While depriving myself of sleep and looking through some old stuff on my
hard drive, I ran across this really old (1994) software package called
"Story Gen" The name is self explanatory. After playing with it and
reading some of the silly plots, I thnk that I have discovered where
cable TV comes up with some of their stupid movies - or perhaps I have
discovered the secret to Danielle Steele's method of story line
generation.
This was shareware 10 years ago, and I am sure that making a copy would
not be considered piracy anyway, so if anyone wants a good laugh and
would like a copy of this program, the program and the data files zipped
together total less than 18k. Email me and I will email the zipped
program/data to you.
Here is some of the text from the program and some of the incredible
plots that it randomly generated.......
.......From Story Gen........
STORYGEN is a writer's utility that generates storylines by linking
story
elements together in a pseudo-cohesive manner.
STORYGEN consists of 6 element files as follows:
STORY ELEMENT EXAMPLE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
GENRE drama
SUBGENRE boy meets girl
LOCALE a small pacific island
MAIN CHARACTER a waitress
ACTION travels across country with
2ND CHARACTER a serial killer
This is a War/Musical story set in the desert where a sassy lounge
singer vacations in Hawaii, only to be terrorized by a Tennessee farm
woman.
This is a Children's/Best Friends story set in the desert where a
kickboxer returns to Earth to capture a suicidal stewardess.
This is a Action/Coming of Age story set in a mall - after hours where
a talk show host is programmed to be a Tennessee farm woman.
This is a Western/Race Against Time story set in an abandoned
building where a tax auditor is convinced someone is out to kill
her/him, perhaps it's an evil 1958 Plymouth Fury.
This is a Ultraviolence/Coming of Age story set on an airplane bound
for Chicago where a pre-Med student relives a prior reincarnation as a
lovesick terrorist.
This is a Ultraviolence/Consipiracy story set in jail where a nun poses
as a nanny to seek revenge against little people.
This is a Mystery/Government Coverup story set in Disneyland where a
pencil pushing geek take up arms when their school is threatened to be
closed by a woman of ill repute.
This is a War/Sword & Sorcery story set in an underground defense
complex where a computer hacker leads a giant cattle drive across
Montana with his/her renegade ex-partner.
This is a Horror/Boy Meets Girl story set in a parking garage where a
recent parolee makes an arduous journey with a Tennessee farm woman.
This is a Drama/Competition story set on an airplane bound for Chicago
where a tax auditor pursues a widow and gets involved with a
dysfunctional family.
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