tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post1878831510497401673..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Time for a Writing Reality TV Show by Tamsin CookeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-46070870139595024002020-05-31T18:51:59.814+01:002020-05-31T18:51:59.814+01:00I didnt dare go down the sob story, much as I was ...I didnt dare go down the sob story, much as I was tempted, Tamsin!<br />The one traumatised at age six by his/her teacher for writing left-handed.<br />The one who has to write on wallpaper as that was the only surface available whenthey began aged two.<br />The one who lives by a great lake and is only able to write because someone invented a pen that works underwater. (Tank would have to be provided.)<br />The one who is violently allergic to punctuation. <br />The one who sings opera loudly and badly while writing - how annoying for the others! Or a persistent cough . . .<br />The one who, from childhood, is driven to eatpaper and in danger of consuming their words as they are written<br />The one who can only write with his great grandfathers gold pen, brought back from the wilds of Russia but who will lose it just as he makes the semi-finals. <br /><br /><br />And so on and so on. What a great game! Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-6621620463520227092020-05-31T12:29:17.800+01:002020-05-31T12:29:17.800+01:00To Penny, I'm loving your ideas. You've go...To Penny, I'm loving your ideas. You've got the perfect selection of candidates - although we need to make sure they each have a sob-story the audience can get behind. <br />I know who'd be clamouring to be a judge!<br />Tamsin Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10697375251108950638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-26881097245699551632020-05-31T12:26:11.489+01:002020-05-31T12:26:11.489+01:00To Moira, I always eat too much cheese at bedtime!...To Moira, I always eat too much cheese at bedtime! ; ) Tamsin Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10697375251108950638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-45895386109918909182020-05-31T12:25:40.016+01:002020-05-31T12:25:40.016+01:00To unknown, your idea really made me laugh! Althou...To unknown, your idea really made me laugh! Although I'm thinking the show will have to be on after the watershed! Tamsin Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10697375251108950638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-13001064139508278782020-05-31T10:14:08.378+01:002020-05-31T10:14:08.378+01:00Thinking about the usual casting of contestants fo...Thinking about the usual casting of contestants for shows like this:<br />the elderly do-goodish older woman; the in-for-a-laugh hapless man; the coquettish younger woman who muses soulfully while pouting; the earnest still-boyish science or medical student: the bluff but lovable bloke from the regions; the sweet, shy male scientist/medic; the quiet young woman with shoulder length hair and quiet determination . . . Are there more "types" you'd suggest?<br /><br />Could go on and on, and that's without adding all the aspects of gender, nationality, mid-life crisis and so on into the mix.<br /><br />And who - withot groaning - can one imagine as the two "comedy hosts"? Or the judges?<br /><br />Or the range of walls and other objects that can be used to show paint drying while the writers' write? Oh that's where the author-linked landscape scenery would come in (eg Welsh writer: shots of Dylan Thomas' shed by the sea; Irish: Dublin or Yeats' Sligo, etc)<br /><br />STOP. STOP. STOP!!! This idea of yours is getting all too possible. Tamsin.<br />As one of the ABBA editors I may have to delete the entire post for all our sakes and safety! :-)<br /><br />ps Great post!!!!Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-86419508839405213122020-05-30T19:27:18.847+01:002020-05-30T19:27:18.847+01:00Total nightmare! Have you been eating too much che...Total nightmare! Have you been eating too much cheese at bedtime again? ; ) Moira Butterfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17355420549929911500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-4217935968644629372020-05-30T15:26:00.994+01:002020-05-30T15:26:00.994+01:00about making it more interesting while... Maybe wh...about making it more interesting while... Maybe while writing, they could be taking their clothes off, very slowly. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14300545804721249992noreply@blogger.com