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Love Galastel's answer. There's an anecdote out there about some writer or other asking an audience for five items that could not possibly be worked into a good story, with the challenge that he ...
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System
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2019-12-08T12:35:13Z (over 4 years ago)
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DPT
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2019-12-08T12:35:13Z (over 4 years ago)
Love Galastel's answer. There's an anecdote out there about some writer or other asking an audience for five items that could not _possibly_ be worked into a good story, with the challenge that he would write a story with those elements and sell it. I don't recall the entire story, but 'smurfs' was one of the five elements--and the writer successfully sold the story he wrote. The point was that almost any idea can become a sellable story. Pick an adjective at random. Pick a noun at random. Make a story. (DPT opens two new browsers and throws a dart at an adjective and a dart at a noun and gets: **repulsive violin.** ) Ooooh. I'm seeing someone who has a violin which, when played, creates a cloud of emptiness. It repels people away. All people. This allows the violinist to move undetected through the streets of Vienna.
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System
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2019-07-29T01:04:28Z (almost 5 years ago)
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