Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Writer's block? Make your readers write!
So, I know how I want to end the Seinfeld episode, but I'm violently short of my 22,000 word goal. To that end, I need a plot twist. Any ideas from the peanut gallery? Comment here.
Here's a brief run down of how it's going to progress. Jerry brings the table and four chairs to the yard sale - err - sidewalk sale. While Jerry has to leave the sale for a moment, George sells ONE of the chairs, leaving a three chair set. Jerry whines that you can't sell three chairs. Elaine brings over the boxes of stuff to sell, and is in a hurry. Jerry opens the first box and finds "something" that surprises him and George into embarrassed laughter. There is a sense of shock that Elaine would own the thing in the box, but the contents are never disclosed (think "a bottle of rogaine or a large, well-used hatchet"). "Is that was I think it is?" "I don't think it could be anything else." "Why would she need that?" "You don't think she..." "Well, we can't sell that if it's used, can we?" - and try to keep your minds out of the gutter. :-) Also in the box is notebook of love letters to Jerry that Elaine wrote when she was drunk one night. Newman buys the notebook and there is a scene of him sitting in his living room late at night with just a single lamp on while he reads it hungrily. I'm fiddling around with the idea that George's mom loads a bunch of VERY large bras into the box that George brings to the sale.
Throughout the episode, you'll find Kramer going from post office to post office, emptying the postage machines in an effort to corner the market on Susan B Anthony dollar coins. As tax day approaches, there is a news feed with a reporter explaining that during the busiest postal day in the year, people are unable to mail their tax returns because all the postage machines in the state of New York are out of order. Obviously the results of some evil plot to bring the United States government to its knees by cutting off their source of income.
So, the ball's in your court people. I need something to fill in. A plot twist. A new story. Your call.
Here's a brief run down of how it's going to progress. Jerry brings the table and four chairs to the yard sale - err - sidewalk sale. While Jerry has to leave the sale for a moment, George sells ONE of the chairs, leaving a three chair set. Jerry whines that you can't sell three chairs. Elaine brings over the boxes of stuff to sell, and is in a hurry. Jerry opens the first box and finds "something" that surprises him and George into embarrassed laughter. There is a sense of shock that Elaine would own the thing in the box, but the contents are never disclosed (think "a bottle of rogaine or a large, well-used hatchet"). "Is that was I think it is?" "I don't think it could be anything else." "Why would she need that?" "You don't think she..." "Well, we can't sell that if it's used, can we?" - and try to keep your minds out of the gutter. :-) Also in the box is notebook of love letters to Jerry that Elaine wrote when she was drunk one night. Newman buys the notebook and there is a scene of him sitting in his living room late at night with just a single lamp on while he reads it hungrily. I'm fiddling around with the idea that George's mom loads a bunch of VERY large bras into the box that George brings to the sale.
Throughout the episode, you'll find Kramer going from post office to post office, emptying the postage machines in an effort to corner the market on Susan B Anthony dollar coins. As tax day approaches, there is a news feed with a reporter explaining that during the busiest postal day in the year, people are unable to mail their tax returns because all the postage machines in the state of New York are out of order. Obviously the results of some evil plot to bring the United States government to its knees by cutting off their source of income.
So, the ball's in your court people. I need something to fill in. A plot twist. A new story. Your call.
