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Post by starskyhutch76 on Jul 18, 2020 5:58:40 GMT
Try a crossover and try to find inspiration from your local environment and context. Given the universality of Covid-19, I started watching the first episode of Stephen King's "The Stand" and started to wonder what would have if I merged that universe with the JLA's one. It doesn't have to be that one. Let your inspiration take over and then get started. Or try song lyrics, anything that gets your urges reactivated. I did that one time with John Constantine. It was a Spernatural crossover that was really more like a prequel since the 5 Earth stories are in the 1980s. Expiraments can work, too, like when I adapted Les Defenseurs into the cinematic Avengers using French DC characters. Doc and I both had fun challenging each other with adapting movie scripts. Ironically, we both got more than one story from the results. I just hope I can get over my dry spell soon. I regret that my personal life has affected my ability to write. Sadly, writing would be very therapeutic for me.
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Post by dans on Jul 18, 2020 16:38:15 GMT
I've got some stories stored up that I need to work on. In one of my AVant Guard stories, the ladies are talking with Adventurine and discussing their plans to follow up on a murder investigation. Phoenix Barrows, a male Lois Lane type, who really digs Miss Music, wants to work with them, because he is doing a story on the man who was murdered ( Murder at the Matinee) and this is what the story says:
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“Say, ladies, you won’t mind if I tag along, will you?” Once again they were startled by Phoenix, who had been quiet like a mouse. “I’m planning a follow up feature on Pinero, and it would be great if I got the facts first hand.”
“Not this time, Phoenix, please?” Tammi asked. “The last time you ‘tagged along’ you spent a week in the hospital and 3 months in a walking cast. And I got a concussion trying to protect you, and felt like crap for a week.”
“And the bad guy got away in the fight, and it took me a week working alone to track him down again,” Alex added. ”Just stay out of this one and let the pros handle it.” Before Phoenix could explode, she turned and headed for the door.
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It ought to be easy to turn that into a story, huh? Anyone want to try? (Story takes place in San Francisco in around 1960 on Earth S, ping me for more details)
Dan
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