Wednesday, 6 January 2010

Dictionary Stories 2010-01-06

'A' is a difficult word with which to begin a story. It does not stand alone and any word could be made to follow it. If I begin by saying 'a chicken crossed the road' is that not then a story of a chicken? So why not instead make this an introduction to what will follow. These will be the Dictionary Stories. I will go through my dictionary over the course of a year and write a story for each letter. For interest sake I will do a 'A' story, then a B and so on. I may exclude a word here or there but all these stories will be six lines like the six lines you've just read. Any betting on how long I will keep these, seven lines now, stories going?

2 comments:

  1. I wish you the best of luck with this endeavour. I expect you'll get well into February before you stop.
    I don't think measuring by lines is a good idea, this is 10 lines now, but it was only 7 in the editor.

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  2. Good point. Editing can come later. Didn't realise they were different sizes.

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