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Reader Friday: New Game Show

Posted on August 20, 2021 by Sue Coletta

Congratulations! Big shot producer turned your writing life into a game show.

What’s the title of the new show?

Who’s the host?

What about your reading life as a game show?

What’s the title? Who’s the host?

Reader Friday: The Role of a Lifetime

Posted on August 13, 2021 by Sue Coletta

You just landed a starring role in the remake of one of your favorite movies.

What is the name of your character?

Or:

Give us a line from the script.

Let us guess the movie!

Bonus points if it’s a book-to-film adaption.

Reader Friday: 4 Objects in Your WIP

Posted on August 6, 2021 by Sue Coletta

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.

Rope
Antler
Grandfather clock
Dog bed

Reader Friday: Your Writing Space

Posted on July 30, 2021 by James Scott Bell

Describe your office or writing space.

Clean or Kudzu?

Reader Friday: My Left Shoe

Posted on July 23, 2021 by James Scott Bell

Write something from the point of view of your left shoe.

Reader Friday: Scary

Posted on July 16, 2021 by James Scott Bell

What movie scared the daylights out of you as a kid?

Reader Friday: Good Writers

Posted on July 9, 2021 by James Scott Bell

“While it is impossible to make a competent writer out of a bad writer, and while it is equally impossible to make a great writer out of a good one, it is possible, with lots of hard work, dedication, and timely help, to make a good writer out of a merely competent one.” – Stephen King, On Writing

Discuss!

Reader Friday: Your 12-Year-Old Self

Posted on July 2, 2021 by James Scott Bell

What did you want to be when you were 12? Does it have anything to do with who you are now?

Reader Friday: What Would You Watch?

Posted on June 25, 2021 by Terry Odell

Reader Friday: What Would You Watch?

What book published in the last year have you read that you would like to see adapted for streaming?

(HT to Joe Hartlaub for the suggestion.)

Reader Friday: Writers as Readers

Posted on June 18, 2021 by Terry Odell

Reader Friday: Writers as Readers

Last week’s answers got me thinking. Most everyone said they saw no reason to finish a book they weren’t enjoying, for a variety of reasons. Someone told me that once you’re a writer, you can never read the same way again.

As a writer, do you think you’re more critical than before you took up the craft? Did you finish more “unfinishable” books when you were “only” a reader? Has your definition of a “unfinishable” book changed?