My brain kept trying to "fix" the sentences so they would make sense and "put" them back into order. This was interesting to read as I observed my discomfort with it and how my mind stood on its toes to understand it. Great exercise for me.
Terry, this is bonkers, but d'you know what, I love it!
If I were unfamiliar with the story I think I might feel differently, but as I was reading today's version I found myself anticipating what the next words would be. Yup, they're in the wrong order, but I nevertheless feel they belong together, simply because I know your source text so well.
It's a yes from me! ✔️ Another thoroughly entertaining read - more, please!
I like new-to-me writing, but I also like writing which is familiar. Okay, this experiment in style isn't exactly 'new' writing, but it is writing in a different format, the result of which is intriguingly - and pleasingly - familiar. Does that make sense?
I love to reread books - every time it is like a new encounter with an old friend. And in the case of one of my favourite authors, Agatha Christie, it's an ENTIRELY new experience, because with only three or four exceptions I can NEVER remember the perpetrator of the crime from my first reading!
So, perhaps this experiment in style hasn't sparked my thoughts off in different crazy directions, but I feel it has a great deal of value in how it makes me FEEL about what I'm reading.
"I love to reread books - every time it is like a new encounter with an old friend. " Very well put, Rebecca. Exactly that. There are some books here I've had for years, and it's a new experience each time I read them.
"it has a great deal of value in how it makes me FEEL about what I'm reading." That's such an interesting comment, Rebecca. I hadn't thoughht of it like that, so nthank you!
Indeed, Beth. Personally, I don't like it. In fact, I almost unscheduled it so it would go back into Drafts, where I could quietly forget about it. But it was an experiment, and as such was a success.😀
My brain kept trying to "fix" the sentences so they would make sense and "put" them back into order. This was interesting to read as I observed my discomfort with it and how my mind stood on its toes to understand it. Great exercise for me.
Thanks, Mary. That's an interesting perspective, which I hadn't thought of. :-)
Terry, this is bonkers, but d'you know what, I love it!
If I were unfamiliar with the story I think I might feel differently, but as I was reading today's version I found myself anticipating what the next words would be. Yup, they're in the wrong order, but I nevertheless feel they belong together, simply because I know your source text so well.
It's a yes from me! ✔️ Another thoroughly entertaining read - more, please!
Really? Isn't that interesting. I don't like it all, except for some odd phrases. Thanks, Rebecca.
I like new-to-me writing, but I also like writing which is familiar. Okay, this experiment in style isn't exactly 'new' writing, but it is writing in a different format, the result of which is intriguingly - and pleasingly - familiar. Does that make sense?
I love to reread books - every time it is like a new encounter with an old friend. And in the case of one of my favourite authors, Agatha Christie, it's an ENTIRELY new experience, because with only three or four exceptions I can NEVER remember the perpetrator of the crime from my first reading!
So, perhaps this experiment in style hasn't sparked my thoughts off in different crazy directions, but I feel it has a great deal of value in how it makes me FEEL about what I'm reading.
"Does that make sense?" No. 🤣
"I love to reread books - every time it is like a new encounter with an old friend. " Very well put, Rebecca. Exactly that. There are some books here I've had for years, and it's a new experience each time I read them.
"it has a great deal of value in how it makes me FEEL about what I'm reading." That's such an interesting comment, Rebecca. I hadn't thoughht of it like that, so nthank you!
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to misinterpret the Firesign Theatre, “it’s an interesting approach, but it isn’t us.”
I couldn't have put it better myself!
The image feels very appropriate.
I enjoy the total randomness and trying to find some amusing or interesting combination of words. "where days failed from nausea woke"
Thanks Nathan. Yes, I enjoy the idea of picking out snippets, and possibly using them to launch a new narrative, but I don't like the result overall.
How did you go about the randomisation here?
I used an app. Will reveal all soon.
The image exactly depicted the concept. Interesting idea, but... I vote no on this one. ha ha ha
You and me both, Sharron. See my response to Beth T
Different… 😏
Hehe.
Indeed, Beth. Personally, I don't like it. In fact, I almost unscheduled it so it would go back into Drafts, where I could quietly forget about it. But it was an experiment, and as such was a success.😀
I like it very much - but I've always enjoyed being controversial! 😉
Typical. Thanks, Rebecca 😁