#94, CW#15

"Lonliness"

The CW (creative writing) series of journal posts are designed to encourage free form responses.  The responses can be written in any manner you wish.  In the past, the creative writing assignments have been written as fictional stories, dialogue, poems, and fairytales.

Writing Tip: Vary sentence length.

This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It’s like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety. Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and I create music. Music. The writing sings. It has a pleasant rhythm, a lilt, a harmony. I use short sentences. And I use sentences of medium length. And sometimes, when I am certain the reader is rested, I will engage him with a sentence of considerable length, a sentence that burns with energy and builds with all the impetus of a crescendo, the roll of the drums, the crash of the cymbals–sounds that say listen to this, it is important.

-Gary Provost

Write a response of one hundred words or more that illustrates this week's theme.

-Brenden Lee Teacher

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