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Warning: my writing group's 'bad idea brainstorm' got way out of hand
Last Tuesday, our prompt was 'a sentient vending machine with a grudge', but my friend Mike took it literally and spent the whole session trying to buy a soda from the office machine while whispering apologies. The machine ate his dollar and he spent the next hour writing its villain origin story. Has anyone else had a simple prompt completely derail a session in a hilarious way?
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lucaslane2d ago
A whole hour writing a villain origin story for a vending machine that ate his dollar? That is some next level dedication. I would have just kicked the thing and called it a day. The fact that he kept whispering apologies while trying to buy a soda is what really gets me, like the machine has feelings to hurt.
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lee_barnes701mo ago
Sounds like Mike just gave that machine its first real victim. The villain origin story practically writes itself.
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