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The Elevator Pitch Game


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Hello, and welcome to The Elevator Pitch Game!

 

You might be thinking: What’s an elevator pitch?

 

Often, when pitching ideas for a movie/screenplay, the writer has to be able to sum up the plot as quickly and as interestingly as possible, perhaps to test the inherent ability to market it to mass audiences. Similarly, my MFA advisor loves stressing the importance of being able to tell people what the primary event in your story is (preferably in one sentence), because once you have a clearly communicated idea, you’ll have a firmer idea of how to write it, even when you start to trail off or ramble in your narrative.

 

So here’s how the game works: go to random word generator (found here: http://www.textfixer.com/tools/random-words.php), pick 3 words at random, and create one sentence from those words that outlines the basics of a story.

 

This is also a helpful exercise for those of you creative folks who may be searching for an idea, for those of you who need an exercise to get into the swing of writing, or for those of you who struggle to discuss your stories simply. It’s also just entertaining as heck!

 

Here are the three words I received: extract, diversion, drunken

 

So I wrote:

A new blend of cinnamon/lavender extract -- created by an artificial flavoring has-been -- assists in the redemption of his former glory, as well as a diversion from his alcoholism.

 

Have at it!

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Elbow-Blinks-Chaos

 

 

An Alien comes to Earth in search of a place to be a refugee, everything is going good until it is discovered that when his species Blinks total Chaos breaks out within a 5 Meter Radius.

 

I would so friggin read this book or watch this movie :D

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chicken-beauty-absurd

 

High School beauty queen and total bitch Genesis Guevara wakes up on prom night, only to find she's been transformed into a chicken, will she ever find her way back to humanity?  Will she survive her absurd encounter with "Chicken Fucker Jones"?  Only one way to find out kids......read my book : o :D

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chicken-beauty-absurd

 

High School beauty queen and total bitch Genesis Guevara wakes up on prom night, only to find she's been transformed into a chicken, will she ever find her way back to humanity?  Will she survive her absurd encounter with "Chicken Fucker Jones"?  Only one way to find out kids......read my book : o :D

 

Oh my god

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necrotic-confidence-imprint

 

She had a horrible case of necrotic vaginitis, but it didn't affect her confidence as she continued to imprint unsuspecting men with her foul discharges, which the men had mistaken as sublime moisture.

 

I hope the imagery was pleasant there.  :|

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necrotic-confidence-imprint

 

She had a horrible case of necrotic vaginitis, but it didn't affect her confidence as she continued to imprint unsuspecting men with her foul discharges, which the men had mistaken as sublime moisture.

 

I hope the imagery was pleasant there.  :|

I threw up just a little, then I looked at your sig and sprayed some vomit on my monitors : o >:D

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hash-corduroy-frightening

 

lol....wow, this is a good one >:D

 

 

Take a frightening journey through Portland, OR with Kevin, the world's only stand alone, hash smoking, pair of corduroy pants.  If you don't laugh and cry, I swear, you're dead inside. : o

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necrotic-confidence-imprint

 

She had a horrible case of necrotic vaginitis, but it didn't affect her confidence as she continued to imprint unsuspecting men with her foul discharges, which the men had mistaken as sublime moisture.

 

I hope the imagery was pleasant there.  :|

 

I like its pairing with your signature.

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Words: diagonal, biology, afterwards

 

After a freak coincidence involving absinthe and champagne in an unwashed flute, two fraternity brothers --fighting a New Years hangover -- struggle to uncover the secrets to the next biological warfare attack on US soil, with the help of a sentient diagonal crosswalk that mysteriously appeared in the middle of St. Marks.

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