im just losing it and cant think of anything that is good. i want something that is different, something that a person hasnt read a thousand times. anything at this point would be helpful!
2007-05-16 07:55:09 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
One of the best short stories that i have ever written started off with a landscape picture. I came across a picture that was taken of a trail in the woods (why, i don't know) and I sat and stared at this picture wondering all the reasons behind why someone would take this picture and what it had meant to them. I imagined where the path led and who might actually walk it. Before I knew it, I had created a whole story and it all started with a simple picture. So my best advice to you is to fixate on an object or a picture (like I did) or a person that you see on the street and imagine the story that goes with it/ them. I particularly like short stories that show hindsight.... like cleaning out an attic and coming across a certain trinket and either finding a story about it or imagining one. Or even a lost journal...... Good luck and don't stress about it.. this should be a fun project, just let your imagination do the work for you.
2007-05-16 08:04:18 · answer #1 · answered by raewrn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow. I have a million ideas. But why don't you find it within yourself by trying one of these two exercises (that I made up).
1) Take a notebook and pen and just start writing without censoring anything. Do this for 20 minutes. Then, take a highlighter and read what you wrote. Highlight any sentence or group of words you find interesting. After you're done. Go back. Take a highlighter with a different color, and go through it again. Highlight the most interesting passage of those you already highlighted. Put the words on the top of a page and start writing.
2) Take a sheet of paper: Write 20 questions in a row, each beginning with the words "What if"? When done, look over your questions. Pick one you find interesting and write a story about it.
2007-05-16 08:03:13 · answer #2 · answered by holacarinados 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Join our writing group at the link below. Ask the members where to find our current short story contest and hold on to your hat.
2007-05-16 08:27:54 · answer #3 · answered by Cowboy Logic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about a girl on a quest looking and searching for an idea to find out what it takes to become an author.
2007-05-16 07:59:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about rewriting a fairy tale and putting it in the modern world? Cinderella could be a goth, or Tinkerbell could be a punk fairy, and the girls wouldn't be all that interested in marrying Prince Charming and he'd have to chase after them.
2007-05-16 08:01:21 · answer #5 · answered by Rose D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok, call it a teacherss "tale". and write about a teacher with a "TAIL."
or write about a man who kills someone, puts their head in a plastic bag and sets it on the stairs of the state house with an american flag through it!
2007-05-16 08:00:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