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Experiments in writing

Jun 25, 2010
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Liz posted a small selection from Bernadette Mayer’s Writing Experiments, so I thought I’d post some of my favorites:

* Rewrite someone else’s writing. Experiment with theft and plagiarism.

* Construct a poem as if the words were three-dimensional objects to be handled in space. Print them on large cards or bricks if necessary.

* Write on a piece of paper where something is already printed or written.

* Dream work: record dreams daily

* The uses of journals. Keep a journal that is restricted to one set of ideas, for instance, a food or dream journal

* Attempt to speak for a day only in questions; write only in questions.

* Create a file of newspaper articles that seem to relate to the chances of writing poetry.

* Write a work that intersperses love with landlords.

* Write household poems — about cooking, shopping, eating and sleeping.

Don’t forget to check out the journal ideas, too— a lot of these I try to do with my logbooks.

via bobulate : : youmightfindyourself

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    ohh.. one of the things to do this summer :)
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    Experiments, so I thought I’d post some of my favorites:...journal ideas, too— a lot of...