If you were gonna write a book...

[Yoda]

...what would it be about, and why? Multiple entries are allowed. :) I'd probably write about great leaders throughout modern history (nothing too far back, most likely), and the things they had in common. The basic logic behind it would be that if Winston Churchill, Ronald Reagan, and Theodore Roosevelt were all very popular, very famous, and usually hailed as great leaders, and they had one specific trait in common, then that trait must be one important, or at least significant, to becoming an effective leader.

I thought of that when I first read about Theodore Roosevelt. I learned that he had a "getaway" home of sorts, remarkably similar to the one I read that Churchill had. Reagan was notorius for relaxing at his Ranch, as well. Another example: Roosevelt and Churchill both took breaks in the middle of the day. I think with Roosevelt, it was a nap, but I'm not sure if it's him I'm thinking of. With Churchill, it was a long bath.

I really love that concept: find out what these great, historical men had in common, and apply it to today's world. It's pretty unlikely that they'd all just HAPPEN to do this or that, and yet all be historical figures. Anyway, I do think I'll write a book on it someday, but not now. It'd be crap now, given my limited experience, research, and free time.

Enough about me: how about the rest of you? What would you write about if you had the time and energy?

[sadesdrk]

I've worked in tons of restraunts and you wouldn't believe the stuff that goes on in some fine establishments! I've always wanted to write a semi-fictional book about the misadventures of the restraunt staff.The moody chef,the skinhead dish-washer,the sex-pot hostess(sex in the walk-in refridgerator!)all the way down to the loser bartender.It would be so much fun! Based on true stories of course! The protagonist would be the beautiful misunderstood,sarcastic,witty waitress of course(me :) )

[ryanpaige]

If it hadn't already been done, I would've liked to have written a book about Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson or just Paige and the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro League.

Or perhaps a biography of Earl Campbell - his youth in Tyler, Texas, his UT career, his days with the Oilers and Saints and his post-NFL career as the sausage king of the Heart of Texas. And, of course, there would be a long bit about his panic attacks, etc. that he's had to deal with throughout his life. He's really a fascinating guy.

Another possibility would be a book following a minor league baseball team for a season to really get to the core of what those players go through playing for peanuts in places like Midland, Texas or Little Rock, Arkansas just hoping for a shot in the Bigs despite the odds against ever getting there for most of them.

[sadesdrk]

I love baseball.I love baseball books and Baseball movies.Write it ryanpaige.:)

[PigsnieLite]

If I was to write a book I would write it about myself becuz Im too lazy to do research & I already know what I did. It would be all about my birth, which as some of you know was in Bethlihem & was announced by an angel & it would go all the way up to the day I was enrolled in American skizool- where I am bein groomed to be the next Winstone Churchill.

The title of the first book (becuz there will be 3 vols) will be: PLITE-THE WONDER YEARS.

Seriously!!!

[BrodieMan]

if i were to write a book, it would be mostly dialouge between two or more characters so i'm a hell of a lot more likely to write a screenplay or a play anyway. i am almost completely done with my screenplay and i am in the process of generating ideas for a stage-play that will probably be one of the better things i've written. "the play's the thing"......

[sadesdrk]

I'm sure your play will be greatness BrodieMan.The masses await!:)

[Wart]

If I was going to write a book and I had time and research all set up . . . I'd write one in the tradition of Neal Stephenson's CRYPTONOMICON. It would have an Apocalyptic storeyline and would include the occult, Biblical history (I'd just have to figure out how to bring some relics to Hawaii--where I will have it as the setting.) It'll open up with some astrophysicists (I have 2 pals who I can model my charcters after) who work up an equation which is a practical joke on someone but it actually isn't. A MIX of Astronomy, Physics, COmputers and Biblical Archaeology. I'll have to read up on the latter 2 more. ( :D I'll give them all ALIENWARE PCs) I hear Italy's the place to learn about relics. And I read somewhere that the Ark of the Covenant may be in Turkey.

