Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Reality Show for Writers
I'm thinking there should be one. It would be riveting. We could watch people staring at keyboards. We could watch people swearing at keyboards. We could watch people surfing the net so they don't have to write. Things could get lively. We could see people sitting in bars, nursing a drink and wondering aloud if they'll ever get published. We could show the harrowing experience of receiving rejection letters. We could fall in love with the nerdy IT guy who writes science fiction and the young librarian who's written a fantastic YA novel about werewolves, or is it vampires? We could boo and hiss at the arrogant English major who writes literary fiction and looks down his nose at the other contestants. The possibilities are endless.
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Oh, and don’t forget about the wardrobe of writers. Their diets! The Cheetos! From footwear choices to excuses for not working out, the drama just keeps a-coming!
ReplyDeleteThere could be prizes for greasy hair/creativity ratios, fast-food gift cards for those who can go without feeding their family for the longest period, and immunity for the best self-loathsome copy error!
How has this show not been made? Let’s do it, Carol-Kay! What do you think of the working title: Yawn, poor. (That was a critique I once received.)
I knew you'd have great ideas, Dee. I really do think this has potential. We could have a case of plagiarism leading to murder, to make it really interesting. Or we could have an aspiring writer bump off the reviewer who savages our hero/heroine in an online review. Yeah, I like that idea.
ReplyDeleteA bitter reviewer, whose vengeful, venomous, vituperative scorn was exceeded only by his spelling errors, is found murdered. A bloody dictionary (one of those big, fat ones that are only found in libraries) tented his pinhead, opened upon words that begin with the letter V.
ReplyDeleteI think we're on to something here. As our hero is led away, he'll shout: "But you don't understand, officer. He deserved to die. He used "your" instead of "you're."
ReplyDeleteI'd watch it. If there's an audience for Jersey Shore, you should have no trouble getting an audience of your own. Plagiarism leading to murder? I call that justifiable homicide.
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