Comments on: ISBW #73 - Listener Questions http://isbw.murlafferty.com/2007/07/23/isbw-73-listener-questions/ The podcast for wanna-be fiction writers by a writer who's still learning. Writer Mur Lafferty discusses rejection, cover letters and getting the oomph to keep going. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:39:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Gnorb http://isbw.murlafferty.com/2007/07/23/isbw-73-listener-questions/#comment-1001 Gnorb Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:14:18 +0000 http://isbw.murlafferty.com/?p=215#comment-1001 err... I screwed up the link. <a href="http://www.gnorb.net/writing/20070903/instant-cowboy-just-add-water/#story" rel="nofollow">Let's try this again.</a>. URL (in case it's just not linking right): http://www.gnorb.net/writing/20070903/instant-cowboy-just-add-water/#story err… I screwed up the link. Let’s try this again..

URL (in case it’s just not linking right):
http://www.gnorb.net/writing/20070903/instant-cowboy-just-add-water/#story

]]> By: Gnorb http://isbw.murlafferty.com/2007/07/23/isbw-73-listener-questions/#comment-1000 Gnorb Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:12:02 +0000 http://isbw.murlafferty.com/?p=215#comment-1000 What was that about an "Instant Cowboy: Just Add Water" story? I decided to take the challenge and write a story based on that title. Because I couldn't think of anything right off the bat, I decided to ask a few people for random story elements. Here's what I got. * Sex scandals * Seal hunting * The old lady had it in for him. * Rotting fish * Burning greenhouse * A large, strange and deep hole that suddenly appeared somewhere. * A monkey that’s a junkie * “…and she was hardly aware of what lurked around the corner.” The story, therefore, includes all these elements, and was put together in about three hours. It's not exactly what I would call a master work, but it was certainly a fun exercise. Thanks for the idea! Here's the story, by the way: <a>Instant Cowboy: Just Add Water</a>. Hope you like it. What was that about an “Instant Cowboy: Just Add Water” story?

I decided to take the challenge and write a story based on that title. Because I couldn’t think of anything right off the bat, I decided to ask a few people for random story elements. Here’s what I got.

* Sex scandals
* Seal hunting
* The old lady had it in for him.
* Rotting fish
* Burning greenhouse
* A large, strange and deep hole that suddenly appeared somewhere.
* A monkey that’s a junkie
* “…and she was hardly aware of what lurked around the corner.”

The story, therefore, includes all these elements, and was put together in about three hours. It’s not exactly what I would call a master work, but it was certainly a fun exercise. Thanks for the idea!

Here’s the story, by the way: Instant Cowboy: Just Add Water. Hope you like it.

]]> By: Nodens http://isbw.murlafferty.com/2007/07/23/isbw-73-listener-questions/#comment-982 Nodens Mon, 06 Aug 2007 11:02:08 +0000 http://isbw.murlafferty.com/?p=215#comment-982 I have had poor experiences with the group story-writing thing. Several people and I were posting contributions to a Lovecraftian story and it was coming along very well. The problem occurred when a few of the writers decided to take the story to a different theme, that of a typical Steven King story. I have no bone against Steven King personally but his stories are often quite different than Lovecraft's stories. The effect was that a lot of the Lovecraftian writers stopped posting, and because the story was catered under a Lovecraftian fan site, the story died. For this to work I think there has to be a manager, a DM to use a gaming term, whom would keep some kind of focus. He or she wouldn't control the content but would guide and protect the story. JoMo I have had poor experiences with the group story-writing thing. Several people and I were posting contributions to a Lovecraftian story and it was coming along very well. The problem occurred when a few of the writers decided to take the story to a different theme, that of a typical Steven King story. I have no bone against Steven King personally but his stories are often quite different than Lovecraft’s stories. The effect was that a lot of the Lovecraftian writers stopped posting, and because the story was catered under a Lovecraftian fan site, the story died.
For this to work I think there has to be a manager, a DM to use a gaming term, whom would keep some kind of focus. He or she wouldn’t control the content but would guide and protect the story.
JoMo

]]> By: ShadowsEdge http://isbw.murlafferty.com/2007/07/23/isbw-73-listener-questions/#comment-977 ShadowsEdge Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:09:06 +0000 http://isbw.murlafferty.com/?p=215#comment-977 Hey Mur - I thought of something I wanted to comment on as I was listening to the podcast - but stupid me put off coming over and posting it. :( And now I've forgotten what it was! Ah well - instead, I'll just say "Keep up the great work!" Hey Mur -
I thought of something I wanted to comment on as I was listening to the podcast - but stupid me put off coming over and posting it. :( And now I’ve forgotten what it was!

Ah well - instead, I’ll just say “Keep up the great work!”

]]> By: wtw http://isbw.murlafferty.com/2007/07/23/isbw-73-listener-questions/#comment-976 wtw Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:04:19 +0000 http://isbw.murlafferty.com/?p=215#comment-976 Just for the young person who wrote in, this may be inspiring: http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/10/26/1161749253958.html Just for the young person who wrote in, this may be inspiring: http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/10/26/1161749253958.html

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