There's an xmas horror-dark fantasy-sf themed flash fiction contest going on over thisway, should anyone want to try their hand: [link]
I like pancakes 'cause they're stackable. Ooo, and waffles 'cause you can put things in the little holes if you wanted to.
Buffy ,'Potential'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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hippocampus - Nov 27, 2013 4:34:51 am PST #5879 of 6687
not your mom's socks.
erikaj - Dec 06, 2013 8:18:55 am PST #5880 of 6687
Always Anti-fascist!
Plotty people, I need some thoughts here. As you may or may not know, I'm writing a novel about a soul musician, his friend's murder, and, as a sort of B story, he's trying to track down a sort of "forgotten" concept album he worked on long ago that the hard-core geeks are always asking him about(Picture if Marvin Gaye's "Here, My Dear" and Brian Wilson's "Smile" had an album-baby) He's about to ask a former crush if she has it, but she ends up smacked around with a rifled hotel room because it's a mystery and tropey as that is, it doesn't hurt to have a second act of violence in Act Two...however, aside from that, the muses didn't leave much of a motive...why might someone do that?
Polter-Cow - Dec 06, 2013 8:27:14 am PST #5881 of 6687
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Does the album have any sort of secret coded messages in it? Or maybe a song with hidden meanings, like it's really about an old flame who doesn't want that song heard by ANYONE EVER?
erikaj - Dec 06, 2013 8:31:07 am PST #5882 of 6687
Always Anti-fascist!
Could be.(I guess I have to stop blaming Raymond Chandler's drinking for how "The Lady In The Lake" turned out...I'm very sober right now and lose the thread ALL THE TIME.)If you don't know the story, apparently they were working on the script for "Lady", and they called Chandler all frantic..."So, who killed her?" They say Chandler said he didn't know.
Polter-Cow - Dec 06, 2013 8:51:43 am PST #5883 of 6687
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That sounds exactly like the Big Sleep story. That dude never knew who killed anyone.
erikaj - Dec 06, 2013 9:00:32 am PST #5884 of 6687
Always Anti-fascist!
I don't think that that was ever the point for him, no, but now I'm wondering if he did it twice, or if we just heard it about different books.
Scrappy - Dec 06, 2013 9:19:35 am PST #5885 of 6687
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Oaky, what if she's dead because of some drug issue--killed by a dealer she owed money to. Maybe she told him she was gonna trade him the masters of the album for a large debt But she lied and doesn't have them and he killed her. he could be a dealer/music fan, so when our hero meets him, it could make a good scene.
Burrell - Dec 06, 2013 10:02:21 am PST #5886 of 6687
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oo, Scrappy the plot whisperer! I am totes going to hit you up sometime.
erikaj - Dec 06, 2013 12:46:07 pm PST #5887 of 6687
Always Anti-fascist!
That could work, too, because that's how she got them in the first place. I'll have to cogitate about that.(/inner Boyd Crowder)
Scrappy - Dec 06, 2013 1:16:42 pm PST #5888 of 6687
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Nothing I love more than "what if..." sessions!