A television writer falls in love with an up and coming actress who he feels is losing her innocence too quickly to the typical ills of fame.

OP here, now with trip!

Working on this one:
>>2598143

Dragons are attacking a US military base. Were out of cannon missiles and the rest of the world is on fire. Go.

>why are you staring at my tits, pervert? my face is up here. i'm not a piece of meat.

A writer runs out of ideas and goes to an anonymous message board because he can't think of anything himself.

>>2598148

more like iobviouslydressedlikeaslutandgetoffonthefactyouaredrooling.jpg

A woman insists on introducing herself with no less than 501 words.

>>2598152

A butthurt poster sees someone creative and gets insanely jealous.

>>2598136
An incredibly personal article about shoelaces.

When I was young, I was an angry young man. I fell in love with a beautiful highway.

a lonely hamster creates an okcupid account and becomes embroiled in a government conspiracy

since i was young ive wanted to ride the high seas of far away oceans among men i call brothers, weilding an axe forged from my homeland. then without warning threw a mist, crashing our ship up the sandy banks of an english village and murdering all the piss ant farmers christ god priests and then laying seig to the kings castle


begin.

>>2598143

"A television writer falls in love with an up and coming actress who he feels is losing her innocence too quickly to the typical ills of fame."

Wow, the pacing in this is all off, because I tried to stick to the 500 word limit but found out halfway through I'd wasted too much time describing the writer. Oh well. Also, I'm not proofreading these, so feel free to hang me for all the horrible mistakes I'm sure are present.

a man is mistaken as jesus and is subsequently worshiped by the spanish women who work at Paul McCartney's billion dollar estate. The jesus looking man decides working as a bureaucratic lawmaker for the Cheese Fair will rid him of these pests forever. Also, he is ugly.

>A noir piece set in the 1920's about a cop who begins to find the grisly bodies of the thieves he has been hunting for and instead turns his attention to finding their murderer

>>2598223
I love you, OP. MOAR

A man goes to work and sees an angel halfway there. Not a standard robe-halo-and-wings humanoid angel. I mean like a fucking cherub with four heads. Lion, eagle, ox and man.

The cherub says nothing and strikes him on the head. He bleeds to death out of his eyes in public in front of everyone. No screaming, just smiling. The cherub disappears. No one saw it, but they see this guy dying.

And then a skeleton pops out or something, I dunno.

>>2598223
Oh shit son, this is incredibly readable for a 15 minute 500 word piece.

>>2598223

Dude. This is actually pretty damn good. Your beginning was incredible.

I was doubtful, but I'm contributing too.

>A Native American man in the fourth century stranded all alone in a vast mountain range. He is slowly dying of cancer but has no idea what cancer is or how to explain what's happening to him. Prompt is his final days in the mountains, dying alone.

Go.

>>2598147

"Dragons are attacking a US military base. Were out of cannon missiles and the rest of the world is on fire. Go."

well this is the kind of shit prompt I was arrived I'd have to work with, but I did the best I could anyways.

Op is just feeding himself responses to things he has already wrote.

A boy is raised as a hermit by his hermit father who shunned modern life to seek a deeper connection to life and try to understand what it truly is to be human. When the boy is 23 years old, he ventures into modern society for the first time after his father dies and reveales to him that they actually are incredibly rich.

>>2598148

"why are you staring at my tits, pervert? my face is up here. i'm not a piece of meat."

This one went a little better I think, though it could have used maybe a little more exposition plotwise if it was going to be any longer.

>>2598152

"A writer runs out of ideas and goes to an anonymous message board because he can't think of anything himself."

I was going to do a mood piece about a man who feels he's slowly failing himself and turns to the Internet for help only to find himself spurned by even his anonymous peers but then I figured, hey, fuck you.

bampski, shit's pretty good up in here

Write about something as if you were not an adolescent male.

>>2598182

"A woman insists on introducing herself with no less than 501 words."

Oh man, I actually really liked writing this one but it was definitely the toughest! The real challenge was having the character unintentionally reveal her true self while simultaneously trying to paint an entirely different portrait of things. Not sure how well I succeeded, but fun nonetheless!

A town that just straight up fucking disappears.

"Two friends encounter a copperhead while out hiking."

A turtle with short legs listens to music while on a steamroller while on fire

>>2598185

"A butthurt poster sees someone creative and gets insanely jealous."

whoops kind of already tackled this one here by accident >>2598316

>>2598186

"An incredibly personal article about shoelaces."

