Aaaaaaarrrrrggggghhhhh!
Three short stories with deadlines that are all mine, because I want to get them out of the way so I can move on to bigger and better things.
I have titles...
I have the beginnings...
I have most of the endings...
I have some character motivations...
All that's missing and this is a big one, are the middles. As Procrastinator Junior said to me way back in first grade, "Dad, want to hear the world's shortest story? Once upon a time...the end. That's it."
I have titles...
I have the beginnings...
I have most of the endings...
I have some character motivations...
All that's missing and this is a big one, are the middles. As Procrastinator Junior said to me way back in first grade, "Dad, want to hear the world's shortest story? Once upon a time...the end. That's it."
Labels: Writing
posted by Writeprocrastinator at 5:18 PM
10 Comments:
So, write three stories about nothing. You might end up with a sitcom deal from NBC.
Becka,
But will I get a building full of Porsches and doll-hair implants for all of my troubles?
Tell Junior I want to publish that story pronto!
JDC
Johnny Dollars,
Sadly, I don't think he has the rights to it ; )
Have one of the characters attend a Cher concert.
Coaster, Coaster, sigh, Coaster,
First...
If I could turn back time
If I could find a way
My characters still wouldn't
know what to say
Second...
When (as opposed to not "if") I do write gay characters, they ain't going to a Cher concert...
...unless I'm a staff writer on a show or I could do a good job of turning it into comedy.
What about a girl who's obsessed with R.E.M. and writers, and has a bawdy, sometimes shocking mouth to go with her Southern accent?
Beth,
Maybe I'll name her "Eliza Caffeine."
Now, how "obsessed" should she be? Glenn Close in "Fatal Attraction"-obsessed?
Or let's flip this, should they be obsessed with her? I'm thinking Stipe VS. Chabon just like that Star Trek gladiator episode. Or T.C. Boyle and Bowie in a spoken word competiton.
All the great minds of our new century vying for the attention of the World's Number One Superfan.
Write about my neighbors and have them meet tragic ends. Thanks.
oooh i HATE when that happens!
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