One Sentence Fic Meme

[saucydiva]

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[stillscape]

Are these not the most fun things ever? No plots, instant gratification. Why have we ever tried to write longer stuff?

[stillscape]

Let me brainstorm some things that could be shiny for you.

Leslie's hair in the sunlight
Certain types of produce
An ENGAGEMENT RING
Champion's Bumbleflex
April's tinfoil moon hat
Leslie's tuba
A trophy Ben won for high school debate team/Model UN (does Model UN do trophies?)
Li'l Sebastian's horseshoes
The gleams in the eyes of Pawnee's morbidly obese youth as they waddle around the amazing park Leslie finally put on Lot 48
Bobby Newport's smile
Donna's Benz

[saucydiva]

One of these absolutely delights me.

And I think we know it's the fat kids.

[princess_george]

The tuba is only shiny if someone actually polishes it.

Say it with me: Oh, I think Ben's already polishing Leslie's tuba! Hey-oh!

[craponaspatula]

Yeah, for reals. Busted.

[saucydiva]

Fair. But I can write short. For instance, The Day The Kinkmeme Came to Pawnee was going to be 1000, 2000 words max. So clearly I'm at least capable of assuming I can write short.

[rikyl]

Yes, I remember it being that short when you sent the first draft to me. And I clearly remember my feedback being "Keep it tight and focused. Focus on a few characters. Remember that not every character needs to have sexual tension with every other character." So I accept no responsibility at all.

[saucydiva]

You try so hard to reign me in.

[stillscape]

BRAINSTORMING IS THE MOST FUN THING EVER BECAUSE IT'S ALL THE IDEAS BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WRITE THEM IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE OR CONNECTS TO ANY OTHER PARTS OF THE STORY.

I mean.

Pan flutes!

I just had coffee and pie and cough medication all at once and it's doing super interesting things to me!

[saucydiva]

I want the cough medicine you're on!

But not the coffee, blech. Maybe I can drink one of those five hour energy drinks.

[stillscape]

The cough medicine I'm on is steroids, so no, you do not want that.

[stillscape]

I can write short too! For instance, I thought the summer camp story was going to be three chapters. Even when it was six chapters, I thought it was going to be seven chapters. Then when it was nine chapters, I thought it was going to be ten chapters. Then it was twelve chapters and completely done and I wrote another chapter anyway.

[princess_george]

And when are you going to write the next chapter about how Ben has to go see his messed-up family in partridge but maybe it's Ben's turn to rescue Leslie from something? So he has to go back to Pawnee? I dunno. Something.

[ballroom_pink]

It would be so much easier. And plentiful.