{"id":12153,"date":"2007-11-02T17:39:22","date_gmt":"2007-11-03T00:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/11\/02\/a-writing-assignment.html"},"modified":"2007-11-02T17:39:22","modified_gmt":"2007-11-03T00:39:22","slug":"a_writing_assignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/11\/02\/a_writing_assignment.html","title":{"rendered":"A writing assignment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another one from Terry<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

This comes from Stephen Leigh<\/a>, who in September posted this assignment that he gives his writing students.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What color is fear?<\/strong>  Bright, actinic blue, blinding and sharp.<\/p>\n

What sound does affection make? <\/strong> A soft whisper.<\/p>\n

What texture does Autumn have?<\/strong> Crisp and delicate.<\/p>\n

What shape does a conversation make?<\/strong>  An elipse, like a slot car track.<\/p>\n

What fabric is a kitten made of? <\/strong> Cashmere.<\/p>\n

What noise is made by curiosity?<\/strong>  A bloodhound’s whuffing sound.<\/p>\n

What is the smell of knowledge?<\/strong>  Musty old paper, leather, fabric, and the ozone of fluorescent lighting.<\/p>\n

How do you punctuate life?<\/strong>  Question marks, followed by exclamation points, parentheses, elipses, and, eventually, semi-colons, before a full stop.<\/p>\n

What does death taste like?<\/strong>  Dry dust, lightly chilled.<\/p>\n

If a tree falls in the forest and there\u2019s no one there to hear it, what kind of tree is it? <\/strong> Fallen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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