Friday, September 9, 2016

Five Writers On Murder

Five writer friends get together weekly to chat, bounce ideas off each other, commiserate about being misunderstood, and in general to get away from the works in progress that eat at each of their bits of time. As they wait for their meal to be served, they each have a glass of their drink of choice: the first has a Frappuccino, the second has a Chai tea, the third has a glass of water, the fourth has a cola, and the fifth has a glass of white wine. Each of these writers have dabbled in the various genres and types of writing, though they each have their own preference: the first writer prefers mystery, the second prefers romance, the third prefers comedy, the fourth prefers science fiction, and the fifth prefers horror.

The first writer says, cupping her Frappuccino as if it is the only thing keeping her from being buried, "I have a conundrum I would like to put forth to the group."

"Do tell," says the second writer before sipping from his Chai tea.

The other two agree to listen to the issue so the first writer continues, "In my latest story,  I have a character, not the main one, that will be found dead soon. He is a wealthy sixty-three year old widower with one married son, no grandchildren yet. This character has a butler as well as a cook. For the life of me, I don't know who would killed him or for what reason. It is vital that he dies, so the main character has to deal with the aftermath that is caused by his death. Any ideas?"

The third writer laughs, "Everyone knows that the butler always did it. Maybe he did it because he wasn't getting a raise in pay?"

"Maybe it was the son who wanted to get money so he could run away with another woman," says the second writer.

"Or maybe it was the cook because she was tired of cooking for him so she wanted to cook him instead, to rid herself of her employer," the fifth writer says.

The first writer shakes her head at the three suggestions, "No, but thanks. That just doesn't sit right."

The fourth writer smiles and says, "Or you could just kill him off, as a writer's prerogative, for the heck of it. One of those "unexplained" cases kind of thing."

The third writer starts giggling, "Kill your darlings."

The fifth writer smiles, "Now that's what I'm talking about."

The five writers laugh and accept their meal that arrives at the table. A writer's prerogative: no character is safe. Anything could happen to them at any time. Just hope that you don't end up as the character of the writer whom decides to kill for "no reason".

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

FictFri 09/02/016 Participants

FictFri 09/02/16 made a NEW record, breaking 100 participants and actually getting up to 123! You guys rock so much! I am grateful for all of you and your awesomeness. Keep being great, see ya another FictFri, and keep WRITING! <3



FictFri 09/02/16

Theme:
Remnant/Whole/Ashes


Participants:
01 @StevenRogersVox Steven
02 @RobHanlon1958 Rob
03 @JeffreyCook74 Jeffrey
04 @hearningcurve Holly

05 @torresdelise Delise
06 @howardprobinson Howard
07 @mackson_paige Mackson
08 @DeniseWalker_ Denise

09 @FenlandGirll L K
10 @aechambersnove1 Amelia
11 @SJpublishing1 DrewS
12 @annelisemonte Ann

13 @Suze_Robinson Susan
14 @jenniferdshelby Jennifer
15 @don_lorah seafordmath
16 @campbellJA7 Julie

17 @lesswithoutyou Matt
18 @LCDunnett Leslie
19 @WeeRedBird Bird
20 @AliyaDalRae Aliya

21 @kellyjmassey Kelly
22 @Gradyperlson Matt
23 @assaphmehr Assaph
24 @MamaMuChick Dana

25 @Kaylathewriter9 Kayla
26 @2b1luv1 Katherine
27 @GearTurns Phoebe
28 @donnadechen Donna

29 @BloodKingChrons H.S.
30 @HRuthMiller Hannah
31 @christopheresl2 Christopher
32 @Bunnie93S Bonnie

33 @PKC1963 Paul
34 @donnavstone D.V.
35 @lizziehermanson Lizzie
36 @GentaSebastian Genta

37 @JPhilipHome J,
38 @PamelaHester Pamela
39 @pjvernon_author Philip
40 @Kristina_Mahr Kristina

41 @SherylFawcett Sheryl
42 @Faith_Blum Faith
43 @grbankler Gloria
44 @JLivingston26 Jayson

45 @anneeterpstra Anne
46 @LibbyDoyle9 Libby
47 @MelanieAThurlow Melanie
48 @GrProject43X Van

49 @SusanFobes Susan
50 @ABusico Alisyn
51 @cheriesummers18 Cherie
52 @JesikahSundin Jesikah

53 @ajuptonwrites A.J.
54 @Jake_Writes Jake
55 @chipmunkofpower Rebecca
56 @CayceOsborne Cayce

57 @astoryofmemory Raven
58 @casey_donart Casey
59 @writewatson Marc
60 @jaclyndavis01 Jaclyn

61 @tincans561 Lise
62 @MarinaBlack99 Marina
63 @byreneelozano Renee
64 @OSBAuthor Orville

65 @MaryCorrales_A1 Mary
66 @BookishPlinko A.M.
67 @Elise_Thornton Elise
68 @AllBrevityWit Angela

69 @adambrickley Adam
70 @vg_acorngirl Victoria
71 @Phoebe_LShade Phoebe
72 @catsteinbooks Catherine

73 @NataBrothers Natalia
74 @Dream_Craziness Missy
75 @HeidiPeltier1 Heidi
76 @teakerr Trace

77 @snowy_626 Sara
78 @EdaJVor Eda
79 @MirandaWriteNow Miranda
80 @sickwithstress Weirdo

81 @Stepha_OBrien Stephanie
82 @ParawlPerwyl Parry
83 @davidamillican3 David
84 @Lilsweetnspice Who

85 @FenleyGrant Fenley
86 @DriveInHorror Drive-In Horrorshow
87 @cave_yates Cave
88 @LeeRetan Leoma

89 @cs_sanders08 C.S.
90 @EssaHansen Essa
91 @AuthorJLBrown J.L.
92 @mmadiganauthor Margaret

93 @mooney365 Diana
94 @pdwrites Prudence
95 @reagancolbert97 Reagan
96 @norahsgraves Norah

97 @DDSyrdal Shade
98 @kissapuppy D.M.
99 @ElizabethJMcCay EJ
100 @ElizaRedwood Eliza

101 @justine_manzano Justine
102 @TheRiseofNazil Aaron-Michael
103 @jfxmcl jfx
104 @LisaEBetz Lisa

105 @mpmarinotales Michael
106 @BunnyDarkness R.B.
107 @ejfrostuk E J
108 @ElisabethHobbes Elisabeth

109 @SpartacusNow Elliot
110 @iamfunkhauser A.B.
111 @Blackheat22 Blackheat
112 @MonTannaSpring Mon

113 @Meg_Frye Meg
114 @cleestories C Lee
115 @john_cordial John
116 @CassieHolmes808 Cassie

117 @KyleRbrtShultz Kyle
118 @_ja_stewart Jade
119 @jwlynn8 jw
120 @CAnneCalhoun Christine

121 @essdotcurr Steve
122 @kvpeckwriter Karen
123 @pipposey qilihq








Special thanks to:
@writevent Writing Events Guru for spreading the FictFri word! THANK YOU!
@chipmunkofpower Rebecca for the terrible FictFri joke. <3 >.>