stupid plot tricks
27 Sep 2006 09:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
firecatI'm having loads of fun with this teaser from the Viable Paradise fantasy and science fiction writers workshop.
(Mike Ford used to teach at it, and I found it by reading Making Light's latest collection of Mike Ford links.)
I haven't used this particular set of tricks before, but I've used other semi-random ways of generating disparate plot elements or ideas and it sometimes gets my brain moving in interesting directions.
(Mike Ford used to teach at it, and I found it by reading Making Light's latest collection of Mike Ford links.)
I haven't used this particular set of tricks before, but I've used other semi-random ways of generating disparate plot elements or ideas and it sometimes gets my brain moving in interesting directions.