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EXERCISE: Special Delivery Pirate
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mbarker.livejournal.comOriginal posting 18 April 2009
Avast, ye hearties!
Writer's Digest, October 2008, page 61 has the contest prompt:
An inciting incident, with hints of a buried treasure? At least a hidden secret or some kind of past. Feel free to put something else in the package -- there are lots of objects that might turn up, right? And you could do something with the delivery method, too.
The main thing is, let that situation stimulate your imagination. Dream a little about what could cause this delivery and how this character -- and friends and family and acquaintances -- react to it. What happens?
The second main thing, of course, and I should apologize for extending the count, is to write. So get started.
Avast, ye hearties!
Writer's Digest, October 2008, page 61 has the contest prompt:
"A man receives a package with no return address. It contains a pirate-style eyepatch and a note." From the Writer's Book of Matches by the staff of fresh boiled peanuts: a literary journal.What was his reaction? Who was it from? What did the note say? And then...
An inciting incident, with hints of a buried treasure? At least a hidden secret or some kind of past. Feel free to put something else in the package -- there are lots of objects that might turn up, right? And you could do something with the delivery method, too.
The main thing is, let that situation stimulate your imagination. Dream a little about what could cause this delivery and how this character -- and friends and family and acquaintances -- react to it. What happens?
The second main thing, of course, and I should apologize for extending the count, is to write. So get started.
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