TECH: Nanonotes #21, 22, and maybe more?
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Original Posting 22 Nov 2010
Let's see. First off, apologies for slacking off again.
Over here http://community.livejournal.com/writercises/146309.html for the 21st, I proposed dragging a metaphor into the tale, one way or another. Whack it on the head, stretch it out and see how it stacks up in your story. And I even provided a list of seven possible metaphors to help you get started. Just pick a number from one to seven, see what you picked, and start letting the little grey cells make connections between that wild metaphor and your story, character, problem, setting, or whatever. And through the magic of the human brain, sure enough, there they come. A hint here, a spin there, and? POOF! A magic web of connections, and a metaphor fit for a wordmill. Always fun to play with.
Aha! I followed that up http://community.livejournal.com/writercises/146499.html with nine popular business metaphors -- journey, war, game, organism, society, machine, family, zoo, jungle. Now admittedly, you probably would want to pin down your metaphor a bit more closely, turning the generic journey into a skateboard trip along the shores of Malibu or some such, or perhaps picking a friendly little white-tailed rabbit as the organism de jure, but the notion is simple enough. Consider these various families of metaphors, and choose something that helps for your story.
That kind of catches us up, but let me warn you that I may miss a day or so here. See, we got a phone call this evening, and a family friend of Mitsuko's died earlier today. Which means, in Japan, that tomorrow we'll have a wake, and the funeral is the next day. Hustle, bustle, and where is my good suit?
Keep writing!
Let's see. First off, apologies for slacking off again.
Over here http://community.livejournal.com/writercises/146309.html for the 21st, I proposed dragging a metaphor into the tale, one way or another. Whack it on the head, stretch it out and see how it stacks up in your story. And I even provided a list of seven possible metaphors to help you get started. Just pick a number from one to seven, see what you picked, and start letting the little grey cells make connections between that wild metaphor and your story, character, problem, setting, or whatever. And through the magic of the human brain, sure enough, there they come. A hint here, a spin there, and? POOF! A magic web of connections, and a metaphor fit for a wordmill. Always fun to play with.
Aha! I followed that up http://community.livejournal.com/writercises/146499.html with nine popular business metaphors -- journey, war, game, organism, society, machine, family, zoo, jungle. Now admittedly, you probably would want to pin down your metaphor a bit more closely, turning the generic journey into a skateboard trip along the shores of Malibu or some such, or perhaps picking a friendly little white-tailed rabbit as the organism de jure, but the notion is simple enough. Consider these various families of metaphors, and choose something that helps for your story.
That kind of catches us up, but let me warn you that I may miss a day or so here. See, we got a phone call this evening, and a family friend of Mitsuko's died earlier today. Which means, in Japan, that tomorrow we'll have a wake, and the funeral is the next day. Hustle, bustle, and where is my good suit?
Keep writing!