I realized while writing this that I know very few synonyms for "laces" and have absolutely no clue how to conjugate the verb "to lay" Still, I hope you enjoy the result!

oh jesus, I dared to reread some of these and god the grammar. from now on I'm going to start at least casually proof-reading them. seriously how do I expect you guys to get drawn into what characterization I can manage when you've got to try to decipher phrases like "a knot of tied of love" (ignoring the shit sentiment of that phrase in the first place)

discuss the Qin Emperor's desperate search for immortality.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_Shi_Huang

>>2598355
>mfw

A meritocratic society of beverages.

>>2598195

"When I was young, I was an angry young man. I fell in love with a beautiful highway."

hmm, I don't think I ever got the voice of the protagonist quite right. also I think I somehow ended up sexualizing the highway, whoops.

>>2598413
this is cool

reading it while listening to

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=068AFYvd58E

>>2598208

"a lonely hamster creates an okcupid account and becomes embroiled in a government conspiracy"

really /lit/? I'll write it but I'm not sure what you're expecting here. i mean there's nothing particularly difficult about throwing a bunch of random elements together, and the result isn't very interesting to read - nor even funny.

>>2598218

"since i was young ive wanted to ride the high seas of far away oceans among men i call brothers, weilding an axe forged from my homeland. then without warning threw a mist, crashing our ship up the sandy banks of an english village and murdering all the piss ant farmers christ god priests and then laying seig to the kings castle "

I hope this meets your expectations.

Bob Dylan goes to the dentist and discovers he needs a filling. He refuses anesthesia because he is afraid of needles, though he later learns this was a mistake.

>>2598434
clearly an idea inspired by tao lin

a kid steps on a sidewalk crack and breaks his mother's back

Alright kid, fine. I want 500 words about the city council debate on my desk tomorrow morning. No more, no less.

a kid steps on one of the red tiles and burns to death

>>2598227
"a man is mistaken as jesus and is subsequently worshiped by the spanish women who work at Paul McCartney's billion dollar estate. The jesus looking man decides working as a bureaucratic lawmaker for the Cheese Fair will rid him of these pests forever. Also, he is ugly."

I hope that this, too, meets your expectations.

I read'em all OP. You've got some talent.

This happened yesterday, and I've been trying to write about it myself:

The girl of his dreams is moving to Nashville to attend college. They share a last meal at the same restaurant their first date was at. The good-bye is awkward, things are left unsaid.


Please write and I will critique with a passion.

Wittgenstein lecturing a boy scout troop on the importance of rigorous grammar as a bear tears into camp in the background.

Wittgenstein tearing into a boy scout troop as a bear lectures on the importance of rigorous grammar in the camp.

A bear tearing into a boy scout troop as Wittgenstein lectures a "camp" on the importance of rigorous grammar.

>>2598506
>>2598504
>>2598499

>>2598229

"A noir piece set in the 1920's about a cop who begins to find the grisly bodies of the thieves he has been hunting for and instead turns his attention to finding their murderer"

FINALLY, I was beginning to despair there. Of course this is like 99% stereotype but fuck it it was a hell of a lot of fun to write. Thanks, hope you like it!

>>2598233

>A man goes to work and sees an angel halfway there. Not a standard robe-halo-and-wings humanoid angel. I mean like a fucking cherub with four heads. Lion, eagle, ox and man.
>The cherub says nothing and strikes him on the head. He bleeds to death out of his eyes in public in front of everyone. No screaming, just smiling.
>The cherub disappears. No one saw it, but they see this guy dying.
>And then a skeleton pops out or something, I dunno.

I like your style of angel! Reminds me of the angels in a book series I read when I very young, I don't recall the exact name but something about the wyrd sisters and a museum, maybe you know what I'm talking about?

>>2598248

>A Native American man in the fourth century stranded all alone in a vast mountain range. He is slowly dying of cancer but has no idea what cancer is or how to explain what's happening to him. Prompt is his final days in the mountains, dying alone.

Fuck yes, I really like this, I'll try to do it what justice I'm capable. Here we go...

...well if I'm not mistaken this is the longest one yet. I'm really afraid of writing with any kind of intended meaning because I don't want it to come off as too forced, so I hope I have avoided that here, but you'll have to be the judge of that. At the very least I hope you are entertained.


As an aside, I just realized a lot of these end up being about death. I'm not sure whether that's a reflection of what I'm being given or of myself.

>>2598284

>A boy is raised as a hermit by his hermit father who shunned modern life to seek a deeper connection to life and try to understand what it truly is to be human. When the boy is 23 years old, he ventures into modern society for the first time after his father dies and reveales to him that they actually are incredibly rich.

this was surprisingly difficult, I can't tell if it's a fault of the prompt or my tired brain wanting to go to sleep. most likely the latter.

