Roll a die three times and jot down the three results. (If you don’t have a die to hand, pick three numbers between 1 and 6 without looking at the choices below.) Rewrite a short version of the story in the genre and with the requirement that match your numbers.
STORY
- Oliver Twist
- Romeo & Juliet
- The Wind in the Willows
- Jane Eyre
- Charlotte’s Web
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
GENRE
- Horror
- Romantic Comedy
- Science Fiction
- Mystery/Suspense
- Young Adult
- Western
REQUIREMENT
- Original protagonist is now the villain
- A pineapple is the key to resolving the conflict
- One of the main characters is a ghost
- At some point a chicken must be involved
- A minor character is a mind reader
- The main character is deathly afraid of spiders
So if I rolled a 5, 2, and 6, I would be rewriting Charlotte’s Web as a romantic comedy in which the main character is deathly afraid of spiders. Yup, that should get my brain working…