Borrowed from Mary Robinette Kowal

[melissajm]

This sounds like fun:

Tell me about a story I haven’t written (yet) and I’ll give you a random sentence from that story.

Comments

[maryrobinette.livejournal.com]

There was that one about dragon racing that was sort of like Seabiscuit. What was that one?

[melissajm.livejournal.com]

"It's all belly and no wings," the dealer scoffed. "What do you feed it-hardtack?"

[maryrobinette.livejournal.com]

Ha! Very nice.

[melissajm.livejournal.com]

Cheap inside joke. ;)

[lonfiction.livejournal.com]

I really liked where you were going with the one about the time the hive mind won PICK 6...

[melissajm.livejournal.com]

"Invasion? This is a shopping trip! Do you have any of those "I Gotta Be Me?" T-shirts?"

[samhenderson.livejournal.com]

The one about the frogs and the oranges and the jar of pickle relish.

[melissajm.livejournal.com]

"So, Doctor Ribbitson, which has attracted more flies? Need I remind you that continuation of your research grant hinges upon the results of this experiment?"

[samhenderson.livejournal.com]

*applause*

[melissajm.livejournal.com]

:bows:

[melissajm.livejournal.com]

(Whoops, I forgot the "one sentence rule." Sorry!

Mary Robinette, would you mind if I shared this idea with a messageboard I'm on? I think they'd love it!

[maryrobinette.livejournal.com]

I snagged it from someone else, so by all means! That's the whole point of memes, isn't it?

I also cheated by counting everything in a dialog tag as one sentence.

[melissajm.livejournal.com]

Y'know, I'm dense. You know the board I was thinking of-ROF's.

[maryrobinette.livejournal.com]

Ha! Of course. It's perfect, go, spread the word. I'll see you there.

[melissajm.livejournal.com]

Done! The different layout makes things a bit tricky, but I think it'll work.