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What Do You Think About Most When You Are Doing The Washing-Up?

Hi everyone.

This post is a quick quiz, not to be taken too seriously. Your answers might help you decide what sort of writer you are. On the other hand, they might not!

What do you think about most when you are doing the washing-up?

1. Plots and characters.
2. The next book/article/poem you are planning to write.
3. How you are going to pay the gas bill.
4. What you are having for tea tonight.
5. How you can get more friends on Facebook.
6. What your next tweet is going to be.
7. The washing-up.
8. Other. (Please specify.)
9. All of the above.
10. None of the above. I have a dishwasher.

I look forward to reading your comments/answers!

Comments

  1. Vanessa10 June 2013 at 11:52

    Here are my answers:

    1. Plots and characters - more often in bed in the small hours.
    2. The next book/article/poem you are planning to write - sometimes.
    3. How you are going to pay the gas bill -definitely.
    4. What you are having for tea tonight - tomorrow night since washing-up usually follows tonight's.
    5. How you can get more friends on Facebook - not on Facebook.
    6. What your next tweet is going to be - never!
    7. The washing-up - nooooo.
    8. Other. (Please specify.) What I have to do for the rest of the week/month and how I am going to fit it all in.
    9. All of the above - plainly not.
    10. None of the above. I have a dishwasher - I do have a dishwasher but not everything goes in it.

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  2. Melissa Lawrence11 June 2013 at 19:24

    Interesting answers, Vanessa. Not sure what it says about you or me for that matter. I actually came up with this post because I was feeling guilty about not thinking about plots and characters enough but now I feel a bit better!

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