For writers, what is the most unique thing you ever wrote?

Question

For myself, I had this handheld device that could spell-check words, play word games, etc, and it was about the size of a driver's license. Anyway I would hit a button and a random word would come up, fairly advanced words, and I would use that word in the next sentence. I had absolutely no idea where the story would go, but it actually turned out quite well. I got to page four or so before I got bored and started a new book. If I can find that little device again maybe I'll start working on that story again, it was a fun idea, and challenging too.

Answer 1

I wrote an April Fools issue of a newspaper. My boss at the time was really lame and it was actually his idea; so I went wild. He had no idea what he unleashed.

It was hilarious and people were taking it seriously. When I read it today; I wonder how I ever wrote that stuff. It was like channeling Groucho Marx.

I was working at a Chamber of Commerce at the time doing writing for tourism things and also publishing a once a month business newspaper. It was this newspaper that had the April Fool's Issue

The title of the newspaper was "Chamber Today" I changed it to "Chamber Toady" and it went on from there with a photo of the city's Mayor (a very good sport) hugging a huge buffalo head some company gave to city hall and a bogus stories about ridiculous companies that were going to start businesses in the town - the town was fairly tortured for new businesses.

My boss thought it was genius....until the people who had been fooled complained then he tried to pawn it all off on me; which I was glad as heck to take the blame because it was truly a wonderful prank.....and no, I did not get fired because I had won the job over 2,000 applicants so they knew they were stuck with me. Later my boss actually asked me if I knew what "toady" meant because I guess he had not until I put the word into the masthead of the newspaper.

Answer 2

In college I wrote a short story for creative writing based upon actual events. Noone wanted to believe it actually had happened and I had no real way to prove it either. I was bummed out even with an A for the story too!

Answer 3

A bunch of us go together in the late 60's early 70's and published a newspaper for awhile called "The Ball & Chain"

We used the word "antidisestablishmentarianism" quite a bit.
Looking back on it now that was kind of a unique time for me.

Answer 4

I wrote, as a school assignment, a poem modeled after The Canterbury Tales based on the advent of Nuclear War. I had to introduce my characters and get them all in one place, identifying why they were there.

Answer 5

Probably the most fun thing i've ever wrote was probably about kids funding a secret army base, long since abandoned and haunted.

Answer 6

I wrote a cookbook with a story line that had a mythological ambience.

Answer 7

a poem about eating an octopus
i find it funny
lol