Odd writing exercise
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hamsterexastrisInspired by David Mack (the Trek author, not the comics artist):
Pick a song (score or other orchestral music probably works best, but "normal" music might work too), and try to write a short story or part of a larger work to accompany it.
I covered a 2:00 track in about 600 words, or 300 words per minute of music; David Mack covered a 6:35 track in about 3700 words (chapter 1 of A Time to Heal), or 565 words per minute of music. *shrug* Then again, the events in what I wrote occur at a much faster pace than his piece. :)
Pick a song (score or other orchestral music probably works best, but "normal" music might work too), and try to write a short story or part of a larger work to accompany it.
I covered a 2:00 track in about 600 words, or 300 words per minute of music; David Mack covered a 6:35 track in about 3700 words (chapter 1 of A Time to Heal), or 565 words per minute of music. *shrug* Then again, the events in what I wrote occur at a much faster pace than his piece. :)
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Date: 2004-10-06 07:53 pm (UTC)An exercise I've been wanting to do is to watch a wrestling match and write it out in prose form. I'm fairly lousy at action writing, and tend to really like having characters just talk and talk and talk...
With wrestling, you have an extended fight with characters, action, dialog and a story line....now I just need to do it.
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Date: 2004-10-07 05:43 am (UTC)Oddly enough, my problem with action writing is not having enough talk. Whenever I try to put it in, it seems to break the flow of events. So actually, that might be something for me to try, since there's predefined dialogue. :)