Backseat Novelist
(I’m in the library writing my novel on my laptop. A man comes over and leans over my shoulder, reading what I wrote.)
Me: “Can I help you?”
Man: “Yeah, you spelled her name wrong. It’s supposed to be ‘Ariel.’”
Me: “Well, her name is Ariella.”
Man: “And what’s this? Your narrator is a guy? Your narrator should be a girl, because you’re a girl.”
Me: “Lots of authors write from different points of view. I’m reading a book right now where the narrator is a girl, but the author is a man.”
Man: ”And who’s Reese? Reese is a girl’s name.”
Me: “Reese is a unisex name. Now, please leave me alone.”
Man: “God, I was just trying to help!”
(He stalked away to harass someone else.)
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