My husband's challenge to all you writers.

[porphyrin]

Start a story with the following five words:

The safe was in the middle of the desert.

Comments

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

Once I'm done with the never-ending barista story...

[stillnotbored.livejournal.com]

That's nine words....*g*

In any case, tell him that's cool and I just might do it.

[sksperry.livejournal.com]

Tell your husband to piss off, I'm busy. :-)

[melissajm.livejournal.com]

Got something I need to finish by 5/1, but it's interesting!

[merriehaskell.livejournal.com]

The safe was in the middle of the desert.

Which is why I never found my mother's necklace.

Because deserts are hot, and not worth plastic beads your still-living mother has no particular interest in.

This is what Joseph Campbell would call "the Refusal of the Call to Action." But I'm not that kind of hero, anyway.

[secritcrush.livejournal.com]

I read that as "The safe was in the middle of dessert" and then I got distracted wondering what's the equivalent of chocolate to safes.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

All right, all right, you people.

I have named the main character Mike. You can gauge from the amount of torment heaped upon Mike how frustrating the story eventually is.