Tonight I was “surfing the net while sitting on the couch” again and I stumbled upon a terrific site for generating random ideas for writing short stories.
“Tropes are storytelling devices and conventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience members’ minds and expectations.”
Here’s one
And another …
The real value is when you click the Setting, Plot, Narrative Device, Hero, Villain, Character As Device, and Characterization Device. A wiki opens explaining the pattern, theme, cliché, or archetype with connections to examples from literature, film, comics, and video games. Very rich. Happy digging.
Have you ever googled “Applied Phlebotinum“?
My story is about a sister rivalry….
http://iblog.stjschool.org/rbrousseau/2009/05/24/deceit/
http://iblog.stjschool.org/kdutchak/2009/05/25/up-is-down-and-down-is-up/
Gotta love telepathic spacemen lizards.
http://iblog.stjschool.org/jklose/2009/05/23/short-story/
Mr. Sader,
This is my link to my short story titled: Operation Silver
http://iblog.stjschool.org/jchampagne/2009/05/25/203/
http://iblog.stjschool.org/bob4254/2009/05/27/fighting-for-the-new-beginning/
My last pingback had some errors in the writing so I fixed them. Here is the one I am handing in.
http://iblog.stjschool.org/ntimpano/2009/05/28/freaked-out-of-time/
Here’s the link to my story. http://iblog.stjschool.org/bradbardoel/2009/05/29/psc-personal-services-contract/
http://iblog.stjschool.org/chmyshak/2009/05/27/seek-and-destroy/
Here is the link to my story.
Here is my Short story!
Thank you!
http://iblog.stjschool.org/mhunter/2009/06/02/six-feet-under/
http://iblog.stjschool.org/mokrainetz/2009/06/09/stoned-cold-crazy/
Here is my short story, titled “The Game”
http://iblog.stjschool.org/maklatt/2009/06/11/the-game/
http://iblog.stjschool.org/kbardoel/2009/06/12/the-sense-forte/