tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post2427591089763652214..comments2023-12-26T23:07:08.005-08:00Comments on TOMORROWVILLE: Favorite Fiction About WritersDavid Isaakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-83768184601535883662007-09-21T06:36:00.000-07:002007-09-21T06:36:00.000-07:00I was going to say King but it's too late. So I wo...I was going to say King but it's too late. So I won't.Charles Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18074227813367594283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-74516028052218122382007-09-16T10:33:00.000-07:002007-09-16T10:33:00.000-07:00Matt--Oh, how could I have forgotten Misery? (I kn...Matt--<BR/><BR/>Oh, how could I have forgotten <I>Misery</I>? (I know the protag's a writer in <I>The Shining</I>, too, but it's integral to the story in <I>Misery</I>.)<BR/><BR/>Dying prior to becoming a writer is indeed unusual, and a step I wouldn't recommend to most folks just starting out. But dying before becoming known as a writer seems to often be a requirement. Did your policeman manage both steps in one swoop? Or did he end up as a dead and unknown writer?David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-32724695876997219992007-09-16T02:48:00.000-07:002007-09-16T02:48:00.000-07:00And then there's Stephen King who's made a helluva...And then there's Stephen King who's made a helluva lot of cash from books about writers.<BR/><BR/>Oddly, he's never scared would-be novelists from writing, but has done much for clown phobias and "redrum".<BR/><BR/>I once wrote a story many moons ago about a policeman who became a writer - it was a hidden talent drawn out of him by something quite catastrophic:<BR/>he was killed in a house fire. (I can't think of many books were the main character has died to become a writer - so at least it was original!).mattfwcurran.com Web Admin https://www.blogger.com/profile/13651266491906006561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-65130403308276390472007-09-15T18:54:00.000-07:002007-09-15T18:54:00.000-07:00Ah, you're right--I've combined two characters in ...Ah, you're right--I've combined two characters in my mind. <BR/><BR/>As long as we're talking about movies about writers, though, I do give a big endorsement to <I>Throw Momma From the Train</I>...David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-81085191859857146332007-09-15T17:38:00.000-07:002007-09-15T17:38:00.000-07:00No suggestions come to mind offhand, but I do beli...No suggestions come to mind offhand, but I do believe Colin Firth plays the typewriter-using character in Love Actually. Liam Neeson plays the dad bonding with stepson. (I may have seen that movie too many times.)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the blog link, by the way!Jake Jessonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834903087805267419noreply@blogger.com