# So the writing genie visits you and... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 22, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-writing-genie-visits-you-and/265546 "2004-09-22T19:54:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-writing-genie-visits-you-and/265546/21 "2004-09-23T19:32:38Z")
I’d write the Dune 7, by somehow channeling Herbert’s ghost. I’d do it the way he wanted to do it and in a way to conclude the series. And then I’d sue the pants off Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson to keep them from writing any more crappy books with the word DUNE in the title. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-writing-genie-visits-you-and/265546/22 "2004-09-23T20:05:38Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > I > None of this reg-tag rebel group saving the universe from the Evil Overlord Oppressor of Fun That Goes On For #27 Books and All the Characters Have Two Apostrophe’s per Name - Stuff. And everyone is skinny and wears lycra body suits. > > I mean, _c’mon. It’s done to death!_ That sounds just like my novel, except they were stupid teens with somewhat common names saving the earth. Though mine was intentionally more like a humorous B-movie or a parody anywhay, so it wasn’t that bad. What’s Lycra? ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-writing-genie-visits-you-and/265546/23 "2004-09-23T21:19:20Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > I And everyone is skinny and wears lycra body suits.\* Mmmmmmmmmmmmm. Lycra. If nobody is currently holding this position, might I possibly become your Unde’r-Secre’ta’ry of Personal Gratifica’tion? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-writing-genie-visits-you-and/265546/24 "2004-09-23T21:25:24Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > I And everyone is skinny and wears lycra body suits.\* Mmmmmmmmmmmmm. Lycra. If nobody is currently holding this position, might I possibly become your Unde’r-Secre’ta’ry of Personal Gratifica’tion? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-writing-genie-visits-you-and/265546/25 "2004-09-25T20:41:41Z")
Car’toon’iverse, I feel your application for the position was lost in hyper-mail. Are there no fat people in Sci-fi, besides Jabba the Hut? ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-writing-genie-visits-you-and/265546/26 "2004-09-25T20:58:02Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > You may or may not be able to sell it. That’s up to you. > > You may or may not be able to parlay it into a career. That’s up to you, too. You can always do what I did, and [put your book(s) on the net](http://home.netcom.com/~rogermw/ADnD/) for free. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-writing-genie-visits-you-and/265546/27 "2004-09-25T21:43:14Z")
A textbook. Yes, that’s right. A general text (in several volumes) explaining things where so many other textbooks fail. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-writing-genie-visits-you-and/265546/28 "2004-09-25T22:57:15Z")
I’d want money, and fame. Things like social impact would be good, but not as good as money or being a crowd pleaser. Knowing my writing style, it would probably be horror or fantasy, but also humorous. I’m no more likely to write “literature” than a romance novel, because I think of writing as something that ought to entertain. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-writing-genie-visits-you-and/265546/29 "2004-09-26T01:22:51Z")
I’d just settle for a plot to go with the world in my head. Everytime I look at the first few pages I’ve dumped out, I ask myself… where do I want to go with this, and I don’t want this to be one of those fantasy romance books that’s too much romance to be published in fantasy… but whenever I think on it, it wants to go that way. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-writing-genie-visits-you-and/265546/30 "2004-09-26T01:29:04Z")
Hmm…my main goal would be to write something that _I’d_ be happy with. I’ve gotten plenty of compliments in the past on my writing; it’s all meaningless if I don’t agree. More specifically, I’d go for an epic sf or fantasy story. I’ve got about 3 started; none of them have ever _worked_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-writing-genie-visits-you-and/265546.md?page=1)