Class Introductions
Posted: 8/13/2009
Written By: Matt
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Hey, Improvers,
Or, more accurately – Hey, Lurkers.
Welcome to the many of you who are finding StoryImprov, filling out the registration form, and then waiting for others to do some writing. We're glad you are here.
You may see, however, that the pace of the site is slower than what we would hope. That's because we're all waiting for someone else to put new writing up. So far, the majority of the site content has been me introducing characters and then Dan killing them off ingloriously.
May I suggest that you get Word open, put a few lines down, then post them here?
In fact, I just heard today that Microsoft is going to have to stop selling Word in the US due to copyright infringement. So if you have Word, use it now. It may be the last one you get. Time to start looking into OpenOffice.
Let me help you. Here is a mini-game we can all play just to get the logjam cleared and the creativity flowing again. It comes straight out of a high-school lit class.
Very simply – introduce the person sitting next to you to the class. This was easy in school because there was always a desk next to yours. Now, though, you'll have to be liberal about the definition of who is sitting next to you. Sharing an office with someone? Someone nearby in cubicle city? Have a few kids playing in the other room? That guy in the elevator? Introduce them to us. They don't need to know. Just tell us about them. If you want to change their names, feel free.
When you are done, you'll be in a nice writing groove, so go put together a new chapter for the Stories page.
Your time begins now.
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A Better Twist
Matt has this comment...
8/13/2009 11:12 AM
Actually, if you can incorporate the person you introduce here into the story chapter you write afterwards, you'll get bonus points.
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Randy My Office Mate
Blue Degas has this comment...
8/21/2009 11:45 AM
Randy shares an office with me a few days a week. He is a mid-thirties software developer, with thin specs, thin hair, and a widening waist.
As he works, he streams Pandora or Yahoo music at his desk, usually set to the power hits of the 80's. He sits, leaning forward, lost in his code, as “18 And Life” comes through the speakers.
Your crime is time and its 18 and life to go.
The part of his brain not focused on work wants to sing along, though he does not trust his voice, so he whistles, quietly, slightly off tune.
He speaks positively of his life, his wife, his children, and the difficulties of manning up to the responsibilities of it all, making him worth the time of conversation and good to get to know.
I think he'd make a good cop in Asheville. But not yet. If I get a chance at the next chapter of Asheville, I want to focus on the reporter before we get back to the cops.
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