Ha. Say that five times fast.
So Katie Weiland asks fun questions on social media, and I love it when I get time to play along. Today’s Writer Question of the Day:
Writing Question of the Day: If your protagonist was on Twitter, would you follow him? #WQOTD #amwriting #writetip #writers #writing—
K.M. Weiland (@KMWeiland) May 02, 2012
Because writers consider the boundaries of reality to be quite fluid, this question was not at all strange. In fact, I never thought twice about answering it thusly:
@KMWeiland #WQOTD in my contemp work? Yeah, probably. Hist fantasy? He'd be arrested so fast for posting pictures of battlefield death.
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C.L. Dyck (@cldyck) May 02, 2012
Did the anachronism faze Katie? Why no.
@cldyck Not to mention illegal possession of future technology. #WQOTD—
K.M. Weiland (@KMWeiland) May 02, 2012
In fact, it pointed me to an interesting life habit (of a totally imaginary person):
@KMWeiland Good point. He's already in deep trouble for possession of mysterious ancient technology. #WQOTD—
C.L. Dyck (@cldyck) May 02, 2012
At which point, I started thinking, hey, one of us should write this story…
@cldyck In that case, what's one more felony? #WQOTD—
K.M. Weiland (@KMWeiland) May 02, 2012
Because it could be really cool by the time the imaginary people in our heads get done wreaking havoc.
@KMWeiland True enough. But I'm not sure Twitter is worth it compared to, say, stealing a spaceship. #WQOTD—
C.L. Dyck (@cldyck) May 02, 2012
And that is what writer friends do on their coffee break. For further fun, follow @KMWeiland, and of course, I your irregularly scheduled quirk factor am over here @cldyck.
