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dotinthesky) wrote2006-10-22 08:55 pm
dotinthesky) wrote2006-10-22 08:55 pm
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Using the Random Search Productively
Creative writing exercise: find a random post (you can do that through My LJ, for example) and select one sentence from the entry.
Paste that sentence into a word document and write a page of prose/poem that includes it.
I used this girl's post, and chose the sentence And lindsey, next time you want to try to make your friends hate me, make sure that i CARE first.
The phone rang all morning, but Sarah made a point of not picking it up. She knew it would be one of them, breathing down the line, calling her names – trying their best to make her cry. She let the phone ring for an hour before pulling its cord from the socket.
When Lindsey came home from cheerleading practice, she called her into the kitchen and asked her to sit down. Lindsey pretended not to hear her; she stood by the fridge, twisting her hair and chewing a banana, while reading their mom's latest note.
‘I know what you’re up to,’ Sarah said, crossing her arms. ‘I want you to stop.’
‘I don’t know what you’re talking about. You’re crazy.’
‘Oh really? So you think I don’t know what you’ve been telling your friends about me? Why do you hate me so much?’
‘Get a grip, Sarah. I don’t care.’
Lindsey spun on her heels and was about to leave the kitchen when Sarah grabbed her arm and pulled her down on a stool by the counter.
‘Not so fast,’ she said.
‘Ouch, you bitch! You are hurting me!’
‘How dare you spread lies about me in school?’
Lindsey, still pretending she didn’t know what was going on, slammed her palms on the counter and shouted at her eldest sister:
‘For crying out loud! I have no clue what you’re talking about!’
‘This house’s phone has been ringing non-stop, the whole morning. I picked it up the first three times and heard girls screaming at me, breathing loudly, basically acting like imbeciles. Now why would they do that?’
‘Because they are your friends and they have nothing better to do with their time?’
This infuriated Sarah. Lindsey knew as well as anyone else that Sarah didn’t have any friends.
‘When you’ve got some proof I’m involved with this, you get back to me,’ Lindsey said, lifting her chin defiantly and stomping out of the kitchen.
‘And Lindsey, next time you want to try to make your friends hate me, make sure that I CARE first,’ Sarah shouted at her sister’s retreating form.
Paste that sentence into a word document and write a page of prose/poem that includes it.
I used this girl's post, and chose the sentence And lindsey, next time you want to try to make your friends hate me, make sure that i CARE first.
The phone rang all morning, but Sarah made a point of not picking it up. She knew it would be one of them, breathing down the line, calling her names – trying their best to make her cry. She let the phone ring for an hour before pulling its cord from the socket.
When Lindsey came home from cheerleading practice, she called her into the kitchen and asked her to sit down. Lindsey pretended not to hear her; she stood by the fridge, twisting her hair and chewing a banana, while reading their mom's latest note.
‘I know what you’re up to,’ Sarah said, crossing her arms. ‘I want you to stop.’
‘I don’t know what you’re talking about. You’re crazy.’
‘Oh really? So you think I don’t know what you’ve been telling your friends about me? Why do you hate me so much?’
‘Get a grip, Sarah. I don’t care.’
Lindsey spun on her heels and was about to leave the kitchen when Sarah grabbed her arm and pulled her down on a stool by the counter.
‘Not so fast,’ she said.
‘Ouch, you bitch! You are hurting me!’
‘How dare you spread lies about me in school?’
Lindsey, still pretending she didn’t know what was going on, slammed her palms on the counter and shouted at her eldest sister:
‘For crying out loud! I have no clue what you’re talking about!’
‘This house’s phone has been ringing non-stop, the whole morning. I picked it up the first three times and heard girls screaming at me, breathing loudly, basically acting like imbeciles. Now why would they do that?’
‘Because they are your friends and they have nothing better to do with their time?’
This infuriated Sarah. Lindsey knew as well as anyone else that Sarah didn’t have any friends.
‘When you’ve got some proof I’m involved with this, you get back to me,’ Lindsey said, lifting her chin defiantly and stomping out of the kitchen.
‘And Lindsey, next time you want to try to make your friends hate me, make sure that I CARE first,’ Sarah shouted at her sister’s retreating form.
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Peace&Love, -David
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