The Theme

It's taken nearly a hundred years of debate (or it seems like it, at least). By now you'd have thought we'd all have jet cars and be wearing space-age leisure suits, and possibly the Omega point would have been reached before this: the theme for the next Brick Lane Wednesday writing group anthology has been set. And it is

part Secret Santa, part sadism. Each person in the group has been given the name of another person in the group for whom the first person must concoct three titles or ideas for a short story. These ideas should be designed to take the recipient well out of their comfort zone. For instance, if the person whose name you've been given likes nothing better than to write a soppy romance, what better subject to give them than a high octane thriller? If your nominated person always writes from a female perspective, it's time to get them thinking like a man. You get the picture...

...which you might think a rather complicated elevator pitch. Since I chose to attend a puppet show(!) rather than attend the final decision on the theme, I was sadly not privy to the decision making process. Rather wish I had been there now. I should think it was very much like the World Cup draw. Possibly without Charlize Theron. Almost certainly without David Beckham.

Personally, I'm hoping to be asked to write something about pirates. I can promise I've never written about pirates before.