What if stories could be made with a calculator? No, not the "
5318008" type of calculator story.
I chose a journal page that involved breaking down something into the parts that created it. For example, Austin Kleon gives the idea of "
Jaws + Space =
Alien," which is essentially what the film
Alien is about: a singular creature setting out to kill the humans in space. Thinking about films, technology, and daily life activities that I'm familiar with helped me to really consider the small things that are molded and mixed together in order to create a new idea or innovation.
This gave me the idea for a Story Calculator, which would work sort of like
Mad Libs to help users create stories based on numbered buttons. Each number would correspond to a certain character, place, verb, or object that would be inserted in between linking words to create a sentence, and, ultimately, a story. It might even be tailored to fit a fandom. If you like
Harry Potter, have a number board with owls, wands, Quidditch, and Severus Snape. Make a
Star Wars board with Tatooine and R2-D2. The possibilities could be endless, and might be worth a second look in the future when designing my projects.
I chose a journal page that involved breaking down something into the parts that created it. For example, Austin Kleon gives the idea of "Jaws + Space = Alien," which is essentially what the film Alien is about: a singular creature setting out to kill the humans in space. Thinking about films, technology, and daily life activities that I'm familiar with helped me to really consider the small things that are molded and mixed together in order to create a new idea or innovation.
This gave me the idea for a Story Calculator, which would work sort of like Mad Libs to help users create stories based on numbered buttons. Each number would correspond to a certain character, place, verb, or object that would be inserted in between linking words to create a sentence, and, ultimately, a story. It might even be tailored to fit a fandom. If you like Harry Potter, have a number board with owls, wands, Quidditch, and Severus Snape. Make a Star Wars board with Tatooine and R2-D2. The possibilities could be endless, and might be worth a second look in the future when designing my projects.
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