The Surreal-A-Tron 8000

Have you ever wanted to be a writer? To see your works in print, or on the Internet? Having the urge to do it can be one thing. Having the talent, however, can be an obstacle. But if you use today’s Warped site, you can get some good ideas on how to create some interesting writing.

The site is called The Surreal-A-Tron 8000. It is subtitled “Generate fantastical voyages into the mind of a sociopath. Just add water.” It is a Web site that uses a “fill in the blank” approach to create some unusual writings. Here is an example from the first sentence:

“The sun was ( ) as ( ) made ( ) way ( ) up the ( ) road.” Where the parentheses are, you have choice of phrases or words to choose from to insert into the story. After The sun was, you can choose “made of crisps,” “blue with rage and giggles,” “God stricken,” or “unbearably frigid.” So you can see how the story can turn out. It isn’t Hemmingway or Shakespeare, but it does provide some interesting reading.

Here is a chance to practice your writing skills. There isn’t anything that you can do with this except print it out and share with some friends, or maybe put it on your blog. The Warp-o-Meter gives this site a 9.0, making it one of the better sites that we’ve run across lately.

[tags]surreal, mad lib, fill in the blank, humor, writing, write[/tags]