Short Story Ideas

1) A car with 3 recent college grads are on their way home. On there way home they get lost down a detour road. They end up at this butcher shop out in the middle of nowhere. The place is known for its meat patties....they eat them and suddenly are knocked in a deep sleep..only to wake up to...

2) A misfit girl is growing up in a big city....she begans to feel strangely after meeting a boy in the park on her way from school. She soon realizes after she gets home, that she can think completely on her own, but that the boy has somehow invaded her mind. He will not leave her senses
3) A bunch of rich neighborhood junkie kids want to throw a block party, so they can rob the neighborhood. But, they are worried about the new patrol cop, who does not miss a beat...

4) Two African mercenaries are caught on the top of a building in the middle of a war. They are supposed to kill each other, but somehow through an ancient marking find out that they are related. However, they have an implant to self destruct if they do not kill their assigned mark....and time is running out.

5) A girl drives across country to meet the father she has never known....on her way to meet him she encounters a see of troubles and adventures, as she learns that her father is a wanted druglord by various mafias.

Interactivity...Tell me a story!

I think that a typewriter is interactive and it can tell a story in more than one way.

Generally, typewriters were interactive when used by someone....but since they are pretty out-dated with computer technology these days, i wanted to find another way they can be interactive. Thus, the typewriters as art above.

Typewriters were used to tell stories...literally. A writer, newspaper editor, or someone who could literally punch the typing keys and voila! The whole paper and ink thing. I can tell you that I have no idea how the ink actually got into the typewriter....I am guessing there were no ink cartridges? My generation, and maybe even the generation before mine, most likely have never even used a typewriter.

But, there was romance in punching those typing keys. There were no quick stories. There was not the immediate interaction with the audience, such as what I am doing today. There was something pristine about a typewriter, that required maintenance and valuable time. Plus, the thought that a Remington typewriter was like a Mac Air Book today..... is kinda funny. And, did you notice the flowers on the Remington? I am wondering what specific decade this was from, because speaks to marketing to women.

Above, I have two pieces of art made from a typewriter...one kinda reminds me of Johnny 5 from "Short Circuit" but I will not even get into that since that is talking about robots....long leap from a typewriter..or not. But, definitely art has it's foundation and roots in history. So, seeing a robot with a typewriter rib cage makes me happy. Speaks to where we are now with recycling and sustainability, also.

In any case, the 3 photos of typewriters represent the past in technology, the romance of storytelling, and future embracing the past.