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writercises2008-06-30 09:16 am
mbarker.livejournal.com) wrote in writercises2008-06-30 09:16 am
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EXERCISE: What is Writing?
original posting: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 21:35:11 -0400
We've all heard about the big six (journey, game, war, machine, organism, society). These are popular metaphors used by Americans (at least) for many purposes.
But, let's ask, what is writing to you? What is the metaphor (or simile, if you prefer a little more distance in the equation) that keeps you writing, that makes you smile, that leaves you feeling as if "yes, that's it, that's what writing really is!"?
Writing is a bowl of blueberries?
A red, red wheelbarrow under the sun?
A never-ending fountain of...
Go ahead, what's your metaphor for writing? Expand on it, pun with it, and let us know.
What is writing?
We've all heard about the big six (journey, game, war, machine, organism, society). These are popular metaphors used by Americans (at least) for many purposes.
But, let's ask, what is writing to you? What is the metaphor (or simile, if you prefer a little more distance in the equation) that keeps you writing, that makes you smile, that leaves you feeling as if "yes, that's it, that's what writing really is!"?
Writing is a bowl of blueberries?
A red, red wheelbarrow under the sun?
A never-ending fountain of...
Go ahead, what's your metaphor for writing? Expand on it, pun with it, and let us know.
What is writing?