Dream date with a writer, versus your date

So, my dear lady, you’re going out on a date with a writer?

Let us wax poetic on the differences between what you anticipate, and what you will get.

“Dream Date with a Writer, versus Your Date”,  by:

• Dream Date:
  Writes novels about an Old West Sheriff saving damsels in distress.
• Your Date:
  Writes gory novels about serial killers.
• Dream Date:
  Dating women so he can empathize with his dashing Old West Sheriff protagonist.
• Your Date:
  Dating women takes his mind off his ex-wife, so he won’t empathize with his serial killer protagonist.
• Dream Date:
  Takes you for a sunset drive on a scenic mountain road–
• Your Date:
  –at 100+ mph, so you “really get the feel” of his climactic car chase scene.
• Dream Date:
  Learned Spanish to deepen his appreciation of foreign films–
• Your Date:
  — or so he could insult janitors in their native tongue.
  
• Dream Date:
  Brings you flowers–
• Your Date:
  –that he was going to give to his ex-wife, until he decided not to bother apologizing to her.
• Dream Date:
  Keeps up with popular culture for story ideas and research purposes.
• Your Date:
  “Kill Your T.V.” cultural elitist who considers you beneath pond scum because you admitted that you watched “Jersey Shore” once.
• Dream Date:
  Published in hardcover
• Your Date:
  Blogs