Top Fictional Objects Writers Would Add to Real Life

Sitting at the bar with a bunch of writers means one of two things: we all take turns griping about our current WIP or we somehow piece together a story that will never get written down but “for sure, would be a best seller.” If only recorders were an essential bar item.

This is why, during our last outing, we came up with the following fictional items we desperately need to add to real life:

1. The memory pensieve
2. A large wardrobe (especially us New Yorkers)
3. Control of water (does anyone get the shower temperature right the first time?)
4. Wicked witches leaving behind their sick fashion sense (finders keepers?)
5. Hermonie’s time turner
6. Truth Chain to help with fact checking
7. Hand of Midas, because writing isn’t exactly the money maker
8. A surrogate host body so when you’re sick in one, you can jump to another

Now, I’m sure you can hear the spirit and fried food in some of them, but we couldn’t come up with two more to save our lives. Everything else stated was a replica of the others. That realization swept silence across the table.

So writers, do you have any cool gadgets that would be useful in real life aside from the ones above? What are some gadgets that the new generation, technology at their fingertips, could benefit from? Perhaps a way to do work without being in front of a computer, or being able to go a day without caffeine.

…Yeah right.