>>2598136
read fiction

>>2598324

>Write about something as if you were not an adolescent male.

challenge accepted

And with that friends, I leave to pursue whatever sleep is left in tonight. Thanks so much for playing along, and I'm truly sorry if I didn't get to whatever you posted yet. If this thread is still alive when I wake up tomorrow I'll start up again where I left off. Until then, farewell!

>>2598516
If you check this when you wake up OP I just want you to know that I'm very happy with this.

I have a question, OP. For most people, this is work. Hence most people aren't writers, or even enjoy writing on a regular basis.

So does this all come very naturally to you or does it ever feel like work?

In other words, this does not, I'm sure, provide the immediate entertainment that other activities might, so why do you choose to do it? (Or does it? Are my assumptions incorrect?)

>>2598600
Not OP, but it actually does provide me immediate entertainment. I find creating to be incredibly fun. Breathing life into words on the page is an amazing feeling, especially when characters and stories take on a life of their own and you're just the conduit for them to carry on their tasks.

It's satisfying and fun. There are of course times when it's a bit of a chore to write, but I find that's usually only when I'm writing a scene that's a bit boring in terms of advancing the story and it's best to just push through it and get to the fun bits again.

I also get a kick out of going back over something and thinking "that's pretty good, I'd buy that"

>>2598562

"As an aside, I just realized a lot of these end up being about death. I'm not sure whether that's a reflection of what I'm being given or of myself."

In any case, youre doing great. Keep it up!

heres one:

An otherwise hard working and attentive student boards the wrong bus the morning of a critical exam. Too busy with last minute studying, he doesnt realize his error until across town.

>>2598600
Most people don't write because they aren't good at it, just as people who are out of shape don't enjoy running. When someone is good at something he will enjoy it, because it feels good to do something well with ease. I can also imagine that it's quite fun to take these half-baked, borderline retarded ideas that /lit/ thinks up and turn them into short stories.

A twelve-year-old girl rides her pet dragon to school. Modern suburb setting.

>>2598574

I rather enjoyed that. Thanks o.p!

A man is recollecting his rape to the police, and during, realises he is a homosexual and he loved every minute.

this thread makes me feel like shit.

a man gets an erection in space

>>2598355
Excellent!

>>2598786
Then try doing some of the prompts in 500 words or less too. OP only got as good as that by practicing.

>>2598287
I like your style, man

science fiction: two men are stranded on an alien planet when suddenly a beautiful woman emerges from the dust storm.

A babysitter is snooping around her employer's house and finds a disturbing photograph...

The deceased spirit of Nancy Lammeter from Silas Marner reflects on her religious beliefs and the effect they'd had on her life.

An accident prone graphic designer from a small town intern has recently moved to the city and gotten an internship at one of the biggest advertising companies around.

One day he unwittingly produces a painting with destructive metaphysical powers. Inexplicably it has transformed the VP of accounting inside out.

With the help of a plucky young secretary, he must reverse its effects before his overbearing boss comes back from his business trip

bump

come back OP!

Hello all! I am awake again, and while I do have other work to get to today, I'll check back in occasionally to make some more progress. Thanks for the praise, it really is appreciated, but feel free to be critical too. Hopefully I correctly remembered the trip I used last night...


>>2598600

>I have a question, OP. For most people, this is work. Hence most people aren't writers, or even enjoy writing on a regular basis.
>So does this all come very naturally to you or does it ever feel like work?
>In other words, this does not, I'm sure, provide the immediate entertainment that other activities might, so why do you choose to do it? (Or does it? Are my assumptions incorrect?)

It comes very naturally most of the time but occasionally it does feel like work. For example, you can see I let myself get carried away with the Indian and TV writer prompts, but on the other hand I cut off the story about hamsters rather quickly because I just wasn't feeling the setting I was given.
However, I do in fact get immediate entertainment out of this. It's incredibly satisfying to feel the words flow out of you and onto the page. I love writing. It's therapeutic.

>>2599392

Hey, OP. I decided to try one of the prompts written here (this one>>2598371) to try and improve my writing. I started a thread about it here to get some feedback to see what else I could do to it. I'd be really interested to see your take on the same prompt, and if you have any feedback for my story that would be great too.

Here's my take on that prompt anyway. I made a thread about it here for feedback >>2599094

>>2598336
>A town that just straight up fucking disappears.

Oh, this was a good one to start the day with. Thanks!


