TheBanyanTree: An Experiment

[Jeri Xiques]

Me too.  It does sound like fun.



On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 6:53 AM, Pam Lawley <pamj.lawley at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh yes!!
>
> On 12/16/13, auntiesash <auntiesash at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Brilliant.  Sounds fun.  Let's do it
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Jim Miller <jim at maze.cc> wrote:
> >
> >> Tree Dweller,
> >>
> >> Just as I have said, many of you have said that you should write more.
> >> I'm
> >> sure that others are lurking, thinking, "MeToo."
> >>
> >> I'm going to throw out an idea. Tell me what you think. Many of you will
> >> recall the days at The Spoon when we tossed around the Hot Potato.
> (Start
> >> a
> >> story, and pass it on to be added to by the next writer.) I would like
> to
> >> try a variation.
> >>
> >> I will write (anyone can) an opening paragraph to a story. You take that
> >> opening paragraph and complete an entire story in 500 words or less.
> >> Everyone will post on the same day, exactly 7 days after the opening
> >> paragraph is posted.
> >>
> >> We should enjoy the creative story lines and different writing styles.
> If
> >> 5
> >> or more members want to participate, I will set a start date and post an
> >> opening paragraph on that day.
> >>
> >> Jim
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > "I didn't need you, you idiot. I picked you. And then you picked me
> back."
> > -- John Green <https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1406384.John_Green
> >,
> > *Paper
> > Towns*
> >
>