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Clodfobble · 03-23-2004, 01:11 PM

There was a book my mother had at some point called "A Wedding Cake in the Middle of the Road" or something like that. The premise of the book was that all these famous (or just published at some point, really) authors were asked to write a short story that could be in any style or about anything, as long as at some point, somewhere, it involved a wedding cake in the middle of the road.

It was a very enjoyable book, which I can directly attribute to two things: 1.) there was a length limit, which usually requires more skill than going on and on with one's adverby self, and 2.) the assignment was open enough that you could have very different and interesting takes on the same theme.

Supposing that those two things will be true of this thread, I would be very interested in reading it (maybe even writing, but I make no guarantees.)

03-23-2004, 01:11 PM	#2
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	There was a book my mother had at some point called "A Wedding Cake in the Middle of the Road" or something like that. The premise of the book was that all these famous (or just published at some point, really) authors were asked to write a short story that could be in any style or about anything, as long as at some point, somewhere, it involved a wedding cake in the middle of the road. It was a very enjoyable book, which I can directly attribute to two things: 1.) there was a length limit, which usually requires more skill than going on and on with one's adverby self, and 2.) the assignment was open enough that you could have very different and interesting takes on the same theme. Supposing that those two things will be true of this thread, I would be very interested in reading it (maybe even writing, but I make no guarantees.)