FILL: What're we going to do tonight, Brain?

[mbarker]

Original Posting 2021/10/9

(For those who don't recognize it, that's one of the taglines from Pinky and the Brain. To which the Brain would typically answer, "The same thing we do every night, Pinky! Take over the world!")

If you want to listen to the theme song, try this... https://youtu.be/GBkT19uH2RQ 

So, let's see. It's slipping into fall. October! Whoops! Do we want to do a Halloween story contest? Anybody? Yipes, that's only 3 weeks away!

I have to admit, I've been enjoying the weekly writing prompt exchange over at Odd Prompts https://moreoddsthanends.home.blog/ where each week, we all submit various odd bits and pieces (writing prompts!) which are then randomly assigned to us to play with over the next week. Most of us do sketches, although we have had a few outbreaks of poetry or other responses. We could do something similar here on the list? I can make up a "submit your prompt" sheet pretty easily, then randomize and so forth. Or maybe we should just post a few of your favorite prompts, and anyone who wants to can take a swing at it?

Of course, I have a pile of writing books that I could start meandering through. I'm not sure if people really like that kind of rehearsal of approaches and suggestions, but I know I kind of like trying to figure out what these folks are doing.

Hum. Thanksgiving, Christmas... anyone have any particular ideas about how to turn those into writing provocations? A theme for the holidays?

Oh! Short notice, but over here https://www.cedarwrites.com/sanderley-studios/ there's a call for an anthology about PTSD and trauma. "Write us a story about love, and honor, and the barrier of trauma that holds so many of our service men and women from fully coming home for the holidays." Take a look!

Let's take over the world tonight!