggling was "You're writing a book? Are there any sex scenes in it?"

 

[Steve Harrison]

Most irritating question for me is "Where do you get all your ideas from?" Most mind boggling was "You're writing a book? Are there any sex scenes in it?"

Are there?