A while back, I submitted a short screenplay for a NYC Midnight Challenge, titled We Need to Talk. This is one of those where you get randomly assigned a genre (sci-fi, yuck), a location (drive-in movie), and an object (handcuffs). Just found out that it placed in the top 15 for my group. Now on […]
Fingers Crossed, No Humor
Remember when I told you that I was going to do the NYC Writing Challenge, but that I just hoped I didn’t draw sci-fi or historical fiction as my assigned genre? And remember how right after I said that, I found out I was assigned historical fiction? Well, now I got my screenwriting assignment and […]
A Strong Sense of Repulsion
I wrote a quick story last night. 450 words short. Dark humor, except perhaps it was missing the humor part. Upon reading, Richard commented, “That gives me a strong sense of repulsion.” When I tried to defend it as dark comedy, he said, “You’re not Edgar Allan Poe. You’re not Stephen King.” I think I […]
It Was Oogly
Microfiction challenge done! But man, it wasn’t pretty. Remember how I said the two genres I didn’t want to draw were sci-fi and historical fiction? Yup. I got historical fiction. I showed my first attempt to Rich. He said, “Ummm, this isn’t even fiction.” (except he was nicer about it than that). I penned a […]
Microfiction Anyone?
I decided to participate in NYC Midnight’s microfiction challenge. On Friday’s round one, we will be assigned to a group and told: (1) what genre we must write in, (2) a particular word that must be included in our story, and (3) a particular action the characters must do in the story.
My Brain, the Sieve
I keep a running list of writing ideas on my iPhone, because I can’t ever seem to remember them.