{"id":26656,"date":"2015-04-24T11:59:25","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T15:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/?p=26656"},"modified":"2015-04-24T10:03:43","modified_gmt":"2015-04-24T14:03:43","slug":"flash-fiction-challenge-its-x-meets-y-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2015\/04\/24\/flash-fiction-challenge-its-x-meets-y-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Flash Fiction Challenge: It’s X Meets Y Again!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I did this challenge back at the start of the year and kinda adored it.<\/p>\n

Therein I described it as follows:<\/p>\n

I love that some writers describe their stories \u2014 usually in an elevator pitch or to sell the story to an agent, editor or reader \u2014 as \u201cTHIS STORY meets THAT STORY.\u201d Right? \u201cOh,\u201d the writer says, \u201cIt\u2019s like CATCHER IN THE RYE meets SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS.\u201d And you\u2019re like, whoa, what the fuck does that even mean.<\/p>\n

Today, we are going to find out.<\/p>\n

Below, you\u2019ll find two columns, each of 20\u00a0different fairly well-known properties.<\/p>\n

You will randomly choose one from each column either by d20 or\u00a0random number generator<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Then you will literally fill in the variables of the equation:<\/p>\n

IT\u2019S LIKE\u00a0X<\/strong>\u00a0MEETS\u00a0Y<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And you will write the resultant story.<\/p>\n

Note: your goal is not to literally mash these up in fan-fiction (though I suppose if that\u2019s where your head goes, hey, I can\u2019t stop you) \u2014 the goal is to take the\u00a0idea,\u00a0<\/em>the\u00a0spirit<\/em>\u00a0of the combination and make them into a story all your own. What is the theoretical mash-up look like and feel like? Diggit? So, what\u2019s the story like if you get: \u201cIt\u2019s like HARRY POTTER meets INDIANA JONES?\u201d Or, \u201cIt\u2019s like GAME OF THRONES meets SCOOBY DOO.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, get your random number generator or d20.<\/p>\n

Pick one from each column.<\/p>\n

Mash them together. See what kind of story squishes out.<\/p>\n

You’ve got 2000 words.<\/p>\n

Due by next Friday (5\/1) at noon EST.<\/p>\n

Post at your online space. Link to it here in the comments.<\/p>\n

Ready? Steady? Go.<\/p>\n

Column X<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. Paranormal Activity<\/li>\n
  2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/li>\n
  3. Terminator<\/li>\n
  4. Texas Chainsaw Massacre<\/li>\n
  5. War Games<\/li>\n
  6. Hunger Games<\/li>\n
  7. Batman<\/li>\n
  8. Goodfellas<\/li>\n
  9. Pokemon<\/li>\n
  10. The Wheel of Time<\/li>\n
  11. Robocop<\/li>\n
  12. Dracula<\/li>\n
  13. The Princess Bride<\/li>\n
  14. Dirty Harry<\/li>\n
  15. The Great Gatsby<\/li>\n
  16. Josie and the Pussycats<\/li>\n
  17. Ender’s Game<\/li>\n
  18. Guardians in the Galaxy<\/li>\n
  19. Twin Peaks<\/li>\n
  20. Dungeons & Dragons<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Column Y<\/h2>\n
      \n
    1. Pulp Fiction<\/li>\n
    2. The Silence of the Lambs<\/li>\n
    3. Toy Story<\/li>\n
    4. Die Hard<\/li>\n
    5. Pacific Rim<\/li>\n
    6. Back to the Future<\/li>\n
    7. To Kill A Mockingbird<\/li>\n
    8. Ghost In The Shell<\/li>\n
    9. Se7en<\/li>\n
    10. The Wire<\/li>\n
    11. Sherlock Holmes<\/li>\n
    12. True Detective<\/li>\n
    13. Monsters, Inc.<\/li>\n
    14. Doctor Who<\/li>\n
    15. The Matrix<\/li>\n
    16. Groundhog Day<\/li>\n
    17. The Lord of the Flies<\/li>\n
    18. The Stand<\/li>\n
    19. Mad Max<\/li>\n
    20. Minecraft<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      I did this challenge back at the start of the year and kinda adored it. Therein I described it as follows: I love that some writers describe their stories \u2014 usually in an elevator pitch or to sell the story to an agent, editor or reader \u2014 as \u201cTHIS STORY meets THAT STORY.\u201d Right? \u201cOh,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-26656","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-theramble","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pv7MR-6VW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26656"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26658,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26656\/revisions\/26658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}