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When I used Word, I used to run the spellcheck mostly to find and eliminate passive sentences, and to check those stats, because I didn't want them to get very high. IMHO, in fiction, if you want a reader to follow the storyline and characters, it's really important to be easy to read. But.. having said that, I kind of think it's important whatever you're writing. I mean "A Brief History of Time" is a great book because it's easy to read and comprehend, and so it lets the reader in. Instead of wading through it, you can relax and let Hawking tell you cool secrets about amazing things. There are exceptions. Out of curiosity I checked a website to see what some classic authors score like (some of Oscar Wilde's are quite low), and Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass was at the top, but that's different, because it's like reading someone's soul. Robin Williams springs to mind here, ranting about measuring poetry. Whitman's score is a failure of the equation. Wow.... that's a startling conclusion. Maybe I should always have aimed high.

I think I would call it, "The Package Deal," which references the agreement he was forced into as well as calling the male bits "a package," and... and... no? Oh, well... what about... This one only works if your son character is named Max: "Mad Max: Fury Choad" Or, how about: "Not Mother of the Year" "What I Did on My Summer Vacation" "How to Succeed in Gay Porn Without Really Trying" "Rimming for No Fun or Profit" "I Suck at This" "The Obligation" I'll be here all week, folks! Tip your waitress! Note for concerned observers: I'm not ridiculing people; just trying to come up with a clever line. No offense intended!!

Saw Ultron at the drive-in. I hadn't seen many of the Marvel movies (liked Thor best) and thought it was OK. The character of Ultron wasn't really scary to me. Raymond Reddington in a metal suit. However, my wife really liked it, and we've started going back to watch the earlier Marvel movies on demand. However, your mention of the movie created a timeline error. The movie came out in May of 2015 and the scene that referenced it took place in July - the future! There was an earlier mention of New Year's Day being IIRC on a Wednesday, which would have been 2013, and as the story is told in past tense I was going with it taking place about two years ago. Yeah, I'm that kind of guy to notice this. While writing my story, which is set in 1979, I have a spreadsheet with a line for each date, and columns for the weather, news, sports scores, and release dates of movies so I can keep the background details accurate.

I like Melrick's suggestion also but wonder how many people would make the connection... I've already run through oodles of titles in that vein but was trying for something a little less...um just less I guess LOL Most of my titles so far sound like bad after school specials like Gay for Pay: How I ended up in the bottom Magus has also come up with some very bad titles along the same lines. My favorite so far is Poking Poopers for Pennies, I'm just not that brave though. I may go with this and if I do I will make sure to give you credit JayDee!

Nope, not true! A young guy is creepier than an old man because we're not considered dangerous whereas you young uns are. But Samara could set us straight on that. I just want my chapter to read.