>>2599402

This is awesome! I don't want to read it yet for fear it'll impact my own take on the prompt, but I saved your thread and as soon as I'm finished I'll take a look at yours and let you know what I think. :)

>>2599514

Sweet, I'm really interested to see what you do with the same prompt.

>>2598337
>Two friends encounter a copperhead while out hiking.

I had the most trouble here depicting how their friendship changes, but I'd rather be too subtle than too obvious.

>>2598339
>A turtle with short legs listens to music while on a steamroller while on fire

>first person perspective
>working in a DVD rent
>Friday evening
>just about to go home

You wake up one morning and everything is empty, all traces of life are gone you are utterly alone.

This would basically be Harry Potter fanfiction, and god knows there's enough of that, but:

Tom Riddle stealing from the restricted section of the Hogwarts' library in the dead of night to research some nefarious subject or other.

>>2599402

I moved that thread to here >>2599618

Also, a short story prompt I might try later:

Your character has to tell his parents that he's getting a divorce. He knows his parents will take his wife's side, and he is right...

Walking around somewhere without knowing why and as the character walks he/she starts losing his/her memories until he/she doesn't see or feel anything at all.

>>2598136
Describe a scene using math-based metaphors and imagery. This might not be very good but I'll give you an example off the top of my head "The peaks on the horizon in their jagged arrangement resembled a single volatile countour, distinguishing them from the negative space of the sky. This jagged disorder was set in binary opposition to the counterpoint of the overcast with its graceful flowing demarcation." Now I realize this sounds purple-prosey but it was just for example and you obviously have some good chops so you could probably write something better in this vein. Anyway I thought instead of giving you plot points like everyone else I would give you a prompt related to the structure of the prose.

>>2598355
>how to conjugate the verb "to lay"
You mean like http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/lay-versus-lie.aspx ? I know that post was old, but it's never too late to learn about grammar.

And if you're still looking for prompts, how about...
A trio of surferbros' day at the beach. One's a Christian, one's a Muslim, and the last guy's agnostic.

>>2599402

thats mine lol :D

>>2598562

This was fantastic. Thanks.

Prompt- guy gets amnesia from a punch in a fight. The guy he's fighting keeps attacking. He defends himself, and gives the other guy amnesia. They now both have no idea why they are fighting.

Other prompt-
The white house is alive, and its eating people.

There's a well in the ground. In the town surrounding the well, many tragedies and occurrences of bad luck occur. One construction worker accidentally falls down the well, but is saved. He is rescued and gives an account of what was down the well:

Suffering.

Enjoyable, fun, inspiring thread. Bump!

>>2598371
>discuss the Qin Emperor's desperate search for immortality.

I took significant artistic license with history, I think, but I rather liked this one. And of course, someone else took a stab at this which you should all check out here >>2599618 and I am about to go read myself. Hope you enjoyed it!

>>2599592
Thanks for writing mine.
Here's a new one:
Dr. Strangelove makes a new invention:
a vampire rabbit that likes peanut butter jelly sandwiches and he attacks a small village while standing on his ears

>>2599885

due to your exceeding politeness, I promise that if/when I get to this one, I will give it a serious effort.

>>2599864

Hey, guy who wrote a story based on that same prompt here. Just read your version. It's great. You're really visual. I mean, you really painted a picture of the characters there. My story in comparison leaves the characters almost blank -- something I was criticised for -- so when I rewrite I'll keep your story in mind and see if I can make my characters pop a little more.

It's really interesting to see what you've done with the prompt. This has been a good exercise for me. Thanks for starting this thread.

>>2598402
>A meritocratic society of beverages.

This just kind of... ended, because I didn't really know where to go with it anymore. Nonetheless I'm surprised at what I was able to do with it in the meantime. Hope you enjoy!

Nietzsche getting laid.

>>2598462
>Bob Dylan goes to the dentist and discovers he needs a filling. He refuses anesthesia because he is afraid of needles, though he later learns this was a mistake.

>>2599892
Thanks!

>>2598467
>a kid steps on a sidewalk crack and breaks his mother's back

About halfway through I realized that what I should have written was a press release detailing a police chief's description of a crime scene, but instead you get this shitty rumination on chaos theory which stops abruptly to spare us all from further pain.

>>2598468
>Alright kid, fine. I want 500 words about the city council debate on my desk tomorrow morning. No more, no less.

500 words, no more, no less.

>>2598476
>a kid steps on one of the red tiles and burns to death

pLoT tWiSt!!

Free will VS Determinisim although I'll allow a conclusion from an anti metaphysical standpoint if you wish