Reader Friday: 4 Objects in Your WIP

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Without explanation, name four objects in your WIP.

No characters, no pets, nothing with a heartbeat. I’m looking for four objects. One could be a MacGuffin or simply a random “thing.”

 

 

I’ll start the ball rolling with my thriller WIP.

  1. Rope
  2. Antler
  3. Grandfather clock
  4. Dog bed
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Sue Coletta is an award-winning crime writer of environmental thrillers, psychological thrillers, and narrative nonfiction/true crime. An active member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and International Thriller Writers, Sue's Murder Blog has won many awards, including Feedspot and Expertido.org's “Best 100 Crime Blogs on the Net.” Check out her posts on the Kill Zone and Story Empire, where she's a regular contributor. Sue lives in New Hampshire, her humble abode surrounded by nature and wildlife, and exclusively writes gripping environmental thrillers now, with a focus on wildlife conservation. Oh, how she enjoys killing poachers! Sue also works as a freelance writer. Topics involving wildlife and environmental sciences are her personal favorites. Though modest about it, Sue's appeared on the Emmy award-winning true crime series, Storm of Suspicion, and three episodes of A Time to Kill on Investigation Discovery. Learn more about Sue and her books at https://suecoletta.com

74 thoughts on “Reader Friday: 4 Objects in Your WIP”

  12. Four items from “Girl on Fire,” my WIP:
    Gum wrapper
    Barbie doll
    Pet kibble
    White 1962 Corvette

  24. A classic Triumph
    A refurbished sailboat
    A secluded cabin
    A burnt chicken

  27. o Medieval wall lamp with citronella candle, hand made wrought iron, butt ugly
    o Brand new 70 Chevelle 2 door hardtop, SS 454, Hurst 4 on the floor, Black Cherry, passes everything on the road except gas stations
    o Bakery Pie Shop, money laundering front for bordello
    o Multicolored shag carpet, vacuumed & raked twice per week, also butt ugly

    • As a teen I had a four inch deep purple shag rug just a few inches short of carpeting.

      You drop something small on that rug you had to vacuum and search the bag in order to find. It.

  28. A short sword, traces of dried blood upon its guard
    A rack, well oiled and polished, 15th C. Moorish construction
    The “Holy Loincloth of San Juan de Sagrada Nada,” a relic
    A 4″x4″ white stone, inscribed, “dPLyC,” damp with tears.

  30. Hey, I’m new to this. Didn’t realize a descriptive answer was OK.
    Here’s mine again.
    1. Dead vines sticking to a tattered hanging planter
    2. A body-worn paint-cracked spindled porch rocker
    3. A fragmented screen door hanging limp from the top hinge like a noosed dead body
    4. A water choked and sputtering metal pipe

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