writercises | EXERCISE: Three characters and a place?

Original Posting June 12, 2015

You all know the jokes that start out with a butcher, a baker, and a candlestick maker walking into a bar, right? And then go on from there?

Well, I was thinking that makes a nice template for a writing exercise. So, buckle up and pick a number from one to six, okay? You have chosen:

1. An advertising executive, a doctor, and a basketball player walked onto the fishing boat.
2. A ditch digger, a Mountie, and a jeweler walked into a public restroom.
3. A historian, a race car driver, and an interior designer checked into a motel.
4. An artist, a flight attendant, and a swimming instructor walked into a elementary school.
5. A bailiff, a slumlord, and a garbage man walked into a cafe.
6. A baker, an economist, and a marine biologist walked into a library.

Go ahead. Expand those characters, set the scene, and tell us why this threesome is going into this place. And what happens then?

Character occupations courtesy of
http://juliahwest.com/prompts/contemp_job_random.html
And places courtesy of
http://juliahwest.com/prompts/contemp_place_random.html

Over here, Julia has a number of random generators you can use to kick your writing a bit.
http://juliahwest.com/prompts/index.html

So, what are you waiting for?
Write!
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