Update 4/6/11: In need of a prompt

[spacemutineer]

I've been craving pretty desperately to dive into a new short story, but so far have come up dry for good ideas. What I do have rolling around in my head is either too complex to make into something relatively short (sub 2000 words, I would hope) or just simply not kicking me into gear at the moment.

I've been trolling shkinkmeme for days for ideas, but that's been bone dry as well. Is there anywhere else to look for quality prompts? I have found little. I've been reading, hoping that would spark something for me, but so far nothing.

In the meantime while I search for something that really strikes me, I'm trying to fiddle with some partially written bits I came up with previously. Maybe one of them will catch for me. The first is actually (somewhat ludicrously) a western of all things. There have been a couple of prompts for westerns on the meme and since I love to try new genres, I've been tooling around with it. I like it to a degree, but currently it is long on atmosphere and short on plot. The other fragment I'm playing with is about Holmes as a scientist, which is an idea I am extremely attracted to. I think I have a good understanding of where I want to go with this one and I do like it quite a bit, but it's just not flowing for me at the moment. I'll try some stream-of-consciousness brainstorming today; see if I can't jostle myself out of this writer's block.

Comments

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Mmm, I like the ambiguity of this one! What do they give away and to whom? I'll have to let this one simmer for a while... I love it.

And I love you and all my LJ friends for being so wonderful with the ideas and the general welcome and friendliness! I can't thank you all enough!

[methylviolet10b]

Ambiguity is very useful sometimes. ;-) Lots of room to play. And I too have been overwhelmed with how friendly the community is - it's rather amazing! :-D