skribs
Grandmaster
I have an idea for a story where a low-crime civilization hires people to commit crimes so the police stay in shape.
If someone is not attacking you, why are you attacking him?
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I have an idea for a story where a low-crime civilization hires people to commit crimes so the police stay in shape.
OP
OP
I used to hire some street gang to beat up my son so he would be interested in MA.
JR 137
Grandmaster
He poured a pitcher of beer on your buddy’s girlfriend’s head.
Yeah, I kicked his a$$ for that one. He was wrong on two levels. The obvious - abusing alcohol like that. And pouring on her. I’d love to say I’m so much more mature at 42 than I was at 23, but I’d do it all over again today.
Yeah, I kicked his a$$ for that one. He was wrong on two levels. The obvious - abusing alcohol like that. And pouring on her. I’d love to say I’m so much more mature at 42 than I was at 23, but I’d do it all over again today.
On our way to the movies, my wife and I stopped in to see her mom. As we were leaving a friend of her mom's asked "What are you going to see?" When we told her she said "Don't bother, he gets killed at the end."
To this day I hate that woman with the passion that knows no bounds.
A: He's offering to pay you a lot of money to attack him.
B: He's refusing to give you money unless you attack him. With this one, the threat of attacking him might be enough.
B: He's refusing to give you money unless you attack him. With this one, the threat of attacking him might be enough.
Theres another club I almost mentioned, but unfortunately one of the rules is that I cant talk about it.
That sounds like it could be an interesting story. I'd read it.
skribs
Grandmaster
Unfortunately I have a lot of ideas like that ("that sounds interesting, I'd read it"), but beyond the idea I got nothing.
I used to write low budget screenplays. Once I made cash at it people used to propose this to me more times than I can remember, "I have a great idea, how about if I tell it to you, you write it, sell it and we'll split the money."
Even though ideas are a dime a dozen, have you actually tried to write? You never know, Skribs, you might be good at it.
skribs
Grandmaster
Yes, I have. I've written a couple books. But for the new ideas I have, I've got nothing.
That's pretty awesome, good for you, Skribs.
Choose a random scene that you can come up with, and try to write around it. I've found that it helps
JR 137
Grandmaster
Most people I know who’ve got an idea for a story have some great ideas. That’s the easy part. The hard part is their ideas typically work out to a half a dozen pages at very best, and then what?
dvcochran
Grandmaster
As I said before, I am going to beg forgiveness before asking permission if I think the situation warrants it. Not trying to sound cocky, much the opposite. Fear is a great motivator.
They need what all writers need and must have. Bum glue. It's the one key to writing.
skribs
Grandmaster
What?
Bryce Courtenay was one of Australia's best selling authors. He was also a marathon runner, having run over fifty of them. I knew Bryce, he used to tell a great story. And he never made any bones about who he was. He said if you ran a lot of marathons, you had to run the mother of them all at some point in your life, the Boston Marathon. So he did.
Says he was somewhere in the middle after 15 miles or so and was pretty much separated from the pack. Up ahead he sees a lone runner really struggling. Bryce decides to mess with him a little, because that was what Bryce sometimes did. He catches up, his knees high, a big fake smile on his face, and runs beside the guy. Bryce says "HI! How are you!" The guy just moans.
Bryce says "beautiful day!" The guy moans again. Bryce says, "So, mister runner, what is it you do?" After several seconds the guy croaks out "writer".
Bryce usually looks at his audience at this point, makes quotation marks with his fingers and says "He's a WRITER". "Now I'm really going to mess with him." He says, "So, Mister writer, what is the secret to writing?"
The guy doesn't say anything for a bit, then quietly says "Bum glue". The whole time Bryce tells this, he's mimicking running. He thinks to himself, "Holy crap, I've been a writer for decades and this guy just told me the best thing I ever heard about writing. Bum glue. Just glue your butt to the chair and write. Don't get up to look out the window, don't answer the phone, don't walk to the fridge, don't go pat the dog, just glue your butt to the damn chair and write. Because every single writer that has ever lived looks for an excuse to not write.
Bryce and the struggling guy say no more to each other, but continue on side by side. Bryce can't get the bum glue thought out of his head. Said it was the best advice he had ever heard and didn't know why he had never heard it before.
They finish together, out of breadth and marathon tired and head to the hospitably tent for liquids and one of those wraps for body heat. Bryce extends his hand and says "My name is Bryce Courtenay." The guys shakes his hand and says "I'm Stephen King." They became close friends from that day forward.
And that's the story of Bum Glue. From a couple of guys who wrote a little.
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