EXERCISE: If they let them out...
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writercises Original posting Jan. 26, 2018
Oddly, this started with a dream. In my dream, I was sitting in a town council meeting (no, I am not now or ever have been on a town council. I have been a reporter covering them...). Anyway, one of the members looked around and said, "Someone bought the old Wilson place. They say they are going to reform it." Several people shook their head, and another member said, "If they let them out again..." At which point, someone nodded and said, "We have to stop them!" Which is where I woke up.
Okay? So, your job, if you feel up to it, is simple. Just take this little sketch, and expand it. Where is this town? Who is in the meeting? Who has bought the old Wilson place? And, of course, who or what do the council members fear will be released if someone reforms the place? And what will happen?
Of course, you should feel free to go ahead and finish your story. Do the ghosts (werewolves, vampires, aliens, podpeople, who is it?) take over the world? How do the council members explain why the stranger shouldn't reform the old place?
Go for it!
Oddly, this started with a dream. In my dream, I was sitting in a town council meeting (no, I am not now or ever have been on a town council. I have been a reporter covering them...). Anyway, one of the members looked around and said, "Someone bought the old Wilson place. They say they are going to reform it." Several people shook their head, and another member said, "If they let them out again..." At which point, someone nodded and said, "We have to stop them!" Which is where I woke up.
Okay? So, your job, if you feel up to it, is simple. Just take this little sketch, and expand it. Where is this town? Who is in the meeting? Who has bought the old Wilson place? And, of course, who or what do the council members fear will be released if someone reforms the place? And what will happen?
Of course, you should feel free to go ahead and finish your story. Do the ghosts (werewolves, vampires, aliens, podpeople, who is it?) take over the world? How do the council members explain why the stranger shouldn't reform the old place?
Go for it!