Idea Machine, Part II
After our character brainstorming exercise (see Idea Machine, Part I below), Kristen and I were having too much fun to stop. So we decided to see if the same technique might work with plot snippets thrown into the mix.
The resulting list, with our favorites in bold:
- Unreliable shopkeeper founds a new religion
- Glow-in-the-dark alien has a vision
- Whiny angel invents something dangerous
- Jealous jester learns to cook
- Brave dog gets drafted
- Genius ghost kills mom/dad
- Gossiping sissy tries to take over the world
- Psychic orphan argues with hypochondriac bankrobber, loses virginity and/or pocket watch (don't ask)
- Obese thief gets strange job offer
- Slave breaks a bone/breaks someone else's bone
- Overworked acrobat at a party...massacre
- Sniffly liar finds door between worlds, finds an injured duck
- Crazy miracle worker gambling, best friend dies in fire
- Purple demon goes on journey with baby, finds long-lost sibling
- Gossiping archer gets drunk with brave ghost
- Teenaged gardener wakes up married, causes a tragic death
- Dead painter seeks revenge; mistaken identity
- Annoying horse finds mysterious object
- Smiley grandfather gets cursed, falls in love
- Panicky widower steals something from dressmaker
- Bulbous snake has sex with obese thief
- Jealous knight tries to find out what happened to a missing person
- Dead acrobat helps panicky liar
- Cute alien drinks coffee
- Depressed miracle worker becomes an unreliable angel
- Genius grandfather...plague
- Sniffly dancer drinks tea
- Whiny duck finds God in a sock drawer (this one is all Kristen's fault)
As with Part I, it remains to be seen whether any of these will turn into real stories. But it was a lot of laughs, and a fun way to get ideas and conversation flowing with my writer girl.
I'll bet the obese thief was retired, having gotten too fat to be an effective second-story man. But the strange job offer is just intriguing enough to get him off his enormous backside and back in the biz...
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