Name + object story practice

I got the idea to this practice from the object-poem-practice.

I thought it would be an interesting practice to choose a random name and a random letter.

For example Tina + B

Then one would think about possible words that start with “B”, like bath, bottle, bed, bat, bravery, banana, bandana, bear, beer, bonbon, bingo, breakfast…

Then you choose the combination that interests you the most, which gives you the most ideas.

For example: Tina’s bat

That would then be the topic of the short story.

While writing one would think about basic questions like why, when, who, how, what, where.

Why does Tina have a bat? Why does she need it?

When did Tina need a bat? Does she still need it? When did/does she use it?

For what does she use it? What is the bat like?

How does Tina feel? How does she use the bat? How does the bat look?

Where is this bat? Where did Tina get it? Where is she using it?

And then out of these components you write a story.

See here the short story I wrote using this practice.