"Did you ever do that? You start with a word, and then next write a word that starts with whatever letter the word before it ended with...and you keep going, and if you can't think of anything you repeat the last word over and over..." Ali suggested, while my group was presenting in the front of the room.
"Whaaat?" A few people in the class were clearly confused. Ali explained it again, to which Dr. Morris responded, "Let's do it." My group wrote five words on the board--I wrote the word "Losing" (Why? Because I'm losing weight? Because I feel like a loser sometimes? Because it has a negative connotation? It says a lot about me)
This is what I came up with in about seven minutes time:
Losing. Gain. Never. Remember. Really. Yes. Smile. Easy. Young. Grow. Worry. Yell. Lurch. Humble. Humble. Humble. Energy. Youth. Happiness. Sense. Elevate. Elevate. Ever. Reaction. Nurturing. Gamble. Emergency. Yuck. Kindness. Spirit. Spirit. Tame. Eloquent. Tragic. Capture. Erupt. Temper. Ration. Rational. Rational. Love. Excite. Early. Yap.
I can't get over how many words actually end in E, or how many Y words I don't know.
Anyway, I'm going to try to make sentences with these words:
Losing love and gaining experience--you never remember the fact that you're supposed to really learn something from heartbreak. Yes, you need to smile, it's easy because you're young; grow up and don't worry so much.
So it's bizarre how I can link words that I just rambled out...maybe it's a good exercise to do more often. I've learned a lot through the writing prompts in this class, especially when I reflect upon the work I come up with in just a matter of minutes.
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