Exercise: A Fragment...

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Original posting: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 20:50:00 -0400

Her underwear was purple, her blouse was sheer ecru
the tattoo on her shoulder was just too faint to view

Go ahead, add a few lines.  Remold them, tell us about this young lady with the dark underwear.  Oh, and who is the observer, noting the prurient points of interest?

Spin us a tale, paint us a poetry, make the words sing, and we'll all listen to the thoughts ringing in the aether...

EXERCISE: A Great Beginning is...

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original posting: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 22:04:58 -0400

A great beginning is like...

well, you know how it feels when you've been out playing baseball under the hot sun, playing all afternoon on one long Saturday afternoon in August?

and then you take a drink of ice-cold apple cider?

That's what a great beginning is.  That feeling.

(okay, you don't think that's what a great beginning is?  Let's hear your ideas!  Or feel free to draw a little simile, a stretch of a metaphor reaching for third base, or whatever...)

Write!

EXERcise: A Great Ending...

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original posting: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 20:49:00 -0400

A great ending...

It's like when you're going upstairs, and you take that one extra step...

...that isn't there.

A great ending doesn't.

Okay, there's a couple of thoughts.  What's a great ending for you?