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Another Writing Experiment!! see first post for rules!!
« on: February 03, 2007, 10:52:57 pm »
This is an experiment. I took an online writing course this fall and this exercise was very fun.

I am not going to tell you WHERE we will end (for reasons that will become obvious later!) Please follow the rules to the letter....they do have a specific purpose... ;)

Step 1!!

each member needs to gather up words...any word that interests you, that you like (or hate for that matter), action words, descriptive words, names, you need at least thirty-forty. Post them here ....you don't have to add all at once. Just come back and add to your list using the modify button. Remember, the more words you have the better!

I will give you a week to get them together!

Rules!

1) keep it clean please! no profanity.

2) you have to finish your list before next Sunday. 2/11!

--Edit:  I added the word deadline to the calendar. --Lynne
« Last Edit: February 12, 2007, 12:34:10 am by injest »

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Lynne's Words
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2007, 12:25:11 am »
Nouns
cellar door
kittens
kismet
parents
therapy
friendship
misogynist
spring
Verbs
dance
commit
endure
enjoin
rejoice
forgive
enhance
celebrate
Adjectives
intrepid
resilient
vibrant
intractable
stealthy
succulent
shy
ridiculous
Adverbs
romantically
vibrantly
joyously
recklessly
purposely
marginally
Exclamations, etc.
Criminy!
and
or
but
before
after
of
the
a/an
nevertheless

--Done!
« Last Edit: February 07, 2007, 01:25:13 pm by Lynne »
"Laß sein. Laß sein."

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Re: Another Writing Experiment!! see first post for rules!!
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2007, 12:39:49 am »
criminy??  :laugh:

have you done this before? that is quite a list!

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Re: Another Writing Experiment!! see first post for rules!!
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2007, 12:48:10 am »
criminy??  :laugh:

have you done this before? that is quite a list!

Nope! I'm just an obsessive-compulsive soul!  And it's only 18 ;)

Question:  Do we get linking verbs, conjunctions, prepositions, etc..for free?
"Laß sein. Laß sein."

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Re: Another Writing Experiment!! see first post for rules!!
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2007, 12:59:59 am »
If you think you may need it you better put it in your list!

there will be SOME leeway but not much!  ;D

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Re: Another Writing Experiment!! see first post for rules!!
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2007, 07:08:45 am »
Welcome Goadra!!

Thank you! (alphabetized!!  :o )

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Re: Another Writing Experiment!! see first post for rules!!
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2007, 01:48:18 am »
Eek..35 words .. !
I'll have to think some up and come back here later!  8)


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Re: Another Writing Experiment!! see first post for rules!!
« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2007, 09:31:15 am »
A few I love.

1. taciturn
2. proximity
3. incongruous
4. emulate
5. disdain
6. supercilious
7. vilify
8. redress
9. salty
10. coupon (it makes me laugh...don't ask)

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Re: Another Writing Experiment!! see first post for rules!!
« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2007, 03:59:39 am »
bongos
bananas
Bismarck
Pepto-Bismol
peppy
peppercorn
pepperoni
macaroni
macarena
Machiavellian
machinations
match
maps
ma
portion
person
porcelain
pour
poor
pool
Pookie
potato
pugilistic
puscilanimous
animated
Annandale
Ankara
ankh
Andover
hand over
guts
guppies
gulp
green
grin
grenouille
grueling
gruel
grovel
hovel
shovel
muddle
muffin
mustang
shebang
shelter
sensational
sort
snort
north
worth
Perth
Penthesilea
Pentagon
billabong
Matilda
Matisse
mash
math
anticipate
blame
consternation
direct
effluvium
fantasy
gateway
hum
inch
jangle
Katchaturian
languid
miss
never
often
perhaps
quizzically
roundish
subside
tantamount
unforgettable
venerable
warm
xylophone
yesterday
zest

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Re: Another Writing Experiment!! see first post for rules!!
« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2007, 04:27:32 am »
Nice list, Elle!
"Laß sein. Laß sein."

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Re: Another Writing Experiment!! see first post for rules!!
« Reply #10 on: February 06, 2007, 09:51:40 pm »
Don''t forget verbs, linking words, colors, flavors..remember the more the better!

be inventive and pay attention. Try carrying a piece of paper around in your pocket and writing words you notice or think of...

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STEP TWO!!
« Reply #11 on: February 12, 2007, 12:31:44 am »
NOW it is time to use the words you collected.

Look around your house there and find about five objects that you can bring together on a table. Get some sticky notes and write one of your words from your list on the sticky note.

Now begin putting the sticky notes on the objects you just collected in two or three word phrases. Try to think in new combinations...don't go for the obvious connections.

Mix them up, play with them. The goal is to look at how words give meaning to objects and determine HOW we think of them.

post a few of your favorites. Tell what the object is and then tell your phrase.

for example I had a pot of strawberries and my phrase was community passion. (the idea of community being growing for others to consume...) (passion being the feeling I have for the people who eat what I have grown)

LOL

didn't say it was good...just an example of one of my phrases!!

try your own!

you have one week for this stage...

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Re: Another Writing Experiment!! see first post for rules!!
« Reply #12 on: February 13, 2007, 02:38:31 am »
I hereby add the entire contents of the following Web page to my list: http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,543.0/all.html

Somehow I doubt Jess is gonna let us get away with that one! ::) :P
"Laß sein. Laß sein."