[sadesdrk]

...and you know about Noah's Ark,right?

[BrodieMan]

sades - thanks for the vote of confidence. i'm sure you'll dig my play when i'm done. ;)

wart - that sounds pretty... um... weird.. well, weird in a good way, of course. do you read any chrichton? he does TONS of research for his books. tons. i love how they all have little scientific diagrams and schematics on the pages and stuff, too.

[ryanpaige]

I thought it was Noah's Ark that was supposed to be in Turkey.

[BrodieMan]

lol.. maybe they're BOTH in turkey. :D turkey's got a lot of stuff hidden there, you know?

[PigsnieLite]

Pigsnie told me that in Italy there are lots of weird relics like the Holy fourskin & the Holy placenta of the Baby Jesus (EWWW!), tha Holy fluid that gushed from Jesus side on the cross, all sorts of cool stuff like that. I also once read this book called THE CRIB in which this babys crib made from the ancient wood of the Cross would kill firstborns. Great stuff, lots of monastery work & DNA whatchmacallits.

[sunfrog]

If I were to write a book I would write it in special photo-sensitive ink that starts to disappear once light hits it. That way people would only be able to read my book once and not be able to resell used copies of it on eBay.

[Wart]

Originally posted by ryanpaige
I thought it was Noah's Ark that was supposed to be in Turkey.

Noah's Ark was supposed to have landed on Ararat which sits between Iran and Armenia. Problem is--it has no marine fossils so its probably a post-Flood volcanic mountain.

Brodie Man--how did you guess I'm a fan of Crichton. ANDROMEDA STRAIN may gave been the first book I read. (Too bad, I didn't like TIMELINE that much, even though the "theory" behind time travel was pretty cool.

Yeah, the book I want to write is kinda goofy but I like a challenge and I also love research. So even if I never finish it (there's bits and pieces in my head and in my PC), I would have learned plenty.

[Wart]

Originally posted by sunfrog
If I were to write a book I would write it in special photo-sensitive ink that starts to disappear once light hits it. That way people would only be able to read my book once and not be able to resell used copies of it on eBay.

I tell ya, Sun, you and PLITE make it hard for me (as a writer) to focus on my writing. :laugh: You both sort of twist my way of thinking so I come up with even more plotlines for my stories. Maybe I should write an anthology instead. Holy foreskins and EBAY! What a movie that would make! :D

[PigsnieLite]

OOOOh I jest got an idea for you Wortle. Heres my plot.
A holy hair from the head of the Baby Jesus shows up one day on EBay on a 5 day action. A biddin war ensues by bidders who each want it for their own neefarious reasons! Sunfrog wants it becuz its cute & he wants to control the WORLD! TWT wants it becuz he wants to give it to Goerge bush az a gift so hell be invited to a White house state dinner. Arther Dent wants it he has noticed strange magnetic readins comin out of EBay ever since teh auction began . Steve N wants it becus hes a veggieterian. Zephyrus wants it becuz they dont have holy hairs in Australia. And you can go on from there, hahaha. :p

[Wart]

Originally posted by PigsnieLite
OOOOh I jest got an idea for you Wortle. Heres my plot.
A holy hair from the head of the Baby Jesus shows up one day on EBay on a 5 day action. A biddin war ensues by bidders who each want it for their own neefarious reasons

Thanks, PLite. :laugh: You certainly gave me sumthin to think about.

[PigsnieLite]

And my plot solves your problemo of how holy relics can get into HAWAII !!!!! I am so clever, hahaha! :laugh:

[thmilin]

sex.

sex.

sex.

ahem, eroticles. :D

i have so many started it's not funny. growing up, i was really into fantasy and read Tad Williams and then, Clive Barker and began writing my own epic fantasy when I was 13 or 14. never finished it, but still plan to.

so, i like fantasy, but otherwise, it's mainly sexy stuff. quality, though, i'm no pornographer.

