1. Exercise veto power.
Read through the story first. As you collect parts of speech, feel free to drop an adjective wherever you want it to go in the story, or if you think the word doesn’t land like it could, ask the group to give you another one.
2. Read through the story first.
Get into character and rewrite your childhood so that the character’s memories are now your memories. Give yourself a heroic arc. Kill off a parent. Then read.
3. Legend:
(adj.) – adjective – description word for a noun – i.e. blue, amazing, naughty
(noun) – person, place or thing – i.e. cat, limousine, cult leader
(Proper Noun) – name of a person, place, or thing – i.e. Jessica Alba, Louvre Museum, Lite Brite.
(name) – real or imagined, the name of a person – i.e. Dick Dale, Rick Rale
(verb) -infinitive verb – action word that could have “to” in front of it – i.e. jump, chortle, scream
(present tense verb) – usually ending in s – i.e. jumps, chortles, screams
(past tense verb) – usually ending in ed – i.e. jumped, chortled, screamed
(adv.) – adverb – description word for a verb – i.e. quickly, savagely, properly
Tears of __________(emotion). 