stupid plot tricks

[firecat]

I'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.

Comments

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

I think that trying that technique plus my usual randomness injectors will be enough to make me want to do NaNoWriMo this year. :)

[ljgeoff.livejournal.com]

now, that's a very cool idea...

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

I'm full of them! :)