EXERCISE: One, Two, Three...Infinity?
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writercisesOriginal posting: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 22:50:42 -0400
Okay, here's the ploy.
Take a series of some kind. Something borrowed, something blue. Alpha and Omega. Anna one, anna two, anna three, four, five...louie, louie, louai!
Got your series?
Frame a story, a poem, a fragment with that series interlaced. For example, use the words of the series as the headings on poetic bits. Or consider weaving the series into the beginning lines of each paragraph/stanza.
Now, as the words tumble along, consider a twist on the series. Instead of one, two, three, infinity, perhaps you want to use one, two, three, mathematics! Or alpha, beta, gambling?
Start the reader along a path, then provide a little shift that shows them
some magic...
Write, okay?
Okay, here's the ploy.
Take a series of some kind. Something borrowed, something blue. Alpha and Omega. Anna one, anna two, anna three, four, five...louie, louie, louai!
Got your series?
Frame a story, a poem, a fragment with that series interlaced. For example, use the words of the series as the headings on poetic bits. Or consider weaving the series into the beginning lines of each paragraph/stanza.
Now, as the words tumble along, consider a twist on the series. Instead of one, two, three, infinity, perhaps you want to use one, two, three, mathematics! Or alpha, beta, gambling?
Start the reader along a path, then provide a little shift that shows them
some magic...
Write, okay?
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