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Re: Another Writing Experiment!! see first post for rules!!
« Reply #13 on: February 13, 2007, 09:13:02 am »
assured believe best blue closeness confidence dashing drastic dream expectations forested fuzzy gold heartbreak important Marquesas marred memory peaceful puzzlement reluctance remorse solid space support Syracuse tangential tapestry tellingly Telluride time unbreakable warmth weaver withdrawn

a for from the to with

I hereby add the entire contents of the following Web page to my list: http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,543.0/all.html

ROTF!!!

well .....

not really in the SPIRIT of the exercise!!

all those words are faves huh??

 >:( ::)

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Re: Another Writing Experiment!! see first post for rules!!
« Reply #14 on: February 17, 2007, 12:48:12 am »
  • Blue closeness: the guys in their denim jackets on the film’s DVD case
  • Gold heartbreak: gold box for Microsoft Office—heartbreak caused by installation hassles
  • Withdrawn weaver: When I feel withdrawn on some days, I write (weave tiny tales).
  • Solid space: This combination of words might seem a contradiction, but my desk is solid wood and most of the drawers are empty.
Sorry to have offended. I’ll not play anymore, if that’s your preference.  :-\ To quote Mr. Silverstein: “Shall I waddle off to woedom?”

Don't be silly!! I laughed my behind off! I thought it was VERY clever!!

Withdrawn weaver LOVE this one...I like how it makes me think of how a weaver weaves for the consumption of others....he/she makes things for others to use....but withdrawn meaning he/she has pulled away from other people...the people he/she weaves FOR...

very nice!!!

Thank you!!

 :-*

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FINAL!!!
« Reply #15 on: February 19, 2007, 11:53:14 pm »
Ok...select a photograph....and write a four to eight line long poem using JUST the words you collected!! Be original and have fun with it. Doesn't have to make sense to me....just to you!

Post the picture and the poem here!!!

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Re: Lynne's Words
« Reply #16 on: February 21, 2007, 06:13:57 pm »
stealthy kittens (but they would NOT stand for the sticky notes! :) )

celebrate friendship and kismet (on my envelope from Truman containing genuine Wyoming sage)

resilient parents endure (on mom's oxygen machine)

dance of the ridiculous (on my TV in prep for Oscar night :) or to remind me to find time for humor and comedy in my life)

joyously intrepid (on a picture of Vicki and me scuba diving from years ago)

succulent spring (on some fruit - I know I'm rushing things since it isn't home-grown)
"Laß sein. Laß sein."

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Re: Lynne's Words
« Reply #17 on: February 21, 2007, 07:16:11 pm »
stealthy kittens (but they would NOT stand for the sticky notes! :) )

celebrate friendship and kismet (on my envelope from Truman containing genuine Wyoming sage)

resilient parents endure (on mom's oxygen machine)

dance of the ridiculous (on my TV in prep for Oscar night :) or to remind me to find time for humor and comedy in my life)

joyously intrepid (on a picture of Vicki and me scuba diving from years ago)

succulent spring (on some fruit - I know I'm rushing things since it isn't home-grown)

very nice!!

love the Dance of the Ridiculus!!

thank you!!!

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Re: Another Writing Experiment!! see first post for rules!!
« Reply #18 on: February 21, 2007, 08:56:25 pm »
When's this FINAL business due, Madam Jess?  And is the poem with all our words or just our phrases??
-Lynne
"Laß sein. Laß sein."

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Re: Another Writing Experiment!! see first post for rules!!
« Reply #19 on: February 21, 2007, 10:12:04 pm »
When's this FINAL business due, Madam Jess?  And is the poem with all our words or just our phrases??
-Lynne

you have til next Sunday...and it is only 4 to 8 lines long...so use your word lists to make the lines. (the phrases were practice!!)  :)

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Re: Another Writing Experiment!! see first post for rules!!
« Reply #20 on: February 21, 2007, 10:17:11 pm »
I don't understand.  ???   :-\
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Re: Another Writing Experiment!! see first post for rules!!
« Reply #21 on: February 21, 2007, 10:24:35 pm »
I don't understand.  ???   :-\

aww...poor David...always coming in in the middle!!

 ;) :-* :-*

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Re: Another Writing Experiment!! see first post for rules!!
« Reply #22 on: February 21, 2007, 10:48:20 pm »
From dashing marred, drastic expectations to tellingly blue heartbreak,
A fuzzy, important dream memory assured the withdrawn weaver
Peaceful, tangential puzzlement, solid support.
Believe: With time, confidence, space
Forested gold tapestry = best unbreakable warmth.


I am glad you didn't post a picture. That is VERY good.

Thank you, Barbara...

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Re: Another Writing Experiment!! see first post for rules!!
« Reply #23 on: February 22, 2007, 06:19:01 am »
From dashing marred, drastic expectations to tellingly blue heartbreak,
A fuzzy, important dream memory assured the withdrawn weaver
Peaceful, tangential puzzlement, solid support.
Believe: With time, confidence, space
Forested gold tapestry = best unbreakable warmth.

That's truly lovely, Barbara - thank you!
 :)
"Laß sein. Laß sein."

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Re: Another Writing Experiment!! see first post for rules!!
« Reply #24 on: February 22, 2007, 03:58:38 pm »
I don't understand.  ???   :-\

Just go back to the beginning of the thread, David!  Take it from the top!  This is fun!!
 :) :D
"Laß sein. Laß sein."