Here’s the assignment:
1. Go to Creativity Tools’ random word generator.
2. Get yourself a random word. Write it down. Then click “new word” to get yourself two more random words, and write them down, too. You should have three words written down.
3. Now find the random sentence generator and get yourself a sentence, write it down underneath the three words. If you don’t like that sentence it’s okay to click “new sentence” until you get one you like.
4. Use the Random Phrase Generator to generate a phrase. Write it down. You may not need this, but keep it handy, just in case. Again, it’s okay to go through a couple of phrases before settling on one that works for you.
5. Now, using the three words from Step 2 and the sentence from Step 3, write one of the following, (but don’t tell us which!):Here’s the assignment:
(a) A book review (if you have an obscure book that many of us won’t recognize by the title, this would be a great time to do it–or you could omit or replace the title [see -d- below] just for this week)
(b) A scene from a book (you’ll need to replace some of the words and a phrase with the random ones).
(c) A scene you make up completely from scratch
(d) A review of a fake book, using the Random Phrase from Step 4 as your book title
It was impossible for me to tell her the whole truth without, at the same time, entering into particulars on the subject of the delivery which it would have been dangerous to confide to a stranger. I could only abstain most carefully from raising any annoyances, and then explain that the object of my visit was to discover the persons who were really responsible for the opening. I even added, so as to exonerate myself from any after reproach of my own conscience, that the hardened likelihood passses the wish, and that I entertained not the least hope of being able to trace her.
So what do you think? Is the excerpt real or fake? What are the random words and sentence?
July 28th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
Wow, I admire your chutzpah keeping it so short – less room in which to disguise those sneaky random words. I’m guessing your random sentence is “the hardened likelihood passes the wish,” and the random words were…maybe…opening, delivery, and after? As for real versus fake, I really have no idea! But I’m guessing real, just for kicks.
July 29th, 2009 at 1:34 am
Wow, this is a tough one! I saw your email with the answer so I can’t vote, but I honestly have no idea what I would vote for if I could!
July 30th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
I’d go with fake – I don’t know why!
Random sentence: “hardened likelihood passes the wish”
Words (oooh, toughie):abstain, reproach, delivery
How off target am I?
Boy, this one’s tough to make out. Well done, you!