August 30 - Write what came first
The chicken or the egg?
The goose or the gander?
The fiddle or the violin?
The monkey or the banana?
Yes or no?
Adam before Eve
Perfection before sin
The flora before the fauna
And the fauna before the man
I cannot believe this prompt came so quickly after the article in the other book! Hilarious! I feel like I've been asked this question before. :)
Day 30 - Out of the Box
Four authors (Spalding Gray, Twyla Tharp, Sherman Alexie, and Jennie Nash) are discussed, who all use boxes to organize their craft, filling a box with "art, photos, research, CDs, news clippings, ... drafts, story ideas, ... jokes" that are related to their memoirs, dance, or writing project. What a brilliant idea!
My bigger and older projects (Rae, Lori, Senya) have binders filled with printed and hand written sections of writing, character profiles, research, quotes, pictures that inspire, location references, outfit ideas, and doodles. Newer, smaller projects (Sam, Robyn, Leona, Z) have folders and folders on my computer (I would die if it did) with pictures of current characters, characters I want to include, locations, outfits, and objects that make me think of the story/character. Online, which is where I store 95% of my writing now, I have the actual writing, brief character profiles of all those involved, an in depth profile of my MC, and usually a page/doc devoted to related links, references, quotes, or plot bunnies. And don't get me started on the playlists I have all over! Windows Media Player, Spotify, YouTube! Oh my!
I've bought trinkets that remind me of characters or stories but they don't have 'homes' per se (they don't fit in a binder or online) so they clutter up my desk and window sill, but having a box would solve that. I see a JoAnns run in my future! Yay!
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