[PigsnieLite]

MY BOOK: the Sultan & the Showgirl!

HEY dont touch, sez the showgirl. Im not one of your hussies.
But mon mari! sez the Sultan. Your shouldairs, they are so creamy & they smell of apericots! Come here, Vixen !!!
GO AWAY! screamed the showgirl. Helpless like a trapped wild thingie, the showgirl leaned against the wall, her breasts heavin like little green apples.

Mon Dieu! he whispered. Do you not know how beauteeful you are? Ahhhhh my love, Look at me! Why, do I repel you?

Tremblin, she looked at the sultan, his peircing burnin eyes, his noble nosey & his thin cruel lips. WOW, thought the showgirl. Hes not relly bad lookin.

To be continued oh, whenever ..

[Frederica]

That's very funny. You should write for THE ONION.

Hi, you don't know me but I've read everything and I know about Pigsnie and since he's a reporter, he can give you the news and you can mess with it to make it really hilarious, like THE ONION!

[PigsnieLite]

Hummmm, really? Im good enough for the Onion? Thats nice. I think I could write for a sitcom but Pigsnie says its a very stressful job & I start hypoventilatin when Im under stress, then Pigsnie has to put my head in a paper bag. :laugh:

[OG-]

Pigsnie is a reporter? I thought he was a profesor...

[Yoda]

Hahahaha. No, he just has the snobbish attitude of one. :D I get the impression he writes news stories and editorials...so he's both a writer and a reporter, I think. He probably does stuff on the side as well.

[sunfrog]

He sells crack and heroin. He's also a master spy, a gigalo and a rare coin dealer. He can do the vulcan hand thingy with his toes. When not throwing ex-girlfriends off towers he likes to travel to exotic places and write stories about them. His favorite hobby is inventing new ways to tie PigsnieLite up with duct tape.

[PigsnieLite]

LOL, Sun! Yah I forgot about Pigsnies other evil hobbys, he has so many. Like becuz I am sick whit the fluzie he has put me in the attic room so I cant spread my germs. and Instead of baby soft tissues he gives me TP to blow my nose with. And I haf to keep warm by holdin a lighter up to my nosey. And Im sure there are rats in the walls, I hear them scuttlin around with wheels of cheese ..errrrghhhhhhhh ..SAVEME, Sunnnn gluglluggluggg..

[John McClane]

Seeing as how we recently were talking about writing novels in the Shoutbox. I decided to bump this thread from the deep past. ;)

Anyways, was that first post in this thread basically the same thing you were talking about in the Shoutbox, Yoda?

As for me, I want to write a theological fiction story. It would be about an epic war of good vs. evil. The main character would be a recently deceased individual who's soul/spirit would be intercepted on the way to the afterlife and he would be told all the secrets of the world and universe. He'd learn of the origins of the universe, the nature of God, the reality of evil, and more. After learning all this he would take up arms.

Now this war I'm talking about takes place in another realm; much like our own. Basically, the souls/spirits of individuals can see the people still alive, but not interact with them. So battles would take place on Earth, but behind the eyes of humans.

I haven't worked out all the specifics, and I'm trying to decide if I just wanna follow a good warrior, or follow both a good and an evil warrior. Another thing is if I should leave it at one novel, or carry it into a series.

[fbi]

if i were to write a book, it would be mostly dialouge between two or more characters so i'm a hell of a lot more likely to write a screenplay or a play anyway. i am almost completely done with my screenplay and i am in the process of generating ideas for a stage-play that will probably be one of the better things i've written. "the play's the thing"......


Did you sell your screenplay? What is it about? I am an aspiring filmmaker and have written screenplays too. Made a short film last year and making my second.

Looking to make a showreel and get funding to direct feature script.

[daib0y]

a man called dave

[Iroquois]

Don't really have a plot lined up, but it would definitely be about life in Brisbane. Just like every other book written by a Brisbane person. :indifferent:

[CaptHowdy]

I would write about how great i am!!!