Comments on: Good Advice? http://www.andrewjackwriting.com/2009/07/good-advice/ Andrew Jack's Writing Blog Sat, 07 Aug 2010 21:49:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Carrie http://www.andrewjackwriting.com/2009/07/good-advice/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Carrie Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:19:53 +0000 http://www.andrewjackwriting.com/?p=157#comment-26 That sounds like a more concentrated version of one of the NaNoWriMo writing games! "Describe the death of the person who posted before you." I don't know if that exact NaNo game exists, but I've definitely participated in "Be an evil genie who grants the wish of the person who posted before you"... each person posts a wish, and you, as the evil genie, must write a scenario in which that wish goes horribly, horribly wrong. Want fame & fortune? It's because you're a wanted bank robber, and you're rich but the money's all marked and can't be spent. Etc. I think these are very fun and low-pressure ways to get extra writing practice. That sounds like a more concentrated version of one of the NaNoWriMo writing games! “Describe the death of the person who posted before you.”

I don’t know if that exact NaNo game exists, but I’ve definitely participated in “Be an evil genie who grants the wish of the person who posted before you”… each person posts a wish, and you, as the evil genie, must write a scenario in which that wish goes horribly, horribly wrong. Want fame & fortune? It’s because you’re a wanted bank robber, and you’re rich but the money’s all marked and can’t be spent. Etc.

I think these are very fun and low-pressure ways to get extra writing practice.

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