This is it.
Today is the twenty-fourth writing prompt and I have finally come to the end of
my list. Of course, I’m going to do it all over again, but I was surprised that
there were that many ways to give a jumpstart to your creative process. A few
of them were similar and could probably be lumped together. And I expect that
there are quite a few that I haven’t thought of as well. Still, twenty-four is
an impressive number of ways to generate story ideas.
The last
one I call . . . Skewed View. With it, you write a story from a radically
different point of view, like that of an insect, or an alien, or even a stuffed
animal. Andy Griffith started his comedic career this way when he did “What it
was, was football.” The subject matter can be a common, every day event like a
trip to the grocery store. You can also use this to retell a story. What might
it have been like for the golden goose when Jack climbed the beanstalk and
attempted to kidnap her? It could even be based on a conversation you had with
a friend earlier in the week. How might that be different if it was between a
fantasy hero and his villainous rival?
For my
example, I have decided to adapt a classic fairytale to a more comedic point of
view character. Watch what I do to The Sorcerers Apprentice.
Stick
Man
Broom
marvels when he is brought to life. Before he was nothing but a tool in someone
else’s hands, but now he can act on his own and he has purpose. The water has
to be moved and he is just the one to do it.
Then the world
goes crazy when the creator attacks him. Or perhaps it isn’t the world that has
gone insane – maybe it’s just the creator. A lowly broom may have no chance
against the mighty sorcerer, but that isn’t going to prevent him from
fulfilling his prime directive. And anything that gets in his way will pay the
price.
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