i need to come up with some "onion like" story ideas. i need some fake stories that are funny?

Answer 1

The layers of an onion are a great metaphor for life. Politics or political intrigue is an example that I always find interesting to read. What we learn at this surface is only one layer to a person's motivations and intention.

We each layer peeled away, we have new information revealed to us that lends cohesion and understanding the layer that came before it.

Ultimately, we are left with the core, having exposed the fragile centre with peeling away of the layers.

Psychodramas are also a good use of the technique. As each paragraph or chapter progress, we learn more about why someone has done what they do. Usually, we can find the even the most horrendous crimes can be attributed to someone who has been traumatized or abused in some way.

The best story ever in my life is a fellow student, who at the time wrote about an invasion on the planet earth. The story ended with his father waking him up in the car -- they had been going through a car wash.

I forget his name, but that story was decades ago and I still remember how each step in the car wash was described from the perspective of a frightened child with an imagination.

Answer 2

Take any current political topic or person's agenda and make it outlandlishly extreme. For example, Feingold wants to stop funding the war in Iraq to bring the troops home. You could spin this to a crazy extreme. Show a picture of Feingold cutting little ol' ladies purse straps from their purses. And write a story on Feingold fundraising to bring home troops. Make absolutely ridiculous. Or, show Pres. Bush's sastifaction poll sky rocketing and then in fine print show the satisfaction that he's changing citizenship to become an Iraqi.

I hope these ideas help.

Answer 3

I take it you mean the website The Onion?

Try creating a fake government agency, like the "Department of Sharp, Pointy Things" and report its recent activities.