Comments on: Writing Excuses 4.11: Brainstorming From Headlines

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:47:51 +0000

My first (bizarre) thought was that the snake appearing in the Elizabethan painting was Snake Pliskin, Kurt Russell’s character in the “Escape From…” movies. Which is an even weirder story than if it were a reptile, and one which I’m not even going to attempt to justify or write.

By: Vikram

Vikram — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:32:01 +0000

I dunno why the prompt makes me think of Katherine Mansfield, or at least Woolf’s Mansfield.

By: Vikram

Vikram — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:28:42 +0000

I kind of put the elephant one on file… just changed it to “Undead Baby Elephant Born Again in Sydney Zoo”. I wonder if it can be taught christian or kosher tricks?

By: Mike Barker

Mike Barker — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:17:03 +0000

Nah, Larry, you didn’t once mention how you’re going to make some part of my anatomy distort, or offer me a medium fortune if I will just reply soon… what kind of spam is tellling someone that there’s a book coming that they’ll enjoy? I mean, that’s just good news, not spam. And you didn’t even toss in the link to http://www.webscription.net/p-1251-w201010-october-2010-webscription.aspx so they can see the pretty cover…

By: Larry Correia

Larry Correia — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:57:10 +0000

Howard, you want more zombie elephants? Plus how to hunt them with a harpoon gun. Monster Hunter Vendetta, coming September 2010 from Baen books. Woot! How’s that for spam?

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By: Jeremy Toburen

Jeremy Toburen — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:46:26 +0000

I thought up this writing prompt: make up wacky headlines that appear in an alternate reality newspaper and the main character (who is from our world) keeps getting sucked into the stories. Kinda like Early Edition with a massive twist.

By: Mike Barker

Mike Barker — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:56:05 +0000

And in today’s headlines, we have… a transcript!

http://mbarker.livejournal.com/136654.html

By: Jin

Jin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:06:04 +0000

@Eileen: By a cop nicknamed Roadrunner? (haha, couldn’t resist)
@Matthew: I think that’s it though. I read somewhere that coming up with idea is easy. They’re everywhere. Complicating them and making them unique, and strong enough to carry the whole story (and reader’s attention), now that’s difficult.

I would love know how to do that.

This episode went by so fast, I had to catch myself. Thanks.