@_johnsonator street hockey, lax, pick up hoops, badminton, ZIM ZAM!, frisbee, 10 across and other trampoline games, skateboarding, on and on and on. Not to mention improvised Rollerball and a million other improvised games went on all the way through my mid/late teens. My kids, too.
@mollyfleck Was just informed of a man in Southampton who has 3 (3!) different ice cream trucks on speed dial so he can have them come by his house whenever he wants. This is a rich man who knows what to do with his money. No notes.
@anon_opin Literary agents and publishers ask specifically for well- known tropes- it takes the risk out of the business side of publishing. Anything that is unproven is thrown in the wastebin- it's the same with Hollywood.