writing exercise - 50 titles

[newtypeshadow46]

This was suggested by Matthew Zapruder, who read his poetry Wednesday night for the Juniper Institute SWI. He uses this exercise for his poetry classes, but I think it works just as easily with prose poems, short shorts, and fiction in general.

The writing exercise is thus: write 50 titles. Then, if you're with another person, switch lists and write poems for their titles. If by yourself, just use your own. Being by yourself is incentive to go crazy and write titles that come uncensored to mind without fear others will see them. Being with another person makes it a challenge to see what kind of wacky titles you can come up with that they'll have to write about.

It's a game, but good stuff can come out of it.

Have fun, ne?

Comments

[begeistert.livejournal.com]

I like the things you've done. I might just try it.

[begeistert.livejournal.com]

Wait . . . do the titles come from things that already exist (songs, books, plays) or are they things one creates from scratch?

[newtypeshadow46.livejournal.com]

you write your own, but you can take them from existing things.

[newtypeshadow46.livejournal.com]

you really should ^_^

also, are you in NoHo? because Sam and Tiffany are there now watching a movie.

[begeistert.livejournal.com]

I'm in Noho now, but I won't be in a little while.

I should be back tonight, though. Want to sometime this week explore the writing conveniences of one of the cafes you've found in Amherst?

Is it the Al Gore movie?

[newtypeshadow46.livejournal.com]

definitely! i need to get out of the apartment. some alone-with-ashlyn-and-writing-and-chai would be wonderful for me!

and they went to see the Al Gore movie, yes.

have a day in mind?

[begeistert.livejournal.com]

Not a particular day. I should be here for the rest of the week, though, so any day is a good day. A very good day.

What day would be best for you?

[newtypeshadow46.livejournal.com]

any day, really. whenever you want to come over here, or whenever you want me to come over there. i think Sam works from around 2pm to 10pm on Wednesday (thursday?), so i might be able to hitch a ride with her and we could write in NoHo. perhaps haymarket, as you suggested?

[begeistert.livejournal.com]

Wednesday tomorrow? I'll call you before 2. I planned to work in the library tomorrow, but Haymarket might work too.

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