Do you guys get annoyed when writers make their character a writer?

Question: Do you guys get annoyed when writers make their character a writer!?

I sometimes do because its not very imaginative!. Why not research careers and give them a cool career!? I know that writers can relate to their character more by making them a writer but still!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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i think in Misery by stephen king it Really works!. in some very small instances it works!. other than that, it does feel like they're not trying as hard!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It's a lot more involved than just researching a career on Google then deciding that's the career your character is going to have!. Janet Evanovich writes a series where her main character (Stephanie Plum) is a bounty hunter!. Before writing the series, though, Evanovich actually engaged in the bounty hunter business to learn about it!. My point: you really can't give your main character a career that you really know nothing about!.

But does it annoy me when writer's make their character a writer!? As long as it's well-written and keeps me entertained, no!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yeah, it's as if they think it's such a cool job people will want to read all about it!. If people don't want to hear about it at dinner parties, why would they want to waste three hours reading about it!.

The only cool book I've read with a writer as the protagonist (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls) was a story where he didn't do any writing as part of the story--it was just describing his history and background!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Writers writing about writers writing is precarious!. It has to be done exceedingly well or else it comes off arrogant--for example, Atonement!. Www@QuestionHome@Com