trash to treasure, part deux

I'm sure you were sleepless with anticipation, right? So here's your other recycling option.

Suppose you don't really have any old writing that you're willing to reimagine--maybe you're Stephen King, and everything you write is gold, for example. Well, here's recycling option two for you:

2. Instead of fearing hackneyed, overdone, and even TRITE, embrace it. Think of one of the MOST cliched plots there is--for instance, the Cinderella syndrome--and make it the basis of your piece. Your challenge is to take this oh-so familiar story and make it fresh with unexpected characters, inspiring setting and your unique twist on a well-loved tale. Have fun with it and remember--so little of writing is about plot. Take Sophocles and Shakespeare as your role models. It's not about WHAT happens, it's all in HOW it happens and WHO is involved.

posted by lit lover at 8:50 AM