Smooth move. Time flies. Such a dumb bunny. There’s something pleasing about repeating vowel sounds. The words don’t rhyme, but they do go together nicely. They make me want to see how far I can take them. Rooster’s smooth move boosts a baboon to croon a groove tune that soon balloons into a new cashew moon. Well, that’s so-so. Certainly, you can do better.
“Shields up,” Captain Ransom Nevermore barked. “Aye aye, Captain,” said First Officer Angelina Octarina, just before the AI unit attacked her, ripping the top of her uniform half off as he moaned with repressed desire. She grabbed the tattered shreds of her uniform and tried to conceal her two ivory orbs. The resident deconstructionist author tapped her note pad. “Can someone turn off that AI unit? His moaning
If you’re here, you are a writer, and you pay attention to words. Here are some vague terms that are constantly thrown around, and as a writer, I’m increasingly annoyed. Here are my attempts at suggesting clarification. Please feel free to add your own phrases and interpretations. The Establishment: This description is as insulting as “you people.” It could mean anything from the local County Supervisors and your
It’s hard. Themes want to emerge. Humans have an urge toward meaning. Trees want to be guardians. The moon is a sister. Peanut butter turns out to be a memory of childhood. Even the damn cracked concrete driveway suggests a journey. But perhaps we can stimulate our creativity backwards by adding the pressure of resisting meaning, of not bowing to the urge to let those associations and connections
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to create a To Do list that, when read, tells us a story. Keep in mind that To Do lists can have multiple parts or sections, that they do change from day to day, with things often crossed out, and that they are typically something we use but don’t share and therefore tend to be not only personal, but often
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