“Good afternoon”, said the doctor. “What seems to be the trouble?”
Read MoreThe spy who went down with a cold
in Creative Writing, EiS
EiS
Experiments in Style: A Borgesian Story
in Creative Writing, EiS
One of the things I’ve been trying out is reworking a piece of text into a completely different style. This one was written in the style of Borges.
Read MoreExperiments in style: Art critic
in EiS, Creative Writing
One of the things I’ve been trying out is reworking a piece of text into a completely different style. In today’s experiment I’d like to tell the story in the style of a review of an art exhibition.
Read MoreA story in the style of Bertie Wooster
in Creative Writing, EiS
I clambered out of the four poster, but at altogether the wrong angle, so blowed if I didn't go careering straight into the wall. I tell you. I tried to ignore it and dragoon the well-known Freedman stiff upper lip into service, but the old noggin was having none of it.
Read MoreLitotes
in EiS
Litotes, pronounced lie-toe-tease, is a literary technique whereby you express things in a negative formulation. What would it look like if a whole story was written in this fashion?
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Read MoreA new 'Experiment in style': cockney rhyming slang
in Creative Writing, EiS
I’ve been taking a short and very bland story and rewriting it in different styles. This time I’ve chosen cockney (defined as someone born within the sound of Bow bells, in other words a true working class Londoner) rhyming slang.
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A bang on the head, yeah?
This article is part of series I am writing called Experiments in Style. It is my version of Raymond Queneau’s Exercises in Style.
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A bang on the head -- N + 12
The results are different depending on which dictionary you use; there is nothing to stop you cheating…
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A bang on the head -- in code
Although the result is nonsensical, I think it has a musical quality of its own.
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A bang on the head -- DIY version
In this version, I’ve decided to pass the story over to you.
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A bang on the head in the future tense
In the middle of the night, I will wake up (if you can call being semi-conscious being awake), walk purposefully towards the door to go to the bathroom — and almost knock myself out.
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