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7/11/2008 07:26 PM PT
TWENTY LITTLE LINE PROJECT
Jim Simmerman
1. Begin the poem with a metaphor.
2. Say something specific but utterly preposterous.
3. Use at least one image for each of the five senses, either in succession or scattered randomly throughout the poem.
4. Use one example of synesthesia (mixing the senses).
5. Use the proper name of a person and the proper name of a place.
6. Contradict something you said earlier in the poem.
7. Change direction or digress from the last thing you said.
8. Use a word (slang?) you’ve never seen in a poem.
9. Use an example of false cause-effect logic.
10. Use a piece of talk you’ve actually heard (preferably in dialect and/or which you don’t understand).
11. Create a metaphor using the following construction: "The (adjective) (concrete noun) of (abstract noun) . . ."
12. Use an image in such a way as to reverse its usual associative qualities.
13. Make the persona or character in the poem do something he or she could not do in "real life."
14. Refer to yourself by nickname and in the third person.
15. Write in the future tense, such that part of the poem seems to be a prediction.
16. Modify a noun with an unlikely adjective.
17. Make a declarative assertion that sounds convincing but that finally makes no sense.
18. Use a phrase from a language other than English.
19. Make a non-human object say or do something human (personification).
20. Close the poem with a vivid image that makes no statement, but that "echoes" an image from earlier in the poem.
Jim Simmerman
1. Begin the poem with a metaphor.
2. Say something specific but utterly preposterous.
3. Use at least one image for each of the five senses, either in succession or scattered randomly throughout the poem.
4. Use one example of synesthesia (mixing the senses).
5. Use the proper name of a person and the proper name of a place.
6. Contradict something you said earlier in the poem.
7. Change direction or digress from the last thing you said.
8. Use a word (slang?) you’ve never seen in a poem.
9. Use an example of false cause-effect logic.
10. Use a piece of talk you’ve actually heard (preferably in dialect and/or which you don’t understand).
11. Create a metaphor using the following construction: "The (adjective) (concrete noun) of (abstract noun) . . ."
12. Use an image in such a way as to reverse its usual associative qualities.
13. Make the persona or character in the poem do something he or she could not do in "real life."
14. Refer to yourself by nickname and in the third person.
15. Write in the future tense, such that part of the poem seems to be a prediction.
16. Modify a noun with an unlikely adjective.
17. Make a declarative assertion that sounds convincing but that finally makes no sense.
18. Use a phrase from a language other than English.
19. Make a non-human object say or do something human (personification).
20. Close the poem with a vivid image that makes no statement, but that "echoes" an image from earlier in the poem.
7/10/2008 07:32 AM PT
I use music to get me back into the mood I was in when I stopped writing. Music does this for me and the trick if you are not a Pro with all day to write is maintaining the mood since our moods drop onto the page. Recapturing the mood is a task but like I said, I listen to music I think could be in the background of the scene and the same music gets me back into it again. Some days there is no connection with the Universe at all but you just have to sit and wait it out if nothing else works. It will come back, dont panic and definately dont write garbage just to have something on the page. Have faith, God meant for you to be a writer and He wont let ya dowm. :-)
7/10/2008 07:30 AM PT
i use music to get me back into the mood I was in when I stopped writing. Music does this for me and the trick if you are a Pro with all day to write is maintaining the mood since our moods drop onto the page. Recapturing the mood is a task but liek I said, I listen to music I think coudl be in the background of the scene and th esame music gets me back into it again. Some days there is no connection with the Universe at all but you just have to sit and wait it out if nothing else works. It will come back, dont pnaic and definately dont write garbage just to have somethign on the page. Have faith, God meant for youto be a writer and He wont let ya dowm. :-)
6/29/2008 04:33 PM PT
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