NanOrlando

September 8, 2010

Really, really blocked? Try Google Scribe

Filed under: Uncategorized — nanorlando @ 11:17 pm

Some of the fallen angels and demons are subject to availability for this hotel.

The above sentence was partially written with Google Scribe. An auto-complete tool that apparently believes that you should make advance reservations for hotel demon service.

Google Scribe is a strange tool that has no real use that I can figure out. But hey, for Nanowrimo, it could be a blast. You type in a word or part of a sentence and it suggests the next potential word.

With the sentence above, I started with “some of the fallen” from a current WIP (work in progress). I was surprised when a potential suggestion was “angels” because I was writing about angels. The rest of the sentence was composed by choosing words offered up by Google Scribe.

So, how to use this during Nanowrimo? Well, you could start typing a sentence and choose your way through the Google Scribe offerings and create a sentence that inspires you. I hadn’t even considered having the Paradiso Hotel in my story require advance demon reservations. But it’s actually an idea I could use. At least in fiction. In real life, I think I’d skip the demons.

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2 Comments »

  1. Ha! It offered me the phrase “up there with the best of the best in the world of the living room.”

    Comment by Ruth — September 10, 2010 @ 2:47 pm | Reply

  2. It’s almost addictive. I saw an article where someone tried it on famous quotes. It’s amazing what people didn’t say.

    Comment by nanorlando — September 10, 2010 @ 10:53 pm | Reply


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