Incriminating Evidence?

Scrawler · May 10, 2007

I have a couple of notebooks I leave around the house. I jot down ideas, bits of dialog, funny scene sketches I might use. If my husband were a suspicious man, I'd be in big trouble. I just glanced over the notebook I left open on the dining table. My notes read:

Antonio puts the Ohhh in orgasm. Antonioooooh
I considered a revenge affair, but I realized he wouldn't even notice.
Hiding obvious signs of cheating?
Lies to impress him
Could it really be called lying and cheating if you're truly in love? HA!
He was smoking in more ways than one.
Only a writer could get away with stuff like that! :roll:

Kristin Landon · May 10, 2007

Just watch it with the research.

MidnightMuse · May 10, 2007

My notebook is a list of victims, how they died, where the bodies will be found and how evidence needs to be hidden.

Thomas White · May 10, 2007

MidnightMuse said:
My notebook is a list of victims, how they died, where the bodies will be found and how evidence needs to be hidden.

I can't even begin to imagine the look on a policeman's face if he ever searched you or your house, and came across that. I think that's what we like to call a Kodak moment.

My notes just make me look like a lunatic. I've got sketches of monsters, accompanied by detailed descriptions of their background, habits, methods of killing and that kind of thing. One bit describes a bizarre dream involving sacrificial rituals, and worst of all it's written in first person.

Penguin Queen · May 10, 2007

Scrawler said:
Antonioooooh

Love it!

Devil Ledbetter · May 10, 2007

Nobody can read my handwriting, so I'm good.

Will Lavender · May 10, 2007

Thomas White said:
I can't even begin to imagine the look on a policeman's face if he ever searched you or your house, and came across that. I think that's what we like to call a Kodak moment.

My notes just make me look like a lunatic. I've got sketches of monsters, accompanied by detailed descriptions of their background, habits, methods of killing and that kind of thing. One bit describes a bizarre dream involving sacrificial rituals, and worst of all it's written in first person.

Hey, there's a novel there.

Cop comes upon a notebook on a park bench. Inside, he reads of a grisly list of crimes. He tracks down the notebook's owner and suspiciously listens to her alibi: "It was all research for a story I was writing, officer!" But he's not convinced. He follows her. Then he gets a break: her fiance/live-in/estranged husband is murdered, and he becomes suspicious. His higher-ups don't believe his theory (the writer he's investigating is famous, you see, a veritable local legend) and won't let him pursue it. So he pursues the crime on his own time. Slowly, inexplicably, he finds himself...falling in love with the author. She puts the O in orgasm. But is she...

...a cold-blooded murderer?

Too Basic Instinct?

julief · May 10, 2007

Devil Ledbetter said:
Nobody can read my handwriting, so I'm good.

Me, too. I once had a friend glance at some my hand written notes and tell me that I had the handwriting of a serial killer and he wasn't even going to try to read them.

Shady Lane · May 10, 2007

julief said:
Me, too. I once had a friend glance at some my hand written notes and tell me that I had the handwriting of a serial killer and he wasn't even going to try to read them.

I always get the same thing: "Wow, your handwriting is so pretty.Now....what does it say?"

job · May 10, 2007

Most exciting is when I'm in a restaurant or something,
chatting with me husband
about what the characters are up to lately.

We get the strangest looks.

Oddsocks · May 10, 2007

It works both ways - if someone ever discovers something legitimate that you'd rather they not know about, claim it's just ideas for a novel you're writing...then, make sure to include it all in your next novel.

With my notes, I'm not worried people will think I'm up to anything I shouldn't be - just that they'll think I'm not quite sane (much working out of dimensions, demonic influences, kinds of magic, etc).

Scrawler · May 10, 2007

job said:
Most exciting is when I'm in a restaurant or something,
chatting with me husband
about what the characters are up to lately.

We get the strangest looks.

Yeah! I love talking about my characters as though they're real people. I love gossiping about them.

Shady Lane · May 10, 2007

Scrawler said:
Yeah! I love talking about my characters as though they're real people. I love gossiping about them.

I absolutely do that. Usually with my sister, who doesn't read my books but still likes to hear about them.

I'll say the most deragatory things about those poor little guys....

scarletpeaches · May 10, 2007

I once made a list of the different ways you could try to get away with the perfect murder, and my dad found it. He picked it up, looked, said, "Oh. Latest project, is it?" and carried on with what he was doing.

IrishScribbler · May 10, 2007

My manuscript notes read like a schizophrenic's journal. If a therapist found my notebook, I'd probably be locked away for a while...thankfully, I'm pretty protective of the accessibility of my research and notes!

PastMidnight · May 11, 2007

I was scribbling a love letter from a married character where she wrestles with her feelings and whether or not to admit that she loves the letter-recipient. Of course, my husband had to walk in then...

ccarver30 · May 11, 2007

Incriminating Evidence?

Scrawler

Bored fanatic

Kristin Landon

MidnightMuse

Midnight Reading

Thomas White

Penguin Queen

Break the rules.

Devil Ledbetter

Come on you stranger, you legend,

Will Lavender

Everything is what it seems.

julief

Hardly here

Shady Lane

my name is hannah

job

In the end, it's just you and the manuscript

Oddsocks

Scrawler

Bored fanatic

Shady Lane

my name is hannah

scarletpeaches

IrishScribbler

PastMidnight

Oponionated

ccarver30

Nicole Castro