Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Stuck in Sticky Situations

I know this is one of those moments where I get an idea and I get so excited... and then I'll start it, work on it for a bit, until I get another idea which I think is more ingenious than the last... that's my ADD mingling with the creative juices of brain farts at work.

How this Started:
I had a craving for gummy bears last night and I also wanted to play a game. Poker seemed to be the fastest, so I handed out ten gummy bears each to my roomies and myself. As we waited and talked, we set up our gummies differently and each created a story around them. This spawned the idea to place gummy bears in sticky situations, photograph them, and have people come up with crazy ideas based on the image of the gummies.

"Write a story to the picture!" Essentially, it's like a picture book. A picture tells a thousand words... now you write the words - though it doesn't have to be one thousand of them. A few sentences will do.

"Sticky [or Gummy] Situations" - For any great story, we need conflict. Make sure yours provides the necessary drama.

How this Works:
Describe the "who," "what," "where," "when," and potentially "how" of the picture.
I will write my own under each image. You leave yours in the comments section. In a way, it's like playing detective. So let's solve the case about what REALLY happens in Gummy Land and how each are caught in sticky situations!

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