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posted October 21, 2005 06:58 PM         

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I'm just kidding about being a muse. Maybe. hmmm..
anyways:
I have this neat little book called "The Writer's Block". It's about 3'' whichever way you measure it, and full of writing ideas.
Some are really great. I thought I'd share it with you. So, if you would like an idea to "unblock" your mind, I can open up my magical little book and tell you what it says.
Here's a random one:
"Describe your most intimate experience with Mother Nature" and there's a little photo of a lovely naked man stretching in a grassy meadow.

Any takers?

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posted October 21, 2005 07:08 PM         

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Oh, please

I would like one

thank-you

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posted October 21, 2005 07:17 PM         

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Lotus~
Ten Minutes That Still Make You Cringe
I started working in publishing as an editorial assistant at St.Martin's Press. Onece a week or so, a big group of the junior editors would congregate at the Old Town Bar and Grill to flirt, drink beer, and commiserate about the low salaries. Another popoular activity was playing a game best described as "Ten Minutes that Still Make You Cringe". In a nutshell, the game consisted of describing the worst thing you'd ever done- the ten minutes of your life that were so shameful or embarassing, you still cringe just from thinking abuot them. Most of the stories were revealed under the influence of alcohol, and I certainly don't plan to reveal any of them here. But if you feel comfortable posing this question to your own friends or co-workers, you'll find yourself sitting on a gold mine of material for good fiction. Or, better yet, pose the question to yourself: What are the ten minutes that still make you cringe?

Hehe.. care/dare to share?

hope that comes in handy!

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posted October 21, 2005 07:59 PM         

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Ah, i would get something like that
what have I done so shameful, that would make me cringe for 10 minutes

10 a magic number I might add
that has polarities

My one and only One Night Stand
someone I didn't even know
I vomitted in the moring, for an
hour in his bathroom
I guess that's 60 minutes
of shame, and violent heaving

thank Ggodness, i have never done that again
hehe

I'm always sticking my foot in my mouth
how does this happen to me?

thanks again

I don't think I'll try again
LOL

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posted October 21, 2005 08:39 PM         

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thanks for sharing. I think we have ALL been there (unfortunately).
Here's another one for you (another inspiration, not one night stand):
Invent a character who sees a phone number on a restroom wall. Describe what happens when he or she dials it.

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posted October 21, 2005 10:04 PM         

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OK the character is my twin
and it's my number that's on the wall, because of my one night stand,LOL
and even tough he wants to keep talking to me,
he thinks, oh my gosh this woman must be so bad.

then once again, price charming slips away
til all my sins are cleansed

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posted October 22, 2005 01:19 AM         

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Clutching a satin beaded evening bag, between too tight fingers, Jane sailed into the small woman's bathroom, narrowly avoiding 'Jim', the man who named her star of his show this evening. Named her repeatedly, despite cold eyed gazes, a definate step-away, and the barrel sized body space she was trying to gain.
Gah. Even his breath smelled.
She locked herself firmly into a stall, gathered up her flowy cocktail dress, and propped herself on the toilet seat, breathing a sigh of relief. ( The first halitosis free breath she could recall that evening, so she savoured it like a spring breeze.)
Leaning elbows on her knees, she saw a purple light sort of dancing around the seam of the door. No doubt an effect of the liquor Jim was plying her with. Still, she fixed her eyes on the spot, as she saw letters materialize on the wall, in jagged, inked script, like papyrus scrawling.
She blinked a few times, as the letters turned into a word, and the word turned into several....
When finally she focused, she read.....
"This party is finished for you, a new one begins, if you'd phone this number.***-****."
Jane knew then she'd chewed one mushroom bag too many in college. 'Perhaps she'd had absinthe.. maybe Jim wasn't just a lecherous wimp with no clue.. maybe he slipped her.....'
Words continued, despite her panic, replacing the words that had come before, it now said,
"He knows nothing of this, this message is for you, Jane."
The phone number.
She reached into her bag with shaking clammy hands, to find her phone. Unsure as to whether she should actually call a phantom number that was written invisibly, from some entity who knew her name.. (and, wierdly, a little creeped out that 'it' could see her on a toilet.. occupied or not.)
"Must be a full moon." she thought, and dialed, fingers clicking slowly over each number.
Suddenly, as it connected, it sounded like a fax line, growing in intensity, so she almost wanted to hurl the phone against the wall, then the sort of zooming silence that comes so unexpectedly, it sounds like a loud noise.
No voice in her ear cancelled the silence, not through the phone line. She closed her eyes and saw sounds in her head. They were perfect. Melodic and full, internal amplifiers turned up like the best accoustics in the world. Orchestral voices.. yet unified, synchronised, as if only one.
She knew this phone call was the start of the greatest moment of her life, and it burst from her every cell, so nothing else mattered but what is before her, perfect and unseen with possibility.

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posted October 22, 2005 04:26 AM         

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You're good!

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posted October 22, 2005 12:37 PM         

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wow, that's effing fabulous Pixie!!!!!!

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posted October 22, 2005 12:52 PM         

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Thanks!!!
Admittedly, I indulged in some inspirational smoke, which is something I don't do often... but I swear, the exercise worked!!!!
I was totally inspired!!!
Thanks!
I totally want to get this book, now!

I read novels all the time, and I find myself, between novels, thinking.. okay.. instead of reading one, why dont I start writing one?
But I don't think I am there yet......
But if you keep this thread inspirational, I might keep those gates open!

Anyway, great idea!

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posted October 22, 2005 09:53 PM         

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Here is another one, for Pixie, or whoever likes it (I really like this one!):

Have fun!

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posted October 22, 2005 09:56 PM         

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Pixie,
the book looks like this:

And it's available on Amazon for $9.95 US!
(I paid $15 CND) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/ detail/-/0762409487/qid=1130032449/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-7945963-9677650?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

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posted October 24, 2005 06:04 PM         

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I'm not good with cyber-space or dialogue, but I'd be willing to try something if you wouldn't mind dishing out more inspiration!

My favorite number is 16 (ugh, I know... bad number. It's my birth number, so I'm forced to choke on it or embrace it...) What's on that page?

Whatever it is, I'll do it! (I'm kinda skeered now... just in time for Halloween!)

Thanks!

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posted October 24, 2005 06:58 PM         

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future_:
it doesn't have page numbers, so I counted the 16th idea:
Take revenge on your least favorite teacher in high school. Write a character sketch that exposes his or her flaws.

I don't know if you like that one.

This one's interesting:
Write an argument between two characters that begins in bed.

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posted October 24, 2005 07:02 PM         

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This one is good too:
If you could script the plot for the dream you'll have tonight, what would it be?

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posted October 25, 2005 05:28 PM         

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I'll take the 16th one! I'll get to work on it soon. Thanks for being our muse!

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posted October 27, 2005 05:48 AM         

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very inspiring!

now i better start writing....

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posted December 15, 2005 02:32 PM         

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We're not allowed to let this slip away!!!
Inspiration calls!

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