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January 19, 2011

Muffin Man Draft 2

Leave a comment with an up/down vote. Imagine you're in a bookstore and you picked up this book and read the first page as follows. Would you:

  1. Turn the page.
  2. Put the book back on the shelf.

Note: Draft 2 is history. Now you can read the first 26 pages here.

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22 comments:

Unknown said...

like it...would pick it up

Jackie said...

Ok, I see brilliance here.

Brad Whittington said...

Two for two! I'm on a roll.

Anonymous said...

Draft 2 get my thumbs up! I am pulled into the sheriff's dilemma..a little bitty nail or a big 'ol spike? And who the heck is interupting? I have to read more.
~ Teri

Anonymous said...

i'm hooked in by page one. i would definitely turn the page and keep reading!

Aaron K

Brad Whittington said...

Four for four! Where's Brandon? We need a contrarian view.

AmyC said...

Liked it. But it made me hungry. And now I'm emotionally invested in his ability to consume the ribs. Please let him eat the ribs!

Anonymous said...

Like it! I want to read more. Love the threes!

Brad Whittington said...

AmyC: I'm 20,000 words in and he hasn't eaten the ribs, yet. We'll find out in a few months.

Brad Whittington said...

Anonymous #3: I'm partial to the threes, myself. However, I think the second draft may have overdone them. We'll see how it looks in draft three. Heh.

Tosca said...

Love your flow, the rhythm of your words. Smooth and snappy as jazz.

Brad Whittington said...

So, I guess you'd turn the page. ;-)

Sunni Jeffers said...

Hmm. I like the comment "smooth and snappy as jazz". Very nice. And a thumbs up on Muffin Man, draft 2. I totally empathize with his dilemma and the radio interruption that saves the day or cheats him out of his soul-food. Or does it?

Brad Whittington said...

Exactly. We'll have to wait until 2012 to find out how the soul food affected his soul.

Brendt said...

Farm out, dude! Count me in!

Anonymous said...

I would get a coffee and keep reading - Dan Acheff

Brad Whittington said...

Then I guess I need to get back to writing!

Katie said...

BEEF RIBS?? great scott man - they need to be PORK RIBS ... now there's your cholesterol king !
(from the Memphis fan club)

Brad Whittington said...

Hey, he's a south Texas sheriff, where beef ribs rule, Ms Memphis.

Leila said...

I would pick it up and read it. Catchy beginning...makes you want to read more.....

Anonymous said...

I'm hooked...I'd keep reading. I like the "oblique" approach to the ribs -sherryw

Neta Jackson said...

Would DEFINITELY keep reading! -- Neta J